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Spring 2024 leadership cohort

2024 LSU Leadership Cohort

LSU has recognized 16 students as the Class of 2024 for Leadership LSU, an annual program coordinated by LSU Campus Life. The cohort was honored at a closing lunch on April 25, where each participant received a Leadership LSU stole.

Nineteen ROTC Cadets Commissioned as Part of LSU Spring Commencement Exercises

Nineteen ROTC Cadets Commissioned as Part of LSU Spring Commencement Exercises

Nineteen LSU graduates were recognized during LSU's spring commissioning ceremony on Thursday, May 16, in The Student Union Theater. Maj. General Edmond M. Brown, Chief of Staff at the United States Army Futures Command in Austin, Texas. served as the keynote speaker for the ceremony.

LSU Awards 26 Seniors the Engaged Citizen Medal

LSU Awards 26 Seniors the Engaged Citizen Medal

The Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership (CCELL), in conjunction with LSU Campus Life, is pleased to announce that 26 seniors will graduate with the Engaged Citizen distinction for Spring 2024. Students were recognized and awarded medals in a ceremony on Tuesday, May 14 on the LSU campus.

LSU to Award More than 4,800 Degrees at Spring Commencement, One of the Largest Graduating Classes in History

LSU to Award More than 4,800 Degrees at Spring Commencement, One of the Largest Graduating Classes in History

More than 4,800 students are expected to graduate during LSU's 313th commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 17, and Saturday, May 18.

LSU Provost's Fund Invests $1.2 Million in Highly Competitive Research Teams

LSU Provost's Fund Invests $1.2 Million in Highly Competitive Research Teams

In a second round of Big Idea seed grants, the largest internal funding program in LSU history, the Provost’s Fund for Innovation in Research is investing $1.2 million in 15 interdisciplinary research teams. Aligned with LSU’s Scholarship First Agenda, the teams and their projects aim to solve pressing problems in Louisiana and everywhere.

LSU Names Clint Willson Dean of the College of The Coast & Environment

LSU Names Clint Willson Dean of the College of the Coast & Environment

BATON ROUGE – LSU has named Clint Willson dean of the College of the Coast & Environment, effective June 1. Willson has held the appointment on an interim basis since July 1, 2023, and has been selected to serve in the role permanently after competing in a national search. Willson holds the Mike N. Dooley, P.E. Professorship in Civil & Environmental Engineering.

Mechanical Engineering Seniors Design Equipment for B-52s at Barksdale AFB

Mechanical Engineering Seniors Design Equipment for B-52s at Barksdale Air Force Base

As part of their senior capstone project, six LSU Mechanical Engineering seniors have been working with Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City, La., to design an apparatus that will enable airmen to more easily work on or change out the engines on their B-52 bombers. Considering Barksdale AFB houses 26 B-52s, and each B-52 has eight engines, the students’ design should definitely come in handy.

LSU Alexandria and LSU College of Engineering officials sign partnershhip documents

Partnership with LSU Streamlines LSU Alexandria Students’ Path to an Engineering Career

LSU Alexandria students can begin studying engineering at LSUA and then seamlessly transfer to LSU to complete their bachelor’s degree under an agreement between the two campuses to help keep top students in Louisiana and the LSU family.

LSU Mechanical Engineering Instructor Creates ASPIRE Course for Educators

LSU Mechanical Engineering Instructor Creates ASPIRE Course for Educators

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…a drone. Drones are literally taking off and LSU Mechanical Engineering Senior Instructor Andrew Becnel wants students to keep up. Becnel, who is a graduate of LSU’s Mechanical Engineering program and has a master’s degree and Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Maryland, understands the importance of drone technology, especially in Louisiana.

The LSU College of Human Sciences & Education announces John Nauright, PhD, as director of the LSU School of Kinesiology

John Nauright, PhD, Named Director of the LSU School of Kinesiology

The LSU College of Human Sciences & Education announces John Nauright, PhD, as director of the LSU School of Kinesiology and will also serve as the Karen Wax Schmitt and Family Endowed Professor. Nauright will assume his role on June 1.