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During its March meeting, the Southern University System Board of Supervisors approved longtime Southern University Baton Rouge physics professor Stephen C. McGuire as the James Ruth Smith Professor Emeritus.

Cheryl Taylor, graduate nursing programs chair for the College of Nursing and Allied Health, was named "Nursing Educator of the Year " during the recent annual Nightingale Nursing Awards awards event for the Louisiana Nurses Foundation. 

Southern University has entered into a partnership with one of the largest centers for cybersecurity near the nation’s capital and adjacent to Marine Corps Base Quantico.

Southern University students recently participated in the 76th Joint Annual Meeting of Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society and the National Institute of Science held in Atlanta, Georgia.

Robyn Merrick, Southern University System vice president for external affairs, has been selected as an Influential Women in Business honoree with the Baton Rouge Business report. Merrick is one of ten local women entrepreneurs and leaders within the business, nonprofit, and education industry being recognized.

Katara Williams, Southern University System chief of staff, has been selected from a national pool of applicants as a 2019 protégé for the Millennium Leadership Institute.

Southern University celebrated its 139 Founders’ Day Tuesday by reminiscing on its founders’ vision and duty to continue to carry out its mission. This year’s theme was “Fulfilling the Promise.” The commemoration was filled with traditional events that allowed the campus community to engage and participate.

Southern University is in the running to win a Home Depot: Retool Your School campus improvement grant. Vote everyday until April 14. Also, use the hashtags #SouthernU_RYS19 and #SUS_RYS19 in your social media posts.