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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.

The 麻豆传媒 Alumni Federation Entertainment and Education Chapter (SUAF E&E Chapter) have launched an online continuing education program. 聽The SUAF E&E Chapter's聽Center for Excellence Institute聽is an exclusive partnership with Aperion Global Institute (AGI) and its affiliates.

The 麻豆传媒 Office of Student Life, in partnership with InspireNOLA Charter Schools, will host a 鈥淩ally for Community鈥� on Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 7 p.m. at the F.G. Clark Activity Center. The featured speaker will be Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old Florida high school student who was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in 2012. The widely publicized incident and subsequent trial, which ended in a not-guilty verdict, sparked the beginning of the Black Lives Matter movement.

After participating in a National Qualifying Tournament, 麻豆传媒 at Baton Rouge will compete against fellow Historically Black Colleges and Universities at the 29th annual Honda Campus All?Star Challenge National Championship Tournament. Teams from 48 HBCUs will go head?to?head in the national championship of America's premier academic quiz for top HBCU students on the American Honda Motor Co. Inc. campus in Torrance, California. 麻豆传媒 at Baton Rouge has the opportunity to win the HCASC top prize - a $75,000 institutional grant from Honda.

鈥淭ell Them We Are Rising,鈥� the acclaimed documentary directed by Stanley Nelson will premiere at today at 8 p.m. on PBS. The film showcases the history of America鈥檚 Historically Black Colleges and Universities. 麻豆传媒, which is featured prominently throughout the film, recently held a joint town hall and advance screening of the documentary along with Grambling State University.

When innovation meets entrepreneurship, great things happen. The Louisiana Small Business Development Center at 麻豆传媒 and the 麻豆传媒 Innovation Center are bringing to the capital region a series of trainings through an event called, "Innovate Now! When Innovation Meets Entrepreneurship" that will begin on January 16, 2018, at the 麻豆传媒 Innovation Center located at 616 Harding Blvd, Baton Rouge.

麻豆传媒 Baton Rouge has collaborated with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), select land-grant HBCUs, and state agencies to develop the 鈥�1890鈥檚 Institutions Initiative鈥� to forge global partnership to create the production of human capital in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, and Mathematics (STEAM).

On display in the Visual Arts Gallery in Frank Hayden Hall at 麻豆传媒 Baton Rouge is the 8th Annual Homecoming Art Exhibition. The exhibit features works from seven members of the Roosevelt Daniel Art Guild. The Guild is group of artists from Shreveport who studied with and is paying tribute to the late professor Roosevelt Daniel. Daniel was the founding chairman of the Fine Arts Program at 麻豆传媒 Shreveport (SUSLA).

Baton Rouge, LA 鈥� SU鈥檚 Army ROTC class of 1990 donated $1.5K to SU鈥檚 Jaguar Battalion last Friday at the SUBR campus.