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Higher Education Comissioner Joseph Rallo speaks at Press Club Baton Rouge on Monday, March 2, 2015 at the Belle of Baton Rouge Hotel.

Higher Education Commissioner Joseph Rallo addresses state budget cuts

March 2, 2015

Louisiana Higher Education Commissioner Joseph Rallo delivered an address Monday on how state colleges and universities will cope with expected budget cuts and potential solutions to offset the deficit. Rallo...

Gov. Bobby Jindal, along with LSU President F. King Alexander and agency representatives, break ground on the new Center for River Studies- the first of three buildings to make up the Water Campus.

LSU President addresses ‘transformational shift’ in higher education budget in new video

March 2, 2015

LSU President F. King Alexander sought to address questions about Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposed budget for higher education in a video published to YouTube Monday. Jindal's 2016 fiscal year budget calls...

LSU President plans to work with government to restore funding

LSU President plans to work with government to restore funding

February 27, 2015

Hours after the release of the executive budget for fiscal year 2015-2016, LSU President F. King Alexander released a statement looking forward to handing the drop funding for higher education. The new...

Gov. Bobby Jindal, along with LSU President F. King Alexander and agency representatives, break ground on the new Center for River Studies- the first of three buildings to make up the Water Campus.

Jindal’s budget details $141.3 million higher education reduction

February 27, 2015

Gov. Bobby Jindal’s executive budget for the 2016 fiscal year calls for a $141.3 million reduction to Louisiana higher education spending. Jindal made the announcement Friday morning to the Joint...

University research productivity to see decline due to budget cuts

February 26, 2015

Academic research is a fundamental part of LSU, and the looming state budget cuts will impact the amount and quality of research for current and future generations, said animal science professor and Faculty...

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University prepares to have state funding slashed in half

February 25, 2015

Nearly half the University’s state funding hinges on tomorrow’s preliminary budget announcement from Gov. Bobby Jindal. Roughly $110 million of the University’s budget comes from the...

Gov. Bobby Jindal, along with LSU President F. King Alexander and agency representatives, break ground on the new Center for River Studies- the first of three buildings to make up the Water Campus.

State budget shortfalls are not new to Louisiana legislators

February 25, 2015

Legislators knew the budget shortfall was coming, and it’s happened before.  Higher education faced a 30 percent budget cut in 2008, said LSU President F. King Alexander. The upcoming cut will...

The LSU Alumni Association's national board of directors names Cliff Vannoy as Executive President and Chief Operating Officer of the assocciation.

University leans on fundraising associations leading up to budget cuts

February 25, 2015

President and CEO of the University’s Alumni Association Cliff Vannoy said there may be a long-term solution to the state deficit—one that won’t harm the University’s budget. The...

LSU Board of Supervisors meet in the Administration Building on October 24, 2014. The Board met Friday to discuss a number of issues, including the 2020 fiscal year budget. 

Former, present LSU Board of Supervisors members await budget cuts’ consequences

By Carrie Grace Henderson February 25, 2015

The 16-member LSU Board of Supervisors, charged with managing and overseeing the LSU System, possesses no constitutional power to mitigate the higher education budget cuts proposed by Gov. Bobby Jindal. But...

Balfour House owner Angela Quint, center, stands with her daughter Emily, left, and employee Emily Barras on Feb. 11, 2015, behind the store’s counter.  

Balfour House thrives selling Greek student merchandise

By Jennifer Vance (Manship News Service) February 25, 2015

Scattered among the racks of T-shirts, shelves of picture frames and walls of wooden paddles at the Balfour House in Baton Rouge are Greek letters. Delta, Sigma, Zeta, Kappa, Alpha and more adorn nearly...

 A screenshot of the WAVE app displays the app’s home screen. 

LSU researchers develop app to guide fisherman through rough waters

By Jennifer Vance (Manship News Service) February 25, 2015

Louisiana’s commercial fishermen soon will have an app to help guide them during the rough waters of hurricane season. The WAVE app is project underwritten by a $341.330 grant by the  New Projects...

Board of Regents member Roy O. Martin III weighs in on a topic of discussion Wednesday, June 26, 2013 in the Board Room of the Claiborne Conference Center in downtown Baton Rouge.

Board of Regents continues to push for tuition autonomy

By Carrie Grace Henderson February 23, 2015

Five years into a six-year agreement with Gov. Bobby Jindal, the Louisiana Board of Regents is once again pushing for fiscal autonomy from the state. Under the GRAD Act, signed in June 2010, higher education...