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September 2018

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Greetings from the Office of Academic AffairsWhat is a Provost?

Interim Executive Vice President & Provost Stacia Haynie met up with a number of LSU students before LSU’s fall convocation to ask them a few questions and one question in particular. See what they had to say... Watch the video on YouTube

Our People

New Faculty Orientation 2018

Each year in August, the Office of Academic Affairs organizes and facilitates an all-day New Faculty Orientation. This year, LSU welcomed 157 new faculty members representing 13 colleges across campus. New Faculty Orientation 2018 ...

Red Stick Roux LSU

LSU’s Office of Human Resource Management, with support from the Office of Academic Affairs, hosted its annual Red Stick Roux event for new faculty and staff by giving them a taste of Cajun cuisine and zydeco swamp tunes. Red Stick Roux LSU ... 

We are Creative

An integral component of the LSU Strategic Plan 2025 focuses on six key values that the university inculcates in its faculty, staff and students. They are creative, culturally adept, innovative, transformative, globally engaged, and collaborative. The strategic plan "LSU: I Am" series features faculty, staff and students that epitomize the values established in the strategic plan at LSU. Throughout the series, students, faculty and staff members will demonstrate how their work is connecting the university to the citizens of our city, state and world. Please see below for our second feature in this series titled “LSU: I Am Creative."

Nick Erickson video, Creating Something From NothingAmber LeBlanc, Comm Specialist for SHC, Creativity Expressed DailySarah Armstead, Political Science and Communications Major, Think Outside the Box

Programs, Policies & Planning

PS 26 Revised: Policy for Persons with Disabilities
On June 27, 2018, the President officially approved the revisions, as reviewed by the PS 26 Committee, the Faculty Senate, deans, vice presidents, and the Provost, to PS 26: Policy on Disability Service, Duties, and Compliance. PS 26 Revised: Policy for Persons with Disabilities ...

Greek Life Implementation Committee Report Posted
The Greek Life Implementation Committee posted its report online after several months of work putting the recommendations of the Greek Task Force into place. Greek Life Implementation Committee Report Posted ... 

LSU First in Louisiana to Offer Master’s Degree in Athletic Training
The Athletic Training Program within the School of Kinesiology received approval to offer a Masters Degree in Athletic Training at the August Board of Regents meeting. Louisiana State University is the first institution in the state to receive this approval. LSU First in Louisiana to Offer Master’s Degree in Athletic Training ... 

Students Now Able to Receive LSU Communicator Certificate
LSU now offers the LSU Communicator Certificate, a non-degree certificate recognizing students in good standing who have successfully completed a significant number of rigorous communication-intensive (C-I) courses within their disciplines and a quality, written reflection. Students Now Able to Receive LSU Communicator Certificate ...

LSU Student Success to Encompass Center for Academic Success and Testing & Evaluation Services
LSU's Office of Student Success is pleased to announce the department will now encompass both the Center for Academic Success (CAS) and the newly created Office of Testing and Evaluation Services (TES). LSU Student Success to Encompass Center for Academic Success and Testing & Evaluation Services ...

Important Dates and Upcoming Events

Save the Date:

Event: Tiger Days: Classroom Observation
October 22-24, 2018

RSVP for Upcoming New Faculty Events:


Event: New Faculty Lunch | RSVP Here | September 18 Faculty Lunch
Topic: Faculty Technology Center
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. 
Hill Memorial Library Lecture Hall

Event: 
New Faculty Lunch | RSVP Here | October 10 Faculty Lunch
Topic: Center for Academic Success
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 
Multipurpose Room, African American Cultural Center

Event: New Faculty Lunch | RSVP Here | November 8 Faculty Lunch
Topic: Communication across the Curriculum and Center for Community Engagement, Learning and Leadership
Thursday, November 8, 2018
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
225 Peabody Hall