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Good deed starts Marsala Professorship

Steering Committee
sets March 1, 2005
as campaign deadline

You never know where life is going to take you or whose path yours will cross somewhere down the trail. So it’s important to sow good seed and do good deeds along the way.

Huge SWEPCO earthmoving gear tires
used to build ‘luxury bat condos’ at park

When technicians and volunteers completed the installation of a bat cave for the LSUS Red River Watershed Management Institute in late summer, it was only the second one of its kind in the country and the first designed to control internal temperature.

Khoury named ‘Pilot of the Year’

The Fifth Annual LSUS RiverBend Revue continued the successful tradition of raising money for LSUS and recognizing supporters of the university when it honored George A. Khoury Jr. as LSUS Pilot of the Year in early September at the Horseshoe Riverdome

Campus Briefs (Page 2)

Experience, new blood expected
to make Lady Pilots competitive

Click here for 2004-05 Lady Pilots Roster

With eight returning players and seven newcomers, the Lady Pilots expect to fare significantly better than their eight-win season last year. A junior, a sophomore and 11 freshmen improved dramatically throughout the season last year as they stunned No. 15-ranked Dillard University and the University of Mobile, which had beaten the Lady Pilots by 30 earlier in the season.

Jed Jones named coach
of women’s soccer team

LSUS has named former Centenary College coach Jed Jones as its head women’s soccer coach. Jones was the head men’s and women’s soccer coach at Centenary from 1997 to 2004, compiling a 77-45-7 record with the Ladies. At the end of the 2003 season, Jones’ career winning percentage ranked him 44th in NCAA Division I.

Coach McDowell
touts team’s talent

Click here for the 2004-05 Pilots roster

With all five starters back, the Pilots plan to improve on last year’s 21-12 record (12-1 was one of the best home records in the country).

Campus Briefs (Page 4)

Self-improvement tips help
strike successful life balance

(Dr. Lisa Burke's Column)
With today’s frantic life pace, working professionals are hungry for self-improvement tips to strike a healthy and successful life balance. This column focuses on just that! In this issue, I’ll share some simple tips to better balance your career and life activities.

My, What a Big Mouth You Have (Stand-alone Photograph)

Graduate student Vic Bogosian III carefully holds an alligator snapping turtle, also called a “loggerhead,” purchased last summer from a commercial trapper who would have sold it for its meat.

Sustaining Nonprofits (Stand-alone Photograph)

Dr. Sharon M. Oster (standing), professor of management and entrepreneurship at Yale University’s School of Management, discusses the sustainability of nonprofit enterprises at the Red River Summit for Social Entrepreneurship.

Learning for Teachers (Stand-alone Photograph)

Dr. Judith Covington, associate professor of mathematics and professor designate of the Elmer and Barbara Simon Professorship for Excellence in Teaching, gives a summary of the educational conference she attended with the help of grant funding from Campus Federal Credit Union.

Eagle has Landed (Stand-alone Photograph)

Winners of the fifth Inte-grative Business Case Competition in the College of Business Ad-ministration are the team of (from left) Sharon Courtney Carson, Kim Holder, Dixon Doege, Kate Chaney, Chase Beasley and Susan Croft.

Classical Campus (Stand-alone Photograph)

Soprano Erika Wueschner and pianist Spencer Myer collaborate on a selection at a free mini concert in the LSUS Science Lecture Auditorium sponsored by the Piatigorsky Foundation.

Scholarship endowments put students first

Gayle and Eric Gerdes wanted to do something different for Gayle’s mother, Elaine Parker, for Mother’s Day this year. They were interested in honoring her many years of service teaching kindergarten and first grade. After calling Glenda Erwin, interim vice chancellor for university development, they decided to establish an endowed scholarship in Parker’s honor.

Woods assumes Foundation presidency

More than 60 LSUS Foundation members attended the Annual Meeting of the LSUS Foundation held in early October at the Shreveport Club.

Honoring Contributions, Service (Stand-alone Photograph)

The new LSUS Wall of Honor, located on the second floor of the Administration Building next to the Chancellor’s Board Room, comprises panels honoring: LSUS chancellors; LSUS Foundation presidents; donors of Endowed Chairs for Eminent Scholars and Endowed Professorships; Pilots of the Year; contributors of endowed and annual scholarships, and members of the LSUS Foundation.

Regents Professorship Matches (Stand-alone Photograph)

The Louisiana Board of Regents presented checks representing the state’s matching funds for three new endowed professorships at LSUS. On hand with LSUS Chancellor Vince Marsala (right) for the presentation were representatives of the donors.

Delton Harrison establishes professorship

Local philanthropist and long-time LSUS Foundation supporter O. Delton Harrison has established a professorship for the LSUS Master of Liberal Arts program.

The LSUS Alumni Association is excited to be spearheading the 2004 Annual Fund Campaign and encourages all alumni and friends of LSUS to participate. The attached business reply form/envelope provides you with many avenues through which you can give back to your university. Your donation will be used to further the LSUS goal of training tomorrow’s leaders.

College of Business Administration

As a proud graduate or friend of the LSUS College of Business Administration, please join us in supporting one of our exciting new initiatives!

College of Education and Human Development

On behalf of the faculty of the College of Education and Human Development, I would like to encourage you as an alumnus or friend of the College to consider a contribution to the Annual Fund Drive.

College of Sciences

Since you are a valued graduate of the College of Sciences, we want to keep in touch and let you know more about what we are doing.

College of Liberal Arts

Because of you, good things keep happening in the College of Liberal Arts. Some of the teachers you remember are creating exciting new opportunities for students.

Chancellor's Message

Opportunities abound
for university support

No public university can prosper and meet its full potential solely on the income generated from tuition and tax dollars. Through the LSUS Foundation and the LSUS Alumni Association, friends of the university have a number of opportunities to provide the additional support that is so vital to our school’s health and well-being.

LSUS Wall of Honor (Stand-alone Photograph)

Located on the second floor of the Administration Building near the Chancellor’s Board Room, the new LSUS Wall of Honor recognizes individuals and organizations who provide support for the university.

‘Holy Toledo, Batman, is This Cave for Us?’ (Stand-alone Photograph)

Sorry, Robin, this cave is for real bats. Constructed with used tires from SWEPCO’s huge earthmoving equipment, the bat cave is only the second of its kind built in the United States.