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The National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) recently conferred upon Rao Uppu, the James and Ruth Endowed Professor of Environmental Toxicology in the College of Sciences and Engineering at Southern University Baton Rouge (SUBR), its premier dual credential, Registered Environmental Health Specialist/ Registered Sanitarian (REHS/RS).

Luria Young, Southern University Baton Rouge vice provost for academic affairs, was elected to serve as the president-elect for the Conference of Louisiana Colleges and Universities (CLCU) during the organization’s 78th annual meeting April 6, 2017, at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches.

D.M.R. Spikes Honors College students make presentations at LCHC annual meeting Della Netter-Perkins, a long-time counselor and instructor in the Dolores Margaret Richard Spikes (D.M.R. Spikes) Honors College at Southern University Baton Rouge, was elected president of the Louisiana Collegiate Honors Council (LCHC) during the group’s 2017 annual meeting, March 18, hosted by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

The Southern University music department recently had five students to place in the Student Audition portion of the Louisiana National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) conference. The conference was held at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, March 11, 2017.

Beginning Fall 2017, transfer students from California Community Colleges (CCC) awarded an associate degree, will be guaranteed admission to the Southern University Baton Rouge (SUBR) at junior standing as part of a partnership through the California Community Colleges Transfer Guarantee to Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program.

Three Southern University Baton Rouge students in the Environmental Toxicology Department (ENTX) recently won awards at two national conferences, in Baton Rouge and North Carolina, in March.

Southern University Baton Rouge chemistry professor Edwin H. Walker Jr. is championing a scholarship program that provides assistance to SU students taking the test for admission to medical school.

Southern University Baton Rouge, March 9, 2017, observed its annual Founders' Day to celebrate 137 since its establishment as university, and to honor employees celebrating 10, 20, 30, and 40 years of service, and to recognize Southern University alumni who are elected officials throughout the state of Louisiana.

Eight Southern University students participated in the 2017 Annual Transportation Research Board Conference in Washington, DC. The International conference was held in January at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center and attracted more than 12,000 participants from throughout the world.