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The Indian Students Association is hosting SANGAMAM 2016 on Friday, Nov. 18 from 6-9 p.m. in the University Event Center.

Southern University program associate and recruiter for the Dolores Margaret Richard Spikes Honors College, Eric G. Pugh, was selected as the new national secretary for the National Association of African Honors Programs (NAAAHP). This year's NAAAHP conference was held in Nashville, Tennessee from October 29 - November 2, 2016. The theme for this year's conference was "Celebrating 25 Sterling Years of Academic Distinction."

More than 48 students competed in a preliminary quiz bowl competition sponsored by the Southern University Dolores Magaret Richards Spikes Honors College, October 26, 2016, in the Royal Cotillion Ballroom in the Smith-Brown Memorial Student Union.

Southern University Distinguished Professor of Physics Diola Bagayoko was awarded a $175,000 research grant from the United States Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). This project is a part of the work of the Consortium for Materials and Energies Security (CMaES) led by Florida A&M University.

Southern University School of Nursing professor Wanda Spurlock, was recently inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. The induction ceremony was held at the Marquis Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC, October 22, 2016, in conjunction with the Academy’s 2016 policy conference, “Transforming Health, Driving Policy.”

Corinne Vaughn, a senior majoring in political science from Stockton, California was officially crowned Miss Southern University and A&M College during a coronation Wednesday, October 19, 2016, in the F.G. Clark Activity Center.

Southern University’s own Doze Butler accepted a Baton Rouge Area Volunteer Activists (BRAVA) award November 4, 2016, at the Renaissance Hotel. Butler, is the associate dean of the College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer Sciences, a position she has held since 2013. Butler has worked at Southern Since 2001.

On display in the Visual Arts Gallery in Frank Hayden Hall at Southern University Baton Rouge is the 8th Annual Homecoming Art Exhibition. The exhibit features works from seven members of the Roosevelt Daniel Art Guild. The Guild is group of artists from Shreveport who studied with and is paying tribute to the late professor Roosevelt Daniel. Daniel was the founding chairman of the Fine Arts Program at Southern University Shreveport (SUSLA).