After more than five decades of teaching, LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center professor Bill Crawford taught his final class recently. Congratulations, Professor Crawford, and thank you for your commitment to educating Tigers. Watch the video at youtube.com/watch?v=OLroNIQg5lA.

Congratulations to the Baton Rouge Business Report’s 2019 Forty Under 40 class, especially the employees and friends of LSU who made the list. Visit businessreport.com/newsletters/meet-the-2019-forty-under-40 to view the full list.

• Ashley Arceneaux, Chief of Staff, LSU Office of the President
• Justin Brown, Director of Cancer Metabolism, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
• Sara Whittaker, Assistant Vice President of Communications & Marketing, LSU Foundation

LSU science faculty members continue to rise in the world of research. Among those in the recently released Highly Cited Researchers list was Brant Faircloth, assistant professor of biological sciences. Faircloth was cited a total of 8,149 times during 2019 and appeared in more than 85 publications.

The Highly Cited Researchers list identifies global research and social scientists who have demonstrated exceptional influence in their fields. These highly cited papers rank in the top 1 percent by citations for a chosen field or fields and year in Web of Science. Of the world’s population of scientists and social scientists, the listed researchers are one in 1,000, according to the Web of Science Group.

Visit lsu.edu/science/news_events/cos-news-events/faircloth_hcr.php to read more.

LSU employees have off this Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov. 29, to celebrate Thanksgiving. Enjoy spending time with your family and friends!

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 LSU Foundation Staff Outstanding Service Awards. The awards were established to recognize full-time, non-academic staff employees of LSU and the AgCenter who demonstrate superior work performance and service.

The instructions and nomination form can be accessed at lsufoundation.org/serviceawards. The deadline to submit nominations is Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019.

A reception honoring the 2019 recipients will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2019, at 3 p.m. at the Noland/Laborde Ballroom of The Lod Cook Alumni Center. All faculty and staff are invited to attend.

A new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, “A First Try at ROI: Ranking 4,500 Colleges,” shows LSU is No. 1 in the SEC among public universities in one of the important return on investment categories highlighted by the study and is highly ranked among national peers.

Visit lsu.edu/mediacenter/news/2019/11/21lsuroi.eb.php to read more.

The LSU 100 is a highly competitive program that identifies, recognizes and celebrates the 100 fastest growing LSU graduate-owned or LSU graduate-led businesses in the world. This year, LSU also introduced the ROARING 10 list. From all of the companies that applied for the LSU100, the ROARING 10 list recognizes and celebrates the 10 highest revenue-generating LSU graduate-owned or LSU graduate-led businesses. View the rankings at lsu.edu/business/newsevents/2019/11-november/lsu-100-rankedlist.php.

Effective Nov. 13, 2019, the Enterprise/National out-of-state vehicle rental contract has been signed. The rental contract rates have been updated and are available on the Accounts Payable & Travel website.

Short’s Travel Management has been informed of the contract rates and will resume booking out-of-state vehicle rentals with Enterprise/National.

As a reminder, the Enterprise/National reservation links are also available on the Accounts Payable & Travel website.

For questions, please contact Jennifer Driggers at jdrigg@lsu.edu or Patrice Gremillion at pgremill@lsu.edu.

Non-CMS Website Remediation

Websites outside of the university-supported content management system (CMS), OU Campus, must be remediated as soon as possible by the managing unit to meet accessibility requirements. Once the site is remediated, please submit appropriate remediation documentation via this form.

For guidelines, free tools and training opportunities, visit LSU Accessibility.

Questions regarding non-OU Campus remediation may be directed to the Online Accessibility Working Group at oawg@lsu.edu.

Trainings Due Dec. 31

All public employees are required to complete one hour of training on the Code of Governmental Ethics each calendar year. The Louisiana Code of Governmental Ethics training is located on the Ethics Board website. Upon completion, the employee will be provided with a certificate that documents the completion of the course.

The Preventing Sexual Misconduct: Commitment to Community course is located on Moodle. Click "yes" to self-enroll. Once enrolled, click on the link that says "Preventing Sexual Misconduct Training for LSU Employees." Then, click "enter." After completing the e-course, you will be able to print out a certificate of completion for your records. Please save a copy for your personal records as well as forward a copy to your department's contact for reporting and compliance. It is your responsibility to keep track of your individual certificate.

For any questions about these two trainings, please contact hr@lsu.edu.

The Digital Resource and Content Accessibility Awareness Course, a new mandatory online training, has been implemented for this academic year and is to be completed annually by December 31. To take this course, visit the Digital Resource and Content Accessibility Awareness Community Moodle page. Click "yes" to self-enroll in this Community Moodle course. Once enrolled, click on the link that says "Digital Resource and Content Accessibility Awareness." Then, click "enter." After completing the e-course, you will be able to print out a certificate of completion for your records. Please keep this certificate and follow your department's instructions for reporting and compliance. For questions or feedback about the accessibility training, please contact oawg@lsu.edu.

United Way Campaign

This year, LSU has a goal of contributing $75,000 or more to the Capital Area United Way, which will go toward the common good of our friends, family and neighbors in this community. You can give through payroll deduction or a one-time gift through your Workday account to help us reach this goal. View detailed instructions on setting up a donation.

Visit lsu.edu/unitedway to find out more about the LSU United Way campaign and www.cauw.org to learn about Capital Area United Way. Contact unitedway@lsu.edu if you have any questions.

Final exams are quickly approaching, so let’s give our dedicated students the study break they deserve – free breakfast with their favorite LSU employees!

You’re invited to join the President’s Late Night Breakfast during concentrated study period on Dec. 3 from 10 p.m. to midnight in The 5 and 459 Commons Dining Halls. Please consider volunteering to serve breakfast by visiting https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/98d25bf4accf4c7b9ee00601a898e028.

The LSU Office of Research & Economic Development is pleased to announce the upcoming deployment of the GeauxGrants Sponsored Projects module, which will replace the current system, SPS, as the pre-award system for LSU on Jan. 1, 2020. GeauxGrants will allow users to develop and route proposals, submit post-award modification requests, submit proposals directly to Grants.gov and NIH ASSIST and review and approve awards and subawards. GeauxGrants will also integrate with the existing Conflict of Interest module as well as the upcoming Human Subjects and Animal Subjects modules that will deploy over the course of 2020.

• Effective Jan. 1, 2020, all proposals must be routed at least seven days prior to the proposal submission deadline to assure appropriate reviews and routing.
• All proposals with deadlines on or before Jan. 9, 2020, must be routed in SPS no later than Dec. 18, 2019.

Read more on key transition dates, routing deadlines and training.