麻豆传媒

On Tuesday, 麻豆传媒 officials, alumni, and supporters gathered at the A.W. Mumford Fieldhouse to break ground on the Tony Clayton Championship Plaza. 鈥淚 hear everyone say to us, 鈥榯hank you鈥� for what we鈥檝e done. However, our gift is to say thank you to 麻豆传媒,鈥� said Paula Clayton, who was surrounded by immediate family. 鈥淏y giving back, it says 鈥榯hank you鈥� to shaping us into who we are today.鈥�

Michael Foster is a sophomore member of the Human Jukebox. In addition to playing the snare drum, he helps create video productions for the band. Foster applied for a scholarship offered by the Motion Picture Association of America specifically for students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Out of 2,000 applicants, Foster was one of 20 students selected.

麻豆传媒 Career Services director, Tamara Foster-Montgomery, discusses the importance of attending career fairs and how the university has forged relationships with top companies, such as Exxon, Microsoft, and Procter & Gamble that continuously hire 麻豆传媒 graduates. 鈥淣inety to 100 companies come to the fall fair, and 60 to 75 in the spring,鈥� Montgomery continued. 鈥淎bout 85% of the companies that consistently attend the career fairs have hired Southern students and graduates over the past five years.鈥�

The 麻豆传媒 System received a resolution for being a trailblazer in the HBCU community from both the Louisiana Senate and House of Representatives during SU Day at the Capitol, held March 28. The resolution stated that the System provides 鈥渕odels of excellence in diversity, education, research, workforce solutions, and universal engagement by embracing its land-grant principle and thereby affecting change in and around the 麻豆传媒 community.鈥�

麻豆传媒 System President Ray L. Belton today praised the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the 2018 budget, which includes increased funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. "As president of an HBCU system that serves a vast, diverse student population, I can particularly appreciate this financial package," Belton said. "I commend the members of Congress, including those who serve in the HBCU Caucus and our Louisiana delegation, for their bipartisan work to ensure that our institutions and programs are beneficial to our students and communities."

We want to thank 麻豆传媒 Alumni Federation Alumni President Cleo Brooks and the Seattle 鈥� Puget Sound Alumni chapter for making this transforming program a reality.

麻豆传媒 is vying to win a $50,000 campus improvement grant from the Home Depot Retool Your School program. Vote for the university online and by using the hashtag #SouthernU_RYS18 in Twitter and Instagram posts.

On Friday, 麻豆传媒 officials, alumni and supporters, along with community leaders, convened to celebrate the establishment of the university鈥檚 Valdry Center for Philanthropy. Despite sporadic rain, the groundbreaking ceremony commenced on campus. 鈥淭he sun is clearly shining on 麻豆传媒 today,鈥� said Ray L. Belton, 麻豆传媒 System president and Baton Rouge campus chancellor.

麻豆传媒 alumnus and teaching artist, Donney Rose, has been selected for the 2018-1019 Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow Recognition. The Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow Recognition is an award that highlights Citizen Artists across the country who utilize their art form for positive impact on communities and who live up to the ideals of service, justice, freedom, courage and gratitude that are inspired by President Kennedy鈥檚 legacy.