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LSU Shreveport MBA graduate creates scholarship to support business students

September 8, 2023 Comments Off on LSU Shreveport MBA graduate creates scholarship to support business students
February 16 @ 1:25 am

LSU Shreveport’s growing online programs are yielding a support network around the United States as graduates like Jeff West — who lives in the Seattle, Washington area — give back to the university. Jeff and his wife, Tiffany West, have…

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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
February 16 @ 1:25 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
February 16 @ 1:25 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
February 16 @ 1:25 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
February 16 @ 1:25 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’
February 16 @ 1:25 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
February 16 @ 1:25 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
February 16 @ 1:25 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
February 16 @ 1:25 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
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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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