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Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA) honored veterans at the campus’ annual Veterans Day Tribute Ceremony. The ceremony took place on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 10am in the Jesse Stone Lecture Hall on the main campus, located at 3050 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.

Southern University at Shreveport became host to an innovative technology center thanks to generous donations totaling more than $50,000 from Capital One Bank to fund and support the project. The Capital One Career Technology Center (COCTC) was unveiled in a grand opening ceremony Tuesday, November 10, at 10 a.m., 3000 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Shreveport, LA, at the site of the former Newton Smith Elementary School and home to the YouthBuild Shreveport Program.

The SUSLA community came together to remember those who have lost their lives, celebrate those who have overcome the disease and to raise further awareness of breast cancer in two annual “Jaguars for the Cure” Breast Cancer Awareness Programs on October 8 (Metro Campus) and October 29 (MLK Campus).

Southern University at Shreveport and LSUS completed an alliance agreement during an 11 a.m. signing ceremony October 16 at LSUS. SUSLA’S Interim Chancellor S. Albert Gilliam and LSUS Chancellor Larry Clark were joined by officials from both schools and students from SUSLA’s allied health programs for the event.

The inaugural class of the Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA) YouthBuild Shreveport Program observed graduation exercises on Thursday, October 22 at the Hilton Downtown Shreveport. Dr. R. Timothy Jones, pastor of the Peaceful Rest Baptist Church served as keynote speaker for the event, which honored fourteen (14) graduates this year. The Fuller Center of Northwest Louisiana also presented the YouthBuild Shreveport program with a check in the amount of $12,124.

Members of the SUSLA community and the MLK neighborhood gathered on October 6 for a night filled with great food, music, and fellowship at the 10th Annual National Night Out. Sponsored by the University Police Department and held on the MLK campus, the event drew a large crowd and brought students, faculty, staff and residents together to celebrate community.

The Department of Student Activities, Student Government Association and Student Center Board at Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA) will hold a blood drive Monday, September 21 at the school’s main campus located at 3050 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive from 10:00am – 12:00pm to benefit Wtyanna Welch, daughter of SUSLA sophomore, Nhyesha Shaw.

Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA) welcomes civil rights attorney, NAACP activist, veteran and SU alumnus Johnnie A. Jones, Sr. as the keynote speaker at the Celebration of Men’s Ministry Month at Calvary Missionary Baptist Church, 5823 Ledbetter Street, Shreveport, Louisiana on Sunday, September 20, 2015 at 5:45pm.

Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA) has enrolled a record headcount of 3,174 students for the Fall 2015 semester. This follows a previous record Fall 2013 semester enrollment of 3,018 students.

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