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  BATON ROUGE – Retired LSU Professor Emeritus of Humanities Huel Davis Perkins, one of Baton Rouge’s most beloved civic leaders and educators, passed away on April 15. He was 88 years old. Funeral arrangements for Perkins are pending. Perkins, who served as assistant vice chancellor of Academic Affairs, executive assistant to the chancellor and [...]

Call for Nominations — LSU Legends 2012 • Deadline October 5, 2012 A.P. TUREAUD, SR., BLACK ALUMNI CHAPTER, LSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION LSU LEGENDS SELECTION CRITERIA  Those eligible for LSU Legends must satisfy the following criteria: The candidate must be a former student, alumnus, faculty member, administrator, or affiliate organization of LSU; Has achieved noteworthy accomplishments [...]

The LSU Black Male Leadership Initiative, or BMLI, Fellows Program is featured in 2012 Cornerstone publication of the LSU Foundation. BMLI Fellows Program partnership with the Tyrus Thomas Foundation. Photo includes (L to R): BMLI Fellows and LSU seniors Joshua Hollins and Joseph Hollins of Baton Rouge, LSU Alumna and AP Tureaud, Sr. Black Alumni [...]

by Matt DeVille (LSUAlumni.org) More than 300 people filled the Lod Cook Alumni Center’s Noland-Laborde Hall for the 2012 LSU Alumni Association Hall of Distinction gala on Friday, March 30. The Association’s premier event of the year, the 2012 event spotlighted the 47th Hall of Distinction induction class. Leading the way for this year’s collection [...]

Jan Marie Barker-Alexander, associate dean of students, director of the Black Community Services Center and resident fellow of Ujamaa House, an African Diaspora theme undergraduate residence hall, at Stanford University was awarded the University’s Lloyd W. Dinkelspiel Award for Distinctive Contributions to Undergraduate Education. The award was given to four recipients during the 2011 Commencement. [...]