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Alacia Nicole Brew, the 89th Miss Southern University, is in the running to become a 2019 Ebony HBCU Campus Queen.

More than 400 graduates received bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees at fall commencement.

Weekend kicks off Friday with ROTC ball run, Battle of the Bands and more

Homecoming was full of epic events, including the 50th Anniversary of the Dancing Dolls, alumni activities, and of course, the football game victory.

The second home game for the Southern Jaguars will honor legendary Human Jukebox director Issac Greggs.

The Southern University System, along with community partners, will host a Town Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 2 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Royal Cotillion Ballroom of the Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union on campus.

Southern University will kick off the first home football game of the season with the second annual Pete Richardson Classic this weekend. Festivities include a concert, block party and of course, the much-anticipated game in A.W. Mumford Stadium.

In its August issue, Diverse Issues in Higher Education published its top list of bachelor’s degrees conferred at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Southern University landed amongst the top three institutions in the nation to confer degrees in registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing.

The Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH), along with Governor John Bel Edwards, is proud to announce Louisiana’s newest Poet Laureate, John Warner Smith. Following Jack Bedell’s successful tenure as poet laureate from 2017 through August 13 of this year, Smith will assume the post beginning August 14 and serve for two years.