The Universityâs Board of Supervisors voted Thursday to appoint William F. Tate IV as the Universityâs next president. The search for an individual to permanently fulfill the presidential position began in November with the creation of the Presidential Search Committee.
Tate will become the Universityâs first African American president while concurrently becoming the first African American president in the Southeastern Conference.
Gov. John Bel Edwards released a statement congratulating Tate following his selection and acknowledged the significance of the moment for Louisiana.
âThis is a historic moment for the Louisiana State University system, as Dr. Tate will become the Universityâs first African American president and also the first African American university president in the Southeastern Conference,â Edwards said. âI share this goal of making higher education more accessible to students from all walks of life and all areas of our state and
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Title IX talk: This weekâs episode of Louisiana Public Square on Louisiana Public Broadcasting will feature a panel discussion of Title IX issues, featuring LSU interim president Thomas Galligan and UL System President James Henderson. The episode will air on Wednesday at 7 p.m. on LPB, and in New Orleans on WLAE, and online here. Â
Sanctioned: Nine oil refineries and chemical companies in the Lake Charles area have agreed to pay the federal government $5.5 million for their contamination of parts of the northern Calcasieu River estuary. The settlement was announced this month by the Justice Department. The settlement marks the latest in a series of federal and state legal actions against more than a dozen industrial plants for polluting the river basin with toxic chemicals and heavy metals, including dioxin and mercury. Read the full story.Â
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The end of next month will mark one year after George Floyd was killed by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, leading to an eruption of Black Lives Matter protests across the country in 2020.
Eight days after his death, Black Out LSU organized students to peacefully demonstrate against police brutality and racial inequality in the Quad. It would be the first protest of many in a year at LSU that was characterized by student activism.
From the protests that erupted in Baton Rouge after the death of George Floyd, to the sit-in protests against the Universityâs mishandling of sexual assault allegations, students have put constant pressure on local leaders and administrators throughout the 2020-21 school year.