The LSU Board of Supervisors held its first meeting of the semester early Friday, voting to approve a variety of investments affecting multiple parts of the LSU community.
Athletics
Nobody had a better day at the meeting than LSU Athletics, which walked away with several key wins including the most high-profile vote of the day: renovations to Alex Box Stadium.
Home to the reigning national champion baseball team, the stadium is to receive an additional 160 seats, and its home and visitor bullpens will be relocated. The estimated $3 million improvements will be paid for by the Tiger Athletic Foundation, which raises funds through private donations. The renovations will begin in June and are expected to be completed by February 2025.
In another win for athletics, the board approved employment contracts for eight assistant football coaches, including Corey Raymond, who made his return to LSU in January from the University of Florida.
Greek Life
Greek row is expanding—that is, its houses are. Phi Mu is renovating its house for $3.9 million with anticipation of being ready for fall 2024. Delta Gamma is also making changes, with an $8.9-million expansion project for its house that is expected to be ready by end of spring 2025. During the wait, Delta Gamma will be subleasing the old Delta Kappa Epsilon house.
Theta Xi, which was suspended from LSU’s campus until Dec. 31, 2025, received approval to sublease its house to Delta Tau Delta during the suspension.
Energy
The Future Use of Energy in Louisiana consortium was also recognized at the meeting for receiving a $160 million grant from the National Science Foundation, awarded to only 10 programs out of 700 applicants. FUEL, led by LSU, works with other universities and industries in Louisiana to research global energy expansion. Focuses include the development of clean energy, lowering carbon emissions and growing the state’s workforce.
“This is so exciting to see that LSU is leading in garnering our natural resources and our natural talent here in the state and in the industries who have invested here,” said board member Mary Werner.
The Board’s next meeting will be on April 26.
