Foundation News

LSU Shreveport is pleased to announce the Spring 2010 Chancellor's List and Dean's List.  These full-time undergraduate students have a semester grade point average of at least 3.5.

Eight LSU Shreveport alumni were honored at the Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association at the University Club.  The award, which was instituted in 2007 for the LSU Shreveport 40^th Anniversary, honors alumni for leadership and professional achievements.

Thanks to a grant from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the Archives and Special Collections at LSU Shreveport will lead the Louisiana Libraries, Archives and Museums Preservation Project (LA LAMPP) in creating cooperation among archives, libraries and museums across Louisiana in order to preserve the state’s historical record. The IMLS Connecting to Collections planning grant will enable LA LAMPP partners, Louisiana Archives and Manuscripts Association (LAMA), Le Comité des Archives, Louisiana Association of Museums (LAM) and LYRASIS (regional library services organization) to provide training and education in preservation planning and to survey cultural heritage institutions on the preservation status of their historical materials.  It will also develop a comprehensive plan with a view toward a future statewide implementation grant.

Wayne Hogue, instructor of management at LSU Shreveport, was selected by students as the 2009-2010 Professor of the Year.  Hogue joined the faculty at LSU Shreveport in 2003 and is also the director of the LSUS LEAD (Leadership Education And Development) program. He is the faculty advisor for Rotaract Club and the originator of the club’s Black Tie… Or Not… Benefit Ball, which supports the Shreveport-Bossier Rescue Mission.

The LSUS Foundation welcomed its members to the Annual Foundation Appreciation Dinner on April 14, 2010 at The Shreveport Club.  Under the theme “Student’s Say Thanks,” student scholarship recipients were given the opportunity to express their appreciation to members for their LSUS Foundation-funded scholarships.

USA Weightlifting announced today that LSU Shreveport will host the 2011 USA Weightlifting National Collegiate Championships with more than 125 competitors from at least 50 colleges and universities throughout the nation.

Ten weightlifters and two coaches from Japan are currently training with the LSU Shreveport Team.  This is the second year in a row that Japanese Collegiate Weightlifters are training at LSU Shreveport.  Coach Junichi Okada, a professor at Waseda University in Tokyo, and Coach Tomoko Kato, who represented Japan eight times in the World Championships, are leading the lifters.  The team represents seven universities throughout Japan:  Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Kansai University in Osaka, Kyushu International University in Fukuoka, Meio University in Okinawa, and in Tokyo, Nihon University, Hosei University, and Waseda University.

President Obama recently honored teachers with awards for excellence in mathematics and science teaching and mentoring, including LSU Shreveport graduate Kendra R. Pullen.  She received her Masters in Education Leadership from LSUS in 2008.  She is now a fourth grade science teacher at Riverside Elementary School in Shreveport.

LSU Shreveport awarded 340 degrees at its winter commencement exercises Saturday, December 19, 2009 at CenturyTel Center in Bossier City.  Congressman John C. Fleming delivered the commencement address.