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Southern University and head football coach Dawson Odums have agreed in principle to a multi-year contract extension that will keep the 2013 SWAC Coach of the Year in Baton Rouge through 2017 the school announced Thursday.

Southern University graduating senior Veronica Williams was selected last week as a Tabasco Scholarship recipient for being an outstanding marketing student.

The first graduates of Southern University’s Executive Master’s in Public Administration online degree program will get their diplomas during commencement ceremonies on Friday morning.

Chancellor James L. Llorens and his wife, Glenda, made a personal donation of $10,000 on Thursday night at the university’s Christmas Concert to help launch the Chancellor’s Scholarship Fund.