Southeastern Louisiana University (Southeastern) is a public university in Hammond,Louisiana. It was founded in 1925 by Linus A. Sims as Hammond Junior College. Sims succeeded in getting the campus moved to north Hammond in 1928,when it became known as Southeastern Louisiana College. It achieved university status in 1970.
The University of Louisiana System is a public university system in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It enrolls more students than the other three public university systems in the state;as of October 2023,it claims more than 91,500 students throughout its institutions. Its headquarters are in the Claiborne Building in Baton Rouge.
Sigma Alpha (ΣΑ) is a professional agricultural sorority.
In the United States,an honor society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among peers. Numerous societies recognize various fields and circumstances. The Order of the Arrow,for example,is the National Honor Society of the Boy Scouts of America. Chiefly,the term refers to scholastic honor societies,those that recognize students who excel academically or as leaders among their peers,often within a specific academic discipline.
Theodore Judson Jemison,better known as T. J. Jemison,was the president of the National Baptist Convention,USA,Inc. from 1982 to 1994. It is the largest African-American religious organization. He oversaw the construction of the Baptist World Center in Nashville,Tennessee,the headquarters of his convention.
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi is an honor society established in 1897 to recognize and encourage superior scholarship without restriction as to area of study,and to promote the "unity and democracy of education". It is the fourth academic society in the United States to be organized around recognizing academic excellence,and it is the oldest all-discipline honor society. The society's motto is ΦιλοσοφίαKρατείτωΦωτῶν,which is translated as "Let the love of learning rule humanity",and its mission is "to recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others." It is a member of the Honor Society Caucus,which is composed of four honor societies:Phi Beta Kappa,Phi Kappa Phi,Sigma Xi,and Omicron Delta Kappa.
Sigma Alpha Iota (ΣΑΙ) is an international music fraternity. Formed to "uphold the highest standards of music" and "to further the development of music in America and throughout the world",it continues to provide musical and educational resources to its members and the general public. Sigma Alpha Iota operates its own national philanthropy,Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies,Inc. Sigma Alpha Iota is a member of the National Interfraternity Music Council and the Professional Fraternity Association.
Omicron Delta Kappa (ΟΔΚ),also known as The Circle and ODK,is an honor society located in the United States with chapters at more than 300 college campuses. It was founded December 3,1914,at Washington and Lee University in Lexington,Virginia,by 15 student and faculty leaders. The society recognizes achievement in five areas:scholarship;athletics;campus and community service,social or religious activities,and campus government;journalism,speech and the mass media;and creative and performing arts. Some circles of ΟΔΚare quasi-secret,in that newly selected members remain undisclosed for some time.
Alpha Eta Mu Beta is a biomedical engineering honor society founded at Louisiana Tech University in 1979.
Micheal Randolph Moffett,known as Randy Moffett,is a former president of the University of Louisiana System. He was appointed to the position on July 25,2008. He retired on the last day of 2012 and was succeeded on the first day of 2013 by Sandra Woodley.
Nick Joseph Bruno has been the president of the University of Louisiana at Monroe,also known as ULM,since November 8,2010. He was appointed by the Baton Rouge-based University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors. Bruno is the eighth president of ULM. He succeeded James E. Cofer Sr.,who had resigned to become president of Missouri State University. Bruno's selection was made official in an announcement by University of Louisiana System president Randy Moffett. Bruno's official investiture was on 2011 October 2.
The College of Engineering and Science (COES) is one of five colleges at Louisiana Tech University,a public research university in Ruston,Louisiana. The roots of the college date back to the founding of Louisiana Tech in 1894 when the Department of Mechanics was created. Today,the college includes twenty-five degree-granting programs:fourteen undergraduate,seven master's,and four doctoral programs. College programs are located on the Louisiana Tech campus in Ruston,Louisiana. In addition,courses are offered at the CenturyLink Headquarters in Monroe,Louisiana,at Barksdale Air Force Base,in Bossier City,Louisiana,and at the Louisiana Tech Shreveport Center in Shreveport,Louisiana.
Ray Paul Authement Sr. was an American academic administrator and the longest-serving university president in the United States. From 1974 to 2008,he was the fifth president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette,formerly known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette,Louisiana.
Leslie Keith Guice is the 14th president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston,Louisiana. Guice,who holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering,succeeded Dan Reneau as the Louisiana Tech president after a long career at the institution as a student,professor,dean,and vice president of research.
Ralph Loyd Ropp was an Ohio native who from 1949 to 1962 served as the 11th president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston,Louisiana,having preceded F. Jay Taylor.
Arthur Taylor Prescott Sr. was a political scientist and educator who was the founding president of Louisiana Tech University in Ruston,Louisiana. Most of his educational administrative career,however,was spent at his alma mater,Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
Ravi V. Bellamkonda is an Indian-American biomedical engineer and academic administrator. Since 2021,he has served as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Emory University in Atlanta,Georgia. Bellamkonda was previously Vinik Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University.
Liberty Magnet High School is a public magnet school in Baton Rouge,Louisiana,United States,founded in the 1950s but was closed in 2009. The school was subsequently reopened in 2011 as a magnet school in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. Liberty Magnet has a student body of approximately 1,100 students. Liberty Magnet High School is classified as an "A" school,receiving a 106.7 SPS in 2017. Liberty requires students to pass enrollment standards and exceed graduation standards.
Phi Epsilon Kappa (ΦΕΚ) is a national professional fraternity for persons engaged in or pursuing careers in the fields of physical education,health,recreation,dance,human performance,exercise science,sports medicine and sports management.
