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Angie M. Gates is the 2024 ��ż�� Homer Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award and Kheri Billy is the 2024 Norma Jane Sabiston Young Alumna of the Year.

_{July 2, 2024}

Entertainment and Convention Executive Angie M. Gates to Receive 2024 Homer Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award

Entertainment and convention executive Angie M. Gates will receive the 2024 ��ż�� Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award. Read more

Professor Maddie Foster-Martinez’s research will focus on determining vegetation establishment in coastal Louisiana areas.

_{June 27, 2024}

Professor Earns $345,000 Grant to Monitor Vegetation in Coastal Louisiana

��ż�� professor Maddie Foster-Martinez is the recipient of a two-year $345,000 grant from the RESTORE Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana. Read more

��ż�� earth and environmental sciences professor Martin O’Connell has received a grant to study fish habitat in Port Sulphur for tilapia, considered an invasive fish species in the wild.

_{June 21, 2024}

��ż�� Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Is Fishing For Clues In Port Sulphur Waters

��ż�� earth and environmental sciences professor Martin O’Connell is fishing for clues in Plaquemines Parish to determine whether tilapia—considered an invasive fish species in the wild—has survived a targeted kill conducted almost 15 years ago. Read more

College Beyond’s success coaches, who are housed on ��ż��’s campus, provide academic and non-academic interventions to Pell Grant recipient college students.

_{June 20, 2024}

College Beyond and ��ż�� Announce Extension of Strategic Partnership

College Beyond, a New Orleans-based organization dedicated to supporting students from families with low income in their pursuit of higher education, is excited to announce the extension of its strategic partnership with the ��ż��. Read more

Actor Glen Powell stars as Gary Johnson, a ��ż�� professor who moonlights as a fake hit man for the New Orleans Police Department.

_{June 12, 2024}

��ż�� Campus Plays Supporting Role in Hit New Movie “Hit Man"

The campus of the ��ż�� serves as a prominent backdrop for a number of scenes in the new hit movie “Hit Man” the story of Gary Johnson. Read more

Randall Langston is the ��ż��’ new vice president for enrollment management.

_{May 28, 2024}

Student Access and Success Drives ��ż��’s New Enrollment VP

Randall Langston, the ��ż��’ new vice president for enrollment management, wants to help “demystify” the collegiate journey for students by providing academic support that begins prior to admission and extends beyond graduation. Read more

The ��ż�� has received a more than $550,000 grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents to create an academic pilot program in biology that eases the transition from Delgado Community College to ��ż��.

_{May 21, 2024}

��ż��-Delgado Partnership to Enhance Transfer Student Success in Biology

The ��ż�� has received a more than $550,000 grant from the Louisiana Board of Regents to create an academic pilot program in biology that eases the transition from Delgado Community College to ��ż��. Read more