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Southern University’s National Alumni Federation President Preston J. Castille, Jr. has been selected as a recipient of the Louisiana State Bar Association’ “Citizen Lawyer Award.”

Dreams do come true, just ask Randell Henry. Henry, associate professor of art at Southern, recently had one of his paintings chosen by New York Times lead art critic as her favorite work in the New York exhibition, “60 Americans.”

The Upward Bound program at Southern University is marking 50 years of helping thousands of students in Baton Rouge and around the state to get a jump-start on access to higher education.

Computer Science grad student Maritza Smith-Romero’s amazing effort to be chosen as a Google Lime Scholar and the winner of a $10,000 scholarship from the media giant is chronicled in The Advocate newspaper.

The Department of Rehabilitation and Disability Studies, in the College of Nursing and Allied Health, has received federal grants to fund scholarships in several disciplines for graduate students.