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Red River Balloon Rally organizers make memorial scholarship donation

July 18, 2023 Comments Off on Red River Balloon Rally organizers make memorial scholarship donation
October 14 @ 2:11 am

A generous gift from Red River Balloon Rally organizers Susan and Pat Harwell will support a scholarship that honors the memory of a balloon pilot who was killed in a crash in 2005. LSU Shreveport Chancellor Dr. Robert Smith accepted…

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Generous gifts guarantee students will be able to pursue their dreams

July 5, 2023 Comments Off on Generous gifts guarantee students will be able to pursue their dreams
October 14 @ 2:11 am

This summer, we’re celebrating our supporters who help LSU Shreveport students thrive! We’re grateful for the community’s continued commitment to higher education. We’re also sharing the inspiring stories of first-generation college students who have persisted in spite of financial hardship…

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Hardy Foreman named 2023 LSUS Distinguished Alumnus

June 26, 2023 Comments Off on Hardy Foreman named 2023 LSUS Distinguished Alumnus
October 14 @ 2:11 am

The LSUS Alumni Association has honored Hardy Foreman as the 2023 Distinguished Alumnus.  Foreman, a partner and certified public accountant at firm Carr, Riggs and Ingram, is known as “Mr. LSUS” for his dedication to the university. He is president…

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Shreveport family establishes LSUS scholarship to honor son’s memory, help others find their path

May 22, 2023 Comments Off on Shreveport family establishes LSUS scholarship to honor son’s memory, help others find their path
October 14 @ 2:11 am

A new scholarship at LSU Shreveport will honor the life of Samuel Walker Lees, a young man who left the world before he could fulfil his potential.

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‘Like Indiana Jones’

March 22, 2023 Comments Off on ‘Like Indiana Jones’
October 14 @ 2:11 am

Interns unearth early 20th century artifacts in historic African-American neighborhood near downtown Shreveport LSU Shreveport students are sifting through soil around a century-old building to uncover the history of a once-thriving African-American neighborhood. The cultural resource investigation at the Calanthean…

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LaPREP returns this summer to challenge aspiring young mathematicians and scientists

March 20, 2023 Comments Off on LaPREP returns this summer to challenge aspiring young mathematicians and scientists
October 14 @ 2:11 am

SHREVEPORT, La. – LaPREP, a free math and science summer enrichment program for middle school students, is set to blast off again in May at LSU Shreveport after a one-year pause. LaPREP offers in-depth classes in logic, probability and statistics,…

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10 LSUS faculty members named to endowed professorships

March 8, 2023 Comments Off on 10 LSUS faculty members named to endowed professorships
October 14 @ 2:11 am

Ten new endowed professors will enrich the learning experience for LSU Shreveport students while enhancing the body of knowledge in their respective fields with original research. The LSUS Foundation manages endowments that support 47 professorships and five department chairs, allowing…

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Growing through grief: LPN student finds her calling while caring for her mother-in-law

February 13, 2023 Comments Off on Growing through grief: LPN student finds her calling while caring for her mother-in-law
October 14 @ 2:11 am

Hailey Greenwalt’s heart-wrenching experience caring for her cancer-stricken mother-in-law helped lead her to a career in nursing. While finishing her senior year at Byrd High School in Shreveport, she took classes to become a certified dental assistant. She worked in…

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Friendship leads to priceless acquisition for the Noel Collection

December 6, 2022 Comments Off on Friendship leads to priceless acquisition for the Noel Collection
October 14 @ 2:11 am

Historian J. David Markham’s gift of books to an aspiring scholar sparked a friendship that has helped the Noel Collection at LSU Shreveport become one of the foremost archives of Napoleonic-era materials in the nation. Noel Collection curator Dr. Alex…

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A Proper British Tea offers glimpse of life ‘across the pond’

October 25, 2022 Comments Off on A Proper British Tea offers glimpse of life ‘across the pond’
October 14 @ 2:11 am

Community members raised their china cups to the late Queen Elizabeth II at the LSUS Foundation’s Proper British Tea on October 10. The sold out event is part of the LSUS Foundation’s education and outreach programs that showcase everything LSU…

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