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BATON ROUGE, La. — Â鶹´«Ã½ this week officially planted its first seeds in its unprecedented partnership to supply medicinal marijuana for patients in Louisiana. Present were representatives from the Â鶹´«Ã½ System administration, Â鶹´«Ã½ Agricultural Research and Extension Center, and Southern product vendor Advanced Biomedics/Illera Healthcare.

At its June meeting in New Orleans, the Â鶹´«Ã½ System Board of Supervisors approved the appointment of Sandra Brown as dean of the College of Nursing and Allied Health at Â鶹´«Ã½ Baton Rouge.

Recently, five Â鶹´«Ã½ Baton Rouge students were chosen as 2019 HBCU Competitiveness Scholars through the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Â鶹´«Ã½ has entered into a partnership with one of the largest centers for cybersecurity near the nation’s capital and adjacent to Marine Corps Base Quantico.

Â鶹´«Ã½ students recently participated in the 76th Joint Annual Meeting of Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society and the National Institute of Science held in Atlanta, Georgia.

Â鶹´«Ã½ is in the running to win a Home Depot: Retool Your School campus improvement grant. Vote everyday until April 14. Also, use the hashtags #SouthernU_RYS19 and #SUS_RYS19 in your social media posts.

The Â鶹´«Ã½ System Board of Supervisors today held committee meetings and full board meeting on Feb. 21-22 at Â鶹´«Ã½ Shreveport. In one of its first actions, the Board approved the extension of the contract of Dawson Odums, head football coach at Â鶹´«Ã½ Baton Rouge.

Three students at Â鶹´«Ã½ Baton Rouge have been awarded the Rockefeller State Wildlife Scholarship. The scholarship is for students pursuing a degree in forestry, wildlife or marine science at a Louisiana public college or university.

Â鶹´«Ã½, in partnership with Louisiana State University and Baton Rouge Community College, will host the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity commemoration Thursday, Jan. 24 from 5 -7 p.m. at the Smith–Brown Union Cotillion Ballroom on the campus of Â鶹´«Ã½. Shawn Wilson, Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development secretary, will serve as the keynote speaker.