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Lutrill & Pearl Payne
64%
increase in research expenditures from FY19-23
ESL
Only program in Louisiana where education students will graduate with the additional ESL certification
$1.1M+
Scholarships awarded
- 2014-2024
Featured News
A $744,660 U.S. National Science Foundation award will fund an inter-disciplinary project between LSU College of Engineering, LSU College of Human Sciences & Education, and LSU College of Art & Design who will explore how digital twin technology can help undergraduate students develop the holistic thinking skills needed to address increasingly complex challenges in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC).
Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education faculty, Margaret-Mary Sulentic Dowell, PhD, Cecil "Pete" Taylor Endowed Professor and director of the LSU Writing Project, was selected as a Writer-in-Residence for the Earnest Oberholtzer Foundation.
To recognize Workforce Development Month, LSU College of Human Sciences & Education (CHSE), in partnership with the LSU Olinde Career Center, will hold the second annual CHSE Career Prep Week from September 28 - October 2, 2026.
"Growing up, my teachers were some of the biggest influencers, so I wanted to be there for others in the same way. It was finding which niche I wanted to teach that took a while. But luckily for me, the process at LSU was smooth."
Aaron AngelTeaches 9th and 10th grade geometry and Introduction to Robotics for 10th - 12th grades.
