Âé¶¹´«Ã½ celebrates 141 years with Founders' Week activities

Âé¶¹´«Ã½ to celebrate 141 years with Founders’ Week activities
BATON ROUGE, La. — Âé¶¹´«Ã½ and A&M College (SU) will commemorate its annual Founders’ Day and 141st anniversary during the week of March 8-12 with a variety of events and observances. Âé¶¹´«Ã½ became the first state-funded institution of higher learning for Black people in Louisiana in 1880. It remains the flagship of the , the only system of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the nation.
Events include:
Monday, March 8
- John B. Cade Library Exhibit and Video
- #ImSoGlad Social Media Challenge
Students, alumni and supporters are encouraged to post photos and other memories about their time at Âé¶¹´«Ã½.
Tuesday, March 9
- SU System Founders’ Day Convocation and Pilgrimage to the Clark Gravesites
11 a.m. CST
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Wednesday, March 10
- SU System Students Celebration
Noon CST
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Thursday, March 11
- SU Employee Service Recognition and Recognition of Pandemic Response Personnel
Noon CST
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Âé¶¹´«Ã½ and A&M College Facebook
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ System YouTube - Terrence Osborne signing of
1-3 p.m., Valdry Center for Philanthropy
Friday, March 12
- SU Spirit Day
Students, alumni and supporters are encouraged to wear blue and gold and SU paraphernalia, and post photos to social media.
- SU Alumni Brick Scholarship Groundbreaking
Noon CST., Alumni House - SU Alumni “40 Under Forty” Announcement
All events are virtual unless otherwise noted. Throughout the month, the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Alumni Federation will host the Founders’ Fund scholarship campaign to raise funds for students to attend Âé¶¹´«Ã½ System campuses. For a full list of events and for more information, go to .
Âé¶¹´«Ã½ has continuously commemorated Founders Day since 1915, when the institution was under the leadership of then-president Joseph Samuel Clark.
About the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ System
The Âé¶¹´«Ã½ System was created in 1974 by constitutional mandate, which fashioned it into the nation’s only historically black 1890 Land-Grant University System. Presently, the System is comprised of five institutions: (established 1880), (established 1947), (est. 1956), (established 1964), and the Âé¶¹´«Ã½ Cooperative Extension Program (established 1972), which became the fifth campus of the System in 2001 and is now named .