Louisiana Board of Regents

Proud to serve those who serve!

We've been designated a 2024-2025 Governor's Military and Veteran Friendly Campus by the Louisiana Board of Regents, earning a Bronze Tier Distinction!

Thank you to our military and veteran community for trusting us with your education.

Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed returned to North Louisiana this week.

She was Thursday’s keynote speaker at the Call Me MiSTER Conference hosted by Grambling State University.

On Friday, Dr. Reed will deliver remarks at the Investiture of GSU President Dr. Martin Lemelle.

In August, Bossier Parish Community College received the state's only Governor's Military and Veteran Friendly (GMVF) Campus Gold Tier of Distinction.

BPCC was one of 29 postsecondary institutions designated as a GMVF campus.

READ MORE: https://www.bpcc.edu/news/1794805/bossier-parish-community-college-designated-a-2024-2025-governor-s-military-and-veteran-friendly-campus

For the fifth consecutive year, all 28 public postsecondary institutions earned the Governor's Military and Veteran-Friendly Campus designation.

READ MORE: http://laregents.edu/082824release/



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Louisiana's corequisite math success is making national headlines.

Inside Higher Ed lauded Regents and state faculty for achieving a nearly five-fold increase in course completion for entry-level math.

READ MORE: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/retention/2024/08/30/louisianas-corequisite-math-courses-boost-completion

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Thank you to the great Baton Rouge Community College team and its Automotive Training Center on the Ardendale Campus for hosting us Thursday for our All-Staff Retreat!

Louisiana’s adoption of math reform for college students in need of additional support is working.

Data shared with the Louisiana Board of Regents during today’s meeting demonstrated that 52% of students taking corequisite math courses in 2023-24 were able to pass a credit-bearing math class during their first year.

READ MORE: www.laregents.edu/082824release

For the fifth consecutive year, all public postsecondary institutions earned the military-friendly designation. Louisiana Christian University, a private Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities member, has earned the GMVF designation for the first time.

Additionally, twenty-one (21) institutions met the criteria for consideration to be designated in the Gold, Silver, or Bronze tier for 2024-25.

Gold Tier
Bossier Parish Community College

Silver Tier
Delgado Community College
Fletcher Technical Community College
Grambling State University
LSU
LSU Alexandria
LSU Eunice
LSU Shreveport
Northwestern State University
Southeastern Louisiana University
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of Louisiana Monroe

Bronze Tier
Baton Rouge Community College
Louisiana Christian University
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College - NLTCC
South Louisiana Community College
Southern University at Shreveport, LA
SOWELA Technical Community College
Louisiana Tech University
Nicholls State University
University of New Orleans

Thanks to grant funding provided through Strong Start to Finish to support professional development for faculty statewide, Regents selected 13 outstanding corequisite faculty across the state to participate by serving as Mindset Meauxtivators.

They represent 13 campuses across Louisiana: Baton Rouge Community College, Delgado Community College, LSU, LSU Shreveport, Nicholls State University, Northwestern State University, Nunez Community College, River Parishes Community College, South Louisiana Community College, Southern University and A&M College - Baton Rouge, LA, SOWELA Technical Community College, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and University of Louisiana Monroe.

The 13 faculty members are in Baton Rouge for Tuesday's inaugural training session. They will be introduced on Wednesday at the August Board meeting.

Congratulations to President Martin Lemelle and Grambling State University on the opening of their new Digital Library and Learning Commons!

It is the FIRST digital library at an HBCU and the first of its kind in the state of Louisiana.

On Tuesday, Fletcher Technical Community College opened its new Workforce / Nursing & Allied Health Building in Schiever.

This new addition will allow FTCC to MORE THAN TRIPLE the nursing and allied health program’s enrollment and capacity and MORE THAN DOUBLE its faculty.

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Regents is one of four systems to receive an award from The National Association of Higher Education Systems (NASH) through its Catalyst Fund.

NASH awarded Regents $25,000 to improve course sharing across public postsecondary institutions, focusing on cybersecurity courses.

RELEASE: https://nash.edu/2024/08/nash-awards-100000-to-systems-demonstrating-innovation-in-course-sharing/

Regents’ Academic Affairs and Innovation team is hosting its kickoff event for the Meauxmentum Scholars.

Funded by a $330,000 Lumina Foundation grant, the Scholars will support a faculty professional development program and equip faculty with tools to improve student learning.

LSU's cyber protection program for Louisiana Higher Education is getting national attention.

READ MORE: www.route-fifty.com/workforce/2024/07/looking-tech-talent-broaden-your-search-experts-say/398412/



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Nine students from five Louisiana HBCUs, including Regents Student Board member Kennedy Orr, have been named 2024 HBCU Scholars by the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities!

Meet our nine HBCU Scholars 👇

Dana M. Bailey, Southern University at New Orleans
Alonnie Celestine, Xavier University of Louisiana
Olivia LaShay Dyer, Grambling State University
William J. Gaspard Jr., Southern University Law Center
Madisyn Nicole Hicks, Dillard University
Kennedy Orr, Southern University and A&M College - Baton Rouge, LA
Nalone Sumo, Southern University and A&M College - Baton Rouge, LA
Osoniya Wodi, Xavier University of Louisiana
DeAndrew Thomas, Dillard University

Also named to the 2024 HBCU Scholars cohort was former Regent Student Board member Chandler Vidrine (Southern alumnus), who is in graduate school at Tennessee State.

Click the link to the full press release in the comments below.

The Southern University Law Center's Mixed Reality Virtual Innovation Gaming and Esports Institute opened in 2023.

A great addition to the growing Esports landscape here in Louisiana!

30 K–12 IT Influencers to Follow in 2024 Get to know the top voices in educational technology to stay up to date on the latest news and emerging trends.

We are excited to announce that we are the recipient of a 5M grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies to assist with the Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine! Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative works to address racial wealth equity by finding innovative solutions and making strategic investments to help drive the way forward.

“As the only HBCU medical school in the Gulf South, will train physicians who reflect the diversity of the communities they serve and help address a critical healthcare shortage in the region. " Said President Reynold Verret

📰: https://bit.ly/3SFTeRj

Regents has been collaborating with the Louisiana Workforce Commission and Louisiana Economic Development to use labor market data to determine workforce needs.

Act 330 reinforces ongoing efforts, partnerships, and collaborations, as well as introduces formal requirements to expand work-based learning.

Louisiana has a labor shortage. New leaders at state's workforce commission aim to solve it. State expected to need 35,000 more skilled workers in the next few years

Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed, co-chair of The Aspen Institute's Higher Ed Climate Action Task Force, is in Washington, D.C., for Thursday's Action Plan announcement!

Click below to learn more about how higher education can mobilize to advance climate solutions. https://bit.ly/4d816mw

Congratulations to our Governor’s Fellow Vanessa Luevano who presented her Policy Proposal today!

A native of the Bayou Region and a Nicholls State University senior, Vanessa proposed a policy on child care access in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.

Well done, Vanessa! 👏🏻

Congratulations to James Genovese on being named the 21st President of Northwestern State University!

We look forward to working collaboratively with you to advance talent development and our workforce pipeline here in Louisiana.

Thanks to generous support from sponsors Entergy Louisiana and Canvas LMS, Regents staff collected items for 42 foster youth who begin their first year of college in August.

Staff delivered goodies to the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services to help these students start their college careers!

Thanks to Governor Jeff Landry and these champions – Senator Mizell and Rep. Brass.

The Legislature passed Act 335 and Act 154 to expand career technical dual enrollment offerings to high students across our state, helping more students successfully begin college in high school.