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A total of 267 LSUS students graduated with a variety of degrees at commencement exercises Dec. 17 at CenturyTel Center. Of the total, 92 completed requirements for their degrees at the end of the summer 2003 term. The other 175 finished in the fall semester.

LSUS drops conference opener to Xavier, 98-86
12/12/03

LSUS hit the court tonight against the Xavier College Gold Rush in their first conference game of the year. Early in the first half LSUS jumped ahead with a 14 point lead, but saw themselves down by a score of 50-48 at the break.

LSUS students, faculty and staff will attend the American Humanics Management Institute in Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 2-5. The LSUS representatives will leave Shreveport Dec. 31 and travel to Kansas City by train.

LSUS Pilots jolt Jarvis, 89-74; avenge earlier loss
12/08/03

Chad McDowell and his LSUS Pilots took the floor Monday night looking for revenge of an early season 103-84 loss to Jarvis Christian College. As soon as the Pilots gained possession of the ball, they put all memories of the past away and buried the Bulldogs, 89-74.

Lady Pilots fall to Jarvis Christian, 68-62
21/08/03

The LSUS Lady Pilots were host to the Jarvis Christian Lady Bulldogs Monday night. In the first half of play the two teams went to work on the defensive ends of the court, holding each other to a halftime score of 31-28 in favor of the Lady Pilots.

First-year teachers from LSUS once again have far surpassed state averages on the Louisiana Teacher Assistance and Assessment Program.

The LSUS Lady Pilots defeated the Texas College Steers 72-66 Thursday night. The men improved their record to 5-4 with a 75-72 win.

The LSUS Pilots traveled to Jackson, Miss., to take on the Millsaps College Majors. LSUS entered the contest with a 3-4 record, with six of those contests being on the road. The Pilots improved their record to 4-4 with a 75-63 victory over the Majors.

The LSUS Pilots were defeated by Northwestern State University Tuesday night, 88-80. While the loss puts LSUS at 3-4 on the season, their performance put LSUS on the map. Going into the game with the Demons, many people did not expect much out of the first-year NAIA upstarts from LSUS taking on the NCAA Division I program from Natchitoches. And, nobody expected LSUS to control the first half and lead the contest with 10 minutes remaining in the game.

Chad McDowell and his LSUS Pilots went to East Texas Baptist University looking for their first two game win streak of the season Monday night. Going into halftime the Pilots were looking good against the ETBU Tigers with a four point lead and the momentum from a 10-4 point run to end the first half.

Head coach Chad McDowell and his LSUS Pilots stole a victory from the University of Texas at Tyler Patriots Friday night. The Patriots were hosting their first game of the year and were supported by a crowd of 1800 fans in their spectacular new arena.

The LSUS Lady Pilots took the floor in Tyler, Texas, Saturday night versus the University of Texas at Tyler Patriots. A trip to Conway, Ark., Friday saw the Lady Pilots drop a heartbreaker to Hendrix College. Saturday, the women hit the highway again, only this time they came home with a win.

The LSUS Lady Pilots traveled to Conway, Ark., Friday to take on the Hendrix College Warriors. The Lady Pilots found themselves with a two point lead with only two minutes remaining. A couple of three-point baskets made by the Warriors Kacey Sommers near the end of regulation, however, lifted Hendrix College to a 50-46 victory over LSUS.

After the LSUS Lady Pilots earned their first win of the season Tuesday night, the LSUS men's basketball team got their first taste of home court advantage against the Texas College Steers. With a sold-out crowd, the Pilots cruised to a 97-87 victory, and improved their record to 2-2 on the season.

The Lady Pilots took the floor in front of a full house at the LSUS gymnasium Tuesday night. Looking for their first win of the year behind head coach Ronnie Howell, the Pilots took on Texas College of Tyler. And they got it.

The LSUS Lady Pilots concluded their stay at the John Brown University Classic in Siloam Springs, Arkansas with a defeat at the hands of the College of the Ozarks Bobcats. In the first half the Bobcats opened up a 13 point lead which they continued to build on in the second half. The final score ended 77-53 in favor of the Bobcats.

The LSUS Lady Pilots traveled to John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas Tuesday night to compete in the John Brown University Classic. The final game of the evening had LSUS scheduled to play the host team John Brown University Golden Eagles.

LSUS Summer-Fall 2003 Commencement Exercises is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, at the CenturyTel Center in Bossier City. U.S. Army 1st Lt. Brandon R. Friedman, of Shreveport, a 2000 LSUS graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, will deliver the Commencement Address.

The LSUS College of Liberal Arts will present the Sabine Parish Players’ production of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 12) in the University Center Theater on the LSUS campus.

Eight LSUS students have been selected as national outstanding campus leaders and will be included in the 2004 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

The LSUS campus will be invaded Friday through Sunday (Nov. 14-16) by teams of students from more than 20 schools in eight states to compete in the 29th Annual Red River Swing debate tournament. The competition will be hosted by the 2003 IPDA (International Public Debate Association) National Champion LSUS Debate Team and the LSUS Communications Department.

The LSUS Student Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals will host a Microsoft Office System 2003 Event on Tuesday, Nov. 18 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Office 2003 Events are being held across the country to give information technology professionals an early look at new security and development features Office 2003 has to offer.

After a win Thursday night versus Bethel College, the LSUS Pilots took the floor searching for their second victory Friday afternoon against Tip-Off Classic host Central Baptist Mustangs of Conway, Ark.. The contest got off to a quick start behind the hot hand of Pilots guard Chavis Rose who poured in 12 points in the first 10 minutes of the half. The first half was a see-saw battle which ended with the Pilots taking a 47-42 lead into the locker room at halftime.

As the LSUS men’s basketball team huddled around head coach Chad McDowell before taking the floor for their first contest of the year they roared, “1-2-3-TOGETHER!” The Pilots went on to win the tip off resulting in a lay-up and their first basket by Rico Payne, and they never looked back.

Activities surrounding the 20th anniversary of the LSUS International Lincoln Center for American Studies continue this week when the center hosts the 21st Annual Meeting of the Association of Third World Studies. The conference is free and open to the public.

In an attempt to reach their fans and future recruits, LSUS Athletics has developed new Web pages for baseball, women’s basketball, men’s basketball and soccer. Internet users accessing the site will find current information on schedules, statistics, team rosters, coach profiles, news releases and much more.

Dr. Lisa A. Burke, an LSUS associate professor of management, will conduct a 14-hour seminar on effective supervision from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on consecutive Saturdays, Nov. 8 and 15. This seminar, offered through the LSUS Division of Continuing Education and Public Service, is tailored for anyone in a supervisory or managerial position who wants to learn how to create and maintain a high-performance team.

“The State Fiscal Crisis and Restructuring Medicaid” will be discussed by Dr. Raymond Scheppach, executive director of the National Governors Association, Friday, Nov. 7, on the third floor of the Noel Memorial Library on the LSUS campus.

Basketball is back on the hardwood for the LSUS Pilots and Lady Pilots. Women's coach Ronnie Howell and men's coach Chad McDowell will introduce their teams for the first time on the court in uniform from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. Tuesday (Nov. 4).

The LSUS Student Activities Board, in conjunction with Student Organization Council and other student organizations, will host a totally free Halloween trick-or-trick carnival on the LSUS campus from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday (Oct. 31). A highlight of the carnival will be a costume contest for infants to 12-year-olds. Prizes will be awarded.

Have you ever seen a blacksmith work his craft? Have you ever seen a stone arrowhead being made? Have you ever seen the fashions of yesteryear? The LSUS Pioneer Heritage Center’s Seventh Annual Pioneer Day will give you the chance Saturday (Oct. 18) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will also be quilters, woodworking, music, living historians and more.

The Noel Memorial Library Archives is hosting an exhibit of the historic photographs of Burch and William Grabill, Friday, October 24, from 1 to 4 p.m. on the third floor of the library building on the LSUS campus. The new book, Photo by Grabill: A Legacy of Images, will be for sale, and authors will be present to sign books and discuss the Grabills’ contribution to community historic preservation.

The LSUS International Lincoln Center will continue its award-winning Deep South Presidential Conference Series Thursday through Saturday (Oct. 16-18) with an agenda devoted to Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. The conference, “Thomas Jefferson: His Life, Times and Legacy,” is subtitled, “Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Reflections on a Renaissance Man with an Abraham Lincoln Symposium.”

The Board of Examiners for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) will visit the campus of Louisiana State University in Shreveport (LSUS) April 3-7, 2004, as part of the university’s five-year continuing accreditation review.

The Shreveport-Bossier Medical Reserve Corps, which is coordinated by the LSUS Institute for Human Services and Public Policy, will sign up volunteers and provide free training for them at the Homeland Security Fair Saturday at Pierre Bossier Mall.

“A Lesson Before Dying,” a play by Romulus Linney adapted from the novel by Louisiana author Ernest J. Gaines, will be staged by the LSUS Communications Department at 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 19-21) in the LSUS University Theater.

The LSUS Physics Department will try its “Mars Star Party” again Tuesday from 9:30 to 11 p.m. (weather permitting) on the grass between the Science Building and Administration Building on the LSUS campus. Uncooperative weather “clouded out” the previous attempt two weeks earlier.

The LSUS Institute for Human Services and Public Policy will host the first Red River Summit for Social Entrepreneurship from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, on the third floor of Noel Memorial Library.

The LSUS American Humanics Program will host its sixth semi-annual Volunteer Fair on Thursday, Oct. 16, from 10 a.m.-noon in the lobby of the University Center on the LSUS Campus.

LSUS faculty members have received new grants totaling more than $42,600 from the Louisiana Board of Regents to enhance and expand international studies education.

The LSUS Institute for Human Services and Public Policy, in partnership with Service Connection, is offering “Teambuilding,” the final course in the four-part Nonprofit Colloquium Series.

A Fund-Raising Workshop Series will be conducted by the LSUS Institute for Human Services and Public Policy from 4-5 p.m. on consecutive Wednesdays in Bronson Hall Room 363 from Sept. 10 through Oct. 22.

Dr. E. Joseph Savoie, Louisiana commissioner of higher education, presented three checks totaling $600,000 representing the state Board of Regents’ matching funds for an endowed chair and two endowed professorships at LSUS.

With the receipt of matching funds from the Louisiana Board of Regents for one chair and two professorships, LSUS now has fully endowed two chairs, two super professorships and nine professorships. The university also has one privately endowed chair waiting for the state’s match and three partially endowed professorships. Total contributions received from donors and the Board of Regents for LSUS chairs and professorships is $3.7 million.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded $500,000 to LSUS under its Higher Education Challenge Grant Program for a joint project, “Experiential Learning via Research in the Red River Basin.”

The LSUS Red River Watershed Management Institute has been awarded an E PA Environmental Education grant worth $8,000 for the institute’s “High School Watershed Education Project.”

The LSUS Physics Department is throwing a “Mars Star Party” Tuesday from 9:30 to 11 p.m. (weather permitting) on the grass between the Science Building and Administration Building on the LSUS campus.

Wednesday (Sept. 3) at 1 p.m. on the third floor of Noel Memorial Library on the LSUS campus, Dr. E. Joseph Savoie, Louisiana commissioner of higher education, will present checks representing the Board of Regents match for endowed chairs and professorships at LSUS and LSUHSC.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - The Pan American Weightlifting Congress awarded the 2005 Pan American Weightlifting Championships to LSUS. Dr. Kyle Pierce, director of the LSUS USA Weightlifting Center, said the competition will draw from 150 to 200 athletes from the Americas and Caribbean islands.

50 Caddo-Bossier students
complete LaPREP 07/21/03

A group of middle school students from Caddo, Bossier and DeSoto parishes are better prepared to complete a college degree in math, science or engineering because of their participation in the 12th Annual Louisiana Preparatory Program at LSUS. The 50 students were honored Friday afternoon at an awards ceremony, for which Caddo Parish Superintendent of Schools Ollie Tyler was the featured speaker.

19 LSUS students earn
Microsoft professional certification
07/17/03

Nineteen LSUS computer science students have earned the Microsoft Certified Professional designation in Microsoft SQL Server 2000.

Two LSUS students earn certification 07/17/03

LSUS computer science students Lisa Shoemake and Sean Lerchie, both of Shreveport, have earned the Microsoft Certified Application Developer designation though the LSUS Microsoft Academy.

Three LSUS computer science faculty members have received a $60,000 grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents to study the future of distance education.

Ed Jones, a Shreveport assistant city attorney, has been elected president of the LSUS Alumni Association Board of Directors. Officers elected with Jones at the association’s annual meeting were Pam Simek, secretary to the Bossier City police chief, vice president; Larry Norris, owner of Moe’s Custom Coating, secretary, and Randy Brown, advertising manager of the Bossier Press-Tribune, treasurer. Directors elected are... (MORE)

The LSUS Institute for Human Services and Public Policy, in partnership with Service Connection, is offering “Leadership for Minority Nonprofit Organizations,” the third course in the four-part Nonprofit Colloquium Series.

Eighth- and ninth-grade students will share a learning environment with middle and high school teachers for two weeks at LSUS in a “Financial Independence for Life” seminar presented by the Louisiana Consortium of Insurance and Financial Services’ Institute of Financial Literacy.

LSUS Chancellor Vincent Marsala honored 191 students who earned grade-point averages of 3.8 to 4.0 in the Spring 2003 semester.

The Second Annual Building Partnerships for School Improvement will be held June 19-20 in the LSUS University Center. The conference, to be attended by more than 200 Northwest Louisiana educators, will be hosted by the Louisiana Department of Education’s Region VII Education Service Center and the Alliance for Education.

Tyson Arishenkoff, shortstop for the LSUS Pilots, won the Gold Glove Award for the 2003 NAIA World Series and, along with three teammates, was named to the All-Tournament Team. The Gold Glove Award goes to the most valuable defensive player in the tournament.

The LSUS Pilots baseball team, which left Lewiston, Idaho, at about 2 a.m. today, is expected to arrive in the LSUS parking lot south of the Health and Physical Education Building right around 6:30 p.m. Athletic Director Doug Robinson called from the team bus to report they were in moderate to heavy traffic, but turning onto U.S. 80 heading east from I-635 at 3 p.m.

Cody Gibbs, a Northwood High School junior and a member of the USA Weightlifting Development Center at LSUS, has been added to the USA Weightlifting Junior World Championship Team, and will compete with the team Friday (June 6) in Hermosilla, Mexico.

LSUS Athletic Director Doug Robinson said in a telephone conversation Thursday afternoon that the LSUS Pilots will return to campus from the NAIA World Series with their national tournament third place win tomorrow (Friday, May 30) between 6 and 6:30 p.m. The team will take a bus from Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport and come to the parking lot south of the Health and Physical Education Building.

Nationally ranked No. 1, the Oklahoma City University Stars proved to be too much for the LSUS Pilots in the final elimination game of the 2003 NAIA World Series Wednesday night. The Pilots lost 12-2, and bowed out of the tournament in third place behind the Stars and Lewis-Clark State College, the host of the tournament in Lewiston, Idaho.

Junior pitcher Gene Stevens pitched his second complete game of the NAIA World Series Tuesday as the LSUS Pilots thrashed No. 2 seed Embry-Riddle Eagles, 14-4, and advanced to the Final Four in the tournament.

LSUS Pitcher Levi Montoya went the full nine innings as the Pilots outscored the Spalding University (Louisville, Ky.) Pelicans 8-4 to advance in the losers’ bracket of the NAIA World Series.

The Oklahoma City Stars, No. 1 in the nation all season in the NAIA rankings, proved to be too much for the LSUS Pilots Saturday night and Sunday morning in the Pilots’ second NAIA World Series game. The Stars’ powerful lineup scored runs in every inning after a 1-hour-27-minute rain delay in the top of the third inning.

The LSUS Pilots pounded the Indiana Tech Warriors for 11 runs by the seventh inning of Pilots’ first NAIA World Series appearance, invoking the 10-run “mercy rule” for the 11-1 win.

The LSUS College of Education and Human Development will hold its first Alumni Day beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 14, in the University Center.

The LSUS Pilots begin play in the NAIA World Series at 2 p.m. (CDT) Friday (May 23) in Lewiston, Idaho, against the Indiana Tech Warriors. The Pilots are the No. 8 seed in the NAIA’s national baseball tournament and the Warriors are the No. 9 seed.

LSUS women’s basketball coach Ronnie Howell has signed five more women to play for the Lady Pilots.

LSUS and its College of Business Administration will host the annual conference of the Louisiana Information Technology Research Association Friday at Harrah’s Hotel and Conference Center.

AEP SWEPCO is sponsoring a three-day workshop June 16-18 at LSUS for elementary and secondary school teachers in Caddo, Bossier and DeSoto parishes. The hands-on workshop, “Introductory Course to Scientific Inquiry,” is limited to the first 40 teachers who register to attend. The registration deadline is June 6.

Mary Pellie Johnson Ascol and Kristen Ruth Bass, both of Shreveport, and Jennifer Lynn Knafla, of Benton, were the top LSUS spring graduates with perfect 4.0 cumulative grade-point averages. The three were among 227 LSUS students from six state and three Canadian provinces to receive degrees at Spring Commencement Exercises May 14 at Expo Hall in Shreveport.

The LSUS Pilots, who won the NAIA Region XIII baseball championship with two one-run wins Saturday, will host the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Eagles in the best of three Atlantic South Super Regional series beginning Thursday.

The LSUS Pilots took two one-run games from William Carey College Saturday to win the NAIA Region XIII Baseball Tournament. The Pilots move to the Super Regional Tournament this week. Their first opponent will be the Embry-Riddle (Daytona Beach, Fla.) Eagles, who won the Region XIV tournament. The day, time and location of that game have yet to be announced.

The LSUS Pilots held off a late charge by the University of Mobile to stay undefeated in the NAIA Region XIII tournament at Hattiesburg, Miss.

The LSUS Pilots, playing in their first-ever NAIA baseball tournament game, defeated North Georgia, 10-4. Senior pitcher Gene Stevens recorded his 11th win of the season as the Pilots improved their all-time school high season record to 43-20.

Three Caddo Middle Magnet teachers, Margaret P. Catanese, René Loyd and Linda W. Porter, have been awarded American Studies Fellowships from the LSUS International Lincoln Center for American Studies.

The LSUS Pilots will face North Georgia College at 3.p.m. Wednesday in its first-ever appearance in the NAIA baseball championship tournament. The game will be played in Hattiesburg, Miss.

Community leaders in Caddo and Bossier parishes have formed the Caddo-Bossier Citizen Corp Council in response to President George W. Bush’s appeal to all Americans to perform service to others.

Virginia Shehee, head of Kilpatrick Life Insurance Company, and Horseshoe Casino will be honored at the “Transforming Communities Through Philanthropy” luncheon Tuesday (May 7) at the Petroleum Club of Shreveport.

Only a select few are called “The Best in Business,” and 26 LSUS College of Business Administration students have earned the title this year. The two graduate students, 13 seniors and 11 juniors – will be inducted into the LSUS chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the honor society serving business programs accredited by AACSB (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) International.

Three LSUS faculty members and 34 students were initiated into the local university’s chapter of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Sunday. The students included one graduate student, 20 juniors and 13 seniors.

Three faculty members were recognized at the Spring Faculty Council meeting and at the LSUS Foundation President's Dinner as the 2003 recipients the prestigious LSUS Foundation Distinguished Faculty Award, which includes a $2,000 stipend. Both gatherings were held today (April 22).

The LSUS Debate Team is the 2003 National Champion after winning the overall sweepstakes award at the International Public Debate Association’s annual convention and national tournament last weekend (April 11-13). The LSUS team entered the tournament as the 4th seed in the national rankings.

Saige Cooper, an athletic and academic standout at Union Grove High School, has signed to attend and play basketball at LSUS.

The U.S. Weightlifting Development Center at LSUS is sponsoring the Shreveport-Bossier High School Weightlifting Championships Saturday (April 19) beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Britni McBroom, an LSUS sophomore biochemistry major from Baskin, is the 2003 recipient of the Undergraduate Award for Achievement in Organic Chemistry at LSUS. The award was presented April 8 at a meeting of the local section of the American Chemical Society.

The LSUS Alumni Association and Hibernia National Bank have scheduled the 5th Annual Pilots Golf Classic at Olde Oaks Golf Club in Bossier City on Friday, May 9, with a noon shotgun start.

LSUS and the Region VII Education Service Center will dedicate the center’s new offices on the LSUS campus with an open house from 10 a.m. to noon Monday, May 12. The center is located at the southwest corner of the campus at 8675 Youree Drive in the former Baptist Student Union building.

Comedy and battling bands will have LSUS students and the public laughing, singing and dancing at the Student Activities-sponsored Spring Fling April 24-25.

The LSUS American Humanics program will host its semi-annual Volunteer Fair from 10 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, April 15, in the lobby of the LSUS University Center.

The LSUS Institute for Human Services and Public Policy, in partnership with Service Connection, is offering “Emotional Intelligence,” the second course in the four-part Nonprofit Colloquium Series.

Senior Chief Petty Officer Vince Vinson, chief of the boat of the USS Louisiana, will discuss the U.S. Navy Submarine Force’s ballistic missile submarine program in the LSUS University Center Theater at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 17.

Seven of the gubernatorial candidates will participate in a panel discussion from 9 to 10:45 a.m. Friday (March 14) in Grand Ballroom A & B at Harrah’s Convention Center. The panel, to be moderated by LSUS Chancellor Vincent Marsala, is a highlight of the 65th Conference of Louisiana Colleges and Universities.

The Conference of Louisiana Colleges and Universities will conduct its 65th annual meeting in Shreveport Thursday and Friday (March 13-14) at Harrah’s Convention Center. The theme for the conference is the “Role of Higher Education in a New Administration.”

Shreveport-Bossier Project Return, a re-entry academic and skills program for felony offenders recently released from prison, will conduct an open house from noon to 6 p.m. Friday, March 28, at 1431 Wilkinson St. in Shreveport.

On Monday March 10 at noon, Dr. Baerbel Czennia, Senior Lecturer at the University of Gottingen, Germany, will be the speaker at noon Monday (March 10) for the Second Annual Ruth Herring Noel Lecture at LSUS.

Eight career-oriented events have been planned for LSUS students in March by the LSUS Career Center as part of a statewide effort to highlight the changing world of the workplace.

LSUS shortstop Tyson Arishenkoff has been named Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Baseball Player of the Week.

“Street Ball: The Show” is coming to the LSUS campus from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday surrounded by a host of high-energy events.

Douglas Brinkley, director of the Eisenhower Center for American Studies and professor of history at the University of New Orleans, will be the featured speaker at the LSUS Pioneer Heritage Center’s 12th annual Authors in April benefit luncheon. The event is scheduled for 12 noon, Saturday, April 26, at Shreveport Country Club.

LSUS offers not only credit courses leading to degrees in various fields but also offers non-credit courses that enhance job skills and augment workforce development. Dr. Severn Doughty, dean of the LSUS Division of Continuing Education and Public Service, announced some of the educational and training opportunities available through LSUS.

Gene Stevens, a right-handed pitcher for the LSUS Pilots, is the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week.

The LSUS Institute for Human Services and Public Policy, in partnership with Service Connection, is offering a four-part Nonprofit Colloquium Series between March 6 and Sept. 25.

An LSUS production of the Obie Award-winning play, “The Vagina Monologues,” to be staged Feb. 27, 28 and March 1, will benefit the YWCA’s Sexual Assault Center.

The LSUS University Center Theater will be the site Saturday and Sunday of the USA Weightlifting National Collegiate/Age 23 & Under Championships. LSUS’ U.S. Weightlifting Development Center is hosting the national championships, a qualifying event for the Pan American Championships to be held Aug. in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

LSUS has named Bossier High School boys’ basketball coach Ronnie Howell as the university’s head women’s basketball coach. Before moving to Bossier High School, Howell was head girls’ basketball coach for five years at C. E. Byrd High School.

LSUS has named 261 students to Deans’ Lists in its four academic colleges. Students with Grade-Point Averages of 3.5 to 3.79 are recognized as achieving Dean’s List status.

LSUS has received a “University Reward” from the Louisiana Board of Regents in recognition of its outstanding passage rate for pre-service teachers on the state’s licensure examination.

The LSUS Pilots’ baseball season gets under way with a 16-inning scrimmage against LSU-Eunice Saturday at 2 p.m. at the LSUS baseball field.

A weeklong series of activities at LSUS the first week in February is designed to focus the attention of the Ark-La-Tex on the celebration of National Girls and Women in Sports Day.

The events, hosted by LSUS, its Sports Science Institute and its departments of Education and Kinesiology and Health Science, include running events, exhibits and demonstrations, an areawide recognition ceremony and the National Conference on Girls’ and Women’s Health, Physical Activity and Sport.

Dr. Stanley B. Gross, a senior regulatory toxicologist/industrial hygienist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, will be the speaker at the Tuesday, Feb. 4, meeting of the Northwest Louisiana Section of the American Chemical Society. The meeting begins with a social hour at 5:30 p.m. at Don’s Seafood & Steak House.

A total of 173 LSUS students demonstrated academic excellence in the fall 2002 semester that earned them placement on the Chancellor’s Honor Roll, a distinction reserved for students with semester grade-point averages between 3.8 and 4.0.

The LSUS Noel Memorial Library Archives and Special Collections will host “Ed Kozak Appreciation Day” Monday, Feb. 3, on the third floor of the library. At 10 a.m., the local musician and teacher will formally present his collection to the archives.

Dr. Jyotsna Bapat, Fulbright Scholar-in-residence at the Macalester College Department of Sociology in St. Paul, Minn., will give a public lecture at the LSUS Noel Memorial Library at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 30. Her topic will be “Challenges and Issues of Rural Infrastructure in India.”

The LSUS College of Education is now “The College of Education and Human Development.” The Louisiana Board of Regents officially granted the name change Jan. 7.

LSUS has named former school standout Chad McDowell as its men’s basketball coach. The university’s chancellor, Dr. Vince Marsala, and its new athletic director, Doug Robinson, made the announcement.

LSUS has named veteran high school coach and athletic director Doug Robinson as its athletic director. Robinson’s November appointment was formally announced today by LSUS’ chancellor, Dr. Vince Marsala.

For the third consecutive year, LSUS Noel Memorial Library ranked above all other four-year universities in “Library Facilities and Services,” according to the results of the Louisiana Board of Regents Student Opinion Survey Initiative.

New teachers from LSUS once again led the state in its annual assessment program, according to Dr. Gale Bridger, dean of the LSUS College of Education and Human Development.

Some 270 students were honored as summer and fall graduates by LSUS at commencement exercises Dec. 18.