Summer 2020, Volume 96, Number 2
From the
INTERIM PRESIDENT Showing Our Stripes, Roaring Forward In times of great crisis throughout history, our LSU family has always responded with great resiliency and resolve to serve our state and country and to support one another. Faced with a pandemic that has brought unprecedented disruption, Tigers across the nation are once again rising to meet the challenge of this historical moment by helping their neighbors and communities.
“We will continue to persevere through this most difficult moment in our history. And we can take comfort in knowing that while this pandemic is temporary, LSU is forever.”
The medical professionals heroically treating patients on the frontline of the coronavirus fight include many LSU alumni. They are supported by our innovative LSU researchers, who have achieved breakthroughs in testing, PPE production, and clinical trials on treatment options and potential vaccines. Through these and countless other inspiring efforts by our LSU family to fight the pandemic, we have shown why great research universities like LSU exist. By leveraging our extensive expertise, innovation, research, assets, and facilities, our LSU family has helped flatten the curve and continues to play a vital role in our recovery. The dedication and determination displayed by our students, faculty, and staff – who quickly transitioned to remote learning and working during the spring semester and persevered with great success – has been equally inspiring. And though our celebration looked different this year, it was with great joy and pride that we recently honored the amazing accomplishments of our Class of 2020 graduates. We look forward to holding an in-person commencement ceremony for them on our flagship campus when it is safe to do so. As our new graduates enter the workforce, many of the career opportunities they were hoping to take advantage of have suddenly evaporated due to the economic crisis created by the pandemic. LSU Alumni Association members have always played a critical role in ensuring the success of our students, before and after graduation. Please keep our newest LSU alumni in your thoughts and consider providing them an opportunity or other assistance in the months ahead if you can. We will continue to persevere through this most difficult moment in our history. And we can take comfort in knowing that while this pandemic is temporary, LSU is forever. Our great university is moving forward with courage and optimism. With the safety and well-being of our LSU family guiding every decision we make and action we take, we are planning to open our campuses this fall and we are making every effort to resume in-person classes. I sincerely appreciate your continued support of LSU and your engagement with the LSU Alumni Association.
Geaux Tigers!
Thomas C. Galligan, Jr. LSU Interim President and Professor of Law @lsuprez
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Editor Jackie Bartkiewicz Advertising Emily Johnson Art Director Chuck Sanchez STUN Design & Interactive
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12 Fighting Tigers at the Forefront LSU faculty, staff, students, and alumni rallied against the coronavirus pandemic, doing what they do best – using their talent, ingenuity, resilience, and fighting spirit to support the state and the nation.
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From the LSU Interim President
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LSUAA President Message
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Contributors Bailey Chauvin, Ed Cullen, Ginger Guttner, Elsa Hahne, Libby Haydel, Rachel Holland, Anna Long, Tamara Mizell, Ferris McDaniel, Sherry Sanchez, Alison Satake, Greg Forbes Siegman Photography Arizona State University, Johnny Gordon, Laurie Hamilton, LSU Athletics, LSU Division of Strategic Communications, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Michael C. Hebert/New Orleans Saints, Kevin Houghton, Thomas Hymel/Louisiana Sea Grant, Jon SooHoo/USC Athletic Department Printing Baton Rouge Printing BOARD OF DIRECTORS Jeffrey M. “Jeff” Mohr, Chair Baton Rouge, La.
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Bart B. Schmolke, Chair-elect Alexandria, La. Beverly G. Shea, Immediate Past Chair New Iberia, La. Stanley L. “Stan” Williams Fort Worth, Texas Jack A. Andonie, Director Emeritus Metairie, La.
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Lodwrick M. Cook, Director Emeritus Sherman Oaks, Calif. Mario J. Garner, Spring, Texas J. Ofori Agboka, Seattle Wash. Mark Kent Anderson, Jr., Monroe, La. James G. “Jimmy” Gosslee, Shreveport, La. Leo C. Hamilton, Baton Rouge, La. Michael B. Bethea, Covington, La. R. Scott Jenkins, New Orleans, La. Karen Brack, San Diego, Calif. Matthew K. “Matt” Juneau, Baton Rouge, La. David B. Braddock, Dallas, Texas Michael J. Kantrow, Jr., New York, N.Y. Cassandra M. Chandler, West End, N.C. Kevin F. Knobloch, Baton Rouge, La. Kathryn ‘Kathy” Fives, Baton Rouge, La. Brandon Landry, Baton Rouge, La. Corey Foster, Lake Charles, La. Van P. Whitfield, Houston, Texas G. Archer Frierson, III, Shreveport, La. LSU ALUMNI MAGAZINE is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December by the LSU Alumni Association. Annual donations are $50, of which $6 is allocated for a subscription to LSU Alumni Magazine. The LSU Alumni Association is not liable for any loss that might be incurred by a purchaser responding to an advertisement in this magazine. Editorial and Advertising LSU Alumni Association 3838 West Lakeshore Drive Baton Rouge, LA 70808-4686 225-578-3838 • 888-RINGLSU www.lsualumni.org / jackie@lsualumni.org © 2020 by LSU ALUMNI MAGAZINE. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to LSU ALUMNI MAGAZINE, 3838 West Lakeshore Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808-4686
On the Cover Global Forefront by Thomas Wimberly.
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Letters to the editor are encouraged. LSU ALUMNI MAGAZINE reserves the right to edit all materials accepted for publication. Publication of material does not indicate endorsement of the author’s viewpoint by the magazine, the Association, or LSU.
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President and CEO
MESSAGE
A Spring Season Like No Other My colleagues had prepped me well about “Chapter Crawfish Season” – lots of travel, lots of work, lots of fun. I was looking forward to this first-time experience, to other gatherings with our alumni and friends, and to our highlight event of the year, the Hall of Distinction gala.
“Keeping the Tiger Spirit Alive”
The Spring 2020 first-time experience certainly was not what we envisioned when the year began and our calendars were filled with across-the-country visits and on-campus events. Instead of traveling, we went to work here at home – indeed, in our own homes – when the governor issued a stay-at-home order on March 22. Along with the University’s outstanding faculty and staff, Association employees stepped up to the challenge of working remotely to serve our students, donors, supporters, and friends. They were well prepared. As a longtime member of the Association, I’d seen this extraordinary staff rise to the occasion before, during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. They did it again this spring. I know you join me in thanking them for keeping our hotel and business operations going, communicating the latest news about the virus, and keeping us connected – and boosting our spirits – through social media. As this issue’s cover attests, faculty, staff, students, and alumni rallied to fight the coronavirus pandemic on the forefront, and the stories you’ll find in this issue will make you proud to be an LSU Tiger. See page 12. Longtime readers know Hall of Distinction honorees traditionally grace the cover of the summer magazine, and this year’s inductees will – in 2021! Until then, we recognize and pay tribute to them online, so be sure to visit our website at lsualumni.org/HOD2020. The cancellation of the gala, chapter events, and on-campus activities necessitated a redo of planned content for the summer magazine, as well as a delay in production. The next magazine will be published in November, so you will receive three issues rather than four this year. Your magazine subscription is a perk of membership, and we value your readership and support and appreciate your understanding. You can look forward to the usual four issues in 2021. Heartfelt congratulations to our May 2020 graduates whose names you will find beginning on page 46. They truly deserve their well-earned degrees, and we heartily welcome them to Tiger Nation. The past semester tested us all. I am grateful and proud to be a part of the team that helped weather the crisis and is keeping the Tiger spirit alive. Thank you for your generous and continued support of our University through the LSU Alumni Association.
Geaux Tigers!
Gordon Monk President/CEO LSU Alumni Association AlumniLSU lsualumniassociation
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LSU Alumni Association
NEWS
Chapter Events
From left, standing, Adam Causey, Ora Hare, Rachel Jones, George Fulco, George Kruger, James Ditta, David Ditta, and Cindy and Dale Hanchey; seated, Taylor Berlin and Pete Gaskin.
From left, Cheryl Davis, Wendy Schiele, President Lisa Bunch, and Julie Klibert.
Dollars for Scholars – the LSU Houston Chapter donated $90,000 over two years to its chapter scholarship, raising funds through events such as the annual crawfish boil, golf tournament, and clay shoot.
Central Oklahoma – The Central Oklahoma Chapter sponsored a table at the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award Banquet honoring Grant Delpit as the nation's outstanding defensive back. The event took place at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City in February. One of the nation's top collegiate sports honors, the Paycom Jim Thorpe Award is From left, Pete Gaskin, Taylor Berlin, Adam Causey, presented to individual athletes Grant Delpit, Cindy Hanchey and Dale Hanchey, based on performance on the field, Ora Hare, George Fulco, and Rachel Jones. athletic ability, and character. Delpit is the third LSU defensive back selected for the award. The two previous LSU winners were Patrick Peterson (2010) and Maurice Claiborne (2011). Central Florida – The LSU Alumni
of Central Florida Chapter will host the 5th Annual Scholarship Golf Tournament on Aug. 8 at Celebration Golf Club in Kissimmee, Fla., near Disney World. A special limited rate of $119 per night is available at the Gaylord Palms Resort, just down the road from the golf tournament location (use code 5LC for Aug. 7 and Aug. 8; cancellations may be made up to Aug. 4). A “Taste of Louisiana” Championship Tailgate Party is scheduled for Aug. 22 at Bill Frederick Park in Orlando, Fla. A smorgasbord of Louisiana food favorites will be served, a Louisiana band – Jeff Howell – will provide music, Central Florida board members Chris Gearity, Scott Bogan, Debi West, and Paul West. and there will be activities for adults and kids. Raffles, auctions, and door prizes will be included as the local chapter celebrates the 2019 National Championship as a group. For more information, visit lsuorlandeaux.com or email orlandotigers@gmail.com.
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Chapter Summit 2020
Steve Reynolds and John Spurny of the Panhandle Bayou Bengals Chapter.
Chapter Summit 2020 participants. Photo: Kevin L. Houghton
LSU President Tom Galligan welcomed and spoke to chapter leaders.
Left, from front, Jeremiah Sams, David Leong, and Michelle Tranchina; right, Katrina Dunn, Austin Hatch, and Paul Chin-Lai.
SoCal member Murlyn Burkes displays a California map of chapter football watch party locations.
Laurie Woodel, Grace Summerville, and Stacey Brewer.
The annual Chapter Summit brought alumni chapter officers from across the country to the Lod Cook Alumni Center in March for a conference covering a variety of topics, among them diversity, student and alumni volunteer recruitment, communications and marketing, affinity chapters, and a panel discussion with members of the newly formed Young Alumni Advisory Council. A get-together at Red Stick Social kicked off the three-day event, which included a crawfish boil at Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux, a campus tour, the LSU vs. U-Mass Lowell baseball game, and farewell dinner and libations at Tin Roof Brewery.
LSU Online guest speakers Patrick Box and Charlotte Bencaz.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Many photos in this issue were taken/submitted before social distancing measures were put into effect.
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Snapshots
Amy Parrino, left, and Provost Stacia Haynie.
Staff Service Award – Amy Parrino, senior vice president of the LSU Alumni Association, was recognized at the Employee Recognition Program for thirty years of service to the University. Parrino (1988 BACH HS&E), a student employee at the Faculty Club from 19831985 and at the LSU Alumni Federation (now Association) from 1985-1988, began her alumni career as coordinator of special events.
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Glenda Darsey Miller and LSU Alumni Association CFO Landon Jordan.
Ring Donation – The 1925 LSU class ring belonging to Glenn Stephenson Darsey (1925 LAW) was donated to the LSU Alumni Association by his daughter, Glenda Darsey Miller (1965 BACH H&SS), in February. The ring is displayed in the permanent LSU Ring Collection in the lobby of the Lod Cook Alumni Center.
Gordon Monk Named Association President Gordon Monk assumed presidency of the LSU Alumni Association on May 1, after serving as interim president and CEO since Oct. 2019. “Gordon Monk is one of those rare individuals who has a mind for business but also brings a calming presence to the Association,” said Jeffrey Mohr, chair of the Association Board of Directors, in making the announcement. “He has encountered every scenario imaginable during his career in state government, and the board believes Gordon is a sincere, genuine individual of integrity. We are very fortunate to have someone like him lead the LSU Alumni Association.” Monk came to the association following a thirty-three-year career in the Legislative Fiscal Office, serving in various roles before being elected legislative fiscal officer by the Louisiana Legislature in 2005.
“I am truly humbled to be able to continue to serve an organization and university that I care so deeply for,” Monk said. “LSU has so richly impacted my life, and the opportunity to serve in this role is a purple and gold dream come true. I appreciate the confidence the board has shown in me and look forward to working with them and a wonderful staff to accomplish great things for LSU and the Association.” A longtime, active member of the association, he holds two degrees from LSU, a bachelor’s degree in general studies and a master’s degree in public administration (MPA). He was named the Distinguished MPA Alumnus in 2008. He serves on the LSU Public Administration Advisory Board; is a member of the LSU Foundation, and the Tiger Athletic Foundation; and serves on the finance committee and church council of First United Methodist Church in Baton Rouge.
LSU Alumni Association President/CEO Gordon Monk.
Annual Shea Dinner – Beverly Shea, Harriet Shea, and Jerry Shea, Jr., seated center, take time out for a photo with alumni and hotel staffers during this year’s “Dinner with the Sheas” at Beau Soileil Cafe in New Iberia, La. Beverly, immediate past chair of the LSU Alumni Association Board of Directors, and Jerry are longtime members of the Association and major supporters of numerous University initiatives.
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LSU Alumni Association News
Young Alumni Council LSU’s Vision for Tomorrow
By Bailey Chauvin
Young Alumni Advisory Council members, from left, front, Adam West, Pedro Cobos, Alden Cartwright, Katy Stuart, Dorothy Kemp, and Bailey Kidd; back, Philip Ollendike, John Woodard, John Lierley, Mark Kent Anderson, Theo Williams, III, and Truman Van Veckhoven. Not pictured: Carlton Miller.
“I love LSU and everything about it, and I want to help the Association reach my generation to help LSU grow.”
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The LSU Alumni Association’s Young Alumni Advisory Council is working to help all young LSU alumni “love purple and live gold” after graduation. The thirteen-member council was created in in 2019 to help improve the University’s engagement with its young graduate population. While many young LSU alumni engage with their alma mater in some way, the Young Alumni Advisory Council hopes to communicate the advantages of establishing a formal relationship with LSU post-graduation. “I think it’s a misnomer that young alumni aren’t connected to the University,” council member Theo Williams said. “We’re connected to our classmates and LSU sports. The major challenge is formally cementing that connection so that we’re a full community.” The council meets four times a year to deconstruct the needs of LSU’s young alumni and create strategies to encourage more young professionals to get involved with the Association, as well as their local alumni chapters. As young professionals themselves, council members are able to provide unique perspectives about the relationships recent LSU graduates have with the University. Council member Dorothy Kemp explained that many young alumni may not even recognize the benefits of engaging with the Association. “We need to do a better job of communicating what the value is for those young alumni to be engaged with the institution, whether that be through internships, jobs, networking, or social events,” Kemp said. “The benefits are there; it’s the communication aspect we need to work on.” Several council members mentioned that one way young alumni can stay connected to LSU is through joining their local alumni chapters. The Association currently sponsors more than 130 alumni chapters throughout the United States and in other countries. Chapters host various events throughout the year, including football watch parties. Most recently, some forty alumni chapters across the country held watch parties for the College Football Playoff National Championship in January.
Council members and friends enjoyed the Young Alumni Tailgate before the LSU-Auburn game last fall.
In this same spirit, the Young Alumni Advisory Council hosted its inaugural Young Alumni Tailgate before the LSU vs. Auburn football game last October. The council members themselves are also a representation of LSU’s large alumni network across the nation. Several council members hail from Louisiana but relocated after graduation. According to council member John Woodard, who recently returned to Louisiana after several years in Washington, D.C., this diversity greatly benefits the council. “We’re geographically very diverse with this group, and I think that’s very important,” Woodard said. “Everyone’s got a different view or angle on what the problems may be.” Kemp added that bringing together a geographically diverse group of young alumni can also reveal common experiences within alumni chapters across the country. “It allows us to see what’s going on all over the country,” Kemp said. “We found a lot of chapters are having the same experiences. If we get these chapters talking to each other on how to engage young alumni, then the Association can really benefit.” Many of the council members felt called to give back to LSU in some way after graduation. As Williams said, most were involved in student organizations or initiatives while at LSU, so serving on the Young Alumni Advisory Council is a “natural extension” of that service. “I love LSU and everything about it, and I want to help the Association reach my generation to help LSU grow,” council member Alden Cartwright said. “I’ve been a Tiger fan since I was a little kid, so it was easy to want to help LSU. Now that I’m in a position where people have helped me, I want to give back and help others.” Bailey Chauvin is a political science sophomore and news editor of The Reveille.
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FIGHTING TIGERS AT T H E FOREFRONT
LSU FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS, AND ALUMNI rallied against the coronavirus pandemic, doing what they do best–using their talent, ingenuity, resiliency, and fighting spirit to support the state and the nation.
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PROTECTING THE PROTECTORS LSU Team Creates Masks, Ventilator Parts B Y L I B B Y H AY D E L
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Moore is never one to back down from a challenge, especially if it means helping others (she created a cancer model to help personalize treatment last year). So, why would the coronavirus pandemic be any different? Working alongside LSU Medical Physics and Health Physics Director Wayne Newhauser, emergency room physician Tom Fox, two LSU physics students, and members of the community, Moore jumped in to help those in need by creating face masks, ventilators and parts, and face shields for nurses and doctors working with COVID-19 patients at LSU Health in New Orleans. Before Moore got the call to help create a ventilator prototype in March, she and her mother, Kathryn Moore, were knee deep in looking at patterns and sewing face masks for the nurses and doctors in New Orleans who were treating patients with COVID-19. Moore and Kathryn, who has two degrees in the fashion and textile merchandise field, followed a mask pattern they found online that was designed by a hospital chain. They, along with other experienced seamstresses, found the pattern difficult to follow, so they improvised. Their mask consisted of two layers of tightly woven cotton sewn together with elastic bands to go over the ears, each taking thirty to forty-five minutes to sew. Once elastic became hard to come by, Kathryn got creative and used elastic bands from old Mardi Gras ball masks. “Ideally, the mask is going over an N-95 mask to provide additional protection so the N-95 can continue being used,” Moore said. “Our masks can be sterilized appropriately at the hospitals because most people aren’t going to use or don’t have the level of disinfectant needed at their house.” In the midst of her mask endeavor, Moore received a call from Newhauser asking if she could help him create a ventilator part for COVID-19 patients in New Orleans. Seeing the dire need for more ventilators should the number of COVID-19 cases continue to increase, Moore said yes without hesitation. Moore and Newhauser, who is also a professor in LSU’s Department of Physics & Astronomy, worked directly with local respiratory specialists, medical physicists, and engineers to fabricate ventilator parts and a variety of personal protective equipment for health care personnel in Louisiana. An LSU resident emergency room physician picked up prototype ventilator pieces from the LSU team for inspection and evaluation. LSU physics student Maxwell Cole and LSU Renewable Natural Resources alumna Cathlin Disotell assisted Newhauser and Moore, all working in Newhauser’s garage while practicing social distancing. “One thing I read is that one single country cannot produce a ventilator on its own,” Moore said. “All of the different parts come from different countries. That was eye-opening.” While the team worked on prototyping ventilator parts, it also began prototyping field-expedient face shields with help from Nick Lombardo, an LSU chemical engineering research specialist, and St. Joseph’s Academy, which
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Beyond PPE production, LSU’s collective coronavirus-related efforts were wide-ranging and extensive, including: Establishing coronavirus testing facilities at the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, LSU’s School of Veterinary Medicine’s River Road Laboratory, and the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans; Initiating clinical trials measuring the safety and efficacy of drugs like hydroxychloroquine and potential treatments like inhaled nitric oxide against the virus; Coordinating PPE collection and donation from LSUA, LSUE, and LSUS; Facilitating extension, outreach, and education through LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center and the LSU AgCenter; Funding and managing rapid innovation in gown and shield PPE design, UV-based mobile sterilization technology, and large-scale hand sanitizer production in Baton Rouge; and Providing online training programs and podcasts through LSU’s National Center for Biomedical Research & Training to help emergency responders stay safe, prepared, and resilient—with topics ranging from dealing with coronavirus-related anxiety to protecting themselves, their families, and their homes from exposure after a shift.
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“In the war on
loaned Moore its laser cutter, 3D printer, and some of the initial material used for prototyping. “I was using a laser cutter the coronavirus, to make an acrylic template for people to make their own face shield using our modern-day cardboard that would go on their head and a clear plastic document protector equivalent of to staple onto it to protect against initial droplet exposure,” Moore said. Rosie the Riveter A local surgeon, Dr. John Faust of Baton Rouge Orthopedic Clinic and was ‘Meagan Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital, assisted the team in prototyping the Maker.’ She protective gowns, which were in short supply. exemplifies “I really don’t get exhausted from doing this kind of stuff,” Moore said. “It can the spirit and wear a lot of people down. I like helping people and this is unlike any other scale of being able to help, other than engagement of [Hurricane] Katrina, which was the most horrible thing I can think of. I’m happy to LSU’s students.” show up and throw whatever I have at it. We had a lot of brilliant people on our project and we were really fortunate to have the opportunity to help others.” “In the war on he coronavirus, our modern-day equivalent of Rosie the Riveter was ‘Meagan the Maker,’” Newhauser said. “She exemplifies the spirit and engagement of LSU’s students.” Newhauser also noted the outstanding support and leadership of the LSU administration in deploying its arsenal of academic resources to help health care workers. In mid-April, the gown project moved from Newhauser’s garage to the Pete Maravich Assembly Center under the directive of LSU Interim President Tom Galligan, where a cross-campus team scaled up production to enable PPE distribution throughout the state.
ANSWERING THE CALL
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began growing exponentially across the U.S., medical facilities, including some that might surprise you, began to respond. Even before peak coronavirus activity in Baton Rouge, test kits were being assembled enabling health facilities to test Stephania Cormier patients. And because of a dire need for more rapid test processing in south Louisiana, on March 23, the River Road Testing Laboratory (RRTL) at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine (LSU SVM) began processing coronavirus tests for a number of Louisiana medical facilities and first responders. Rebecca Christofferson Led by Stephania Cormier, professor of biological and comparative biomedical sciences, and Rebecca Christofferson, assistant professor of pathobiological sciences, the lab processed more than 3,900 tests while it was open. It closed on May 15, as the capabilities of local hospitals allowed them to efficiently perform testing in-house. The RRTL was set up in the LSU SVM because it houses a lab designated to handle highly infectious agents and because of the expertise of Cormier, a respiratory virus, immunology, and toxicology expert, and Christofferson, an infectious disease and emerging viruses expert. The idea for the lab began when Hollis “Bud” O’Neal Jr., LSU Health Sciences professor and medical director of research at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, contacted Cormier and Christofferson to see if they could provide coronavirus test kits to local healthcare facilities. Not only could they could provide the medium, but they also had expertise in the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing required to detect genetic components of coronavirus. Working with local hospital officials, they were able to stand-up the RRTL, with Dr. Beverly Ogden, medical director of the pathology department at Woman’s Hospital
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Baton Rouge, serving as the lab’s medical director. The team supplied much-needed coronavirus testing kits, which was enabled by the expertise and knowledge of respiratory viruses and sampling protocols by Cormier. This effort required a team member to produce liters of viral transport media that was pipetted into tubes. The tubes were then labeled and placed into a labeled bag along with a Centers for Disease Control-approved swab and a biohazard bag for distribution to hospitals and other testing sites. At its peak, the lab was serving eighteen medical facilities. The routine
was carefully choreographed. Once the ten-person team arrived at the lab, one group started receiving samples while other team members set up the necessary process and equipment to inactivate the virus and run the RNA extraction. The extraction plate needed to be ready for the specialized team working in a BSL-3 lab, led by Christofferson, who has more than a decade of experience working in high containment laboratories, and the other plates were loaded onto a robot to extract the RNA. The PCR team set up the reagents and programmed a robot
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to set up the 384-well PCR plate. The plate was usually on the PCR machine in just over an hour, and the PCR then ran for two hours. a lot, and we are The team then communicated the results to the physicians. still learning. I’m One of the reasons the RRTL was able to process samples of highly infectious hoping we can use agents is the presence of an on-site BSL-3 facility. A biosafety level (BSL), or pathogen/ our experience protection level, is a set of biocontainment precautions required to isolate dangerous as a model for biological agents in an enclosed laboratory facility; the Centers for Disease Control future responses (CDC) specifies the levels, which range from the lowest biosafety level 1 (BSL-1) to the to pandemics.” highest at level 4 (BSL-4). Biosafety level 3 is appropriate for work involving microbes that can cause serious and potentially lethal disease via inhalation. Even though the CDC lists diagnostic samples, including those for SARSCoV-2 as BSL-2, the Christofferson explained, “The BSL-3 facility allowed us an extra layer of protection not only for ourselves and our team but for everyone. The equipment and other lab space that we have available to us by virtue of being faculty and virologists here means we have the capability to scale up as we did.” Added Cormier, “The LSU SVM does a tremendous amount of human biomedical research, specifically in the area of respiratory tract infections and lung biology. It was the perfect place to have set up this testing lab.” LSU had the personnel, expertise, materials, and facility to process coronavirus tests rapidly. “We did this because we were capable, and there was a need,” said Cormier. “First for coronavirus testing kits and then for running the tests, when the turnaround for test results at the time went from days to over a week. The need to provide the hospitals with rapid information grew quickly as personal protection equipment (PPE) grew limited. Our median turnaround time from collection to results was 1.58 days. For example, at one local hospital, they’ve mentioned that, on average, for every patient in isolation, twenty-three gowns, glove sets, and masks (PPE) are used daily. In other words, for every negative patient we were able to identify, the hospital could get that patient out of isolation and conserve very limited PPE.” In addition to the RRTL team, the lab would not have been possible without support from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and collaboration and cooperation from Baton Rouge-area hospitals including Our Lady of the Lake, Baton Rouge General, and Woman’s Hospital. Additional support was provided by the LSU President’s Office, the LSU Office of Research & Economic Development, and the offices of Senators Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy. While the lab no longer processes coronavirus tests, the work continues for Christofferson and Cormier. Said Christofferson, “With any new virus you have to respect that you know nothing. And that’s how I approach these emerging viruses. Because it’s easier to convince yourself that you have learned something when you aren’t arguing with false dogma. We have learned a lot, and we are still learning. I’m hoping we can continue to learn about this virus and inform treatment and preventative measures. The transmission patterns of the virus haven’t been unexpected, and I’m hoping we can use our experience as a model for future responses to pandemics.”
COMBATING INEQUALITY IN HEALTH CARE While African Americans make up about 32 percent of the Louisiana population, they represent roughly 56 percent of COVID-19 deaths, highlighting racial and economic disparities. Some of LSU’s brightest minds are part of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force. Their goal is to study and improve health outcomes and equity in the state. GENDER
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cell biology and immunopathogenesis of coronaviruses attended virtually by more than 125 people, Konstantin “Gus” Kousoulas, head of the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at the School of Veterinary Medicine, revealed that the drug Nelfinavir mesylate (NFV, brand name Viracept), holds exceptional promise in limiting COVID-19 infections. Viracept was developed as a protease inhibitor in the treatment of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The work revealed that Viracept inhibited the ability of a key protein of the virus, the Spike Glycoprotein that protrudes from the surface of the virus and is also found on the surface of infected cells, to facilitate membrane fusion of adjacent cells. Membrane fusion is crucial for virus entry into cells and spread of the virus from one cell to adjacent cells escaping the extracellular spaces and neutralizing antibodies. Viracept was able to inhibit membrane fusion at levels that are typically used in human patients to combat Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections. Molecular modeling by Professor of Pharmacy Seetharama D. Jois and graduate student Achyut Dahal, both with the University of Louisiana Monroe College of Pharmacy, showed that Viracept may directly bind to the viral S glycoprotein. These results strongly suggest that Viracept should be investigated for ability to prevent virus spread especially during early stages of SARS-2 CoV infections. Also contributing to this work with Kousoulas are colleagues Vladimir Chouljenko, Farhana Musarrat, and Rafiq Nabi.
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An LSU team developed a mobile decontamination unit (MDU) from a food warmer used in commercial kitchens, restaurants, bakeries, and other food service providers.
FRONTLINE SAFETY LSU Group Creates Mobile Unit to Decontaminate Masks BY RACHEL HOLLAND
IN ADDITION TO LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION of personal protective gowns in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center (PMAC), another group of LSU innovators worked together to develop a solution to a critical challenge facing health care providers in the coronavirus crisis: how to increase the usability of their limited personal protective equipment (PPE). To solve that problem, the LSU team developed an ultraviolet light-powered mobile decontamination unit (MDU) from a food warmer. The tall metal box typically keeps food warm at restaurants, bakeries, and other food service providers in their commercial kitchens. “Reusing PPE that is designed to be disposable goes against every health and safety practice known to those in the medical community. This decontamination unit could provide some peace of mind for those on the front line of this fight,” said Michael Hooks, director of the LSU Office of Environmental Health & Safety.
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The team, composed of members of the College of Agriculture, College of the Coast & Environment, College of Science, and the Office of Environmental Health & Safety, reconfigured the metal box with racks, equipment, electronics, and specialized lamps in a specific configuration to generate the energy necessary to deactivate the coronavirus and other viruses. “We are adapting that equipment to hold and sanitize PPE masks through the use of ultraviolet, or UVC, light,” said Bill Gibson, the coordinator of the LSU Coastal Studies Institute Field Services Group. “The ultraviolet light allows medical staff to decontaminate the equipment quickly and effectively before reusing it.” Like the gown production efforts in the PMAC, this project was identified as a promising product by LSU’s COVID-19 Quick Response Team and supported by the Office of Research & Economic Development (ORED). The prototype unit was built at Gibson’s home, with parts and
HELP IS ON THE WAY equipment sourced and provisioned by Andrew Cox, director of financial operations for ORED. Once parts were delivered and the layout designed, unit production moved to the Coastal Studies Institute’s Field Services Group and Louisiana Sea Grant mechanical shops on LSU’s campus. To construct the unit, Gibson reconfigured the structure, fabricated and assembled the electrical parts, and installed the UVC bulbs and sockets inside of a six-and-a-half-foot tall food warmer. The warmer belonged to Mark Miller, field support manager for the College of the Coast & Environment. Miller also added the door to the unit. Chris Cleaver, research specialist in the Field Services Group, fabricated all of the needed parts and created a slide mechanism that allows the masks to hang inside. "LSU faculty, staff, and students are focusing their great ingenuity, creativity, expertise, and stakeholder partnerships to help solve the critical shortage of personal protective gear for our frontline health professionals and patients. This is one shining example of our total commitment to LSU’s mission. We are here for the people, industries, and State of Louisiana,” said LSU Vice President of Research & Economic Development Sam Bentley. Once Gibson assembled and installed the parts into the unit, the Office of Environmental Health & Safety tested it. “Our task was to come up with a testing and use protocol to make sure that it works, and that it is used properly by hospital staff,” Hooks said.
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WITH SUPPORT FROM THE LOUISIANA National Guard, students and staff at the LSU Stephenson Disaster Management Institute developed a tracking system for critical commodities and people traveling across the state. The development of the tracking system, called ComTrac, started as a way to closely monitor the transportation of people and vital resources, such as food, water, ice, and tarps, during hurricanes. But with the arrival of the coronavirus, other commodities became important, including ventilators and personal protective equipment. In a record six weeks, compared to the expected development time of six months, ComTrac 2.0 was redesigned to monitor almost any kind of resource traveling by ground. Users can see active as well as completed missions on a map, distinguish between military and civilian operators, quickly contact drivers, keep track of commodities and people being transported on each vehicle, and know how much and how many have been delivered as part of the operation overall.
“This decontamination unit could provide some peace of mind for those on the front line of this fight.” Gibson said the concept had been previously proven effective by the University of Nebraska, but said the LSUcreated unit is smaller and mobile. “Following their design and improving on their designs, we took the initial concept and looked for an effective way to adapt it to what we had on hand. We decided to scale the size of it down to allow for this to be set up in a smaller room that would be away from patients and medical staff. The idea was to make it portable and easier to use and set up,” he said. The group plans to manufacture additional units and will start by working with partners at LSU Health New Orleans. This allows the unit to be tested for effectiveness and ease of use. The project, nicknamed the “SaniTiger,” was funded by ORED. The office has been helping to fund other coronavirus-related research and development projects, which have included health care workers’ gown production, face shields, and hand sanitizer. The LSU-designed MDU has also received the attention of the U.S. Department of Defense. The agency has offered feedback on design and decontamination approaches.
The mostly student-developed tracking app will work for both miliary and civilian missions to bring commodities (such as ventilators and PPE) or people to where they need to go. With customizable labels (bottom center), the app can be tailored for any large-scale operation or disaster event where it is important to connect the 'what' and 'who' to the 'where' and 'when.'
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DEEPDRUG TEAM USES AI
TO DISCOVER NEW TREATMENTS BY ELSA HAHNE
THE LSU DEEPDRUG TEAM, A current semifinalist for the IBM Watson AI X-PRIZE, is using artificial intelligence (AI) to discover new drugs. Although their work so far has focused mainly on antibiotics and antimicrobials, they are now working as quickly as they can to find new antivirals effective against coronavirus. The team is in the process of retraining their AI by feeding it large datasets of information and asking it questions – some with known answers – to see how well it is learning. Within days, they hope to have their AI begin suggesting new drugs, or drug combinations, to help save lives. Some of the drugs the AI will suggest would need to go through rigorous testing to show they’re safe and effective, but some would not. There are about ninety antiviral drugs on the market that have been approved by the FDA. It is possible that DeepDrug’s AI will propose using one or a combination of them to treat COVID-19. This could eliminate the need for clinical trials and significantly push up the timeline for getting drugs to patients. Most of the FDA-approved antivirals available have so far been used to treat HIV, hepatitis B and C, and herpes, but could prove effective against coronavirus as well. To train their AI, DeepDrug is using a dataset of 2,700 antiviral peptides and associated targets. The reason for this is the limited number of FDA-approved antivirals that target influenza and positive-strand RNAtype viruses, which coronaviruses are. Available drugs simply don’t provide
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Artificial intelligence helps map known antiviral peptides (AVPs) to different cell mechanisms by analyzing protein-protein interactions. The AVPs are then ranked by how effectively they can slow the propagation of the coronavirus in the human body.
“At the end, we should know which are the three or four drugs best suited to slow or prevent a virus from propagating.”
enough data to render the artificial intelligence “smart.” One component of DeepDrug’s software is called eDrugRes, which the team has been using to predict drug resistance in bacteria. But the way eDrugRes works, by analyzing the protein-protein interactions in cells, can be applied to viruses as well. “Earlier, we looked at the proteinprotein interactions across many different species, actually 18,000 different bacterial strains,” said Adam Bess, an LSU computer science graduate student who is working with lead researchers Supratik Mukhopadhyay, associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, and Michal Brylinski, recent Rainmaker Award winner and associate professor in the Department of Biological
Sciences with a joint appointment in the Center for Computation & Technology. “Now, we’re only analyzing the human side; the different mechanisms through which viruses move and propagate in the body. Because of the lack of data, we have to use a slightly different methodology.” The team, with guidance from LSU immunotoxicologist Stephania Cormier, is analyzing forty-five known mechanisms, including how a virus forms a bond with a host cell; membrane fusion, the process through which a virus enters a cell; how a virus unpacks its contents; how it replicates itself; and how new copies of the virus then go infect other host cells. “Essentially, we’re looking at all of the different aspects of how a virus spreads throughout the body,”
Mukhopadhyay continued. “And then we link these antiviral peptides with each of these mechanisms, associate them with specific protein pathways, and score them depending on how effective they are at inhibiting a particular mechanism. At the end, we should know which are the three or four drugs best suited to slow or prevent a virus from propagating.” “The mapping is a critical component,” Brylinski added. “If we cannot map the peptides properly, nothing is going to work. But if we can, we’ll establish very good connections between viral activity and specific drugs in one unifying framework. It’s challenging but exciting work.” If the team is successful, their AI could suggest antiviral drugs to reduce the impact of COVID-19 within mere days. The team is careful to point out, however, that their end result will be neither a vaccine nor a complete cure. “We cannot eliminate the virus from the body or prevent it from infecting more people,” Brylinski clarified. “What we can do is lower the threat and lower the mortality rate – especially for people with severe conditions who instead could have mild conditions. They’ll still get infected, but they’ll survive. More people could survive the pandemic.” A few drugs, such as chloroquine (and its derivative hydroxychloroquine, both used to prevent and treat malaria) along with azithromycin and remdesivir, have been approved by the FDA for treating SARS-CoV-2 (betacoronavirus) infections. Most of these treatments were discovered through trial and error in different parts of the world. What DeepDrug proposes is a principled approach to drug discovery and drug repurposing (meaning, established drugs are used to treat new or different conditions) based on datasets that would be too large – or at least quite slow – to process without the use of artificial intelligence. Also, by helping to predict the success/failure rate of a drug, the AI could prevent researchers from wasting a lot of time exploring what are likely to be dead ends. DeepDrug’s AI would save time exploring the currently FDA-approved antivirals to see if they could treat COVID-19 as well – along with many possible combinations with other antivirals and drugs.
LSU graduate and Baton Rouge native Thomas Wimberly is an artist and designer.
THOMAS WIMBERLY’S GLOBAL FOREFRONT ARTWORK CREATED by LSU graduate and Baton Rouge native Thomas Wimberly was displayed on a New York City hospital this spring as part of an effort to thank essential workers during the coronavirus pandemic. Wimberly, art director at Studio Number One in Los Angeles, earned his BFA in graphic design in 2014. He worked with Amplifier, a design lab that “Builds Art to Amplify the Voices of Grassroots Movements,” which used his piece as the main image of its global call for health-themed art. “The campaign was a global open call for art for imagery associated with the current pandemic,” Wimberly said. “I’ve worked with Amplifier in the past, and after I did my U.S. version of the Forefront poster, I decide I’d make a global version to help promote the campaign since the image was resonating with people so well.” Read his story at lsu.edu/mediacenter/ news/2020/04/23wimberly.rh.php.
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PROF LEADS EFFORT
ON MARK BENFIELD’S FREQUENT WALKS
around his neighborhood, one thing has become increasingly clear – the amount of disposable synthetic rubber gloves littering the street. While most people would probably just continue to walk by, Benfield decided to launch a global research project to map the amount and types of this new class of trash. He calls it waste PPE (personal protective equipment), which includes disposable masks, gloves, and disinfecting wipes, used prevalently since the coronavirus pandemic. So far, he’s received nearly 2,000 images of this type of trash from citizen scientists and colleagues participating in this project from their neighborhoods around the world. “This project enables me to dovetail authorized exercise with data collection. I’m logging about thirty-three miles of walking a week while collecting useful data and complying with public health safety guidelines,” said Benfield, a professor in
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“If what we’re finding on the streets winds up in our waterways and then the ocean, we’re compounding an already frightening problem.”
Disposable PPE photographed and geo-tagged by participants in LSU Professor Mark Benfield's project to map the quantities and types of personal protective equipment, or PPE, trash littering neighborhoods around the world.
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the Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences in the College of the Coast & Environment. Thirteen citizen scientists and scientist colleagues are helping Benfield collect data in their neighborhoods in New York City; Long Island; Providence, Rhode Island; Chicago; Tulsa; New Orleans; Seattle; San Diego; and Oahu in the U.S., as well as in Toronto; Hong Kong; Taipei; Shenzhen, China; and Canakkale, Turkey. The project’s data collection methodology is simple – use a fitness app to track your movements and take close-up geo-tagged images of each piece of PPE trash. So far, more than 1,400 images of this type of medical trash has been documented in New York City alone. By surveying the same streets in a neighborhood repeatedly, Benfield can see if quantities of this type of litter are increasing or decreasing. “Increases will allow us to estimate rates of accumulation. Decreases, particularly after rainfall events, may suggest losses to storm water systems and ultimately transport into rivers and the oceans,” he said. Benfield’s research in recent years also has been mapping plastic trash in the environment. Specifically, he surveys and analyzes microplastics in the Mississippi River, the Gulf of Mexico, and on barrier islands in Louisiana. Last year, his work using a drone to map plastic trash on barrier islands was recognized by the National Geographic Society when his team was selected as a finalist in the data visualization part of the Ocean Plastic Innovation Challenge. “Most plastic garbage
is destined for the oceans,” he said. “What’s most disturbing is that I’m already seeing waste PPE in our waste water canal here in Baton Rouge. In every city, we find them next to or near storm drains. They are one rainfall away from going to the sea.” Experts estimate that more than nine million tons of plastic garbage ends up in the ocean each year. “If what we’re finding on the streets winds up in our waterways and then the ocean, we’re compounding an already frightening problem. If you think a sea turtle finds plastic shopping bags an attractive meal, wait until they find a plastic glove. I can’t imagine a more jellyfishlike piece of garbage,” he said. The availability of waste bins in public can make a difference though. For example, in Shenzhen, China, the amount of PPE trash seems less, possibly because there are dedicated PPE disposal bins commonly found in public. “Obviously people view these items as being contaminated with the virus. They don’t want them in their cars or their pockets. In my neighborhood there are only two public trash cans, so rather than carry them around, I suspect people dump them,” Benfield said. “What has struck me is that I often find discarded items in surreptitious places. People seem to know that they shouldn’t throw them out into the environment, so they toss them in an area where they are not easily seen.” So far, the quantity of medical trash found on the street is proportional to its availability in specific regions. For example, gloves and disinfecting wipes are more widely available than disposable masks in the U.S. and therefore comprise the majority of the medical litter documented through this project. However, disposable masks are more available, and prevalent as litter, in Turkey and China. To help with this global effort and document the waste PPE in neighborhoods, email covid19waste@gmail.com.
Fisherman Douglas Olander standing with a load of garfish. Photo: Marine Extension Agent Thomas Hymel with Louisiana Sea Grant and LSU AgCenter.
BOAT TO TABLE BY ELSA HAHNE
AS RESTAURANTS STARTED CLOSING DUE TO THE coronavirus, normal supply chains for Gulf seafood began breaking. Louisiana fishermen who were already living catch to catch to afford their boats and feed their families suddenly didn’t know where to bring their product once back on shore. The freezers at the large seafood processing companies were full, or filling up, and labor became unreliable. Little did Louisiana Sea Grant College Program Executive Director Robert Twilley know that a network he and his colleagues have been building for ten years would help keep the state’s vital seafood industry afloat at an unprecedented and strange time. Established in 2011, Louisiana Direct Seafood (LDS) has helped commercial fishermen, shrimpers, crabbers, and oyster harvesters sell a portion of their catch directly to the public at premium prices to offset sinking dockside prices due to imports, increased fuel costs, and the financial wreckage of 2019’s floods. “A big part of what we do with Sea Grant is education,” Twilley explained. “Especially through our Louisiana Fisheries Forward program that we run together with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. First of all, we had to figure out if we were defying the governor’s stay-at-home order by telling people to go to a dock and pick up seafood. We’re not; there’s a statute that says that you’re allowed to go acquire food for your family. But how do we make sure the food is handled safely, and people are being safe during pick-up and delivery – that takes education – and we also have to be ADA
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compliant. We’ve spent ten years teaching the industry these things and teaching how to operate on the internet.” Even the commercial processors have started coming around to the idea. Instead of seeing fishermen’s direct sales as competition, albeit small, LDS has become a way for the overall industry to weather a massive storm and keep fishermen on boats once supply chains eventually return to normal. To find out about one-off events, including pop-up markets and dock sales, consumers subscribe to LDS. The program operates in four areas along the coast: Southshore New Orleans; Lafourche/Terrebonne Parishes; Delcambre, south of Lafayette; and Cameron – going from east to west. Each area has active fishermen posting what they’re catching in a “Find Your Fresh Catch!” blog-style format. In one weekend, marine extension agents Thomas Hymel in New Iberia and Julie Falgout in Houma, who work for both Sea Grant and the LSU Ag Center, helped a Louisiana fisherman move 5,000 pounds of freshly caught red snapper by calling up Frank Randol, the owner of Randol’s restaurant in Lafayette, who happens to have a large parking lot that enabled a drive-through market. “I called Frank,” Hymel recalls. “And I said, ‘Hey, can this guy come over there and sell some fish at your place?’ It was a salvage operation, basically. And the only way for Lance to keep working was to try doing this pop-up – he didn’t have a market anymore, and he had fish. So, we were there from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, with cars lined up thirty-deep for two and a half hours, and the last car bought the last fish. He sold out.” The next weekend, they helped set up another popup in the same lot with shrimp boat captain Lance Nacio of Montegut, who sold not just snapper but twenty-pound grouper and tilefish. “Fishermen like Lance Nacio are likely to come out of this coronavirus experience and thrive,” Hymel added. “He’s changing his whole business operation, moving away from commodity work. He’s an example of the direction folks are going. And speaking of slow food, sometimes you have to slow down to speed up.”
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LOUISIANA SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR GOES VIRTUAL BY FERRIS MCDANIEL
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY, THE Annual Louisiana Science and Engineering Fair (LSEF) was conducted virtually during the final two weeks of March – an endeavor spearheaded by Lisa Graves, director of LSEF and manager of LSU Online and Continuing Education’s Pre-College and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) programs – due to the circumstances surrounding the coronavirus. It was important to Graves and her team to maintain the longstanding process of the fair, especially since they had the resources and staff on campus, whether it was Information Technology Services (ITS) or marketing, to assist in the transition. The strong foundation for virtual learning LSU Online has been building, with the support of the University’s overall mission to invest in online infrastructure, helped make the changeover a success. While other states cancelled their state science fairs altogether, Graves and her team felt it was important for students to present their research, which is oftentimes gathered for more than a year, no matter what. “Our students are priority,” Graves said. “We needed to make sure we followed through and appreciated their hours and hours of research. Some of these students travel to labs across the state and to the coast to do research. We needed to show our appreciation for what they’re bringing forth because they’re the next generation of scientists at LSU.” Graves’ team organized an online system whereby students could upload their formal research plans (some of which were up to thirty pages long), an abstract, and a picture of their project board for judges to evaluate with a standard rubric and criteria. Though one-on-one interviews between judges and participants weren’t possible, judges reviewed materials over the course of five days and chose winners based on the detail of the research and the conclusion formed. The fair included 406 projects by 469 students from eighty-one private and public middle and high schools across the state, including home-schools, in junior and senior divisions. Fifty-five judges, including working science and engineering professionals, current and
2020 LOUISIANA SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR WINNERS SENIOR DIVISION Louisiana high schoolers with their presentation boards at the Louisiana State Science and Engineering Fair.
retired professors and teachers, and various other experts, reviewed the projects. The eminence of these judges is top-notch, Graves said, adding that one judge had to drop out because his expertise was needed at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Additionally, Graves invited OLLI retirees, consisting of former educators, to ensure a plethora of judges this year. According to her, these first-time volunteers were impressed by the experience and, especially, the merit of research coming from middle or high schools and volunteered to judge again in the future. Beyond hosting and funding the fair, LSU acts as a resource for students as they develop their projects. Participants and their teachers are able to reach out to professors and researchers for guidance along the way, Graves said. Each year, Louisiana sends about two dozen projects to the International Science and Engineering Fair, Graves said – another reason it was important to keep the LSEF on schedule this year. They wanted to meet international scheduling to submit entries, even though the international fair has been cancelled. Regional and state
TOP SCHOOL Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport
OVERALL WINNERS winners were still submitted to the OVERALL 1ST: Ashini A. Modi, international fair this year. They Caddo Parish Magnet High School, will be included in the ISEF alumni for “Spatial Correlation of Binary base and will always be listed as Black Hole Mergers Calculated participants, which students can from Localizations of LIGO/Virgo include on their resumes when Detections of Gravitational Waves”; applying to colleges. According OVERALL 2ND: Ravdeep Warar, to Graves, many students’ science Caddo Parish Magnet High School, fair projects are among the main for “Retinal Endothelial Cell Surface reasons they are accepted into a Proteins and Oxidative Stress in research institute. Hyperglycemia” Many participants are already JUNIOR DIVISION admitted into LSU or eventually attend and continue working on TOP SCHOOL their projects, Graves explained. Glasgow Middle School, One previous finalist went through Baton Rouge the LSEF competition in high OVERALL WINNERS school, attended LSU, will soon OVERALL 1ST: Benjamin Namikas, graduate from the University, and Glasgow Middle School, for “A has mentored another student to Comparison of Plant Growth Using participate in the LSEF. “Once you Four Salt Free Growth Systems”; become an alumnus of science OVERALL 2ND: Czrya Calderon, fair, whether it be the state or Glasgow Middle School, for international level, and you “Efficacy of Ginger and Sweet Mint continue through your research, as Mouth Wash” it’s a contribution for many years to come,” Graves said. “The Louisiana Science and Engineering Fair is a hidden gem,” Graves said. “Not many are aware of how successful the regional fairs are as well as the state fair, not only to students, but to the state. They don’t realize the caliber of research by this age group, and how it encourages the community to get more involved.”
Thanks to the Division of Strategic Communications for coordinating this issue’s cover story. Content for “Fighting Tigers on the Frontline” was created by Libby Haydel, communications specialist, College of Engineering; Ginger Guttner, communications manager, School of Veterinary Medicine; Rachel Holland, content coordinator, Strategic Communications; Elsa Hahne, assistant director of creative strategy, Office of Research & Economic Development; Alison Satake, associate director of research communications, Strategic Communications; Ferris McDaniel, writer/editor, Strategic Communications; Anna Long, assistant professor of psychology; and Tamara Mizell, senior writer/ editor, Strategic Communications. Photography: Eddy Perez/Strategic Communications; Yao Zeng/Physics & Astronomy; Elizabeth Shaw/Strategic Communications; John Pojman/Chemistry; Bill Gibson/Coast & Environment; Adam Bess/Computer Science; Mark Benfield/Coast & Environment; Thomas Hymel/ Louisiana Sea Grant; Theresa Kumse/Digital & Continuing Education; Milad Khanlou, LSU Engineering; and Brant Mitchell, Stephenson Disaster Management Institute. LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020
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MENTORING BATON ROUGE B I G
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When Big Buddy, a mentoring program that pairs adults with children and the other way around, turned forty, the program’s staff began thinking of ways to celebrate. Why not get in touch with the LSU Alumni Association about a story in its quarterly magazine that would reach its farflung readership? The message would be something like: “If you were ever part of Big Buddy, adult, child, staff, volunteer, we want to hear from and about you. Big Buddy wants to hear your story. Go to mentoring@bigbuddyprogram.org. Call 225-388-9737.”
Why the alumni magazine? Big Buddy sounds like a chapter of a national organization, but it began in Baton Rouge in an LSU classroom. It has grown, struggled, and prospered in Baton Rouge. Period. Big Buddy’s files say the organization began before 1979 in the psychology classroom of Professor Marion Baum. No one can say how the name Big Buddy happened, but a good guess is that it’s what students at Christ the King Church on campus called it. Baum’s idea was that her students would be paired with children in need of an older friend who would take the Little Buddy places – the zoo, the movies, the park, home, and the LSU campus. There were no background checks. If a student didn’t have a car, he or she walked to the Little Buddy’s house in the neighborhoods north of the University.
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Clockwise from top left: 1. Little Buddy Nyle Harris and Big Buddy Ryan Williamson smile for the camera. 2. Little Buddies, table at left, Markel Lee, Big Buddy Ariane Jones, Symir Adams, and Elijah Middlebrook; back table, Ryquise Bell, Nariyah Davis, Nijel Butler, and Big Buddy Tana Boudreaux. 3. Big Buddy Brandi Hebert chats with Little Buddies Ryquise Bell, left, and Nariyah Davis. 4. Big Buddy Bri’Anna Schroeder and Little Buddy Taylor Boudreaux.
Big Buddy might have ended after a few semesters had it not been for Mary West and a social welfare student named Jim Geiser. West’s daughter, three-year-old Anna, watched Big Buddy grow. Anna West has become an educator and advocate of children in her own right. West’s Humanities Amped, Big Buddy, Front Yard Bikes, and a reading program called Line 4 Line may be forming a consortium in the near future to better coordinate their programs for children. “I grew up seeing the concrete possibility of how this works,” West said. “I rode shotgun on it.” If you can ride shotgun sitting cross legged on the floor in the back of a Suburban driven by your mother surrounded by a dozen other children, Anna West rode shotgun on Big Buddy. Mary West had read all the Montessori books before launching a free, Montessori-style preschool for poor kids in her family’s brick house on Stanford Avenue across the lakes from LSU. The school was free and provided bus pickup – the Suburban with the back seats removed. West’s students came from the neighborhoods along West Roosevelt Street. University Terrace elementary school was ground zero. If Mary West served poor kids with little fanfare, her husband, Joel, an engineer, was the original invisible man. “I couldn’t have done it without Joel,” West said.
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Joel West’s salary paid for the free preschool in his house. He did pro bono engineering work on subsequent spinoffs of his wife’s work. A cyclist and bicycle mechanic, West got unclaimed, often decrepit, bicycles from city police. Working in his home shop, alone or with children, West provided a bicycle to any child willing to help build one. Mary West’s pre-school lasted eleven years. Her husband’s bicycle repair shop for kids lasted for years, too. Front Yard Bikes, the work of a teacher named Dustin LaFont, is similar to Joel West’s work but the two efforts aren’t connected. Anna West describes her mother’s friendship with Geiser like this: “Jim didn’t knock when he came to our house. He came in like family.” West watched her mother and Geiser put booster rockets on Big Buddy from the kitchen table. “Anna’s not a carbon copy of her mother,” Geiser said. “Anna has her own perspective, but they both have the same good heart.” As Geiser got involved with Big Buddy as a student, Mary West was on Christ the King’s social responsibility committee. She loved the stories Baum’s LSU students told about walking up to children who lived near LSU to ask if they needed a Big Buddy to take them to the park or to get a hamburger. Today, Big Buddies get a standard background check to be with children even on outings supervised by Big
organization comes from the city-parish, state, and federal Buddy staffers. Before a Big Buddy may solo with a Little governments, United Way, business and industry, and Buddy, he or she gets a State Police background check. Big fundraisers that include “Dancing for Big Buddy” and the and Little Buddies are paired male to male, female to female. “Crawfish King Cook Off.” On a first budget of “about zero,” Geiser said, Mary West “We couldn’t do it without volunteers,” Mack said. In had begun recruiting LSU students to mentor children addition to student and older Big Buddies, volunteers come West knew from her visits to neighborhoods to collect from industry, large and small companies, clubs, men’s and preschoolers. “It was good people trying to do a good women’s groups, and churches. thing,” Geiser said. Big Buddy had taken on a life of its own Under Mack’s leadership, Big Buddy has grown to and was growing. include character and academic development, tutors for It was time for Geiser to get a job that paid money. He got children in poorly performing schools and work experience an offer from the Boy Scouts. A car came with the job. Geiser for the older children. Big Buddy supports after-school was giving scouting serious thought when Mary West got programs, holiday camps, career planning, and wind of it. “I can’t offer you a car, Jim,” West said. summer enrichment. “But we need you.” One Saturday morning, fourteenGeiser became Big Buddy’s first year-old Taylor Boudreaux, an eighth executive director. “My last budget grader at Glen Oaks High School, was, maybe, $100,000,” Geiser I guess I like having a was in an art class with other Little said. “I really don’t know.” and Big Buddies. Boudreaux’s Big Buddy would lead to good influence on kids in Big Buddy, Mandy Jordan, was Geiser’s heading up a charter picking Boudreaux up after the school and, eventually, moving Baton Rouge. These guys are class to “go do something.” to Athens, Ga., where he started “In her SUV,” the Little a program at the University of appreciative. Someone from a Buddy said. Georgia called “Young Dawgs” “I felt I needed more time after the university’s bull dog middle-class family might to have fun,” Boudreaux said. mascot and fans. “Mandy and I go places, movies, Today, Big Buddy is still take it for granted. regular places. My mother doesn’t synonymous with Baton Rouge. like going places. Dad had surgery. “We talked about getting involved They cut off his leg.” with Big Brothers and Big Sisters Boudreaux wants to be a history nationally,” Geiser said, “but it would have teacher, a lawyer. or a hair stylist. “Mandy has taken away from what we were doing in Baton her own business. I want to do that, too.” Rouge. Why pay another organization and take away Bri’Anna Schroeder, a Southern University student from our Baton Rouge identity?” Albuquerque, N.M., on soccer scholarship, is majoring in Big Buddies have a way of staying on as volunteers and therapeutic recreation. Schroeder’s time as a Big Buddy staff members. helps prepare her for a career working with disabled children, Executive Director Gaylynne Mack came to Baton Rouge she said. from New Orleans to go to LSU. As a freshman in 1986, Mack Ryan Williamson is a civil engineer with the firm S&ME, became a Big Buddy. “Some folks came to my dorm looking has been a Big Buddy for eighteen months. His little buddy for volunteers for Big Buddy,” Mack told the Baton Rouge is Nyle Harris who has two sisters and a brother in Big Advocate. “I’m from a huge family so I thought, ‘Hey, I can Buddy. Williamson and Harris’ mom arrange outings by hang out with some kids, that’ll be fun.’” text. “I guess I like having a good influence on kids in If Geiser has trouble remembering his budget, Mack has the Baton Rouge,” Williamson said. “These guys are figures at her fingertips. “Two million dollars a year,” she said. appreciative. Someone from a middle-class family might Big Buddy serves 1,400 young people from grade school take it for granted.” to graduating high school seniors. The money to run the Ed Cullen, an LSU journalism graduate, is author of Letter in a Woodpile, a collection of his essays for National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.” He is retired from the Baton Rouge Advocate where he wrote the Sunday column “Attic Salt.”
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Noteworthy Bhuvnesh Barti, assistant professor of chemical engineering, received the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award for his research, “Helical propulsion for tunneling through porous membranes.” The aim of the research is to better understand the underlying mechanisms of active particle transport through complex environments. The award is $556,200 over five years.
Bhuvnesh Barti
Robb Brumfield
Robb Brumfield, associate dean of research and administration in the College of Science, was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Fellows are chosen because of their efforts toward advancing science applications that are deemed scientifically or socially distinguished. Brumfield’s research focuses primarily on the evolutionary genomics of birds. Winston G. DeCuir, Jr., formerly a partner in the law firm of DeCuir, Clark & Adams in Baton Rouge, was named LSU vice president of legal affairs and general counsel in March. He serves as chief legal adviser to the LSU president and the Board of Supervisors. DeCuir received his bachelor’s degree from Amherst College and his J.D. from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center.
Winston G. DeCuir, Jr.
Willis Delony
Willis Delony, Boyd Professor of Piano and Jazz Studies in the School of Music, was named winner of the 2020 SEC Faculty Achievement Award. In a career spanning more than four decades, Delony has won acclaim as one of the nation’s leading classical/jazz crossover artists.
Barb Dutrow
Juliet Brophy
Stacia Haynie
Gabriela González
Christopher Austin
Alyssa Johnson
Barb Dutrow, professor of geology and geophysics, now has a scientific namesake – dutrowite – a newly discovered variety of tourmaline. The honor, bestowed by the International Mineralogical Association, recognizes Dutrow's contributions to mineral sciences and crystal chemistry, particularly with respect to her work on the utility of tourmaline and the mineral staurolite for recording chemical signatures of geologic processes. Three LSU scientists are included in National Geographic’s list of the top twenty scientific discoveries of the last decade. Gabriela González, professor of physics and astronomy, works with the Laser Interferometer Gravitationalwave Observatory (LIGO) in Livingston Parish that was the first to detect the kind of gravitational waves first theorized about by Albert Einstein; Juliet Brophy, assistant professor of geography and anthropology, was part of a team that discovered fossils of a new hominin species, Homo naledi; Christopher Austin, associate professor of biological sciences, was part of a study of the world’s smallest known vertebrate, P. amauensis, a new species of frog about the size of a housefly that was discovered in Papua New Guinea in 2010. González also was named a 2019 American Astronomical Society (AAS) Fellow for achievement and extraordinary service to the field of astronomy and the society. Stacia Haynie, executive vice president and provost, was named to Baton Rouge Business Report’s 2020 class of Influential Women in Business. Alyssa Johnson and Adam Bohnert, assistant professors in the Department of Biological Sciences and experts in cell and molecular biology, have discovered a new class of lysosomes that they refer to as “tubular lysosomes.” The breakthrough could lead to medical therapies and treatments to slow – or even reverse – aging and disease in humans and animals. The researchers received a $1 million grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation to advance their work.
Adam Bohnert
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Hayley Johnson, head of LSU Libraries Government Documents and Microforms, received the 2020 Margaret T. Lane Award for her exemplary work. The award is sponsored by the Government Documents Round Table of the Louisiana Library Association to recognize an individual or organization that has made an especially significant contribution in advancing access to, or use of, government information in Louisiana. Clay Jones was named chief human resources officer in February. Jones comes to LSU from Ole Miss, where he has worked for almost twenty-three years, finishing his tenure there as assistant vice chancellor of administration and human resources. He was previously at the University of Southern Mississippi. He holds an M.B.A. from Southern Mississippi, a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Ole Miss, and a bachelor’s in business administration from Mississippi State University.
Hayley Johnson
Clay Jones
Arlo Landolt
Benjamin Kahan
Jared Llorens
Louay Mohammad
Renée Boutte Myer
Alexandra Noël
Arlo Landolt, Ball Family Professor Emeritus of Physics & Astronomy, was named a 2019 American Astronomical Society Fellow for achievement and extraordinary service to the field of astronomy and the society. Benjamin Kahan, associate professor in the Department of English and the Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Program was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. He is one of 175 scholars, artists, and writers selected from a group of almost 3,000 applicants and appointed on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, representing the humanities in the field of literary criticism. Kahan’s areas of research interest include the history of sexuality, American literature, and international modernism. Jared Llorens, chair of the Department of Public Administration and holder of the John W. Dupuy Endowed Professorship, was named interim dean of the E.J. Ourso College of Business. Llorens received his Ph.D. in public administration from the University of Georgia, his M.P.A. from the University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs, and a bachelor’s degree in English literature from Loyola University, New Orleans. He is a former presidential management intern and served as a human resources specialist with the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Office of Personnel Management from 1999 to 2003. Prior to his tenure at LSU, he was a faculty member in the Department of Public Administration at the University of Kansas. Louay Mohammad, the Irma Louise Rush Stewart Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering received the highest level of peer recognition upon his selection as a member emeritus of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Transportation Research Board Committee on Surface Requirements of Asphalt Mixtures. He was appointed because of his continued leadership and dedication to standing committees and for being an ambassador in the subject of highway construction materials, pavement design and analysis, and infrastructure sustainability. Renée Boutte Myer, director of advocacy and outreach in the College of Human Sciences & Education, was honored at the Leading Lady Conference in Baton Rouge in January. The ceremony recognizes female business leaders representing Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Georgia who have attained success by leading with class, character, and charisma. Alexandra Noël, assistant professor of comparative biomedical sciences at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, is conducting a two-year research project funded by the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health to collect, measure, and evaluate information on the impact of vaping on lungs. LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020
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Noteworthy Dandina Rao, professor of petroleum engineering, was named editor-in-chief of the international peer-reviewed journal Petroleum Science and Technology. Last year, Rao was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Inventors and honored by LSU with the Rainmaker Award, given to faculty who are nationally and internationally recognized for innovative research and creative scholarship.
Dandina Rao
Wesley M. Shrum, Jr.
Robert M. Stuart, Jr.
Matthew Valasik
Weiwei Xie
Raymond Pingree
Michal Brylinski
Jinx Coleman Broussard
Samithamby “Jey” Jeyaseelan
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Wesley M. Shrum, Jr., professor of sociology, was awarded a $100,218 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak. The grant, titled “A Comparative Study of How Context Shapes Responses to COVID-19,” will be the first to address comparative issues in a pandemic across both occupations and countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, as well as to contribute data to the global understanding of the ways cultural and political contexts shape responses to pandemics. Shrum’s research team will interview participants in the United States, Ghana, Kenya, India, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey, and China. Robert M. Stuart, Jr., was named president and CEO of the LSU Foundation in February, after serving in an interim capacity since Jan. 1. Stuart’s extensive volunteer experience with LSU includes current service as the first chairperson of the LSU Foundation National Board; chairman of the LSU Real Estate and Facilities Foundation, an affiliate of the LSU Foundation; and immediate past chairperson of the LSU Foundation Board of Directors. During his term as chairperson of the LSU Foundation Board of Directors, Stuart led the board in preparing LSU for the launch of the $1.5 billion Fierce for the Future Campaign. Stuart holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in finance from LSU and completed the General Manager Program at Harvard Business School. Six LSU faculty members were selected to receive the Rainmaker Award for Research and Creative Activity from the LSU Office of Research & Economic Development. Rainmakers balance teaching and research responsibilities while extending the impact of their work to the world beyond academia and have established track records in securing external research funding and publishing in high-impact journals. The 2020 Rainmakers are Matthew Valasik, Department of Sociology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences; Weiwei Xie, Department of Chemistry, College of Science; Raymond Pingree, Manship School of Mass Communication; Michal Brylinski, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science and Center for Computation & Technology; Jinx Coleman Broussard, Manship School of Mass Communication; and Samithamby “Jey” Jeyaseelan, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine. The National Science Foundation selected eleven U.S. schools to join its Scholarship for Service program this year. LSU will receive $3.4 million in funding, which will cover educational expenses, travel, professional certifications, and cash stipends ($25,000 per year for undergraduate students; $34,000 per year for graduate students) for twenty-one LSU students over the next five years. Upon graduation, they will have guaranteed jobs in government service waiting for them. The Center for Academic Success was designated by the National College Learning Center Association as one of only a few Learning Centers of Excellence in the country. The association, which represents more than 1,500 learning centers, supports higher education learning centers through professional development, certifications, standard setting, and awards.
2020 FACULTY EXCELLENCE AWARDS Thanks to your generous support, the LSU Alumni Association annually provides funds to sponsor awards recognizing outstanding teaching and research. Your investment in our programs of scholastic excellence truly transforms the lives and work of LSU’s distinguished faculty and outstanding students.
LSU ALUMNI PROFESSORSHIP Fahui Wang, Geography & Anthropology, Cyril & Tutta Vetter Alumni Professorship
LSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FACULTY EXCELLENCE AWARD Inessa Bazayev, Music; Karen Maruska, Biological Sciences; Matthew Valasik, Sociology; Kehui Xu, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
LSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARD Jagdeep Singh Mathematics Shanley Treleaven Communication Sciences & Disorders
LSU DISTINGUISHED FACULTY AWARD
Lori Bade, Music; Julia Buckner, Psychology; James T. Cronin, Biological Sciences; Edward Laws, Environmental Sciences; Sunyoung Park, Leadership & Human Resource Development
LSU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION RISING FACULTY RESEARCH AWARD
Nichole Bauer, Mass Communication; Jennifer Brum, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences; Yu “April” Chen, Education; Brant C. Faircloth, Biological Sciences; Amin Kargarian, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science; Revati Kumar, Chemistry; Junhong Liang, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences; Alexandra Noel, Comparative Biomedical Sciences; F. Richard Roberts, Agricultural & Extension Education & Evaluation; Raymond P. Tucker, Psychology
PHI KAPPA PHI NONTENURED FACULTY AWARD
Humanities & Social Sciences Ashley B. Clayton, Human Sciences & Education Natural & Physical Sciences David Vinyard, Biological Sciences
PHI KAPPA PHI OUTSTANDING INSTRUCTOR AWARD Caroline Schneider Chemistry
JOSEPHINE LSU ALUMNI A. ROBERTS ASSOCIATION LSU ALUMNI DISTINGUISHED ASSOCIATION DISSERTATION DISTINGUISHED AWARD IN DISSERTATION SCIENCE, AWARD IN ARTS, ENGINEERING & HUMANITIES & TECHNOLOGY Julie Butler SOCIAL SCIENCES Angela McCarthy Political Science
Biological Sciences
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In Focus Distinguished Law Alumni – Eight LSU Law alumni were recognized at the school’s 2020 Distinguished Alumni Celebration in March. Longtime LSU Law Professor William Crawford, Hon. Ernestine Gray, the Hon. Guy Holdridge, and attorneys H. Alston Johnson, III, and James P. Roy were honored as Distinguished Alumni of the Year. Distinguished Achievement honorees were attorneys Glenn Armentor, John M. Madison, Jr., and Mary Olive Pierson.
From left, LSU Interim President Tom Galligan, Glenn Arementor, James P. Roy, Mary Olive Pierson, William Crawford, the Hon. Ernestine Gray, H. Alston Johnson, III, John M. Madison, the Hon. Guy Holdridge, and LSU Law Interim Dean Lee Ann Lockridge.
Club President Gail Cramer, right, presents a $500 check to LSU Alumni Association Interim President Gordon Monk in appreciation of the support the Association offers the retirees group and to assist the Association in its many endeavors. From left, Joni Catanzaro, Cindy Rougeou, Dana Vicknair, Katherine Whitney, and Mary Boudreaux.
From left, Roland Dommert, Jintana Cochran, St. Vincent de Paul Society President Michael Acaldo, Judy Lithgoe, and Jerry Exner.
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LSU Retirees Club – St. Vincent de Paul Society President Michael Acaldo spoke to the LSU Faculty and Staff Retirees Club in February detailing the mission and achievements of the society, which in 2019 filled more than $1.4 million worth of prescriptions for the needy in its twelve-parish region around Baton Rouge. In March, Dana Vicknair, director of the Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL), and Cindy Rougeou, director of the Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, updated LSU members on the state of their programs. Also on hand was Katherine Whitney, TRSL deputy director. The club meets monthly for talks, tours and social activities. Photos by Mark Claesgens
TIGER TRIVIA 1. What caused the Tiger football team to play only two games in the 1897 season? Too many ineligible players A yellow fever epidemic that gripped much of the South Not enough interest in football Not enough money to support football 2. The last yellow fever epidemic to affect Louisiana delayed the start of classes at LSU. When did this happen? 1897 1900 1905 1908 3. Who was LSU’s president during the events in questions 1 and 2? Thomas Boyd David Boyd Thomas Atkinson Troy Middleton 4. When did the LSU Museum of Art open in the Memorial Tower? 2005 1987 1957 1962 5. When did the art museum move to the Shaw Center for the Arts? 2010 2005 1962 1959 6. Who were the first two female faculty members in the English Department? Mercedes and Louise Garig Helen Gunderson and Jane DeGrummond Caroline Durieux and Shirley Tucker and Margaret Dixon Meredith Blackwell 7. Who were the first two female Boyd Professors at LSU? Mercedes and Louise Garig Helen Gunderson and Jane DeGrummond Caroline Durieux and Shirley Tucker and Margaret Dixon Meredith Blackwell 8. Which LSU president served on Jefferson Davis’s staff during the Civil War? David Boyd William Tecumseh Sherman William Preston Johnston Troy Middleton 9. How many wonen’s dormitories did LSU’s new Baton Rouge campus have when it opened in 1925? None One Two Three
11. Which building served as the main cafeteria until 1950? The Union Prescott Hall Graham Hall Foster Hall 12. When did LSU award its 100,000th degree? 1869 1935 1978 1981 Tiger Trivia is compiled by Barry Cowan, assistant archivist, Hill Memorial Library. Answers: 1:b; 2:c; 3:a; 4:d; 5:b; 6:a; 7:d; 8:c; 9:a; 10:b; 11:d; 12:c
Grad Fair – LSU Alumni Association staffers Ali Brooks, Brittany Ernest, and Brandli Greer (center, top photo) were on hand at Grad Fair to help seniors take care of graduation details. The Association, a major player in the two-day event, signed up 375 spring graduates in its Recent Grad Program, a joint venture with the Tiger Athletic Foundation. New enrollees received their first “LSU Alumni” gear along with membership benefits including Young Professional Networking events and opportunities for affordable athletic tickets.
10. Which military branch owned the building that became McVoy Hall dormitory before it was purchased and moved to campus after World War II? The US Army The US Navy The US Air Force The US Marine Corps
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Employees Honored for Service
25 YEARS Francis Babcock Veronica Bihm Kim Breaux Arcade Faucheux Cathy Luquette John Protevi Sonya Watts Laura Wiley Sheri Wischusen John Anderson Kristy Anthony Verge Ausberry II Melinda Braud Bernard Braun II Susan Crochet Kevin Duffy Janet Dugas Marie Evans Frederick Fellner Ari Fisher David Floyd Rodney Glynn Cassandra Jackson Andrea Jones Reginald Jones Philip Kennedy Daren Launey Timmy McQuirter Dwayne Morris Albin Murtagh Irene Newbill Daniel Paulsen Richard Pincomb Sai Pinnepalli Ann Polito John Schiebe Miriam Segar Jennifer Shorts Vester Slawson Jr Tommy Smith Jeremy Songne Jason Vincent Edward Watson III Vincent Wilson 30 YEARS Tammie Tibbitts Les Butler Young Chun Lori Davis Thomas Diamond Dawn Evans Juhan Frank Bill Gibson Wanda Hargroder Barry Hebert
More than 100 LSU employees with twenty-five or more years of service were honored at the annual Employee Recognition Program last spring. Soula O’Bannon-Bennis, tutorial coordinator in the Department of Mathematics, received a fifty-year award, and James Hardy, Jr., professor of history, was recognized for fifty-five years of service. Laurie Herrin Michael Hooks Lesa Jeansonne Pam Monroe Ioan Negulescu Sylvia Nettles Carter Amy Parrino Steven Pomarico Diana Reynolds Maria Riggio Lisa Roundtree Christopher Schwehm Michael Smith Craig Stevens Pamela Vinci J. Kevin Wagner Roberto Wong 35 YEARS Reginald Berry Rita Farrar M. Michele Forbes John Hogan Susan Allen Karen Bahnsen John Borne Nathan Brener Steven Cardiff Tryfon Charalampopoulos William Constant Mark Ewing
Janice Goodloe John Hawke Faik Koray Roger Laine Norimoto Murai Charles Thompson 40 YEARS Joyce Stevenson Margaret Brewer Ramona Busby Marlene Caballero Wanda Carrier Darla Dao Dianne Lindstedt Neil Mathews Michael Moore Lois Stewart Glenn Sumners Vickie Thornton George Voyiadjis 45 YEARS A Ravi P. Rau; David Blouin; John Malone Jr. 50 YEARS Soula O'Bannon-Bennis 55 YEARS James Hardy, Jr.
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Restoring Queen Bess Island By Libby Haydel
Some of the Queen Bess Island project team members are, from left, Garvin Pittman (1992 BACH ENGR), Katie Freer, Todd Baker (2015 BACH ENGR), Jacques Boudreaux (2009 BACH ENGR, 2012 MAST ENGR), and Amanda Philips (2000 BACH ENGR).
Louisiana’s state bird, the brown pelican.
“It’s not a very large island, but it is isolated, so . . . it’s very safe, and that’s what makes it special.”
It’s been fifty-one years since the brown pelican was reintroduced to Louisiana after the species completely disappeared from the state due to pesticide use in the 1960s. Since then, the pelicans have thrived on Queen Bess Island, making it the third largest brown pelican rookery in Louisiana. Another battle looms, however. Over the years, Queen Bess Island has been sinking and eroding into the Gulf of Mexico, leaving less than five acres of suitable land for the pelicans to nest. Racing against the clock, engineers like biological engineering alumna Amanda Phillips are working to restore the island’s nesting area to its once-vast size, giving the state bird another chance to prosper. “This project is different than others,” Phillips, a coastal engineer for Fenstermaker in New Orleans, said. “In many respects, a lot of the projects that have been constructed over the years have been general sense-type projects. But with this project, you had something to identify with – pelican and tern habitat. It’s tangible.” Queen Bess Island, a patch of land about two miles north of Grand Isle in Barataria Bay, produces 15-20 percent of the state’s brown pelican nesting activity. The island is also home to sixty other bird species, among them egrets, herons, terns, gulls, roseate spoonbills, ibis, and others. During breeding season, a few thousand pelicans crowd onto five acres of land surrounded by old rock barriers. The goal of the restoration project, which Phillips has been working on since 2017, is to provide a quality habitat for these birds to nest. Working alongside the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, and the U.S. Departments of Fish and Wildlife Services, Phillips designed the best way to restore and design the island in a small amount of time. “One of the nuisances of this project is they did not want any construction occurring when the birds show up to nest,” Phillips said. “There could be large ramifications if their nesting were affected. Wildlife and Fisheries really wanted the construction to happen after nesting season, which is after Sept. 15, and before nesting season started on March 15.” The project was approved in March 2019, a contract was awarded by June, and on Aug. 1 the contractor was able to take plant samples and start growing them in a greenhouse to later replant on Queen Bess Island. “It ended up going very smoothly and worked out well, which is a testament to all the people involved and knowing this project was so critical,” Phillips said. Now in the final stages of completion, the Queen Bess Island project will provide thirty acres of restored brown pelican and wading bird habitat, along with seven acres of nesting tern and black skimmer habitat. “It’s not a very large island, but it is isolated, so there aren’t any predators on it,” Phillips said. “It’s very safe, and that’s what makes it special.” The restoration is expected to last at least twenty years, with money set aside for necessary upgrades. The $18.7 million project comes nearly ten years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf, and it is part of the billion-dollar settlement from British Petroleum. When all is said and done, Phillips will have had a hand in saving Louisiana’s state bird. “We all recognize this to be an ongoing issue, and we were able to bring our various skills to the table and develop a project that we are all proud of,” Phillips said. “It makes me beam every time I talk about this project because it has such a potential positive. It may help people have a better understanding of what coastal restoration and engineering is all about.” Libby Haydel is a communications specialist at LSU Strategic Communications.
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Surprising Tiger Fan Lands LSU’s Best-Ever QB When the Burrow family arrived on campus in May 2018 for Joe Burrow’s recruiting weekend, LSU’s coaching staff had no idea that there was a Tiger fan among them. Dan Burrow, Joe’s brother, had found the true religion in 2010, rooting for the Tigers with his friends in Houston.
Brian "Gameday" Lamont, right, convinced his friend Dan Burrow, left, to attend an LSU Happy Hour, a function of the Houston Alumni Chapter, in 2010. Burrow had a good time, made new friends and soon adopted the LSU Tigers as his team. That led to Dan making the closing sales pitch for Joe to spend his last two seasons as the LSU quarterback. Also in the picture at the 2019 Tiger Tailgate is Joe Burrow's mother, Robin.
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He would become a vital ally for Coach O in a recruiting mission that ranks among the most significant in LSU football history. “My best friend, Brian ‘Gameday’ Lamont, is a Tiger fan,” Burrow said, “and he invited me to an LSU Happy Hour in Houston. I liked the people, and soon I became knowledgeable about the Tigers.” “When Assistant Coach Bill Busch reached out to me, I think he did so because of our Nebraska connection, and the fact that he and my father, Jimmy, had known each other for years. I don’t think he knew that LSU was my adopted team.” Nebraska, where Jimmy had played and coached, where his two oldest sons, Jamie and Dan had played, showed no interest in Joe coming out of high school. When he decided to leave Ohio State, Nebraska again rejected him. As the Burrow family interest in Nebraska diminished, it became easy for Dan to follow the Tigers with his Houston friends. Dan had time to think about the possibilities of Joe playing at LSU on his drive to Baton Rouge for the family’s recruiting visit. “I was familiar with LSU’s problems at quarterback over the years,” Burrow said. “I felt that Joe could help my unofficial team. I thought: THIS MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.” At no time during the visit did Dan talk with Joe about the possibilities, however. The Joe Burrow recruiting weekend seemed to go well. Jimmy, a veteran college coach, was impressed by the hospitality and how well everything was organized.
The family oriented atmosphere and the closeness of the LSU staff had a positive impact on the Burrow family. Dan believed that Orgeron had made a good impression on Joe’s mother, Robin. But everyone in the family was leaving the decision to Joe. A threehour meeting with Coach O and the offensive staff was aimed primarily at Joe. “It was an offensive meeting, dealing with reads and progressions,” Dan recalled. “Joe was impressive. He not only answered all of their questions, he suggested audibles in several situations, which seemed to please the LSU offensive staff.” On the drive back to Houston, Dan got a call from Coach O. “What do you think is best for Joe?” Orgeron asked. Dan told him that he thought LSU would be best, but he was going to let Joe make the decision. “On Tuesday, I got another call from Coach O,” Dan said. “He told me, ‘man up’ and tell Joe what you think.’” Later, Dan sent Joe a text, asking him for an opportunity to discuss his recruitment. Joe responded by telling Dan that he would look forward to their conversation. At this point, Dan played a major role in his brother’s decision. He emphasized that the Tigers were a perfect fit. “Joe always told me he wanted to play football at the highest level and compete for a championship,” Dan said. “So, I told him that LSU is definitely a higher level.” “LSU is your best choice,” Dan told him. “If you go to Cincinnati, the media will always be asking questions about Ohio State. In Baton Rouge, they will ask you questions about SEC games. You have an opportunity to play at the highest level at LSU and compete for a championship.” Bill Busch and Coach O did some good work in pursuing Joe Burrow. And there is no question the Tigers needed a passer for their passing game. But Dan’s closing argument was essential
to clinching the deal. Nobody had as much credibility with Joe as his brother Dan. We all know Coach O can sell his product. What most of us didn’t know is that he had the help of a sales pro who understood the feelings of a brother he loved. Dan’s comment about media questions on the Buckeyes had to resonate with Joe, who was eager to put the Ohio State experience in the rear view mirror. No one knew how his brother felt better than Dan. He knew Joe wanted a fresh start. In a critical closing
statement, Dan said the right thing at the right time. He even painted a word picture of what playing in Tiger Stadium might be like. Joe was still noncommittal. A week passed. Then, Joe made a commitment to Coach Ed Orgeron. Joe arrived on campus a few weeks later to begin LSU’s most exciting football journey ever. Locker Room is compiled and edited by Bud Johnson, retired director of the Andonie Sports Museum and a former LSU Sports Information director. He is the author of The Perfect Season: LSU's Magic Year – 1958.
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Football Adds High-Profile Staff
Locker Room
Nobody is picking the Tigers to repeat as national football champions, but you have to admire Ed Orgeron’s plan of action for the 2020 season.
Bo Pelini
Scott Linehan
Kevin Faulk
“Orgeron will rely on a combination of a spread offense and an attacking defense to get LSU back into the College Football Playoffs.”
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Orgeron will rely on a combination of a spread offense and an attacking defense to get LSU back into the College Football Playoffs. That is a formula he remembers well from his days as a young defensive line coach for the Miami Hurricanes – 1989 to 1992. Coach O coached the attacking Bill Johnson defensive front four for Miami’s Dennis Erickson, whose Hurricanes won national titles in 1989 and 1991. You’ve probably heard of Orgeron’s high-profile additions hired in the off season by now – Bo Pelini, the defensive coordinator, Scott Linehan, the passing game coordinator, and running backs coach Kevin Faulk. Pelini, who will be in charge of the Tigers attacking defense, should be a familiar name to LSU fans. He was the defensive coordinator for the 2007 national champions coached by Les Miles. Coach O plucked Bo from the head coaching job at Youngstown State in Ohio to fill the LSU vacancy left by Dave Aranda’s departure to become Baylor’s head man. Most famous for fourteen years as an offensive coordinator in the NFL, Linehan replaces Joe Brady, who had joined the LSU staff a year ago after serving as a New Orleans Saints assistant. He replaced Jerry Sullivan, Orgeron’s passing game coordinator in 2018, who returned to the Tigers staff after a lengthy career in the NFL. There were other coaching vacancies that gave Orgeron an opportunity to make some interesting additions to his staff prior to the start of spring practice. When Dennis Johnson joined Aranda’s staff at Baylor, Orgeron chose Bill Johnson, another NFL veteran, to solidify the vacancy as defensive line coach. Bill had replaced Dennis last fall after the young line coach suffered knee injuries playing basketball. When Tommie Robinson joined Texas A&M as running backs coach, Orgeron called on LSU legend Kevin Faulk, the Tigers’ all-time leading rusher, and a three-time Super Bowl champion for the New England Patriots, to take over that coaching position. Faulk had previously served Orgeron as director of player development since 2018. It should be obvious if you are keeping score at home. Orgeron appears to be partial to coaches with a pro football background. Offensive line coach James Cregg, defensive line coach Bill Johnson, and special teams coordinator Greg McMahon also have extensive experience in the NFL.
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Coach O . . . won the big one.
“The result was revolutionary. He got some magical performances from a number of key athletes in the fall and the Tigers won it all.”
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From Hot Seat to Coach of the Year linebacker coach at Nicholls State for one year before Paul Pasqualoni of Syracuse hired him as defensive line coach in 1985, an opportunity that revived his career at the major college level. Orgeron credits Pasqualoni for helping him become a better coach on and off the field in three seasons at Syracuse. Two successful stints as an interim coach – at Southern Cal in 2013 and LSU in 2016 – convinced Orgeron and others that he was ready for a head-coaching job on a permanent basis. Players and staff endorsed his leadership style. “He is the complete coach,” said Jack Marucci, the Tigers’ nationally prominent director of athletic Jack Marucci, LSU director of athletic training. training, who has witnessed, as a staff Ed Orgeron had the hottest seat in member, the handiwork of Bobby college football at the start of the Bowden, Nick Saban, Les Miles, and Orgeron – all national champions – 2018 season. By the end of 2019, in his thirty-two years in athletics. he was the hottest coach in the game. He’s been highly respected “Orgeron has all the pieces.” Indeed, Coach O checks all the in coaching circles as a recruiter, boxes. Recruiter. Leader. Motivator. motivator, and defensive coach Visionary. The man had a plan to since his first tour of duty at USC develop a championship program. from 1998-2004. Orgeron has “When he makes a new hire,” Marucci landed highly recruited athletes for said, “he usually upgrades the staff.” Miami, Syracuse, USC, Ole Miss, Orgeron has developed a character USC again, and LSU. profile for use in the evaluation When USC hired Pete Carroll in of prospective recruits, according 2000, he was so impressed with to Marucci. Orgeron’s energy and enthusiasm that “Many of our players on the national he asked Coach O to take on both championship team were three star recruiting coordinator and defensive recruits,” he said. “Most were high line coach responsibilities in 2001. The character kids with maturity and title of assistant head coach was added intelligence who worked hard and in 2003. He was named National developed into better players. He has a Recruiter of the Year in 2004. That led gift for evaluating players.” to Ole Miss hiring him as head coach Marucci observed Coach O during in 2005. After a 10-25 record and only his time as defensive line coach and three SEC wins in three years, many recruiting coordinator at LSU in 2015. people thought Orgeron would never It was then that he felt that Orgeron get another chance as a head coach. would be a head coach again. Marucci He’d been down before and was not surprised when Orgeron bounced back. became the interim coach in 2016. A bar room fight ended a brilliant He was not surprised by the Tigers beginning as a young defensive championship season. “I expected line coach for Dennis Erickson’s two him to succeed here,” Marucci said. national championship teams at Miami “The players and the staff were rooting in 1989 and 1991. He was a volunteer for him.”
Dave Aranda, upon becoming Baylor’s head coach, paid tribute to Orgeron with this comment: "I told him that I have learned more from him, than any other coach I have been around.” In interviewing for the LSU job, Orgeron advanced the concept of paying the head coach less and the coordinators more. It was his way of retaining Aranda and making him the highest paid assistant football coach in the country. This move not only led to Coach O getting his dream job, it had a major role in LSU winning the national championship in 2019.
More on that later. Orgeron was a man possessed once he became the head coach. He launched myriad improvement projects. He called for a major overhaul of the LSU offense. He hired Joe Brady from the Saints, and the installation of the spread began last spring. The result was revolutionary. He got some magical performances from a number of key athletes in the fall and the Tigers won it all. The headlines focused mostly on the record-breaking passing game and Joe Burrow, the Heisman-winning quarterback. Admittedly, it was a perfect match for the Tigers. Orgeron needed a quarterback like Burrow. And Burrow needed a coach to believe in him.
It’s a beautiful story, but it’s not the whole story. “One Team; One Heart Beat” is not just Coach O’s slogan. “The slogan suggests that no one is bigger than the program,” Marucci says. Improving the program has been Orgeron’s mission. He made positive changes to the coaching staff and added analysts by the dozen. Every hire seemed right. A new special teams coach, Greg McMahon, made an immediate impact on that phase of the game. A new offensive line coach, James Cregg, developed the nation’s best offensive line in two years. Steve Ensminger was the ideal “team man” of the staff, serving as offensive
coordinator, then tight ends coach, and offensive coordinator again in successive seasons. What we’ve seen in Tiger Stadium recently has a lot to do with the lessons Orgeron learned from his mentors. Some believe his desire to adopt the spread/RPO offense and the “attacking defense” came from his time coaching at Southern Cal in the PAC 10. Orgeron worked for several coaches who were instrumental in helping him develop into a championship coach. Erickson at Miami, Carroll at Southern Cal, and Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints have all won the ultimate prize. And they all played a role in Orgeron becoming what he calls, “a complete coach.”
How did Orgeron’s retaining Aranda influence the national championship? • Aranda brought Bill Busch, the former Nebraska assistant coach, onto the LSU staff in 2018 to coach the safeties. The two had worked together at Wisconsin and Utah State. • In 2015, Busch was on the staff at Ohio State, where a freshman quarterback named Burrow captured his attention. He had been on the Nebraska staff when Burrow’s brother Dan played for the Cornhuskers in 2004. • Busch was excited when Joe Burrow, in 2018, entered the NCAA transfer portal to become a graduate transfer. “If we get him, coach,” Busch told Orgeron, “we’ll make the College Football Playoffs.”
Coach O’s primary influences, from top, Dennis Erickson, Miami Hurricanes; Pete Carroll, USC Trojans, and Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints. Erickson photo: Jon SooHoo/ USC Athletic Department; Payton photo: Michael C. Hebert/New Orleans Saints
• Orgeron put Busch in charge of the recruitment of Burrow. • Busch, invited Dan Burrow, Joe’s brother, to join the family on the recruiting weekend. He didn’t realize Dan was an LSU fan prior to the visit. • Orgeron introduced Joe Burrow to that Cajun favorite – crawfish. And the rest, as they say, is history.
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UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Bachelor of Science Cecilia L. Acosta-Matute Morgan Michelle Acosta Abigayle Paige Alleman Ellen Lovisa Andersson William Zachary Atkinson Hannah Elise Barrilleaux Hannah L. Batte Evan Bauer Allison Elizabeth Belle Cecilia Ashley Berryman Robert Alexander Beuerle Naya M. Black Allie Elizabeth Blestel Evan Tyler Boatwright Jessica Monique Bonin Kaylee Raeann Boswell Andre' David Boudreaux Bria D. Braden Bridget Marie Bradle Alex Breaux Ashley L. Breaux Emily F. Brossette Tiera Charmaine Brown Katherine Marie Brunet Sarah Peyton Cagle Camila Yaneth Carrera Alexandra Nicole Cheramie Jenna Claire Estelle Cheramie Brianna Dominique Cobb Hunter Allen Collins Katherine Harrison Combe Corinne Rose Cook Elizabeth Kaitlyn Courville Christopher Paul Coyne Ashley Theresa Crespo Dina Claire Crochet Emily Catherine Curlin Dylan James Daboval Destiny Tiyea' Davis Jalen Daron Davis Kathryn Elena Czarnecki Davis Adrienne Dawson
Danielle N. Debarbieris Hannah Elizabeth Delger Dana deRiancho Samuel D. des Bordes Micah J. Doyle Jr. Emily Rose Dubois Preston Aaron Dumont Grace Carol Duncan Cicely Denise Dupre Kimberly Marie Eckert Drew Michael Ellis Auston James Eschette Sedona Sky Essert Chantelle Alise Fabre Allen M. Faulk Connor P. Favaloro Erica Elise Fertitta Travis James Fitzgerald Thea Rebecca Fjerstad Cheyenne Alika Fouts Alexis I. Fraino Kaiser Joseph Franck Christopher Freeman Jennifer Anne Freitas Brooklyn Nicole Frerks Sara Elizabeth Funderburk Victoria Caitlin Gallo Kentrea Jaschwan George Bryce Michelle Gilbert Paige Elizabeth Goff Shelby Lane Gorman Austin T. Graham Emily Elizabeth Gray Jeanne-Marie Champagne Guillot Rebecca Helen Hahn Brayton Ann Hammes Georgia Nicole Hansen Elijah Hanzy, III Claire Elizabeth Harman Kendall Rene Haygood Alexandra RenĂŠ Haynes Emily Ann Heath Gabrielle Elizabeth Hebert
Brandon Foster Hernandez Alexander Paul Hildreth Alexis Noelle Hindt Benjamin Charbonnet Holden Aubrey Lynn Holt Melanie Denise Holton Megan Marie Jeanfreau Vivienne Susannah Johns Colby McLaurin Johnson Jennifer Nicole Johnson Lauren Elizabeth Johnson Lindsey Theresa Johnson Desiree M. Jones Valeria Sofia Jones Sean Brian Kelley Jacob Morris Kelly Hannah Grace Kennady Joseph T. King Jr. Adrienne Eleese King Austin Travis VonBehren Kowitz Ethan Howard Kraemer Michaela Scarlet Lachney Theresa Anne LaForge John Christian Lahaye Andrew Michael LeBoeuf Han B. Lee Rebekah Yejee Lee Rachel Olivia Lehrmann Khalid Tariq Lewis Ashley Paige Linn Lauren Ashley Lister Brooke Brignac Lowenkron Molly Ann Lyles Samantha Marie Mahsman Pettibone Camille E. Marcel Alexandra Marquez Kathleen Rose Marshall Hunter C. Martin Jade Martindale Chase Logan Mathey
Marisa Nicole McAllister Lauren Nicole McFarland Savanah Shae Melch Meghan Elizabeth Melugin Arianne Simone Metoyer Alexandra A. Mitchell Amanda Lauren Monceaux Diana Montoya Phillip Mooney Courtney Dylana Moore Riley Ashlin Morris Brianna Leah Naquin Sarah Elizabeth Nele Lindsey Catherine Newton Jordan Lynn Nicholson Kathryn Kay Dignos Ocdinaria Marissa Antoinette Orlando Fredrik Logan Osborn Meredith Elisabeth Paisant Danie Nicole Palmer Haley Catalina Palmer Jade Sophia Palmisano Hollie Sarah-Jane Parker Alison Marie Parson Hannah Nicole Passman Bailee Meagan Pipes Gavin Paul Pitre Hannah N. Poche Thomas Andrew Pousson Madison Michelle Prats Kaycie Renee Prejean Mary Michael McAdams Quinn Jessica Elise Quiroga Jacob Riley Ramagos Rosalind Carson Remsen Logan Elizabeth Roddy Gabrielle C. Rodemann Hayes D. Rousseau Caroline D. Ruppert Jessica Carter Schaumburg Eden Marie Schexnayder
Chesnie Sabrina Scull Allison H. Seward Subhan Shahid Demarcus Charles Shepherd Kayla L. Sherman Matthew C. Shockey Luke Patrick Simon David Blake Smith McKaila Darden Stafford Joshua A. Stevens Katherine Ruth Stevenson Alexis Jade Stringfield Sarah Elizabeth Swiger Amelia Aline Talbot Megan Nicole Tassin Audrey Elizabeth Taunton Laura Ansleigh Thibodeaux Ian Paul Thomas Sydni Noelle Tibbitts Mattie Tiggleman Cameron Claire Toerner Kristy Marie Trahan Jessica A. Trammel Carolyn Mai Tran Payton A. Tripp Briana Tiffany Tumminello Nicholas Paul Uzee Nicole M. van Loo Taylor Laurel Veney Michelle Olivia Vetter Anthony Michael Vicellio Emily Elise Vince Nikki Mai Vu Olivia R. Wall Miette Anne Weaver Ashley Elizabeth White Reed Michael White Joy A. Wilson Sarah Jane Winterton Cora Kaielyn Woolsey Brooke Elizabeth Yelvington Andrew J. Zito, II
Tayler Sean Harrison Courtney Chase Jones Pooja Lalwani Cornisha Janae Lyons Jacob Adler Lyons
Rebecca Lynn Maples Cory Christopher Natal Logan Chandler Osborn Malachi Rami Pursley Antonio Enrique Tejeda
Alexander Marcel Vinet, II Allie Christine White Chryshanna Tre'Anne MarShae Williams Molly Melissa Woods Pei Qi Yu
COLLEGE OF ART + DESIGN Bachelor of Architecture Oscar Vincent Almengor Daniel Christopher Berg Jr. James Ellard Bergeron Miguel Omar Bermudez John Flynn Burleigh
Joanne G. Castro Austin Gardner Copete Nicholas John Dubuc Claire Elizabeth Duncan Kelsea Leigh Glorioso
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Bachelor of Fine Arts Sara Mohammed Abu Al Ryan Shay Carreca Bassal Grace Kennon Sarah Emma Alexander Carruth-Taylor Amanda Songy Bacala Ann Maria Champagne Dakota Payne Banos Jasmine Paige Chavez Lindsay Kathryn Barksdale Natalie Lynn Clark Susan Mary Bartol Ashley Renee Cook Sydney Grace Belanger Grady Spurgeon Cunningham Samantha Lane Blaeser Isabella Marie D'Amico Kimberlyn Marie Bossom Brady Denham Caleb Michael Bourque Elizabeth Anne Duclaux Baylor Irene Breeding Samantha Patricia Durfee Michael Ray Bushnell Jonathan M. Ezebunwo Miranda Lynn Calongne
Zane daVinci Farrell Brynn Anne Finney Isabella Danielle Giambrone Wendy Ware Gilley Madelynn Elizabeth Grimley Peyton Michon Hammond Josephine Kelley Hazard Lindsey Taylor Henriques Yerin Heo Kenneth David Hilliard Rachel Lynn Hurt Madelaine Davis Kobe
Alexandra Krayer Lawrence Lauren Ashton Leopold Bailey Samantha Lewis Alex P. Marcantel Kailyn McCarley Autumn Mathile McCowan Shannon Kasey McGill Katelyn Janelle McKneely Casey Messinger Andrea Lea Miller Margaret Erin Molloy Aline Marie Moreaux Olivia Marie Ott
Breanne Elizabeth Carol Plaisance Malorie Elizabeth Pugh Madelyn Anne Regenold Brooke Skylar Renton Angelica Francisca Richards Harry Riel Chayse Sampy Hannah Alyse Sonnier Kathryn Ann Spahn Gabrielle Michele Stark Blaise Meredith Trusty
Lauren Grace Kinchen Story Isabella Magidson Heather Jean McGraw Morgan Renee McInnis Phoenix Grey Montague Bryan Dean Nash Kim Thien Nguyen Kelsey Renee Ralph
Avery Elisabeth Richardson Dwayne Montreal Richardson Emily Nicole Richardson Aleah Janelle Riley Mary Catherine R. Romaguera
Sofia Stella Russo Courtney Rae Schmitt Camille Claudia Tharpe Madeline Elizabeth Van Pelt Jamie Hunter Wilson
Cade Michael Hebert Charles Adam LaGreca Chunfeng Lu
William Joseph O'Mahoney Scott A. Self Emily Anne Pixberg Ashton Leigh Wunsch Taylor Philip Richardson
Bachelor of Interior Design Alaina Claire Bruce Taylor Peyton Ferris Alexandra Tate Brunet Kristin Alix Fontenot Hannah Leigh Carls Hannah Elaine Gagnard Laura Lynn Casanova Blake Jean Gauthreaux Louise Rainey Charbonnet Gabrielle Marie Guidry Emily Michelle Chenier Cassie Jean Guilbeau Alyssa Layne Cornelius Madison JeannĂŠ Harrison Krysten Josephine Culotta Julianne Beth Harwin
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Logan Jamisen Babin Allison Mary Bodin Jessica Joanne Braud
Taylor Hamilton Broom Abigail Grace Chapman Brennan Lane Hatcher
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Katherine Elise Blanchet Blair Patrick Bogan Dianne Marie Bohn M. Calvin Bond Ashton Jeffrey Bonura Mackenzie Rose Booth Lauren E. Bordelon Jordyn Marie Bouchereau Alexander P. Boudreaux Caroline McLain Bourgeois Sarah Elizabeth Martin Bourgeois Jeanne Bronier Boyce Taylor Alysse Boykin John Garrett Brame William Henry Breaux Erin Kathryn Brennan William Patrick Brewster Joshua A. Brignac Nicholas Windom Brignac Wyatt H. Broome Jared T. Brown John Crichton Brown Sarah Eleanor Brown Triston Everett Brown Matthew James Browning
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Thomas B. Huckabay Taras Jemal Hughes Jr. Hannah Lee Hughes Grayson Thomas Hunt Parker James Hunt William J. Hurley Grant Christian Hutchinson Anna Marie Huval Jack Patterson Hymel Grace Ibert Mary Michael Ibert Benjamin R. Irino Stephen Paul Jackson Daniel James Jaubert Logan Christopher Jean Ryan Michael Jeanfreau Cameron Antonio Jenkins William Smith Jewell Delton Johnson Alexander Dane Jolicoeur Bryan Mario Jones Felton Matthew Jones, III Connor Lee Juban Annie Ruth Jung Thomas John Kadair Kevin Michael Kaffenberger Justin Kirk Kanada Brenner Charles Keaton Paul D. Kekich David A. Keller Jr. Catherine Kilroy Andrew Ryan Kimbro Jacob Thomas King Rivers Dixon King Ashlyn D. Kirby Madison Claire Kirkpatrick Michael David Kirsch Briala Sade' Earlamena Kirt Matthew Christopher Klos Graham Michael Knight Malaysia Ashli Knighten Krimsen G. Knowles Samantha Koppenhagen Hunter James Kottwitz Jordan Alexander Kozar Samuel Ross Kretzschmar Julia A. LaBorde Reese M. LaCombe Julianna D. Lafitte Steven Huynh Lai Ellery Claire Laiche Ava Hale Laird Edwin Grant Laizer Kevin Quang Lam Jonathan Armond Lambert Bryce Aaron Landry Christian Joseph Landry Hanlon Michele Landry Madeline Grace Landry Savannah Lynn Landry Jene' Leanna Langlois Samuel M. Laufer
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Emily Allyson Miller James Edward Mathis Mills Christian Michael Minturn Jimi J. Mistry Victoria Marie Mitchell Alexis M. Molero Zachary Asher Montavon Anthony Morales Diego Eduardo Morales Benjamin James Moran Glynn David Morere Branson Marquis Morgan Robert Keesler Morrison John Sylvester Morvant, IV Mikayla Claire Moss Kyleigh Alice Motes Edward Louis Mouk John J. Murphy Jonathan Ray Murray Douglas Jamal Myers Zoe Isabelle Mysing Paige Alexis Navarro Bailey Theresa Nelson Linh H. Nguyen Sarah Thao Nguyen Lindsay Nicole Nickerson Grant J. Nicolosi Christopher John Nijoka Blake Jackson Nolan Chelsea Anne Nora Andrew Pownall North Austin Michael North Daniel Emilio Novales Matthew David Nunes Joshua Akachukwu Nwokorie Joshua Akachukwu Nwokorie Grant Fulton Odom Patara Ogunc Tobie A. Olivier David J. Ordaz-Rodriguez Lindsay Marie Ortego David J. Owens Keonna L. Owens Keonna L. Owens Rachel Lynn Packer Evan Joseph Palmisano Berkley Rose Parent Jacob Zachary Parker Peyton Walker Parker Jennifer Lynn Parks Jenna Renee Partimbene Rina Shanta Patel Joanna M. Paz Joanna M. Paz William Thomas Peavy Chloe Margaret Pelitere Justine Jae Perez Brennan Ray Perkins Daniel Arthur Perrin Souphavanh Malic Phaengkhamhak
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Victoria Ann Piconi Madeline Frances Pierce Jacob Thomas Pikul Breanna Nicole Pipes Alexis M. Pippin George Alexander Plauche Jeffrey V. Poche Jr. Abbigail M. Poiencot Ridge Michael Poirrier Owen Michael Pollard Margaret Manette Martha Power Jordan A. Prechac Casey Ryan Prendergast Chandler Brian Price Darrien Marsalis Price Maci Lynn Quebedeaux Heather Marie Racca Courtney Kathryn Ragsdale Elizabeth Ann Ragusa Madeline Lucille Ragusa Chandler Rose Ramsak Hannah Marie Randazzo Anna Marie Rando Jordan Alexandra Rankins Will Richard Reese Blake Alexander Rester Cole S. Retif Jamaica S. Rhoden Isabella Cassidy Rhodes Madison Alyse Rich Hayden Joseph Richard Taylor Bryan Richard John William Robbins
Madison Louise Robichaux William J. Robinson Catherine Claire Roemer Justin William Rogstad Devin James Rose Jesse Gruber Cohen Rosenzweig Samantha Marie Roshto Joseph Peyton Ross Ryan Matthew Roussel Jon Michael Ruello Jr. Grant Philip Rupert Caleb Michael Ryan Kashmila Saeed Timber Ivey Salazar Paul Alexis Salles, II Reid Harris Sanchez Natalie Marie Sanders JohnPaul G. Sandoz Hunter Joseph Sargent Taylor R. Sauce Minh Le Savoie Macie Lynn Schehr Jackson Robert Schindler Michael Adam Schmidt Madison R. Schmitt Steven Carver Schmitt Bridget Katherine Schnell Michael Joseph Schumacher Connor Christian Scott D'Errah Nate Scott Hayden David Scott Jackson O. Scott Miranda M. Scotten
Lucy Julia Sedky Megan Marie Seneca Alexandra Marie Sequeira Austin Charles Settoon Austin Charles Settoon Aysar Yahia Sheikha Trendell Mark Shorty Junko Kawaguchi Siamwiza Jacob Michael Sicard Jonah Anthony Sigur Jared Walker Sink Jaclyn Marie Slater Neil Arnold Smith-Cortez Cameron Rylee Smith Kenneth Craig Smith, III Michael Christian Snow Dylan Soileau Zacki M. Soliman Cindy J. Sonbuchner Jake Nicholas Speeg Avery Elizabeth Spicker Gunther Eric Spore Jack Michael Spriggs Sophia Hanauer Spring Matthew M. Stacey Collin Richard Stevens Tristan M. Stewart Hannah Claire Stierwald Carl Taylor Stirling, II Christopher J. Stoma Chandler Nicholas Stonecipher Nicholas James Strate Brandon Michael Sullivan
Kyle D. Sullivan Taylor Anne Sullivan Chung Kai Joseph Tai Avery E. Talbot Austin Blake Taylor Mason O. Templet Emily Ann Thibodeaux Timothy Logan Thibodeaux Blythe W. Thompson Sydney Alexis Tillman Joseph Andrew Tisone Jr. Daniel Bryce Tolliver Matthew Sean Torres Conner Ross Toups Reece J. Townsley Cassidy Danielle Trahan Madeline Grace Trahan Michael Paul Tramonte Jr. Alex H. Tran Tyler Nam-Thien Tran Ryan Nicole Trexler Yen T. Truong Mason J. Tucker Caroline Ford Upton Teresa Michaels Vallee Caroline Louise Vanchiere Victoria Michel Varisco Natalie Anne Vasquez Ken Alphy Vellian Brooke Mechelle Verda Claire Marie Vesper Ryland Vial John Vincent Vicari Carly Elizabeth Vicknair John R. Wagner
Kory Jude Waguespack Eric S. Walker Sean Micah Walker Matthew Scott Wallace Hannah Marie Walters Hays David Ward Mark Taylor Ward Nora Atkins Ward Courtney Lynn Warner Parker James Watts Holli Louise Webb John Jamieson Webster Ryan Christopher Weems Samuel Robert Wempe Merideth C. Wethern Lee Taylor Whalen Eugenie Cecile Whealdon Catriona Whitney Lance Lawton Whitty Jr. Hayden Gifford Wilkerson Aeriana Jolie Williams Carter Wayne Williamson Tyler Samuel Williamson Whitney Marie Williston Samuel Luke Willson Brock J. Wilt Ashlyn Nicole Woolsey Mason Michael Wooton Abigail Elizabeth Wright Jourdan Frances Wright Emma Catherine Young Lynn Sinclair Zarr, III Heidi Elizabeth Zeh Lindsey Louise Zehnder Amelie Jeanne Zimmer
Tara Angelle Leger Jun Lin Collin James Ludwig Leopold August Marx Joseph Edward Mazur Jordan Quin Mese Mark A. Mire Myla Faith Moore Preston Reid Moore Paul John Nguyen Brandon Patrick Norman Maame Afua Nyarko Jackson Paul Oberkirch Taylor Anthony Olinde Kai Alexander O'Neal Gregory Charles Parker, II Gil Platt Seth Patrick Pottle Lindsay LeBlanc Prescott
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Eilynn Thi Tran Eric Nguyen Tran Jerry An Uong Alexander Clifton Villier Emma Michelle Vincent Christopher Edwin Walker Michael Christian White Grant Joseph Wills Tania Wali Wilson Leigh Alan Wright
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Bachelor of Science Kareem Ahmad Abdo Elizabeth Joana Alvarado Ian Gerardo Andrepont Mitchell Thomas Bearry Savannah Caroline Birch Jacob Daniel Bowers Vincent Tyrone Bozeman Ryan Mackenzie Butler Claudia Vanesa Caldera Bryan Alexander Cary Tanner Paul Chauncy Christopher Gee-Shen Chee James Chi Courtland Adam Crouchet Austin Parker Daigle Maurice Michel de la Houssaye Laila Meriam Din Daniel Ashton Donze
Dylan Anthony Dubois Antonio Blayze Dupre' Ahmonya Charmon LarĂŠ Edwards Kevin Steven Elizabeth Dale Edward Engelhorn Cody Anthony Falcon Rachel Nicole Ferrara Andie Henkels Flanigan Quentin Theodore Franck Adam Douglas Hock Miles Burgess Hoeser Vanessa Mae Hoffmann Afolabi Abidemi Ige Tylor Rene Jones Matthew Myeongeun Jung Logan Chase Kent Carol Ann Key Brittany Keechan Lacy Matthew Patrick Landry
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Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering Kori Renee Anderson James Collins Blake Christopher Raymond Bologna Léandre Grégoire Bonmardion Adrianna Taylor Copeland Adriana Jose Deras Herrera Kenzie Rae Dupont
Jennifer Encarnacion Jarred Michael Favrot Faye Elizabeth Foret Tanishq Sai Goribidanur Sayma Hanif Savannah Dale Heath Roman Gabriel Hundley Nathan Todd Istre Sayou Ketcha
Kallie Layne Kilchrist Timothy Alton King Jr. Akua Owusu Kumi Tiffany Tieu Tinh Le Tris Patrick Lear Jr. Zachary Paul Lehmann Spencer Gerard Lemoine Andy Lin Zoe Helena Martin
John Andrew Marzullo Jr. Prianca Shrestha Cameron Anne Matherne Meghan Kristina Sills Cecilia Elizabeth McAlear Austin DeVante' Smith Victoria Lynn Parsley Lidia Elena Soto Handal Jordan Renee' Remont Jonathan Edward Thomas Barrick Easton Roberts Thomas Jay Tran Trey Joseph Schexnayder Britt Michael Young Nicholas Milton Seagraves Syed Akbar Zamin Samantha Nagarakodige Seetharama
Jennifer Hanh Doan Rumaan Ebrahim Phillip Blake Estelle Abdulrahman Fayez Ezzir Matthew Michael Foley John Thomas Frick Madison Ashley Futrell Joseph Craig Garrett Sarah Elizabeth Jones Emma Suzanne Joslin Yusef Kana Dwayne Alexander Keller Brooke Nicole Laird Stephen Augustus Lambert Kristen Elaine Landry Megan Chan Le Andrew Vincent Lemoine Alexandra Powell LeSaicherre Taylor Milan Lewis Peyton Paul Liner
Jonathan Carmel Lucas Jiayun Ma Aaron David Malik Tara Marie Malone Evan Blake McDermitt Robert George McElderry Amoni Rose Shambrika McNair Tyson Loy Moser Sandra Catalina Murillo Sonja Thanh Hang Nguyen Tien Duc Nguyen Brandon Michael Perrien Trang H. Pham David Huy Hoang Phan Trey David Poirrier Zachary Paul Prejean Mitchell Paul Quebedeaux David Paul Quiring Amirali Rafiei Amber Nicole Randall Carl Anthony Roberson
Kory Martin Robert Michael Eric Rodehorst Gregory Evan Roy Nicole Jordan Rozier Sven Arnar Saemundsson Amelia Anne Schexnayder Ryan Daniel Scroggins Allen Emmanuel Sievert Jessica Danielle Sims Trenton Jay Spinosa Haley Marie Strong Tristen Todd Svihovec Katrina Lynette Taylor Noah Benjamin Taylor Marin Lee Thomas Brennan Hardy Tyson Sherlyn Valeria Villarreal William Maxwell Wade Austin Graig Watts Francesca Marie White Isaiah Nathaniel Williams Aaron Li Wei Yen
Elijah Kade Kepper Hyejin Kim Tucker Knotts Landry Nicholas Anthony LaValla Zachary James Lewis Mason Leon Lindsly Alexis Nicole Linson Matthew Semmes Loker Cameron Elise Markowitz Grace Ying Shang Mauberret Matthew Lane Milton Jr. Cade Christopher Nelson
Tung Huu Nguyen Peter Scott Olson Holland Lee Padgham Tyler Wilson Perry Emma Elizabeth Pittman Jonathan Paul Pottharst Katherine Laudun Ramon Rafael Andrés Reyes Grant Everett Riera Mason Paul Robertson Tyler Robert Rossel Parker Adams Scheuermann
Adeleigh Elizabeth Smith Hogan Joshua Smith Robert Raymon Spruell Brennan Lee Taylor Jean Pierre G. Thompson Anna Marie Trocquet Nicholas William Walker Edward Tyler Welsch Conner Bryan Wick Sabrena Cathryn-Darline Williams Eric Robert Wright
Devon Crocker McDonald Kieu Quan Thi Nguyen Andres Roberto Ponce Samuel Gray Pritchett
Javier Alfonso Solorzano-Flores Austin West Steepleton
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering Alexandria Julianne Adams Dominion Oreofeoluwa Ajayi Hassan Sadiq Al Lawati Maryam Mohammed AL Lawatiya Omar Ali Al Suwaidi Khadija Said Al-Harrasi Abdulmajeed Abdullah Al-Yaaqubi Basel Alhamuda William Benjamin Allen Manon Philine Bart William Phillip Baudouin Jr. Alexander Lee Benson Donald Edward Berg Jr. Collin Mark Bergeron Kaylee Lynn Bergeron Brooke Marie Bertrand Nicholas Joseph Bordelon Evan Franklin-Joseph Bramlet
Nicole Ashley Braud Nicholas Taylor Broyles Jonathan Tyler Bruna Bridget Eileen Cadigan Jordan Thomas Cantrell Patrick Daniel Caro Zachary Mark Cavalier Patrick Michael Chamberlain Joshua Hartman Cobar Kelly E. Cohen Megan Christine Collongues Theron Leo Cooper Timothy Gael Kohlhase Craig Lauren Elisabeth Cronvich Benjamin Allyn Cross Brandon Dang Michael Ray Dearman Madelaine Grace Denenea Joseph Nghia Dinh
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Gabrielle Agnes Alvarez Isabella Elise Alvarez Paola Raquel Amado Medrano Juan Andres Amador Cody Lane Baker Adil Abdul Rahim Baradia Paige Ann Bates Eve Michele Blakemore Andrew James Brown John William Cane Michael Ceaser Jr. Zachary Ryan Coleman
Mason Scott Crabtree Hannah Nicole DiLeo Trevor Christian Fenner Michael David Knotts Focht Austin Hunter Fox Brandt Paul Fritsche Collin John Gillen Alexander John Herndon Matthew Quintin Hill Brandon Robert Hymel Dominick Jack Kavanaugh Grace Kellie Kennedy
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering Nykala Shea Bell Jacob Daniel Bowers Bret Alexander Chalpin Austin René Copper James Anthony Ensminger
Cailen Kristopher Franze Sebastian Christian Heilemann Caleb Johnson Colin Reece Kerrigan
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Bachelor of Science in Construction Management Collin Joseph Alexander Caleb Nathan Alford Ashley Nicole Anspach Bryce Robert Babin Jonathan Adam Band Diamond Renae Barthelemy Michael Joseph Berrigan Devan John Bertaut Madeleine Aimee Bogart Alyssa Renée Bonton Paul Richard Bosse Darrian James Bouquet Cole Michael Bourg Jacob Gary Brewer Charles Webb Broussard Dakota Bryant Jack Kenneth Bryant Caleb Elijah Burks Scott Lewis Camden Gregory John Cavalier Jr. Brandon Jude Chatelain
Matthew Alexander Coates Nicholas M. Colaluca Scott Joseph Colvin Michael Palmer Connelly Zachary Thomas Coulton Logan Joseph Courrege Emile Joseph Cupit Robert Dreux Dicharry Austin Browning Dunn-Hamm Lacy Andreas Dupre Brandt Matthew Fairchild Grant Michael Fink Anthony David Frost Abigail Taylor Fussell Thomas Luke Gaze Paul Joseph Gelpi, III Brandon Robert Grabert Brett David Gross Calli Brooke Guaraggi-Graner Joshua Robert Guarisco
Kalin Yukon Hale Benjamin Gregory Harris Nicholas Alonzo Hebert Landon Michael Hilbun Dustin William Howe Abdullah Tareq Ibrahim David Wayne Jackson Hunter Michael Jacob Brennan Michael Kelsey Shane MacGregor Kinard Louis Landrum, III Rylee Paige Langlois Austin Joseph Lavin Conner Todd LeBlanc Nathanael Da-Wen Lim Ty Shannon Loyd Jaron Michael Mangipano Zachary Todd Margavio Andrew Michael Marks Michael Martinez Christopher Robert Matherne
Ryan Charles McBride Evan Miguel Molina Hunter Bryan Monte Carlos Emilio Murillo Jr. David Edward Naranjo Jordan Cole Newman Luis Angel Pacheco Brant Ray Poché Troy Truxillo Pontillas Sean Edward Pruet William Thomas Robinson, II Cullen Patrick Rooney Joshua Paul Roser Cameron André Roussel Cameron Mitchell Rubemeyer Aaron Christopher Sanches John Kyle Schwab Christopher Barton Shattuck Jacob Michael Siegel
Kyle Patrick Simpson Marcus William Smith, IV Peyton Alexander Smith Jordan Sterling Snowdy Kelli Lynette Soileau Taylor Lee Sperry Evan Thomas Stadalis Conner Joseph Stevens Walker Paul Stinson Kevin William Surette Brian Joseph Terranova Chad Lee Usry Jacob Leo Vallette James Bahan Videau McKenzie Elizabeth Vidrine Brandon Michael Volpe Christopher Stephen Wessel Kyle Matthew Westholz Benjamin Mark Willis Clayton Carter Wood Harlie Marie Woods
Corey Michael Johnson Eric Michael Johnson Victoria Ann Johnson Matthew George Jourdan Jacob William Krell Cody Joseph Krupp Landon Sean Laramore Jared James Martinez Garrett Stephen McCarrol Ryan Patrick Miller Stephen Caleb Montgomery Tri Minh Nguyen
Priscilla Lindiwe Nkosi Andres Alberto Noguera Naif Fahad M. Othman Nicholas Thomas Pate Jay Anthony Pertuit Anthony Duc Huy Phan Brittany Renee Philibert Lloyd John Poincot, III Salmawn Ameen Qasim Elizabeth Clarke Reiner Cornel Rowel Jr. Brad Austin Schellhaas
Logan Duffey Schempf Michael Judah Benjamin Smith Gregory Gerard Suhor Denis Sukharev John Robert Vaughn Ty Michael Verret Michael Leigh Vincent Brendan Alex Warner Ashleigh Miranda Wertz Jerry W.M. White
Devon Nguyen Dao Garrett Thomas Melton Natalie Malayne Nelson Monica Tuyet-Huong Nguyen
Chelsi Rene Parker Samantha Marie Parks Chi Kieu Phan Raymond Jacob Poche
Emily Ann Thompson Jeffery Miller Warrington Bilquis Imani Williams
Kara Elizabeth McNeely Zachary Glenn Miller Malk Essam Nassar Anna Claire Odenwald Salvador Johnny Papa Ravi B. Patel Bailey Alexander Pere Amaury Mary-Arnaud Regnard Alton Joseph Richard
Nicole Lauren Rosenstrauch Trevor John Roussel Matthew Gregory Schneider Kirk Anthony Selexman Sophie Elizabeth Sharp Kyle Andrew Simeon Nicolás Andrés Smith Dillon Henry Soniat
Allison Rae Swetledge Patrick John Michael Tapalla Luke Michael Toups Kristy Quynh-Thy Tran Marcus Augustus Vasquez Alyson Huyen-Dieu Vu Zachary Lawrence Walker
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Toluwani Oluwaseun Adoun Abdulrahman Hayder Algalban Ali Redha Babwani Charles Robert Beshenich, III Dylan Henry Wayne Bieber Nicholas Jude Black Anne Elizabeth Buchert Martha Ellen Cash Tyler Linden Colegrove Gary Charles Cooper Jr.
Coury Austin Courtney Ethan Baily Cowan Kayla Rose Delpit Kenneth Duane Dickerson Slaven Dragovic Michel Garcia Anna Catherine Gibbens Jacob Westbrook Hayden Francisco De Jesus Hernandez Cruz Philip Thomas Hunt Phillip Dat Huynh Afolabi Abidemi Ige
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering Abdullah Abbas Baroun Lauren Mackenzie Bauhs Jacob Andrew Bougere Bayllie Renaé Breaux
George E. Carson Stephen Paul Chamberlain Jr. Nafis Shadman Choudhury Joffre John Crouere
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering Morgan Patricia Adams Zeyad Alaidroos Ali Matar Alnakhli Melody Grace Bardwell-Edwards Zachary Garrett Baum Lydia Catherine Beebe James Henry Belt Dustin Consell Boutte Jr. Shane Paul Domangue
Sarah Elizabeth Dunn Kirsten Evangeline Dupre Matthew Roy Dysart Brooke Elizabeth Egan Christopher Shane Ewing Jesse Benjamin Foster Jacob Carrick Harvey Christian Brady Hebert Armand Assante' Johnson Felix Eduardo Koslowski
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Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Juan Camilo Aponte Muhammad Fachri Armansyah Jessica Erin Ashmead Matthew Grayson Baird Mason Christopher Ball Nathaniel Philip Bankston Tyler Nicholas Bartlett Mallory Elaine Bartow Justin Louis Baudier Andrew Thomas Beary, III Joseph Michael Bernard Muhammad Arief Billah Tyler James Binard Tyler J. Brasseaux Christopher Joseph Breath Brierre Bailey Breaux Hoyt Michael Brignac Clayton James Broussard Micah David Buquoi Nicolas Brinkman Cadena Claudia Vanesa Caldera Nathaniel S. Cannon Nicholas Andrew Cataldie Christopher Tze-Hao Chuang Brennen Kyle Cooley Evan Michael Costello Gary Michael Couturie Jr. Brette Renee Crocker Aaron Alexander Dalton Reese Anthony Dantin Jonathan Christopher Davadi
Austin K. Davis Dylan Joseph de Gruy Colby Paul Dean Olivia Gail DePierri Ryan Michael Deshotels Emalee Claire Deslattes Adam Michael Diez Daniel Louis DiSalvo Matthew Marist Donner Brett Austin Dupree Lindsey Marie Duracher Kari Lynn Echeverry-Wray Chace Michael Edwards Dillon Thomas Ellender David Estin Field Jr. James Brian Flowers Austin Charles Frady Robert Clyde Frazee Nicholas Paul Fullilove Abdelrahman Ibrahim H. Garbie Caroline Lindsey Gardner Megan Gates Bradley Michael Gaudet Isabelle Marie Geiger Benjamin T. Girlinghouse Matthew James Gonzales Grant Eric Goodrum Garrett Matthew Gremillion Lucy Xiao Ru Guo John Alexander Hajjar Tyler Joe Hajovsky Caleb Anthony Hamilton
Kortni Maegan Harp Elliott Faller Hayes Dakota James Hebert Dante' Joseph Hebert Grace Ellen Hebert Matthew Creighton Hebert Jacob Nicholas Held Brayden Dupont Hernandez Kip Alan Hernandez Samuel Christian Hidajat Dustan Mark Himel Daniel Michael Holland Andrew Allen Hopkinson Jacob Matthew Horton Kyle Joseph Huber James Francis Hubicz Jr. Keith Joseph Hunter Jr. Ryan James Isham Joshua Malone Jordan William Dane Keller Anthony Robert Lacombe Robert Preston Landry Matthew Paul Lauto Lucas Paul LeCoq Alexander Bahry LeJeune Branson Dean Leonard Michael Patrick Levy Zilin Li Cheng Xi Lin Nicholas Paul Lindsey Glenn Michael Lorio Catherine Aileen Macpherson
Ladd Darrin Mahler Jr. Robert Scott McPherson Mason John Melancon Matthew Joseph Miceli John Clyde Miller Jr. Nedal Majed Mohammad Thomas Michael Naka Nicholas Windsor Newby Taylor Allen Newton Daniel Tien Nguyen Dillon Duy Nguyen Harley Son Nguyen Joshua Thy Nguyen Sunny Nguyen Grant Michael Odenwald Austyn Joseph Oubre Martin Thomas Owens Joshua Michael Parfait Michael Scott Paulsen, II I Gede Raditya Permana Calvin Cuong Pham Huyen Ngoc Pham Peter Phuc Pham Bryson Maloye Polk Evan Thomas Prejean Aldy Rizky Priyambodo Jacob Ram Nicolas Frank Rathle Andrew Leary Recatto Michael Robert Riddick Mia Rismalia Eliseo Rivera Jake Victor Roblez
Stephen Temple Satterlee Krista Marie Scafidel Charles Russell Schaub Samuel Harold Sciortino, II Logan Michael Scully Jonathan Natale Sebold Barrett Joseph Serio Benjamin Reed Sims Connor Evan Smith Michael Lofgren Smith Shannelle Nicole Smith Andrew James Soignet Landon Madison Stein Richard Roux Stephens, III Victoria Leigh Stevens Thomas Edward St. Martin Aimee Katherine Stokes Amelie Grace Thomas Sean Alexander Thomas Tessa Brooke Thomas Shane Patrick Toomey Cameron Gerard Torres Shaun Michael Turek Jacob Tyler Vincent John Thompson Wallace Rachel Michelle Warne Gabrielle Frances Welty Chance Wade Wesley Nicholas Stephen Wessel Kelley Alyssa Wieseneck Luke Allen Williams Brennon Ray Young
Zachary Donovan Partridge David William Paternostro Ross Harper Pellegrin Juan Alberto Perez Jr. Preston Thaddeus Persons Seth Michael Pohlmann Stephanie Nicole Pourciau Franklin Clark Price, III Trevor Joseph Quatroy Hans Mikyal Christian Redlich Mariana C. Renteria Yunez
AnFernee Charles Rodrigue Iman Rowshanieid Cameron Anthony Ryan Myles Xavier Salem Jack Donald Sewell Chenhao Sha Brady Alexander Souther Nikola Spica Bobby Audwin Tezeno Jr. Barry Michael Trahan Amber Nicole Watson Joseph James Wuellner Noah John Zalusky
Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering Fatemah KhaLeeL AL Bannay Faisal Saeed Al Jaberi Abdulrahman Hasan Alhashmi Talal Mohamed Alhashmi Naser A A M T ALtememee Elizabeth Summerfield Black Allison Gail Brassette Hayden Michael Broussard Samuel Paden Caldwell Steven Jacinto Carvalho
Caitlin Ann Collins Matthew Joseph Coscino Malcolm Williams Cunha da Costa Christopher John Dewey Christopher Chapman Diaz Rhett Baker Glover Dylan Joseph Gourgues Erin Elizabeth Granger John Eric Hathorn Jr. Morgan Luke Hefler William Elonzo Hood, IV Shane Robinson Hopkins Mike Horvath
Logan Reese Jinkins Hunter Alan Johns Yogiswara Kalbuadi Cory Alan Lautenschlager Jacob Chad LeJeune Rafael BeltrĂŁo Coelho Martins Ryan Edward Merritt William Fisher Meyers, III Shavonnah Tiaquivian Moore Tyler Stephen Nahhas Joseph George Najim
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Construction Management Jetra Reason Alesich Brenden David Arcara Aaron Joseph Berndt Allen Zachary Chaidez Ellen Cooper Dillard Catherine Stanley Elliott Patrick Adam Hayes John Patrick Henderson
Elizabeth Joyce Kaster Donald Wayne Keiper Charles Christian Kleinschmidt Jeremy A. Kozel Max Russell Martin Sam Levario Mendez, II Robert John Mihelich
Drew Thomas Miner Eric Kristopher Predmore Conrad Phillip Sprunger Thomas Dylan Watson Jeremy Tyler Wingfield
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COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCES & EDUCATION Bachelor of Science Alexandra Elizabeth Abide Ashley Victoria Accardo Kennedy Shaye Achord Danielle Rebecca Adams Glynn Michelle Adams Allison Reed Adler Marla Renee Allen Abbey Marie Anderson Hailey Lynn Armstrong Alyssa Danielle Arnold Kaylee Danielle Arthur LaToya Marie Ashman Abigail Kathleen Askew Danielle Irene Baca-Diego Lauren Elizabeth Bagneris Megan Miche' Baker William Frazier Baldwin Elizabeth Ann Bankhead Megan Lindsey Barfield John Mark Barnett Vance Taylor Barney Justin Jaquell Beckwith Nicholas James Bellingham Margaret Katherine Bergeron Rachel Elizabeth Bergeron Javan Timothy Berninger Bria Janai Bickham Susanna Katalina Bilbao Erika Rae Billiot Emily Hope Bird Karinna Marice Bleiman Taylor Ann Boagni Emalie Marie Boggs Hannah Chalet Boudreaux Mary Olivia Boudreaux Margaret Macy Bourg Deanna Marie Bourgeois Merrill Anthony Bouyer Amanda Michelle Bowers Sarah Elizabeth Branton Elizabeth Blair Breard Langley Olivia Britt Carmyn Selon Brown Rob Michael Brundage Jazmine Denise Bryant Chloe Nicole Bryars Stephanie Lane Bucher Amanda Marie Bueche Logan Jalik Bueche Tyra Lillian Buehner Destiny Kemi Buraimoh Qimmah Suhair Burdine Lisa London Burris Camille Elizabeth Burson Lauren Stacey Burstall Jack Ellis Caballero Abigail Lynn Caffey
Caroline Candace Caldwell Haley Michelle Caluda DeShae Syble Campbell Madison Aimee Cancienne Caitlin Cymantha Cantrill Jordyn Brianne Carmouche Molli Elise Carriere Addyson Grace Carroll Chelsea Rosemarie Carter Hailey Marie Cascio Grace Elizabeth Chapman Yazmin Guadalupe Chavez Anthony Thaddeus Clavo Jr. Aranaye Talice Clay Cameron James Cole Bria Mickeal Coleman Taysia Monae Coleman Kenisha Lashae Collins Demetrice Deonte' Conday Jaclyn Rose Connors Dylon Christopher Cook Jalshenique Marie Cooper Caroline Margaret Corley Miranda Leigh Cottingham Elizabeth Joy Courville Logan Tyler Covington Nicholas Connor Crawford Collin Wren Crockett Savannah Caileigh Joan Cutting Catherine Ann Daigle Dayshia Monaye Davenport Elizabeth Angelle Davis Lee Edward Davis Morgan Vanice Davis Presley Kendall Davis Rachel Marie DeLaune Madeline Renee DeVeau Monica Dibildox Hassaf Stephanie Elizabeth Dix Sierra Mekailyn Doaks Caitlin Elise Donovan Morgan Elizabeth Douglas Jaela Lee Mae Driver Emily Anne DuBoulay Mia Elizabeth Dubroc Sam Joseph Dufour Caroline Elizabeth Duplechin Makenzie Adieline Eddy Kennedi Danyelle Edney Megan Elizabeth Ernst Rechaun Calia Eskridge Reaghan Lee Fabacher Katie Elizabeth Fairchild
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Jolie Grace Falcon Macie Elizabeth Falgout Nicholas Roger Alexander Flory Christian Levy Fontenot Mercedes Kaycee Foreman Molly Marie Forsythe Blake Nicole Fussell Madison deCelle Garrett Claire Gabrielle Gautier Matthew Aaron George Taylor Renee George Molli Elizabeth Gibson Madeleine Elizabeth Gill Andre Jude Girouard T'Yana Jarae Glaze Diana Michelle Goff Lauryn Alexandra Goff Zachary Charles Gorrondona Kyla Jean Granger Kimiya Lashay Green Rachel Ellen Green Elizabeth D'Lynn Greer Hailey Nadine Gros Brandi Dawn Grothman Courtney Leigh Guerin Mari-Catherine Guidry Mimi Louise Guidry Alexis Blake Gutierrez Biannca Yvangeline Guzman Cierra Ja'nice Handsborough Abigail Rose Harkins Isabella D'Anna Harlan Sarah Marie Harlan Asia Christina Harris Ruby Esther Harrold Caroline Rutledge Haydel Brock Alton Hebert Carly Noelle Hebert Erin Claire Hebert Christopher Thomas Heigle Bailey Leslie Hepting Sofia Isabel Hernandez Michael Anthony Hickman Taryn Ayanna Hill Virginia Grace Hitzman Kevin Hoeprich Courtlyn Nicole Hood Margaret Jane Hooper Mason Douglas Hornsby Carly Elizabeth Hubbard River Beth Hubbard Claudia Eliza Huerta Justine Jayde Humphries Kaela Gabrie Hymel
Seth Tyler Hymel Noelle Elizabeth Ibos Benay Leigh Jeansonne Morgan Estelle Jewell Abby Elizabeth Johnson Danielle Joyce Johnson Donsha Monique Johnson Briasha D'ne' Jones Logan Gabrielle Jordan Alyssa Miyuki Kaigler Matthew James Kane Caroline Rose Karam Keighley Lora Kelley Sarah Elizabeth Kemp Hunter Wade Kiel Ashton Paige Knowles Elizabeth Dennies Knowles Christian Kyler Koester Eleanor Marie Koonce William Charles Kovach David Logan Labbe Megan Elizabeth Labbe Kyle Matthew Lachney Lacey Michelle LaCoste Gabrielle Renee LaFontaine Nicholas Tate LaHaye Lani Rae Landry Ann-Riley Louise Lane Karter Lang Sarah Elaine Langlois Meredith Linda Larriviere Samantha Mary Larsen Ally Nicole LaZar Alexis Marie LeBlanc Dylan Paul LeBlanc Maia Elizabeth LeBlanc Peyton Oz LeBlanc Sarah Elizabeth LeCompte Kamryn Rachel Leeper Haley Elizabeth LeJeune Hannah Marie LeJeune Kelly Elizabeth Lewis Julia Catherine Liljeberg Harli Tucker O'Brien Lockhart Tang'Jermeka Victoria Londo Dakota Michael Loosemore Clara Lucia Lopez Stephen Richard Lopez Alexander Joseph Lord Hannah Claire MacKinnon Kayley Nicole Mahmoodian Joseph-Richard Crocker Malbrough Tammia Tyrees Marcano
Veronica Marie Marhoffer Rachel Elizabeth Marino Laken Kathleen Marionneaux Jeanne' Louise Marquette Charlot Nmekini Martin-Amadi Caroline Elise Martin Rebecca Jordan Martin Maritza Marie Martinez Margaret Clair Matkins Savannah Lynn May Madeline Richardson Mayeux Skylar Justin Mays Jillian Marie McConnell Blakely Ann McCoy Braeden Austin McCutchan Sean Matthew McGuinness Autumn Dene Meadows Kevin Thomas Meehan Haley Hamilton Miller Madison Leanne Miller Sarah Louise Miller Sarah Nicole Mizell Joseph Alexander Mock Emily Grace Monjure Sean Martin Montgomery Alyssa Anne Montoya Ashton Nicole Morales Camille Therese Moreau Georgia Gaiennie Morgan Taylor Alexis Morgan Lucy Therese Mosher Brianna Maria Mouton Sydney Kathleen Mukes Logan Alexander Murillo Addison Alexa Murphey Chad Brian Naccari Isabel Rene Navarra Elizabeth Christina Neighbor Briana Hien Nguyen Bryan Nguyen Jennifer Elise Nichols Caroline Adams Barron Nihart Fallon Blake Nixon Taylor Michele Norfleet Colin Michael North Bailey Michael Nuss Monique Sarah Oncale Hana Michelle O'Neill Gabrielle Marae Onken Bailey Kim Osburn Lyric Jade' Owens Madeline Elizabeth Palermo
Alysse Marie Parfait Kaylee Elizabeth Parfait J'olee Renee Parr Marley Margaret Parr Lucas Carl Patin David Anthony Payne Emma Jane Pellegrin LaKeya LaSha Perrodin Jacob Christopher Peters Claire Margaret Pham Johnathan Tran Pham Tanya Phi Meghan Elizabeth Phillips Hallie Elizabeth Pirozzolo Jeremy M. Plante Neal Thomas More Poche Larissa Marie Powers Olivia Ann Powers Allyson Ruth Prevost Logan Anthony Primeaux Isabella Rosalie Purser Alexandra M. Quintana Alexis Nicole Rabalais Katelyn Elizabeth Rains Renee Michelle Rapier Brianna Angele Rauch Christian David Rea Grace Elizabeth Reames Elizabeth Teresa Redfearn Emily Sarah Renton Parker Joseph Rice
Zachary James Richard Darrell Lucas Richardson Erin Leigh Ricken Katie Ann Rispone Emily Renee Riviere Kamryn Paige Roberts Madison Nicole Rohm Camryn Nicole Romero Claire Elizabeth Rosamond Mallory Catherine Roushar Caitlin Michelle Roussel Madison Elizabeth Rousseve Maxwell York Rowland Virginia Jane Rozanski Vincent Stassi Rusciano Anna Robertson Rush Brandon Michael Ruth Faith Nicole Ryan Hannah Caroline Ryan Chelsea Jonae San Angelo Ashleigh King Sanders McKenna Colleen Sanderson Jakori Malik Savage Lindsy Brooke Scalzo Gabrielle Kay Schnebelen Madison Grace Schnebelen William David Schneider Elise Nicole Schuyten
Allyson Elizabeth Seals Allison Elizabeth Seay Samantha Ashley Seiden Sommer Paige Sellars Nairuta Shah Bryce Caleb Shelton Sarah Morgan Sivils Reagan Claire Skidmore Olivia Noel Smit Deborah Leigh Smith Erin Elise Smith Hannah Chauvin Smith Jazmyne Dayani-Monet Smith Kanesiah Da'Shae Smith Kennyde D. Smith Lydia Rose Smith Victoria Catherine Smith Rakell Michelle Spencer Reagan Leigh Staggs Emily Marie Stein Brett Tyler Stephens Adele Terese St. Martin Benjamin Zane Stover Savanna Leigh Stumpf Garret Keith Sulak Cai Louis Suprean Nicolette Maria Svede Amanda Michelle Swanson Aaron Charles Swartzendruber
Courtney Paige Tapocik Michael Jude Tarantino, III Katherine Cayce Tarver Sharmani Michelle Tastet William Ben Terral Emily Lamar Teuton Dexton Joseph Thibodeaux Kate Allison Thibodeaux Emma Daice Thomas Hayley Olivia Thomas Mathieu Austin Tillman Tarus Marcellus Tolbert, II Angeles Lizbeth Torres Montes Kaylee Elizabeth Toups Uyen Minh Tran Trey Ruben Trevino Brennan Kade Triche Sarah Amelia Trumbaturi Jami Alyse Truong Summer Catherine Trusty McKenzie Layne Tucker-Gosnell Jariel Tureaud Leah Valerie VanLangevelde Priscilla Velazquez Madison Claire Vernaci Lydiah Kim Vi Blake Gyron Vick Macey Claire Vidrine
Javin Aaron Vincelette Adam Michael Vincent Corey Michael Vinson Shelby Jane Waddell Ariel Marissa Walker Mary Jane Walker Jordan Walters Samuel Tristan Ward Whitney Joan Ward Tahj Anthony Washington Bradley Asbury Watts Joseph Alexander Webber Emily Michelle Weidert Murphy Leigh Weigand Matthew Byrd Whitehead Benjamin Johnson Whitley Jacie Lynne Whitney Lauren Kennedy Williams Taylor Renee Williams Joseph Warner Wilson Tyler Jacoby Wilson Brian John Wolfe Kevin Michael Worley Gunner Bryant Wright Adam Bertrand Ybarzabal Kahlee Stewart York Brennan Michael Young Christopher Robin Zea Meredith Rose Zorn Anna Lee Zwiebel
Ashlyn Marie Hindrichs Haley Catherine Kraus Caroline Anne LeCoq
Madeleine Claire Melancon Isiomara Yvette Paniagua
Jazlyn Raeann Scott Precious Danielle Smart Breelyn Elise Thames
Bachelor of Social Work Jennie Carra Andries Mallory RenĂŠ Carpenter Breanna Granata Foster
Ann Elizabeth Gilbert Michelle Ann Graffeo Bethany Kate Guillory
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Library Science Eric Chad Metz
COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES Bachelor of Arts Allison Lea Abel Baylee Brooke Adams Kara Elizabeth Aguillard Liza Aline Albrecht Geraghty Morgan Alch Marc Alexander Alvendia Alexandra Sofia Amadeo Alexandra Sofia Amadeo Yaritza Naidely Amaya Yaritza Naidely Amaya Michael Andrew Andrepont Andrew Gray Arata Chaylee Raiven Arellano Elaine Marie Arendt Emerald S. Avila Jonah Lee Aydell
Jonathan Ryan Baker Gakeria Jerrial Barnes Gakeria Jerrial Barnes Rebecca Rose Barnett Julia Louise Baronet Oceion Tranae Barrow Macy Elizabeth Bartow Madeline Marchant Bassett Kaitlynn Marie Bealer Olivia Caroline Beasley Chantelle Daiche Beauchamp Crystal Lajuan Beauchamp Sierra Marie Bechtold Emily Catherine Belanger Emily Catherine Belanger
Mary Mathilde Bergeron Michael Joseph Bernard, IV Elena Michelle Bihlmeyer Sarah Jane Billhorn Jordan Marie Binder Alexandra F. Bishop Alexandra F. Bishop Peyton Hall Blackledge Catherine Leigh Blackwell Skyla Ann Blady Kamryn Loretta Blume Justin Christopher Boddie Taylor Simone Bonds Makayla Ann Bonvillain Michael Joseph Bordelon Madelyn Elisabeth Borges
Anjellica Mar'che Borris Ashley Frances Bossier Paige Renee Boudreaux Hannah Browning Bourgeois Jake Austin Bourgeois Jennie Ann Bouzigard Madison Caroline Bowman Kathleen Elizabeth Branan Bailey Alexandra Breuhl Bailey Alexandra Breuhl Grace Elizabeth Bridges Marcus Zamir Brown John Michael Bruce Walter Anthony Joseph Bueche Tristan Deloss Buell
Sarah Jane Elizabeth Burckel Kiera Catherine Burke Emma Joy Burnett Crystal Marie Burns George Gregory Caballero, II Emily Anabel Cabrera Claudia Vanesa Caldera Makala Danielle Calhoun Jayla Dene' Campbell Sarah Paige Campbell Taylor Nicole Canfill Taylor Nicole Canfill Emily Catherine Cannon Emily Catherine Cannon Camille M. Cantwell
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Erin Elizabeth Carmon Patrieana' Janay Carmouche Jeremy Lanis Carruth Jeremy Lanis Carruth D'Andrea Chassidy Carter Kristian Alexandra Caruso Emerson Normand Carville Mary Alice Cash Skyller DeMaris Castello Camila Castillo Lauren Victoria Catalano Alden Ceasar Courtney Moore Chambers Torri Elizabeth Chapman Claire Rose Charbonnet Arthur Jules Chassaignac Sydney Katherine Cheatham Rachael Elizabeth Cicero Payton Elizabeth Claverie Caroline Elizabeth Clayton Brianna Dominique Cobb Sarah Ashley Coner Lauren Nicole Connor Kellie Lynn Constantine Ambernecia BrashaĂŠ Cooksey Kailey Jeralyn Corner Ronika Danae Cotton Hannah Elizabeth Cottrell Laurel Renee Coulon Clayton Christopher Counts Dillon James Courtney Amelia Claire Cousino Louise Elisabeth Cramp Alexandra Louise Cravins Mary Elizabeth Creech Mary Elizabeth Creech Roderick Cortez Daniels, II Tamara-Yen Kim Dao Abigail Louise Davies Jackson Lord Davis Kathryn Elena Czarnecki Davis Mallory Catherine de Lanzac Karolynn Shyann Declouet Gabrielle Alona DeMaria Charles Luke Desobry Senea Marie Diaz Paige Bethany Didier Angelica Simone Geraldine Dix Alyssa Danae Dobson Jolie Sonrisa Duarte John Matthew DuBose Morgan Alkmini Ducorbier Sam Anthony Philip Ducote Lily Adele Dugas Colton Patrick Duhon Claire Elizabeth Duncan
Cole Catherine Dunnam Richard Charles Dupaquier, III Antonio Blayze Dupre' Luke Anthony Dupre' Paul A. Durfee Tyler Glenn Durham Renee Nicole Dussouy Ramona Christine Bivens Elder Calvin J. Encalade Gabriela Lynn Espinoza Alexis Christine Falcon Brooklen Micah Farley Elise Adrienne Farris Emily Katharine Faucheux Anne Francis Faulk Andrew Mason Ferachi Tristin Lin Fluharty Amanda Gayle Fontenot Logan Bryce Fontenot Brooke Alexa Fourcade Pierre Joseph Fournet Callie Elizabeth Francise Angelica Marie Frascino Emma Elizabeth Frederic Alexandra Elizabeth Freeman Leigh Ann Fresina Bryce M. Fromenthal Shanna Rene Fuselier Raegan Mackenzie Gallegos Cristina Nicole Garcia Chloe Jane Garner Bridget Marianne Gaudin Claire McKay Gauthier Phillip Andrew Gerarve Elise Claire Gibbens Jolie Denise Gilbert Ethan Michael Gilberti Destiny Faith Girouard Logan Elizabeth Gobert Katie Elizabeth Goff Zachary Madison Goff Jane Catherine Gogreve Tatiana Gonzalez Quiroga Tatiana Gonzalez Quiroga Ashlei Cierra Gosha-Boyer Jozell Nalo Green Manning Prentist Greene Mallory Grace Grefer Courtney Marie Gregoire Scott Richmond Griswold Monica Ann Gros Elizabeth Regina Haley Daeja Samone Hall Rebecca Avery Hall Rebecca Avery Hall Scarlett Ann Hammond Hayley Marie Hanewinkel Daniel Wesley Harbison Imani Marie Harleaux Cearea Natasha Harrison
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Tyrus Alexander Hartford Ayham Hassan Hassan Thomas George Hathaway David Ryan Hatten Kaitlyn Breann Hearty Lucas Patrick Henderson Terry James Hendrick Sydni Lou Henke Grace Smith Henricks Natalie Denson Henry Sadie Irene Herbert Joshua Lane Hibbard Xavier Aaron Hicks Maisie Kathryn Hill Allie Ann Hingle Jude Easton Hinson Bao Duc Hoang Antonia VanNess Holden Laura Mallory Holland Brooke Ashlyn Holley Molly Marie Holmes Katelyn Elise Honore' Thomas McLeod Hopkins Kayleigh Elizabeth Hoppe Laura Elizabeth Housey Amanda Celina Husein Allyson Felicianne Huval Lillian Nicole Huval Tan Quang Huynh Nymph Chinyen Hwaung Alan Joseph Hymel Aaron O'Neal Jackson Bryce W. Jenkins Mary-Claire Johnson Morgan Alyssa Johnson Morgan Alyssa Johnson Neyah Isis Johnson Alexis Weakley Jones Charles Christian Jones Kayla Maria Jones Victoria Anne Jones Coreon Kendell Joshua Jr. Nash Patrick Joyner Elizabeth Margaret Kalill Kristen Theresa Kass Jessica Katherine Katzmarzyk Akash Kaushal Bailey Midori Keen Justin Michael Keller Tyler Rashaud Kemp Robin-Renee Leslie Keys Amber Shaheena Khan June Kim Alexis Danielle King Angelle Nicole King Riley Suzanne Kloostra Nina Samone Knowles Madelaine Davis Kobe Graceanne LaCombe Kelly Nhu Lam Alaina Kalyn Lanclos Abigail Elizabeth Landry
Alexis Ann Langlois Kaila Alexis Lanns Emily Ann Latham Steven Anthony Lavinghouse Alexandra Krayer Lawrence Tiana Marie Lazard Quentin Paul LeBlanc Bryan Glenn Lee Matthew Spencer LeJeune Jade Emilia Goes Lennon Anna Elizabeth Lewis Anna Elizabeth Lewis Logan Reece Lewis Teena Ma Li Alexandra Dove Licht Justin Conner Lightsey Justin Conner Lightsey Rebecca Ruth Lindsey Rachel Church Lipscomb Stephanie Margaret Little Kacie Lynn Livingston Mya Ashlan Lloyd Bryant Pardue Logan Daniel Sanders Loper Greysi Marisol Lopez Perdomo Amanda Michelle Lorio Shannon Elaine Lundin Antonio Salvador Macaluso Kelsi Jade Mahfouz Julia Helene Mahler Mahmoud Nafiz Mahmoud Yousef Charles Brennan Major Zois Harry Manaris Ghanem N. Mando Mikaela Lee Mandola Tyler Coby Manuel Tonea Alexis Marshall Isabel Marie Martin Lexie Mikal Martin Seth Lee Martin Tyvon Donivin Martinez-Pina Diego Javier Matus Skye Lynn Maury Lillian Roques Mayhall Lillian Roques Mayhall Emily Ann McAdam Riley Tate McDaniel Riley Tate McDaniel Sarah Eleanor McDowell David Michael McGovern Asya Simone McGraw Sara Margaret McGrew Catherine Claire McKinney Zoe E. McRaney Madelyn Anne Melancon Abigail Suzanna Menard Kami Angelle' Menard Brandon Thomas Miguez
Gabrielle Elizabeth Milford Aaron Joseph Miller Gatlin Kade Miller Henry Thomas Mitchell Colin Mark Mix Samantha Elizabeth Mixon Anna Catherine Moody Caroline Noel Moore Mary Caldwell Morales Christa Laine Moran Sophie Marie Moran Jeanne Foret Morel Abby Nicole Morgan Austin Tyler Mose Alanna Jewel Moss Bailey Marie Moss Emily Louise Neck Laura Allison Newbill Madison Lynn Newsom Austin Huy Nguyen Jennifer Ngoc Nguyen Charlotte Isabel Nichols Hollee Gindavanh Nitchin Haylee Jo Nolfo Delaney Anne Norton Brooke Lindsey Nuccio John William Nyman Blaike Lee Ordes Cristian Joel Ortiz Rodriguez Leticia Dolores Ortiz Emily Dalene Owens Cameron Nations Parker Travis Ray Pasquier Christian Anthony Payne Catherine Noelle Pearson Kali Nicole Pell Leslie Marie Pennison Alexcia Rose Perilloux Rebecca Gail Perrette Kierstan Leigh Perry Amelia Patricia Petti Victoria Charlotte Pfeifer Victoria Charlotte Pfeifer Sean Thien Pham Cassidy Ann Phillips Dyamond Makeda Phillips Jade Lily Phoenix Phillips Mikaela Aline Picou Angelle Marie Plauche Kristina Marie Plunkett Kristina Marie Plunkett Ashlyn Beverly Polito Bailey Anne Polson Madison Kathleen Pope Joseph Patrick Porche', III Kaela Noelle Powery L'erin Julia Prestenback Patrick Marcellus Price Chase Hugh Priest Aubry Dylan Procell Caitlin Joan Quick
Alexandra Nicole Rancatore Caitlin Summer Rankin Peter Vanna Rasy Leonard William Ray Ashley Rose Razin Cody Robert Redditt Ashton Brooke Reedy Ashton Brooke Reedy Lily Anastasia Rennhoff Mairin Elizabeth Reynolds Olivia Hebert Rink Divinea Patrice Roberson Elizabeth Grace Robins Aniya Sierra Robinson Chloe Maliaka Robinson Hannah Nicole Robnik Claire Angelyn Rogers Ellie Victoria Rome Zachary Adam Roubein Haley Layne Roule Madison Rousse Aine Modeste Rowan Laura Rose Russinsky Mariana Faith Russo
Alexis Renee Saizon-Cowley Luz Cristina Salinas Vanessa Paola Sanders Taboada Leon Augustus Sanford Malory Rose Savoie Garrett Michael Scalia Elisabeth Berrill Schmitt Caroline Groves Schroeder Caroline Groves Schroeder Andrew David Searles Kayla Bailey Seeger Patrick Joseph Segura Ashley Denise Sheffield Nisreen Hatim Sheikha Eugene Byron Shepherd Alexandra Shiell Victoria Isabella Shillow Trenton Joseph Shows Cameron Thomas Simmons Cameron Thomas Simmons Alero Kayla Simon Alero Kayla Simon
Kylee Mckail Simon Ryan Paul Simoneaux Sidney Lee Slater Brandielle Christian Smith Brandon Christopher Smith Christina Dior Chantell Smith Christopher Aloysius Smith Cory Neal Smith Jessika Carsen Smithwick Nicole Melinda Sorensen Hayley Elise Elizabeth Spiers Sophia Hanauer Spring Lorin Wales Staup Autumn Nicole Stewart Amanda Catherine Stone Gabrielle Faith Stuart Marcus Andrew Suttleff Zachary Dean Talbot Lorenzo Andres Telleria Sarah Christine Terracciano Shelby Kate Terrell Trevor Wyatt Thibodeaux
Angelle Mishon Thomas Tessa Brooke Thomas Richard Julian Thompson Jackson Reed Tilley Jayla Yasmine Toney Caroline Amanda Toombs Emily Madison Torres Grace Elizabeth Toups Brendan Douglas Townsley Danny Minh Tran Phuc Hoang Trinh A'Mari Reae Truby-McKay Khoi Dinh Truong Alison Paige Turk Seth Ryan Vallet Abigail Nicole Van de Ven Madelynn Olivia Varnado Kyle Joseph Michael Ventola Rebekah Marie Verlanc Alexandra Adell Vickers Monica Marie Viloria Abigail Leigh Waag Haley Marie Wade
Ja'Milya Mikayla Walker Bradley Eric Waters Andrianna Camille Watson Lydia Claire Weaver Elinor Rose Weber Alexander Edward Weiner Destiny La'chelle Wesley Angela Maria Wetzel Amelie Claire Whitehurst Eleanor Claire Whitfield Summer Rae Whittington Burgess Chase Matthew Williams Chloe Morgan Williams Kiare Williams Lena Claire Wilson Tania Wali Wilson Alexandra M. Wirth Reegan Nicole Wolfe Abby McKenzie Wolford Destiny Dai'Channael Wright Destiny Dai'Channael Wright Monica Judith Zapien
Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies Katy Elizabeth Abdelnoor Da'Quan Andrew Bellard Emily Sanders Bernard Carly Brigette Biagas Trevor Joseph Blank Jancen Terry Brown Daniella Reenay Bryant Donavaughn Brighton Campbell Christopher Michael Carter DeFreda Dion Carter Varun Chalasani Ryker Zane Chason Bradley Hazard Clement
Samantha Nicole Copeland Ryne D'Arensbourg Niels Werner Dickson Hunter Steven Duke Travin DeQwaune Dural Alexandra Michelle El Abed Dallas Le'Dawn Gordon Joshua Bernard Graham Steven Tyler Grant Tyriana Y. Griffin-Nims Morgan Luke Hefler Madison Rose Higgins
Brianna Nicole Humphrey Aubrey Dale Newman Brooke Michelle Rosser Jessica H. Jones William Maurice Newman Dallas Harris Sampey Nash Patrick Joyner Marion Herman Oglesby Alexis Tayler Scioneaux Erica Lynn King Benjamin Omili Omili Jr. Amanda Brooks Sloss Alexandra Jane Kirkland Max David Pancamo Pedro David Sosa Sidney Nicole Klimko Jamie Michael Passaro Trevor James Starkey Jennifer Woolf LaBauve Chasity Danyelle Payton Chloe Adair Terry Agnes Victoria Marie Courtney Lynn Poche Stephanie Lynn Thomas LeBlanc Stephen Thomas Podorsky Robert Boyett Tucker, IV Bram Steven Metz Gabriella Ann Raskin Jaya Alexis Vaden Ayana Veronica Mitchell Edward Joseph Rice, IV Brandon Joseph Verret Leonora Lynette Montegut Elizabeth Suzanne Shelby Joy Willis Dalton William Mott Ritchie-Fudge Catherine Grace Zachariah Jourdan Michelle Munson Sarah Elaine Rogers
Cristen Jordan Cooper Margie Victoria Cortes Alexandra Rae Crochet Mallorie Alyssa Davis Niels Werner Dickson Anna Rose Dupre Megan Marie Dupuy Brittany Christina Ferdinand Alexis Victoria Finch Tanisha Renee Fleming James William Fontenot Logan Bryce Fontenot Keri Fuselier Alyssa Kate Galloway Katie Mae Gatewood Caroline Theresa Gielen Riley Valentina Gill McGlynn
Olivia Rose Givens Lauren Suzanne Godard Kamri A'Lanna Gordon Ashlynn Nicole Gremillion Amanda Nicole Guidry Lakyn Michelle Haag Hunter Ann Hale Scarlett Ann Hammond Samantha Mary Harris Alejandra Rene Haynes Madelyn Frances Haynes Honor Victoria Herring Destiny Artellia Jenkins Grace Elizabeth Jines Cameron Jones Quintrele Michelle Jones Caroline Annabel Kallam Ann-Elyse Karam Kandice Antoinette Kelsey
Bachelor of Science Erin Lauren Aguillard Kaycie Michele Allen Kailyn Elizabeth Arabie Ryan Christopher Averitt Amari Victoria Bellard Sophia Louise Belleu Tierra Rayne Blair La'Daijah Rykell Bledsoe Claire Elizabeth Bowman Salome L. Boyd Courtney Jade Breaux Chance David Bryant Breanna Nicole Burd Mallory Lynn Burns Amanda Marie Cambre Cody Matthew Capps Mary Ella Carr Margaret Emma Clark Madison Alitzah Cohen
Olivia Laura Kjellsten Claire Loraine LaGrone Tiana Marie Lazard Macy Alexandra Linton Kristen Ann Mathews Kyle Joseph McAlister Madeline Marie McDougall Kendall Maria McGoey Lauren Elizabeth McIntosh Lexi Michelle Menard Philip Michael Mizell Sophie Marie Moran Sayde Marie Murphy Nhi Yen Nguyen Quyen Phuong Nguyen Quynh-Nhu Huynh Nguyen Sarah Quynh Nguyen Jon Tyler Odell
Caila Monet Palmer Anthony Lynne Palmisano Harsh Kamleshkumar Panwala Bailey Morgan Perkins Hannah Elizabeth Perkins Sean Joseph Perry Anne Burke Rapp Courtney RenĂŠ Reed Hannah Nicole Richards Sierra RenĂŠ Roberson Robert Mikell Rogers Caleb Aaron Romig Sara Ellen Russo Michael Alan Schlak Loren Catalina Schlosser Anne Marie Seibert Sathonee Adaire Senegal Adrian Eric Soulas
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Ivy Katherine Souter Lauren Alexandra Spillmon Patrick Ripley Stewart Cody Andrew Sturrock Kevin Michael Sullivan
Amanda Grace Summers Victor Steven Tenorio Taylor Laraé Thigpen Daniyell Autumn Thomason
Kemper Thomas Todd Autumn-Skye Rita Tollefson Marshall Nicholas Tranchina
Zachary Andrew Traylor Fátima Melissa Umaña Hernández Justin Paul Virella Darius Brett Warfield
Julia Claire Weaver Stanley Huggins West Fredrick Anthony Zarazua Shelby Lynn Zganjar
MANSHIP SCHOOL OF MASS COMMUNICATION Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication Emily Elizabeth Addington Le'Trece Sharish Adolph Sara Marie Alarcon Paige Camille Aldredge Evan Matthew Alleman Isabella Marie Allen Hailey Nicole Auglair Pryce Elizabeth Bahnsen Olivia Louise Barbin Jacob Ryan Beck Claire Elizabeth Bermudez Alyssa Brianna Berry Cameron Frances Betbeze Allison Brooke Bonner Grace Katherine Bordelon Michael Chase Bordelon Olivia Renee Boudreaux Marlee-Ellen Roney Bridges Falon Alexis Brown Reagan Lynne Bunch Caitlin Elizabeth Burke Gwendolyn Mai English Camerlinck Hannah Alicia Campo Stephanie Castillo Caroline Etzel Causey Anna Michelle Coleman Draven S. Coleman Anne Morgan Cousins Tanner Neal Craft Sarah Mackenzie Cripps Anna Catherine Cuccio Elizabeth Anne-Lan Cui Kelsey O'Neal Curry Alaina Nicole Davanzo Marianna Elise Davis
Christopher Paul DeFelice Camille Catherine Delaune Mary Katherine Dicharry Alexandra Elizabeth Dragonir Cameron James Dunn Cole Catherine Dunnam Abigail Elizabeth Ellis Tyler Alex Eschette Shelby Elizabeth Eskind Adelaide Elizabeth Eysink Abbey Claire Frederick John Hansen Fruge Caroline Ava Fulghum Cristina Nicole Garcia Elizabeth Joy Garner Francesca Lee Granato Caleb Gregory Greene Collin Jude Guedon Madeline Elyse Gwinn Claire Elaine Hadlock Elizabeth McDaniel Hamblen Haze Julia Hamilton Caroline Grace Hebert Jillian Kate Hebert William Lucas Henderson Laura Mallory Holland Tadd G. Holmquist Catherine Gail Hunt Sarah Nicole Hunt Allyson Felicianne Huval Lee Phelps Jacoby Emily Seidel Jaques Chelsee Paige Johnson-Morris Haleigh Ashton Judge
Kathryn Kearney Savannah Sloan Kirk Myles Donald Antoine Kuss Sarah Catherine LaBorde Claire Marie Lakvold Emily Grace Lambert Brett Matthew Landry Kennedi Anastasia Landry Samantha Paige Lanham Sean Anthony Larken Allison Elizabeth Leavitt Emily Forbes LeDoux Mary Madison Lemoine Caroline Claire Licciardi Stephanie Margaret Little Madison Nicole Lucks Amaya Leilani Lynch Mario Joseph Macaluso Michelle Marie Mahtook Zois Harry Manaris Elizabeth Randall Marchand Delanie Margaret McDonald Alexandra Sofia Medina Lauren Ashley Meilleur Olivia Elizabeth Melville Sarah Kay Michel John Andrew Mieras Jr. Grayson Moore Miller Natalie Elizabeth Moll Cassidy Fay Moore Julia Camille Moore Madison Claire Morgan Madison Nicole Mullen Maxwell Graham Nedanovich
McCaala Olivia Nelson Mollie Ann Nelson Abbigale Nguyen Ha-Vy Vu Nguyen Zachary Ryan Nunez Abigail Francis Olejniczak Morgan Kathryn Oliver Paul Pascal Palermo Alyssa Rae Panepinto Leah Dominique Paternostro James Richard Payne Kristen Elizabeth Payne Caroline Jordan Peavy Parker Gerard Peltier Ryan Daniel Pepperman Ava Claire Perego Tayler Brishaune Pierre Jaci Layne Pinell Sarah Katherine Pope Lydia Ann Powell Olivia Catherine Rackley Mason Joseph Ramagos Jacelyn Leigh Rasti Christopher Matthew Rees Madeleine Jane Reid Emily Rachel Ritchart Lauren Gabriell Roach Katherine Elise Roberts Mary Landrum Robinson Rebecca Michelle Robinson Mikha De'Anne Romero Anna Logan Rosing Zachary Adam Roubein Kate Lauren Roy Olivia Kathleen Roy
Margaret Mary Ryan Evan Jacob Saacks Meagan Lea Scherer Taylor Elizabeth Scott Andrew David Searles Avery Rose Seelig Cameron Michele Serafin Codi D'nae Setters Kristen Shylin Singleton Kendall Conlan Slate Abigail Leigh Smith Alexis Ariel Smith Jessica Lindsay Smith Joseph Braeden Smith Maite Naysa Solis Kathryn Elizabeth Suarez Kaleigh Ann Sullivan Sydney Brook Tardy Remy Rene Terrebonne Hunter James Thibodeaux Bailey Rutherford Tinsley Elizabeth Colon Toso Nikki Tran Alexia Quinn Tsiropoulos Kayla Briana Turner Ashton Anthony Vaughn Sophie Elizabeth Waguespack Lauren Hope Watson James Austin White Sydney Paige White Russell Chamblee Wilder Esabel Marie Williams Jaylon Christopher-Bond Wingfield Emma Wooden Constance Marie Zaragoza
Francisco Javier Pazo Siero Eamon Pettigrew Stephanie Elizabeth Saucier Noah Thomas Smith Rebecca Lynn Smith Erin Monique Stevenson Angelle Mishon Thomas
John Tran Connor Brad Underwood Ke'Shone Lynn White Kiare Williams Jaunee Danielle Young Zoey Abigail Young Streisand Nicole Zeno Jesse Joseph Zeringue
COLLEGE OF MUSIC & DRAMATIC ARTS Bachelor of Arts Samantha Rae Aldridge Azha Moné Alston MacKenzie Kay Andrews Daisha Christine Badon Devin Louis Barnes Vincent Joseph Bianca Willis Carl Brei Daniel Broussard Kaitlin Rose Chavers
Christopher Figueroa Coreil Mary Teresa DeVillier Anthony Michael Doyle Chincia Onuekwumma Ezejiofo Quincia Oguuno Ezejiofo Adam Boyd Fields Christopher Lee Freeland
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Kain Alexander Gill Sarah Catherine Guarisco Garrett Anderson Howell Lindsey Marie Hutson Haleigh Richelle Jones Destin Lowell Marler Lindsey Elise Muscatello Alexandra Lee Nicholson
Bachelor of Music Rachel Punkay Blackwell Julia Marie Boudreaux Tyler Joseph Bourque Ashby Wellington Brown Zoey Carisa Cuseo
Jonathan Michael Dufresne Mary Grace Ellerbee Jenna Renee Grissom Seth Cain Guerra
Matthew Palmer Hrdlicka Leah Christian Moody Jia Zhen Hwang Jordan Chase Moreno Eva Jarecke Leigh Anne Robichaux Jennifer Lynn McGee John Forrest Robken Mikeila Ashley McQueston Anna Patrice Safko
Cari Alyce Sands Annellise Marie Schulze Savannah Drummond Scott Reign Zurri Washington
Bachelor of Music Education Benjamin Clifton Buller Harrison David Dollar Morgan Rose Easterday
Emily Michelle Firmin Dustin Joplin Gonzales Summer Blair Hayes
Benjamin Robert Morgan Alana Brigette Scott Lauren Joan Slay
Hollyn Noel Slykhuis Katherine Marie Vukovics Carley Frances West
Lionel Joseph Favret, IV Ahmed Fazal-Ur-Rehman Kiara Marie Ferrygood Claire Anne Fisher Farrah Elizabeth Flattmann Tanisha Renee Fleming Chalon Lawrence Fogarty, II Nolan Peyton Fore Aisha Toniqua Freeman Layne Elizabeth Freeman Elliot Joseph Frugé Haley Elizabeth Gagliano Eden McMillin Gallegos Kyle Philip Gaudet Corey Michael Gaulden Sydney Reneé Gautreau Victoria Lee Geiger Joseph Benton Gennaro Zarafshan Ghulam-Ali James Harvey Gibbens, III Shannon Joan Glennon Allen B. Gordon Lauren Renee Gossen Courtney Marie Gregoire Hayden John Guidry Madeline Claire Guidry Megan Elizabeth Guidry Lauren Catherine Guillot Sanjeev Samuel Gummadi Danielle A. Gyasi Garrett Reece Hains Sydney Elise Hale Sheryl Benét Hanson Lundyn A. Harrelson Landon Dean Harrington Sharon Elaine Hays Alexandra Lorayne Hebert Julia Grace Hebert Erandi Madushani Herath Abigail Elizabeth Hess Ian Marshall Hill Lauren Elizabeth Hinkel Madison Marie Hipps Madison Kaitlin Hopper
Savannah Ashton Huff Amanda Celina Husein Ellen Rhea Hymel Ayah Saleh Ibrahim Chad Pierre Issa Corley Joseph John Yasmeen Kawji Natasha Catherine Kelly George Trent Kestler Munira Eyad Khaled Shaya Yu Khorsandi Catarina J. Kim Lynsey V. Klein Kaylee Lynn Knuppel Kashyap Koul Jaeyeon Kweon Luke C. Labat Emily Patricia LaBonia Jordan D. Lahasky Adrienne Carole Lambert Grayson David Lambert Grayson David Lambert Taylor Suzanne Lambert Madeleine DeHaven Landry Cortney Marie Larkins Caroline Elizabeth Lawless Cecilia Tinh Le Justin Le Brianna LeBlanc Cayley Elizabeth LeBlanc Danielle Nicole Ledet Alan K. Lee, II Jennifer Lee Aliese Alexandra Lemoine Breona Symone Leonard Gabrielle Elizabeth Lewis Jun Lin Lauren Kathryn Little Alyssa M. Lobello Madelyn Leslie Loescher Ethyn Gabriel Loreno Thomas Paul Luke Julia Agustina Luraguiz Gianni Huy Ly
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE Bachelor of Science Ryan Austin Agsunod Jack Thomas Aguillard Sahran Adil Al Busaidy Charles Carter Albert Allan Peter Anderson Breonna Carnae Arvie Sammy Salahi Asbahi Alise J. Aucoin Madelyn Claire Aucoin Caroline Paige Babin Ian Andrew Babin Dillon Edward Ball Sami B. Barakat Adam Joseph Barrack Jared Michael Barrilleaux Manon Philine Bart Brandy Elizabeth Beall Christine Elizabeth Beaullieu Kristi Lynn Bell Emily Lynne Benedetto Meredyth Blaire Berard Savannah Caroline Birch Alexis Paige Blackwell Victoria E. Bollich Alexandra Nicole Bothe Taylor Nicole Boyd Elizabeth Maria Bozner Paige Alexis Brasseaux Austin Joseph Breaux James Randal Bridges Natalie Ann Brocato Kaylynn Nicole Bromfield Emilie Marie Broussard Joshua Peter Broussard Taylor Alexis Broussard Mason Lewis Bryant Tony Bui Kelly Catherine Burke Kyle J. Burns Michelle Elizabeth Byrnes Sophia Olivia Cacioppo Clayton Randall Cain Ross Edward Calhoun Emily Catherine Cambre
Masyn Inell Cameron Mary Katherine Carnes Abigayle Marie Castine Nicole Theresa Catalano Madison Laurel Catalanotto Justin Michael Champagne Akeia Lashawn Michelle Claiborne Katherine Anne Clark Robert Austin Clark Sarah Ann Clawson Ashley Blair Clement Charley Hannah Coats Maxwell Joseph Cole Claire Kraemer Couvillion Jordan Victoria Cross Andres Gerardo Dangla Alexandra Dean Dautel Sarah Elizabeth Davidson Megan Ashley Davis Hayden Alexander Day Raeghan Nicole DeCuir Kristen Lee DeFreitas Blake A. Degioanni Amber Alexis DeVillier Amanda Jane DeWitt Patrick Sidney Dicken Kyle A. Domingue Hannah Douget Sage Belle Ducoing Katherine Victoria Dugas Tuquynh Nguyen Duong Chloe Elizabeth Duval Gabrielle Kathleen Eaves Arsys Massoud Eetessam Madison Jessica Elie Enas Elkersh Jessica Ashleigh Elliott Natalie D. Encinia James Jackson Erny Jill Margaret Erny Dawson Charles Falgoust Annaliesa Renee Fanguy Anne Francis Faulk
Eva Marie Mace Connor Michael Maginnis Mark Anthony Maier, II Garett Wayne Malone Shanice Nicole Manning Shelby Lee Manuel Nicholas Cade Marsh Eric Jose Ramon Martinez Angelie Irene Matar Lindsey Alexis Mcdonald Michael James McHugh Madison Brooke McInnis Ishan S. Mehrotra Mason D. Melancon Brooke Matilda Mendoza Andrew W. Mercante Madeline E. Mertz Olivia Catherine Messina Lauren Elizabeth Metrailer Hunter Cole Meyer Harrison Hill Millar Lindsay Grace Miller Morgan Ann Minard Amy Margaret Mitchell Madeline E. Mixon Evan Scott Mobley Victoria Grace Mobley Amanda Lauren Monceaux Myla Faith Moore Megan Alyse Morein Anna Christine Morgan Philip Robert Morley Shelby N. Mosby Emaya Marie Moss Haley Rebekah Mundle Kali Echo Murphy Sarah Harper Myers Tiyuana T. Myres Emily T. Nauck Ali Michelle Neck Natalie Kate Neubig Anna Oanh Nguyen Austin H. Nguyen Ryan Thai Son Nguyen Tommy Dinh Nguyen
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Ye Rim Noh Aniko Alicia Nowakowski Nicholas Todd Nugent Collyn C. O'Quin Sarah Ann Passman Nathan Zachary Pearl Jordan Lamar Perry Claude Joseph Pertuit Diana Mai Pham Sarah Ngoc-Thao Pham Tanya Phi Aliyah Pierre Hannah Clare Poirrier Julia Maeve Power Austin Paul Primeaux Taylor Ann Prudhomme Harmon Dean Pulliam Virginia M. Quinlan Kamila Qushim Farhana Sakina Rais Mohammed Salman Rais Anna Catherine Rawls Tanner Drew Reed
Kayla Mai'Lang Richardson Erin Marie Roach Haley Brooke Roberts Timothy Dean Roberts Hannah Nicole Robnik Celine Cagampang Rochon Claudia E. Rodriguez Pablo Andres Rosas Jane Ainsley Rothschild Daniel Aaron Ruppert Andrew Ray Rytlewski Lauren Renee' Sargent Kylie Ann Sattler Ashton Reid Says Colton Reid Scariano Matthew Richardson Schonberg Jessica Carter Schaumburg Anne Marie Schwartz Hayden F. Scott Elizabeth Anne Seidenglanz
Phelan Day Sewell Hebah Shaikh Alexandra Shiell Michael Peyton Simons Hailey Danielle Simpson Evan Sukir Sinnathamby Maura Kathleen Slade Bryce James Smith Reed Mark Smith Tristan Michael Smith Kristin Marie Sobie Nicole Michelle Songy Kynnedi Britton Sonnier Jake Anderson Sossamon Jourdan Brianna Staffier Landon Bryant St. Angelo Nathaniel Scott Stansbury Alexander David Stant Charles Marshall Stephenson Whitney Claire Sternfels Thomas Henry Stremlau Rafeh Swati
Hayden H. Tageant Brendan Paul Tate Jimmy Martin Taylor, III Kayley A. Terminie Ashley Rae Thomas Bobbi Jacklyn Thompson Courtney Elizabeth Toussel Cindy Bao Quynh Tran Aaron Trigg Keava ReShay Alexandra Turner Peyton Allise Turner Sophia Joy Turner Elizabeth Carolyn Upp Larisa Catherine Vaccaro Dzmitry Vaido Alexandre Pierre Van Biersel Samuel E. Velasquez Samantha Leigh Vercher Stephen Vining Abigail Elisabeth Vinson
Bachelor of Science in Geology Nikki Elizabeth Neubeck
COLLEGE OF THE COAST & ENVIRONMENT Bachelor of Science in Coastal Environmental Science Kareem Ahmad Abdo William Burke Arthur Philip Joseph Brahana Jill Jacquelyne Broussard Logan Hwarang Burnsed Justin Manuel Campano
Christopher Michael Corsi Gray Villere Cressy Mackenzie Nicole Govett Emma Rose Guidry Calli Judith Joslin Evan Daniel Klein
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Brittany Veronica Martin Michael William McDonell Chance Michael Melancon Mari Evelyn Morgan Regan Renee Rosenthal Callie Leanne Snow
Grayton Elizabeth Spoon Bruno Brandon Michael Wolff
Lucas Phat Vo Jennifer Trinh Vu John Forrest Ward, IV Braden Lee-Louis Warr Caretia JeLayne Washington Lindsey Elaine Watkins Ashlee Rae Weigand Robert Urbain Weiss, IV Alaina M. Wetzel Elizabeth Marie Wherritt Kathryn Lynn White William Peyton Wilhite Ajah Kierra Zhane' Williams Katherine Nicole Wood Hannah Kaye Wray Lucy L. Xu Wendy Wenyu Xu David Michael Yancey Evan Matthew Young Syed Akbar Zamin Zachary Thomas Zeringue Adam Sidney Zulli
GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL DEGREES GRADUATE CERTIFICATES Analytics
Julien Francesco Romano Samuel Hunter Smith Kristen Margaret Stuckey Andrew Joseph Thares Thomas William Tolar Cherie Rose Walter Trent Logan Webb Shiqi J. Zhang
Carley RenĂŠe Begnaud Nick Bohall Drew Patrick Devall Josue Raul Diaz Samuel Theodore Drummond William Paul Dufrene Brian Richard Giandelone White Soloman Graves, V Archival Studies Jordi Camilo Guatemala Gonzalez Caroline Elizabeth Argrave Molly Elisabeth Jacobsen Brendan Patrick Carrell Andrew Zachary Kasparek Bridget Margaret Downey Amber Lynn LaPointe Sarah Faith Grimm Benjamin William Lauck Matthew Ryan Jordan Carter Louis Lundin Evan Matthew Kramer Yen Luong Jennifer Leigh Levasseur Sebastian Luke Magann Lora Sheppard Harrison James Martorana Claire Michaelle Thibodaux Joel Aaron Metzger Christiane Elizabeth Petitbon Kevin Patrick Quinn Jr.
Econometrics
Strategic Communication
Masoud Asadi Diane Katherine Bridges Thao Thi Hien Bui
Evan Gabriel Fernandez Erin Leigh Hill Rashida Lucille Peters Jillian Louise Washington
Geographic Information Science
Urban and Community Education
Aimee Beaudette Charles M. Canan Ria Mukerji Jessica Lynnette Tolan Neel Hemantkumar Vyas
Cindy La'Shawn Ashley Jeanette Lee Bankston Ann-Marie Herod Ashley Gail Murphy
Materials Science and Engineering
Amanda Brooke Holiman
Workforce Development
Tiago Ramos Leite da Silva
Records and Info Management Allyce Louise Smith
MASTER'S DEGREES Master of Accountancy Chelsea Danielle Andras Catherine Elizabeth Dubuc Alyssa Marie Azuara Hyedi V. Duong Lauren Claire Bergeron Benjamin Cooper Feazel Vivian Tennessee Carter Jaci Jean Harrison Christopher MacCallum Chapman Caroline Claire Hirschey Yanying Amy Chen Claire Elizabeth Jolly
Cole Madison Kreger Christian Donald Madden Julia Kathleen Pfeifer Anna Elizabeth Stevens Sean Michael Stewart Zhe Sun
Nicholas Joseph Marc Taylor Courtney Alexandra Templet Morgan Theresa Thompson Summer Shannon West
Master of Applied Statistics Henrique Cheng Haixue Shen
Guiying Su Alexander Christian Tryforos
Kelin Wang Zhen Xu
Taylor Moore Jones Sarah Beth Stafford
Hiral Milanbhai Tank Neel Hemantkumar Vyas
Erin Elizabeth Bonfanti Jesse Marie Bosco Megan Anne Bourgeois Iyonna Isabell Anel Boyd Blake Patrick Byrom Kirsten LaShay Campbell Kalli Marie Champagne Caitlin Ashley Charles Meagan Diane Couvillion Lillian Dang Jacob Landon DeBoer Audrey Joy DeLuca Roman I-Song Druzdzel
Denitza Elide Duran Judith Alexis Espinal Mary Claire Fontenot Emily Yvonne Ford Margaret Julia Furtner Auri Denise Gaines Blair C. Gallon Joseph Arthur Giavotella Aspen Channel Goldsberry Xavier Sookedo Greaux Kimberly Clarissa Grubbs Claudia Gabrielle Sachiko Hall Michael Hay
Master of Architecture Willie Varnard Goliday, II Darrion Chester Goudy
Master of Arts Jorge Miguel Abadin Ciara Marie Achord Sam Freda Allouche Maye Nader Al-Selwady Taylor Gabrielle Anderson Anne Christian Ardoin Caroline Elizabeth Argrave Kourtney Marie Baker Isabelle Marie Bankston Krista Alexandra Barrett Catherine Carlisle Bell Krista Erin Bennett Kyle Scott Bikowski
Grant Alexander Heller Lauren Alexandra Herbert Ann-Marie Herod Allison Grace Herring Esther Hong Humaira Hossain Madeline Michele Howell Ethan Hunter Anne-Catherine Margeurite Marie Jagneaux Ariel Marie Johnson Jaime Elizabeth Johnston Cynthia C. Jones
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Hannah Maureen Jumonville Erin Kathleen Keefer Tanya Ann Kramer Jennifer Lynn LaRose Derrick DeWayne Lathan Troy Micheal Legier Elizabeth Mara Lewis Alexandra Angelle Lowe Erin Mann McCleary Tayla Rhashae McKinney Haley Catherine Merryman Avery Virginia Morrison
Meredith Anne Mueller Nabiha Mujahid Michelle Ivelisse Otero-Rios Erick Javier Padilla Rosas Krystal Lea Pauli Brooklyn Marie Pearce Hayden Brenna Pelletier Monica Julianne Rangel Porras Xiaolei Qiu Rebecca Maria Riccardi Kelley Marie Robinson Genesis Ali Robles
Stephanie Michelle Saltzmann Dakota Jasmine Sandras Regina Charlotte Schneider Darby Lee Schoenfield Yue Shang Jordan Elizabeth Smith Ashley Elizabeth Staszak Shelby Alexandra Stewart Loren Ann Stoller Lindsay Lee Stultz Andreana Arelle Tarleton Tatum Colette Taylor
Christopher James Forestier Christian David LaCouture
Cole Kendall Tracy LeBrent R. Walker
Hannah Aileen Aihua Clotiaux Katelyn Maria Daigle Madison Claire Doggett Valerie Marie Eller Anna Elaine German Emily Ann Kennedy
Regan Nicole LeBlanc Elise Annetta Leveille Kayley Nicole Matthews Jordan Ariel Miller Zoie Elizabeth Rhodes Natalie Lauren Seeser
Lauren Ashley Toomey RaKeema Thomas Toussaint Jordan Skyler Travis Jennifer Inmaculada Vasquez Mary Jane Vincent Madeleine Elizabeth Vines Dennis Waswa Octavia Elizabeth Winters Allison Marie Wood Rebecca Dallas Woodall Sarah Elizabeth Worrell Matthew Francis Wright
Master of Arts in Liberal Arts Sima Azhang Jonathan Jack Decoster
Master of Arts in Teaching Dynasty Princess Allen Riley Grace Biggs Susan Marie Borne Jessica Alise Bowen Elizabeth Gibbens Braymer Madalyn Louise Brown
Ryan Patrick Sullivan Claire Elizabeth Wild Nicholas Michael Youngblood Alexandra Mary Zimmerman
Master of Business Administration Jean Franco Accomando Joseph Tyner Adkins Taylor Claude Alphonso Julie Bowers Antley Colin Anthony Ashby Maritess Dabalos Aujero Carley R. Begnaud Sarah Elizabeth Bernard Nick Bohall Sam Houston Boyer Benjamin O. Brown Jordan Alexander Buckley Alyssa Marie Camet Sloane Elizabeth Carroll Jennifer Lynn Castania Taylor Paul Cavalier Brooklyn Marie Cedotal Francesca Amanda Chacon Sam Harper Chastain Victoria Gray Chustz Claire Elizabeth Coppola Ronald Cossich Jr. Drew Patrick Devall David Anthony Diaso Jr. Josue Raul Diaz Jessica Anne DiCharia Olivia Ann Domangue Samuel Theodore Drummond Katherine Rushing Dukes
Gregory James Feiten Jr. Yen Luong Lindsay Frances Flory Marco Joseph Macera Lauren Elizabeth Fontaine Sebastian Luke Magann Trent Patrick Forshag Harrison James Martorana Logan John Fowler Fatima Siddiq Mehr Penny Renee Gallemore Grace Elizabeth Menard Madeline Faye George Maria Caroline Murphy Brian Richard Giandelone Wyatt Todd Nesom Benjamin Warren Golemo Sophia Pearl Nowicki Sarah Lynn Gonzales Daniel Jennings Pemble White Soloman Graves, V Mycah Dean Perry Nicolas Patrick Guarisco Christiane Elizabeth Petitbon Jordi Camilo Guatemala Gonzalez Jayde Elise Platenburg Patricia Grace Harris Juan Hector Puga Morgan A. Hernandez Kevin Patrick Quinn Jr. Dillon Scott Hooter Colton Joel Milam Rachal Dylan Aron Israel Allen Radkovich Molly Elisabeth Jacobsen Nioz Rafii-Tabrizi LeAnn Goines Jones Giovanni Clement Ranzino Andrew Zachary Kasparek Anna Christina Reed Taryn Amber Kloth Steven E. Rogers Amber Lynn LaPointe Julien Francesco Romano Benjamin William Lauck Peter Michael Russo Brice Anthony Lazaro Michael James Rutland Conner James LeBlanc Frances Kate Sanchez JD Lee, III Parker Richard Sanderson Patrick Joseph Lorio Meghan Elizabeth Sharp James Stevenson Luffey Samuel Hunter Smith Carter L. Lundin Brian Alan Snyder
Master of Digital Media Arts and Engineering Sarah Marina Kent Cantrell M. Lawson
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Sarah Ann Stalnaker Taylor Andrew Stockford Kristen Margaret Stuckey Joseph S. Sukkar Cesare Ambrose Louis Szur Robert J. Taboada Peter Michael Talluto Andrew Joseph Thares Matthew Dwight Thomas Allison Lael Thorpe Thomas William Tolar Trenton Dale Traffanstedt Anthony David Trick Jerry Christopher Vaughan Jr. Lauren E. Verret Cherie R. Walter Rashonda Lacole Ward Trent Logan Webb Jason Scott Wecksler Sarah Elizabeth White Austin Matthew Wilder Jack William Wilkes Kurin Kirk Williams Lindsey Janet Witte Rabbia Zaheer Shiqi J. Zhang Matthew John Ziemnicki
Master of Education Shareef Al-Dean Abuhajah Cindy La'Shawn Ashley Michael Todd Auzenne Brittany Berry Bigby Leigh St. Julian Billeaud Abby Fay Blanchard
Cameron Davis Bueche Wai Ying Chan Amy Nichelle Cheveallier Molly Adeline Clark Chantal Elizabeth Correll Marites Pardines Corsino
Chauntreniece Nicole Davis Hannah Rose Dugas Mar'Lesha Lorraine Hollins Billie ChaNaire Holmes Dana Alexis Lewis Ashley Gail Murphy
Sarah Jasmine Oldendorf Johna Boudreau Page Hannah Marie Pitre Nila Franklin Schwab Joanna Katherine Sheppard Amanda Joy Weathers-Meyer
Elizabeth Jean Kolenda Cree Nichelle Pettaway
Supreet Kaur Sidhu Alex Thomas Turissini
Stephan Antoine Viau
Master of Fine Arts Brandi Briquis Hanna Ava Hofmann
Master of Landscape Architecture Hayden Manning Hammons Taylor William Jacobsen
Nguyệt Nguyễn Elizabeth Ann Peterson
Tanvi Mukesh Shah Yongqin Zhao
Master of Library and Information Science Caroline Elizabeth Argrave Brendan Patrick Carrell Bridget Margaret Downey Kelsey Meagan Ford Sarah Faith Grimm
Nealie Morgan Hale Evonne Louise Dwan Hall Soline Delvaille Holmes Emily Grace Horan Matthew Ryan Jordan
Evan Matthew Kramer Jennifer Leigh Levasseur Ragan Michelle McLain Cynthia Nellie Nelson Rebekah Lee Nethken
Izzy Oneiric Lora Sheppard Allyce Louise Smith Claire Michaelle Thibodaux
Master of Mass Communication Jacey Renee Armand Erin Leigh Hill
Rashida Lucille Peters Jillian Louise Washington
Nicholas Alan Willbanks
Keturah Heard Anna Gabriela Herrera Chirinos Telly Sevon Higgins Sarah Elizabeth Jenkins Andrew John Kendall Wu Ji Khoo Ericka Jeannine Kudry Katherine Isabella Ryan Mallow Sean Cameron McLean
Roger Kyle Melton Alisha Marie Moore Eric Daniel Morgan Alanna North Ashley Kursten Nuñez Joshua David Ognenoff Sabrina Kahlan Parry Ronald Rodriguez Herrera Elise Harvey Spurlock
Gordon Taylor Stricklin Julia Elisabet Tatum Daniel Fernando Torres Salazar Adam Daniel Torres Curtis Edward White Andrew Wood Nai-Chien Yo Frank Scott Zachary
Jeremy O'Neil Hamlet Maurice Kirksey Jr. David Mark Lehman Jr. John Edward Lewis
Darren Chance McNeely Megan Wunstel Melancon Antoine Denell Pierce Trenton Wayne Reynolds
Hannah Marie Rogers Macee Delynne Spencer
Alina Buchilina Joshua V. Bunch Jacob D. Bushaw Tayler Marie Busselle Eric Bryant Butler Regan Alexis Byrden Caroline Morgan Camp Luz Mireya Castro Morales Olivia Victorian Cezar Daryl Mario Chatman Anissa Janae Chenevert Mohammad Kifayath Chowdhury Carolyn Elena Clary William David Coronel
Vikash Dangal Joshua Dean Decareaux Cody Allen DeLorenzo-Brown Connie Mone't Despanie Marcelo Dimase Sean Michael Dobies Joanquil Dominique Donald Celia Drew Pu Du Meghan Louise Duffy Katherine Marguerite Ellis Blake Woodson Esch Chelsea Nicole Fink S. Scott Fitzgerald
Leah Rose Forsyth Steven Craig Foundas Giovana Matos Franco Arthur Gregory Gagliano Kristie Ann Galy Erica Elise Gomez Valentin Gomez Madeline Grace Gray Allison Hawkins Guidroz Austin Parker Guillot Peyton Olivia Gutierrez Tabitha Lynn Harvey Andrew David Hastings Joseph Louis Hauth
Master of Music Claudia Daniela Aizaga Chávez Ashlyn Claire Carter Hayoung Cho Claire Monique Choquette Emily Marie Dirks Nickola Michael Doshier Casie Reeva Ford Chase Dwight Gillett Elana Joy Gleason
Master of Public Administration Oluwatobi Folashade Adeleke Shaleesa Joy Bynum Demetres Johnson Casma Louis Eric Gremillion Jr.
Master of Science Alexis Coleen Agard Ethemaaduddin Ahmed Cara Lyn Anderson Azadeh Razavi Arab Melissa Benitez Bach Kymberly Baker Adam Joseph Barrilleaux Charles Carey Barron, III Carlos Javier Bello Ericka Edwards Berry Colin Joseph Bosco Benjamin James Clark Bresson Kylee Ann Brown David Mansfield Browning, III
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Braxton Wilson Hinton Rachel Mae Hoffpauir Stewart Leeland Hooper Abhishek Huddar Stanley Chinonso Igbojekwe Glenda Distefano Imes Saiful Islam Sana Issa Stanley Leonard Jenkins Zachary Phillip Jermain Jon Cole Jordan Haley Marie Jorgensen Ashley Judlin Shelby Morgan Katz Holly Ann Kelchner Connor Andrew Kuhn Sarah Ann Lang Katie Renee LeCoq Shannon Corinne Lehman Cade Andrew LeJeune Cooper Matthew Lemoine
Nicholas Blase Leo Denzel Lee Lewis Guandong Li Ting Lin Shuxian Liu William Daniel Lockwood Ateet Maharjan Paul Thomas Maloney Bienvenu Sedin Massamba Peter Andrew Mata Alicia Suzann McNatt Adam Christopher Morales Robin Jeane Morgan David James Moscicki Ria Mukerji Benjamin Charles Mullen John Michael Munson Neil James Murren Alimire Nabijiang Awani Kishor Naware Hugh Van Ngo
Phat Minh Ngo Blake Alexander Patrick Lucas George Pensinger Olivia Marie Polk Xavier Demarcus Poole Brianna Danielle Price Alina Prigozhina Tiffany Johnson Rasberry Maxwell Sumner Reeser Michaya An'Janae Richardson Macy Kenes Richardson Vanessa M. Romulus Christopher Ashley Scheumack Austin Nicholas Sellers Michael Keith Shannon, II Matthew Paul Shoemaker Zhumagali Shomanov Jeffrey Hiram Skaggs Desiree Nichole Smith Mathew Damien Smith Samira Soleimani
Alexander Elliot Soohoo-Hui Andrea Aldana Stanley Taylor Edward Stephens Joshua David Stewart Anke Cordula Stรถhr Allison Catherine Stone Laura Jane Thompson Larry Fisher Tuttle Jr. Cullen Michael Vincellette Qing Wang Weile Wei Emma Rose Western Marshaletta Champagne Wheeler Brianna Sheree Whitley Anitra Latrill Williams Joseph Arthur Williams, IV Casie Marie Woods-Pandolfi JacQuesse Lashaye Wordlaw Ying Xiao Wenting Zhang
Master of Science in Civil Engineering James David Benson Nader da Fonseca Yousef
Saba Doulabi Haq Murad Nazari
Shuo Yang
Master of Science in Construction Management Emelia Louise Brooks Ehab Said Gnan Lucas Edward Helton
Thomas Marshall Hill Sysun Danay Howell Shawn Andrew Macomber
Maryam Mollazadeh Shant Aaron Paklaian Brian Joseph Penn
Daniel Brian Sullivan Kristin Leigh Vinesett
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Rakshak Bommasetty Raveen
Master of Science in Engineering Science Deekshith Mandala
Sharuk Shaik
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering Paige Marie Boudreaux
Tasmia Mustaquim
Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering Hazem Fleifel MaKuachukwu Fedeva Mbaegbu
James Lee Nielsen Jr. Ligia Tornisiello
Herman Kamehameha von Holt Francisco Bruno Xavier Teles
Amanda Claire Benson Courtney Marie Bergin Jennifer Fleming Beytin Katelyn Nicole Boone Kellie Boudreaux Brittany Janel Bounds Coty James Bourque Deborah Broussard Breaux Daphne Rena Bridges Nicole Pellegrin Brogger LaKeiah Brown Andrea Yvette Brown Barron Sheree Brown Kimberly Denise Bush Kourtney Kiera Butler
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Master of Social Work Kayla Alyse Accardo MarySue Main Adams Jardashai Jaqueline Alexander Maria Elena Violeta Allgood Waconda J. Alvarez Leah Genevieve Donna Anthony Kayla Gradney Ardoin Janasia Lajae' Ayers Hailey Elizabeth Babineaux James William Bailey Julianna Nicole Bardgett Ryan Elizabeth Barham Jacqueline Elizabeth Bartley Leslie Blaine Bateaste Cordan Nicole Beebe
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Avraham Y. Schulgasser Alexis C. Sevario Jessica Erin Sherrill Traci Darren Smith Kimberly Snead Natasha D. Sopchak Aly Spor Shantrice Pittman Sylve Kristin Marie Tessier Chelsea Ann Thee Haley Thompson Stephanie Lynn Tobison Morgan Elise Torres Lucia Marie Tripodes Gabrelle Fayeyunna Tripp Byron Keith Tyner Jr. Sarah Elizabeth Wann Tromeka Idreaion Washington Melissa Anne Wilder Joseph Kevin Wiley Akikka Jharnae Williams Kiyanna Lashi Williams Kelsey Jo Wolf Heather Marie Young Megan Elisabeth Zoltowski
Certificate of Education Specialist Lorita Ann Eichelberger
CANDIDATES FOR DOCTORAL DEGREES Thomas Daniel Abbott
Mohsen Amirmojahedi
Anna Castrillo Bartel
Michele Lee Blackwell
Physics, PhD Professor Gabriela Gonzalez “Calibration Transients in LIGO Detectors”
Civil Engineering, PhD Professors Murad Abu-Farsakh and George Z. Voyiadjis “Estimation of the Axial and Lateral Capacity of Driven Piles from the Results of Cone Penetration Test and Finite Element Analysis”
Educational Leadership and Research, PhD Professor Ashley Clayton “Interactions Between Federal Education Tax Credits and Statebased Aid Programs: An Analysis of State Budgeting for Higher Education”
Educational Leadership and Research, PhD Professor Ashley Clayton “Examining Nursing Student Dropout Behavior: An Event History Analysis”
Christopher Keith Addison Plant, Environment Managment, and Soil Sciences, PhD Professor Adam Famoso “Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Aroma and Cercospora janseana Resistance in U.S. Rice”
Ashley Allen Geography and Anthropology, PhD Professors Craig Colten and Dydia DeLyser “Talking about the Weather: Impacts of Tornado Stories on Memory and Identity”
Hussam Abdullah Almujalli Comparative Literature, PhD Professor Gregory Stone “The Function of Poetry in the Maqamat al-Hariri"
Kimberly Saunier Boudreaux Sociology, PhD Professor Dana Berkowitz “National Guard Families: The Relationship Between Institutional Discourses and Lived Experiences”
Thomas Mitchell Andrus
Farhang Bayat
Geology, PhD Professor Samuel J. Bentley “The Long-term Outlook of the Mississippi - Atchafalaya Bifurcation: A Convergence of Engineering, Economics, and Deltaic Evolution”
Electrical Engineering, PhD Professor Shuangqing Wei “Study of Fundamental Tradeoff Between Deliverable and Private Information in Statistical Inference”
Cihan Aydiner
Entomology, PhD Professor Lane Foil “Characterizing the Epidemiology of Bluetongue and Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus in Louisiana”
Sociology, PhD Professor Wesley Shrum “Motivation, Higher Education, Belonging, and Development: Integration of Highly Educated Immigrants into the Western Labor Market”
Centria Deondra Brown
Michael Edward Becker
Naomi Petrea Bennett Communication Studies, PhD Professor Patricia A. Suchy “Virtual Touch: Embodied Experiences of (dis) Embodied Intimacy in Mediatized Performance”
Music, DMA Professor Seth H. Orgel “The Use of the Alexander Technique as a Practice Tool for Horn Performance”
Charles Alexander Brown Biological Sciences, PhD Professor Fernando Galvez “Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Reproduction and Ontogeny of Gulf Killifish (Fundlus grandis)”
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Danielle Marie Butcher
Jaime Michelle Compton
Marla Jane Erwin
Chuqi Guo
Curriculum and Instruction, PhD Professor Estanislado Barrera, IV “Unprepared to be Culturally Responsive: An Examination of Secondary ESL Educators in Rural Louisiana”
Music, DMA Completed a Non-Thesis Program of Research and/or Creative Activity
Educational Leadership and Research, PhD Professors Eugene Kennedy and Katie E. Cherry “Ageism and Embodied Stereotypes: A Study of Adult Learners in Community College at Midlife”
Environmental Science, PhD Professor Slawomir Lomnicki “Phytosampling of Ambient Air Particulate Matter (PM) - New Method of PM-Associated Pollution Characterization”
Samuel Morris Bynum Chemistry, PhD Professor John Pojman “Influencing Factors on the Velocity and Temperature of Propagating Fronts in Acrylate Composites”
Charles Ethan Byrne Biological Engineering, PhD Professor Elizabeth Martin “Multifaceted Biological Engineering Approach to Breast Cancer Modeling and Drug Delivery”
Xun Cheng
Kristina Jazmin Cook Food Science, PhD Professor Jack Losso “Sodium Propionate and Sodium Butyrate Promote Fatty Acid Oxidation in HepG2 Cells under Oxidative Stress”
Pragathi Darapaneni Chemical Engineering, PhD Professor James Dorman “Tunable Luminescence of Rare Earth Duped Nanophosphors Via Adaptive Optical Properties of Transition Metals”
Alexandra Christensen
Kendall Marie Valentine Cole Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, PhD Professor Giulio Mariotti “Ecogeomorphic Evolution of Muddy Coastlines: How Biota on a Range of Scales, from Microscopic Biofilms to Landscape-scale Vegetation Zonation Patterns, Interact with Physical Processes”
Tara Fife
Mathematics, PhD Professor James Oxley “On Selected Subclasses of Music, DMA Completed a Non-Thesis Program Matroids” of Research and/or Creative Sara Karoline Figueiredo Activity
Aleksandra Drozzina Music, PhD Professor Inessa Bazayev “Schnittke, Gubaidulina, and Part: Religion and Spirituality During the Late Thaw and Early Perestroika”
Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, PhD Professor Robert Twilley Hui Du “Physical and Biological Factors Controlling the Fate of Nitrate in a Petroleum Engineering, PhD Coastal Deltaic Floodplain” Professor Yuanhang Chen “Experimental Evaluation of How Isaiah Fink Avraham Cohen Mineralogy and Microstructure Impact Micro-Geomechanics of Sociology, PhD Shale Rocks” Professor Mark Schafer “Family Matters. Or Does It? Family Involvement in American Education”
Social Work, PhD Professor Timothy Page “Social Contexts and Disconnectedness: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Interrelated Effects of Families, Peers, and Schools on African American Youth”
Zorica Dimova
Chemical Engineering, PhD Professor Ye Xu “First-Principle Study on the Timothy Patrick Dombrowski Interaction of Ligands with Gold and Effects on Catalytic Activities” Business Administration, PhD Professor R. Kelley Pace Andre Yong Chun Chiang “Essays on Mortgage Portfolio Diversification” Music, DMA Professor Dennis Jesse “A Performance Guide to Kurt Erickson’s Song Cycle Here, Bullet”
Danielle Renae Eugene
Pu Du Chemistry, PhD Professor Revati Kumar “Modeling and Simulations of Peptoids”
June Maria Durio Educational Leadership and Research, PhD Professor Keena Arbuthnot “The Perceptions of Foster Care Alumni’s Experiences with FourYear Postsecondary Education Institutions: A Case for Capital and Field Advantage”
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Candice Nicole Hale English, PhD Professor Michael Bibler “Mixed Messages: Reading Contemporary U.S. Literature of Biracial Girlhood”
Joshua Ryan Hamzehee Communication Studies, PhD Professor Tracy Stephenson Shaffer “Baton Rouge SLAM!: An Obituary for Summer 2016: A Critical Performance Ethnography of Eclectic Truth Poetry Slam”
Fenglin Han
Civil Engineering, PhD Professors Xiuping Zhu and Stofela Hongliang Zhang Chemical Engineering, PhD “Concentrations, Sources and Professor Kevin McPeak Health Risks of Particulate Matter “Noble-Transition Alloy Absorbers in Southeast US: Current Status and Future Changes” for Near-Infrared Hot-Carrier Optoelectronics”
Sai Sankar Ganesan Chemical Engineering, PhD Professor K. Nandakumar “Internals in Gas-Liquid Systems”
Peter Gingeleskie Economics, PhD Professor Bulent Unel “Socio-economic Impact of Immigration and Diversity in the U.S.”
Joanna Sarah Griffiths Biological Sciences, PhD Professor Morgan Kelly “Natural Variation and Evolutionary Responses to Climate Change Stressors in Marine Invertebrates”
Daniel Guedes de Oliveira Chemical Engineering, PhD Professor Krishnaswamy Nandakumar “A Study of Particle-Laden Flows from Meso and Micro-Scale Perspectives”
Juan Diego Guevara Pinto Psychology, PhD Professor Megan H. Papesh “Leveling the Viewing Field: The Impact of Target-Prevalence on Searcher’s Functional Viewing Field”
Nathan Earl Harms
Biological Sciences, PhD Professor James Cronin “Biogeography of Biological Control: Spatial Variation in Agent-Host Interactions”
Michael Patrick Hayes Chemistry, PhD Professor Robert Cook “Spectroscopic Study of Natural Organic Matter and Carbon Fluctuation in Environmental Systems”
Larry James Heard Music, DMA Professor Joseph Skillen “Instrument Construction: An Examination of the Effect of Lead Pipe Design Variability on Tuba Response”
Amber R. Hebert Social Work, PhD Professor Wesley Church “Correctional Officers’ Mental Health Literacy and Attitudes Toward Offenders with Mental Illness”
Chia-Shan Hsu
Sung ho Kim
Tairan Liu
Music, DMA Professor Espen Lilleslatten Completed a Non-Thesis Program of Research and/or Creative Activity
Music, PhD Professor Dinos Constantinides “The Text Setting of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas Symphony No.2 (Composition)”
Robert Darren Hutchinson
Elizabeth Anne Knox
Mechanical Engineering, PhD Physics, PhD Professor Marcio de Queiroz Professor Rongying Jin “Distance-Based Formation “Investigation of Complex Control: Theory, Applications, and Magnetic Phenomena in Spinel Issues” FeMn2 O4, MnFe2O4, and NiFe2O4”
English, PhD Professor Joseph Kronick “Emerson’s Idealist Poetics: Emerson, Rodl, and the Life of Nature”
Justin Thomas Ittmann
Music, PhD Professor Dinos Constantinides “Concerto for Violin and Orchestra and Nevertheless, She Composed: A Contemporary Survey of Women Composers of the Twenty-First Century”
Engineering Science, PhD Julius Kyakuwa Professors Ayman Okeil and Music, PhD Carol Friedland Professor Ann Marie Stanley “Liability of the Structural “A Case Study of Two Preservice Engineer: Establishing, Quantifying, and Managing Risks” Elementary Music Teachers as Culture-Bearers”
Kevin Valson Jacob
Physics, PhD Professor Jonathan Dowling “On Characterizing Quantum Processes and Detectors”
Yichen Jia Computer Science, PhD Professor Feng Chen “Understanding and Optimizing Flash-Based Key-Value Systems in Data Centers”
Changyi Jiang Chemical Engineering, PhD Professor Kerry M. Dooley “Transition Metal-doped Rareearth Oxysulfide Catalysts for High Temperature Dry Reforming of Methane”
Susan Lale Karimiha Human Resource Education, PhD Professor Sunyoung Park “Understanding the Impact of Psychological Empowerment, Workplace Motivation, and Social Capital on the Job Performance of Farmers in Honduras: A Mixed Methods Study”
Eneet Kaur Physics, PhD Professor Mark Wilde “Limitations on Protecting Information from Adversaries”
Henok Kefelegn Civil Engineering, PhD Professor Zhiqiang Deng “Automatic Shoreline Digitization and Mesh Element Sizing for Hydrodynamic Modeling”
Alexander Melvin Laminack Physics, PhD Professor Jeffrey Blackmon “Stellar Nucelosynthesis: Direct Measurement of the Neutron Capture Cross Sections of Stable Germanium Isotopes and Design of a Next Generation Ion Trap for the Study of Beta-Delayed Neutron Emission”
Olanike Lydia Lawore English, PhD Professor Sharon A. Weltman “Narrating Nigeriopolitanism: The Multiplicity of Nigerian Identity at Home and Abroad”
Kien Le Economics, PhD Professor Areendam Chanda “Agricultural Policies and Economic Development in Vietnam”
Mahakit Lerdcheewanan Music, DMA Professor Espen Lilleslatten Completed a Non-Thesis Program of Research and/or Creative Activity
Bingqing Liu Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, PhD Professor Eurico J. D’Sa “Optical-Biogeochemical Properties and Linkages to Environmental Drivers in the Estuarine-Coastal Ecosystem of the Northern Gulf of Mexico from Field and Satellite Observations”
Roshan Kumar Nepal
Nicholas Joseph Magazine
Nutrition and Food Sciences, PhD Professor Jack Losso “Synthesis and Preliminary Ex Vivo Testing of SiRNA Targeting TCRb - A Proposed Therapy for the Treatment of Autoimmunity”
Thomas John Martin French, PhD Professor Alexandre Leupin “The Venice Four Chanson de Roland: Transformations and Creolizations”
Elisha Siddiqui Matekole Physics, PhD Professor Hwang Lee “Novel Photon-detector Models for Enhanced Quantum Information Processing”
Stuart Alexander McClellan Environmental Science, PhD Professor Edward A. Laws “Assessment of Autoclaved Alkaline-Extractable Soil Protein and Refractory Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Across Two Chronosequences of Developing Coastal Wetlands”
Grace Claire McCrary Music, DMA Professor Sandra Moon “A Performer’s Guide to ‘No Man in His Right Mind,’ ‘Letter,’ and ‘Mirror Mirror’ from the Opera, Dog Days”
Austin Stephen McCray History, PhD Professor Maribel Dietz “Between the Judean Desert and Gaza: Asceticism and the Monastic Communities of Palestine in the Sixth-Century”
Mounir Nessim Music, DMA Professor Espen Lilleslatten “Viola Fragments: Contextualizing and Interpreting Selections from Kurtag’s Signs, Games, and Messages”
Huy Huu Nguyen Chemistry, PhD Professor Robin L. McCarley “Content Release and Fusion of Quinone-Based Liposomes: Lipid Distribution and Cleavage Symmetry of the Quinone Headgroup at the Bilayer”
My T. Nguyen Economics, PhD Professors H. Naci Mocan and Ozkan Eren “Essays on the Economics of Education”
Juterh Nmah Educational Leadership and Research, PhD Professor Jennifer R. Curry “Professional Development and Supervision of Live-In and Live-On Housing and Residence Life Professionals for Crisis Response and Management”
Brittany E. Owens Entomology, PhD Professor Christopher E. Carlton “Taxonomy and Systematics of the New Zealand Pselaphini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)”
Sean Michael Perry
Biomedical and Veterinary Medical Sciences, PhD (VCS) Professor Mark A. Mitchell “Can Assisted Reproductive Petrouchka LoiuseLeslie Moise Technologies Help Conserve 300 Million Years of Evolution? A First Cultural Preservation, DDes Professors Michael Desmond and Attempt at Developing Assisted Reproductive Technologies for William Douglas Male Reptiles” “Mitan-Morphic: The Study of the Evolution of the Contemporary Dominique Petite Haitian Artist in Relations to Music, DMA Historical Trauma” Professor John Dickson Matthew James Myers “James Kallembach’s Antigone: A Conductor’s Guide” Music, DMA Professor John Dickson “A Conductor’s Guide to ‘amass’ by Jocelyn Hagen” LSU Alumni Magazine | Summer 2020
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Nadra Ibrahim Eltayeb Sakr
David Suleiman
Landon Paul Viator
Communication Studies, PhD Professor James Honeycutt “Communicating Observation in Interpersonal Relationships: Development and Validation of the Communicating Observation Measure”
Physics, PhD Professor Philip Sprunger “Vibrational and Electronic Structure of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals Formed on Metal Oxide Nanoclusters and Single-Crystal Surfaces”
Business Administration, PhD Professor Wei-Ling Song “Essays on Relationship Banking and Corporate Financial Policies”
Music, PhD Professor Jesse Allison “Finding Music in Chaos: Designing and Composing with Virtual Instruments Inspired by Chaotic Equations”
Rebecca Lee Rast
Cynthia Erin Sampson
Business Administration, PhD Professors Dan Hamilton Rice and Andrew Kuo “Examining Methodological Approaches to Measuring Emotional Reactions to Advertisements: A Comparison of Self-Report and Physiological Response Measures”
Communication Studies, PhD Professor David Terry “Theater of the Obsessed”
Biomedical and Veterinary Medical Sciences, PhD (CBS) Professor Charles C. Lee “Neural, Behavioral and Molecular Alterations in Mouse Models of Schizophrenia”
Fevzi Sarac
Elizabeth Maria Taylor
Political Science, PhD Professor Leonard Ray “The Differences between Political Islam and the Hizmet Movement in Turkey”
History, PhD Professor Victor Stater “James I: Monarchial Representation and English Identity”
Social Work, PhD Professor Tim Page “Couples’ Relationship Qualities and Child Behavior Problems”
Clay Stephens Tucker
Kai Wang
Geography and Anthropology, PhD Professor Jill Trepanier “Analyzing Climate Risk to Maritime Cypress Swamps and Pine Savannas of the Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain”
Biological Sciences, PhD Professor John C. Larkin “Function of Cyclin-CDK Complexes in Endoreplication Regulation by the CDK Inhibitor SIAMESE”
Timothy Thomas Reling
Sociology, PhD Katelynn Marie Sell Professors Michael Barton and Business Administration, PhD Sarah Becker Professor Thomas Greckhamer “A Comprehensive Assessment of “Constructing Interests Through Rape Myths, Hookup Culture, and Discourse: An Examination of Social Structure” Renewable Energy Industry Associations”
Lori Simone’ Robinson
Educational Leadership and Research, PhD Professor Eugene Kennedy “Summertime: A MixedMethodology Study Exploring the Effects of a University Career and Professional Development Course as First-year Student Athletes Transition into the Universtity”
Taylor Hughes Rowley Geography and Anthropology, PhD Professor Kory Konsoer “Field Investigation on Point Bar Dynamics and Planform Evolution in Meandering Rivers”
Carly Marie Rubin English, PhD Professor Joseph Kronick “Writing Time: Modern Physics, Modernist Lyric, and the Poetics of Temporality”
Cameron Lee Rutt Renewable Natural Resources, PhD Professor Philip C. Stouffer “Conservation Potential and Mechanisms of Avian Decline in Experimentally Fragmented and Regenerating Amazonian Rainforest”
Subir Bahadur Shakya Biological Sciences, PhD Professor Frederick H. Sheldon “Genomics and Population History of Black- Headed Bulbul (Brachypodius atriceps) Color Morphs”
Razia Sultana
Reuben Twijukye
Human Resource Education, PhD Professor Michael F. Burnett “The Influence of Housing in a Content-Based Residential College and Selected Demographic Characteristics on Hamed Shamkhalichenar the Retention of Students Enrolled in a College of Business at a Electrical Engineering, PhD Research University (RU/VH) in Professor Jin-Woo Choi the Southern Region of the United “Printed Electrochemical Sensors” States”
Safura Sharifi Electrical Engineering, PhD Professors Georgios Veronis and Jonathan Dowling “Application of Stochastic Optimization and Machine Learning in Photonic Nanostructures and Quantum Optical Systems”
Deirdre Colleen Smith Geography and Anthropology, PhD Professor Jill Trepanier “Spatiotemporal and Meteorological Analysis of Terrestrial Gamma-Ray Flashes”
Montana Jean Smith Communication Studies, PhD Professor Tracy Stephenson Shaffer “The Choreo-Story Workshops: Devising Body Narratives”
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Sri Laalitya Uppalapati Physics, PhD Professor Daniel Sheehy “Examining Interaction Effects in 2D Fermi Gases Using Renormalization Group Theory”
Eliza Dickinson Urban English, PhD Professor Sharon Weltman “Ghost Writing: Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s Occult Novels and the Rhetoric of Spectral Phenomenology”
Manibarathi Vaithiyanathan
Elizabeth Mitchell Wallace Music, PhD Professor Daniel Isbell “Acoustic Measures of the Singing Voice in Secondary School Singers”
Erin Elizabeth Wallace
Tianheng Wang Economics, PhD Professors Naci Mocan and Ozkan Eren “Three Essays on the Economics of Education”
Yibo Xie Physics, PhD Professors Rui Zhang and Kenneth Matthews “Comprehensive Investigation of Radiotherapy Techniques for Whole Breast and PostMastectomy Irradiations”
Jingzhu Xu Physics, PhD Professor Joyoni Dey “X-ray Interferometry Without Analyzer for Breast CT Application, a Simulation Study”
Zhen Xu Renewable Natural Resources, PhD Professor Y. Jun Xu “Element Transport in a RiverLake Continuum Across Forest-Dominated Landscapes: A Case Study in Central Louisiana”
Chemical Engineering, PhD Professor Adam T. Melvin “Experimental and Computational Shijun Yan Tools for Single Cell Analysis in Kinesiology, PhD Cancer Diagnostics” Professor Jan M. Hondzinski “Geometric Visual Illusion Effects on Visual Perception and Visuomotor Control: Emphasis on the Vertical-Horizontal Illusion”
Chien-Hui Yang
Laibao Zhang
Xiaodong Zhao
Haojie Zhu
Music, DMA Professor Dennis Parker “A Survey of French Cello Music Dating from the Baroque Era to the 20th-Century”
Chemical Engineering, PhD Professor Kunlun Ding “Size-Selective Catalysis by Encapsulated Metal Nanoparticles”
Physics, PhD Professor Rui Zhang “Accurate Tracking of Patient Position and Dose Based on Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy-Computed Tomography”
Geography and Anthropology, PhD Professor Fahui Wang “Building an Agent-Based Crime Simulation with Environmental Criminology and Time Geography: A Case Study of Robberies in Baton Rouge, Louisiana”
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Marguerite L. Adams (1975 BACH ENGR, 1975 MAST LSU Med), an attorney with Liskow & Lewis, was ranked in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Real Estate. Dean Bork (1979 MAST A&D), associate professor of landscape architecture in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech, was conferred the title of associate professor emeritus by the Virginia
DEGREES BACH Bachelor’s Degree MAST Master’s Degree PHD Doctorate SPEC Specialist DVM Doctor of Veterinary Medicine JD Juris Doctorate (LSU Law School) LLM Master of Laws MD Medical Doctor (LSU School of Medicine) DDS Doctor of Dental Science (LSU School of Dentistry) COLLEGES/SCHOOLS AGR Agriculture A&D Art & Design C&E Coast & Environment H&SS Humanities & Social Sciences SCI Science BUS Business HS&E Human Sciences & Education ENGR Engineering M&DA Music & Dramatic Arts MCOM Mass Communication SCE School of the Coast & Environment SVM School of Veterinary Medicine SW Social Work
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Tech Board of Visitors. A member of the faculty since 1980, Bork served as department chair in the Department of Landscape Architecture from 2000 through 2007, leading the department's transition into a program and expanding graduate studies in landscape architecture in the greater Washington, D.C., metro area. Under his leadership, the undergraduate program attained top-ranked status in the DesignIntelligence rankings and achieved its highest ever levels of externally funded research. Bork received his bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from the University of Wisconsin. Kirk Borne (1975 BACH SCI), data scientist and astrophysicist at Booz Allen Hamilton, Columbia, Md., was named a 2019 American Astronomical Society (AAS) Fellow for achievement and extraordinary service to the field of astronomy and the society. Borne was previously professor of astrophysics and computational science at George Mason University and served as undergraduate advisor for the university’s data science program and graduate adviser in the computational science and informatics Ph.D. program. He holds master’s and doctoral degrees in astrophysics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). Julie Cantrell (1979 BACH A&D) received the 2019 Pulpwood Queens Book of the Year Award for her novel Perennials. Cantrell, a New York Times and USA Today bestselling, author resides in Houston. See Tigers in Print, page 88.
David R. Cassidy (1972 BACH H&SS, 1975 JD) an attorney with Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, is listed in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana in the area of Tax.gineer with Suez WTS in the Gulf Area. Charlie D’Agostino (1970 BACH SCI, 1972 MBA), president of Developmental Consulting, LLC, was named to Baton Rouge Business Report’s 2020 Hall of Fame as Hall of Fame Laureate in March. D’Agostino, founder of LSU’s Innovation Park and the Louisiana Business and Technology Center, and its executive director for thirty years, is past president of the Association of University Research Parks. Gregory D. Frost, (1977 BACH H&SS, 1981 JD), an attorney with Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, is listed in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana in the area of Healthcare. Preston L. Kennedy (1978 BACH BUS), president and CEO of Zachary Bancshares, Inc., in Zachary, La., will serve as immediate past chairman of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) for 2020-2021. Kennedy serves on the ICBA executive committee, board of directors, and Federal Delegate Board and serves in
leadership roles on numerous committees. He is also an ex-officio member of the Consolidated Holdings and the Services Network boards. Kennedy previously served as president of the Feliciana Chamber of Commerce and the Zachary Chamber of Commerce and has served on the boards of Dixie Business Center and the Lane Regional Medical Center Foundation.
Peggy Scott (1973 BACH BUS), chief executive officer and board chair of Cleco and board director with the Eastern Company and Health Insurance Innovations, Inc., was named to Baton Rouge Business Report’s 2020 Hall of Fame as Hall of Fame Laureate in March.
Amey Shortess Crousillac (1982 BACH H&SS) joined the Staff at Capital Area United Way as vice president of resource development. She will be involved with the organization’s annual campaign as well as the affinity group, Women Unite, and Brotherhood Sisterhood Awards.
Eve B. Masinter (1979 BACH H&SS, 1982 JD), an attorney with Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, is listed in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana in the area of Labor & Employment.
Benton Toups (1977 BACH H&SS, 2000 JD), a partner with Cranfill Sumner & Hartzog (CSH) in Wilmington, N.C., was named chair of the CSH Law Employment Law Practice Group. Toups focuses his practice on employment law, business litigation, and ERISA litigation.
Robert S. Angelico (1980 BACH BUS), an attorney with Liskow & Lewis, was ranked in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Tax.
E. Fredrick Preis, Jr. (1971 BACH BUS, 1974 JD), an attorney with Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, is listed in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana in the area of Labor & Employment. Claude F. Reynaud, Jr. (1974 BACH BUS) an attorney with Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, is listed in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana in the area of Litigation: General Commercial.
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Richard Arsenault (1980 JD) recently chaired the Annual LSBA Admiralty and Complex Litigation Symposiums, was selected by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel as a member of the Nation's Top One Percent and taught a class at the Baylor Law School Litigation Management LLM program. Louis Buatt (1986 BACH SCI), an attorney with Liskow & Lewis, was ranked in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Environment.
James Brown (1981 BACH H&SS, 1984 JD), an attorney with Liskow & Lewis, was ranked in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Litigation: General Commercial. John D’Angelo, (1982 BACH BUS), president and CEO, Investar Bank, was named to Baton Rouge Business Report’s 2020 Hall of Fame as Businessperson of the Year.
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James C. Exnicios (1980 BACH BUS), an attorney with Liskow & Lewis, was ranked in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Tax. Sidney E. Fuchs (1984 BACH ENGR, 1987 MAST ENGR) and his wife, Susan (1986 BACH BUS), of Herndon, Va., will be returning to Baton Rouge after more than thirty-years in the Washington, D.C. area. Fuchs recently retired from a distinguished career in National Security and Intelligence, where he started as a CIA officer before he went on to lead aerospace and defense companies as a CEO. He was recently president, CEO, and director of MacAulay-Brown, Inc., a leading national security engineering company that was acquired in 2018. Currently consulting and sitting on corporate boards, Fuchs was named to the LSU Alumni Association Hall of Distinction in 2016 and the LSU College of Engineering Hall of Distinction in 2012. Professor Keith B. Hall (1985 BACH ENGR), the Campanile Charities Professor of Energy Law, was appointed director of The LSU John P. Laborde Energy Law Center in January after serving as interim director for about a year. Hall joined the faculty in 2012 and also served as director of the Louisiana Mineral Law Institute. He previously practiced law for sixteen years with Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann law firm in New Orleans. He graduated from the Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans in 1996.
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John Kelley (1984 DVM), founder of Lower Cape Veterinary Services, a four-hospital practice in Eastham, Mass., was recognized as the School of Veterinary Medicine 2019 Distinguished Alumnus in February. Kelley was instrumental in developing Cape Animal Referral and Emergency Center in S. Dennis, Mass. He is a member of American Veterinary Medical Association, Massachusetts Veterinary Association, and American Animal Hospital Association. He also holds a M.S. degree in theriogenology. Alonzo Llorens (1984 BACH BUS) joined Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein in Atlanta, Ga., in March. He was most recently at Patel Burkhalter and previously an attorney in the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Honors Program and later with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in its Division of Corporation Finance. He is a member of 100 Black Men of Atlanta; served on a variety of boards, including Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta Business League, and Atlanta Legal Diversity Consortium; and was awarded the Atlanta Business League’s Leadership Award and its Men of Influence Award. He is the author of a political thriller, The Mirror. Llorens earned his law degree from Howard University and was managing editor of the Howard Law Journal. Thomas McGoey, II (1987 JD), an attorney with Liskow & Lewis, was ranked in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading
Lawyers for Business in the area of Labor & Employment. Tyron Picard (1987 BACH H&SS), founder and principal of The Picard Group, was appointed by Gov. John Bel Edwards to serve on the Resilient Louisiana Commission, formed to examine the state's economy amid the coronavirus pandemic and make recommendations for resilient business-related activities and commerce. Picard received a law degree from Tulane in 1990.
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Ofori Agboka (1998 BACH H&SS) joined Amazon as vice president of HR Global Fulfillment. He was most recently executive director of HG Global Corporate Staffs and GM, where he advanced in leadership positions in manufacturing, labor relations and HR across the globe. He served as the executive champion of GM’s African Ancestry Network-Employee Resource Group, in which he was actively involved in fundraising and community service for UNCF, American Cancer Society, Detroit’s NEYIC Adopt-A-Child, and various mentoring programs. He has been recognized by Savoy Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America and was the recipient of Automotive News’ 2017 Rising Star award. Agboka completed the GM Transformational Leadership Program from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. He serves on the LSU Alumni Association Board of Directors.
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John T. Andrishok (1993 BACH BUS, 1997 JD) joined Taylor Porter, Baton Rouge, as special counsel. He has represented clients in construction litigation and labor and employment law since 1997. He served as special advisor to the Louisiana Law Institute’s Security Devices Committee, and as special master in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court. Andrishok has been recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Louisiana in the area of Construction Law since 2012. He was selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, is rated as AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, and is a Charter Fellow of the Construction Lawyers Society of America, an invitation-only construction lawyer honorary society. Michael Golemi (1999 JD), an attorney with Liskow & Lewis, was ranked in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Transportation: Shipping/ Maritime: Litigation. Emily Black Grey (1997 BACH H&SS, 2000 JD), a partner in the Baton Rouge office of Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, and manager of the firm’s health care section, was reappointed chair of the American Health Lawyers Association Hospitals and Health Systems Practice Group. She is listed in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for Louisiana in the area of Healthcare.
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Greg L. Johnson (1990 BACH BUS), an attorney with Liskow & Lewis, was ranked in the 2020 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Environment. Lara Grauer Kaufmann (1990 BACH MCOM), associate director of Greenville Downtown Airport (GMU) in Columbia, S.C., was appointed to South Carolina Aeronautics Commission, representing District 4. She is the first woman in South Carolina to hold the title. A ten-year GMU employee, Kaufmann is responsible for the airport’s community outreach efforts. She helped create Runway Park and Runway Café, was instrumental in the progress of the Military History Center of the Carolinas Museum, developed the airport field trip curriculum, and helped launch the annual Take Flight 5K, a footrace on the GMU runway. She is a member of Greenville Technical College’s Aircraft Maintenance Technology Advisory Committee, South Carolina Aviation Association, Experimental Aircraft Association, Upstate Aviation Club, and South Carolina Breakfast Club. Edith “Dee Dee” Lancaster (1992 BACH H&SS), director of logistics flow and signage at the Republican National Convention, has more than two decades of experience developing strategic planning initiatives and logistics, resulting in successful events for her clients. She has worked with four Presidential Inaugural Committees, the Republican
National Committee, and multiple Republican National Conventions. Karen Naumann (1993 BACH MCOM), of Silver Spring, Md., an accredited public relations practitioner, joined the Advanced Studies team of the U.S. Dept. of Defense’s Defense Information School as a senior instructor. Pam Roche (1993 BACH ENGR), vice president of operations, Americas for KBR, Inc., is instrumental in the execution of billiondollar pipeline projects across the world. A practicing engineer for more than twenty-three years, she contributes to the success of the company and her fellow colleagues through her involvement in KBR’s company-wide employee resource group ASPIRE, which fosters the development of women and promotes a diverse workforce. Ivan Rodriguez (1990 BACH BUS, 1993 JD) was named managing partner of Phelps Dunbar’s Houston office. He practices in a variety of matters in the maritime and energy industries as well as construction disputes, labor and employment, and products liability, and is regional and national counsel for several clients. Morgan Stewart (1990 BACH MCOM) repened his New Orleans public relations firm, Stewart Communications, and expanded to North Carolina. Stewart offers
nearly thirty years’ reputation and brand management experience in a wide array of industries including consumer electronics, economic development, energy, government, non-profits, retail, and utilities. His experience with two Fortune 200 companies (Entergy Corp. and Circuit City Stores, Inc.), former Virginia Governor George Allen, and the New Orleans Business Alliance gives his clients executive-level advertising, crisis management, marketing, media relations, and public relations services. Current and recent clients include Another Broken Egg of America, Inc., PosiGen Solar Solutions, Sigora Solar, Crescent City Cyber Security, Jesuit High School, Huck Finn’s Café, and the New Orleans Mission.
Tiffany Stewart (1999 MAST H&SS, 2002 PHD H&SS), the Dudley & Beverly Coates Endowed Professor and director of the Behavior Technology Laboratory and Pennington Diabetes Clinic, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, was named to Baton Rouge Business Report’s 2020 class of Influential Women.
Emily Plauché Maxwell (1999 BACH BUS), of Natchez, Miss., was authorized by the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Board of Standards to use the Certified Financial Planner™ and CFP® certification marks in accordance with board certification and renewal requirements. Maxwell joined Bergeron and Plauché in 2000 and assists individuals, families, and businesses strategize so they may retain control of their wealth and plan for future and financial goals.
Remastered Cane River Shows at Manship Theatre Richard Romain (1977 BACH H&SS), former LSU Tigers wide receiver and star of the 1982 film Cane River, was on hand for the movie’s March showing at the Manship Theatre. Written, produced, and directed by Emmy Award-winning documentarian Horace B. Jenkins and produced by an entirely African American cast and crew, Cane River is a racially charged love story in Natchitoches Parish, a “free community of color.” Following Jenkins’ death shortly after the film’s completion, it disappeared and was considered lost for nearly forty years. A negative was recovered in 2013, and a digitally remastered version was screened at the 2018 New Orleans Film Festival. Film distributor Oscilloscope released it in select theaters this year. The event was presented by Films at Manship, River Road African American Museum, and West Baton Rouge Museum.
Richard Romain, took part in a post-show Q&A with his costar Tommye Myrick. From left are Romain actress Carol Sutton, Kathe Hambrick of the West Baton Rouge Museum, and Myrick. Photo: Jason Langlois/ Manship Theatre
Richard Romain as Peter Metoyer in Cane River. Photo: Oscilliscope
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Erin Bendily (2003 MPA, 2018 PHD HS&E) was named Propel America’s first executive director for the nonprofit organization’s work in Louisiana. Propel connects high school graduates with high-value training programs and employers to transition them into a great first job and also meet regional workforce needs. Bendily was previously assistant superintendent for policy and governmental affairs at the Louisiana Department of Education. Christina "CC" Cobaugh (2009 BACH H&SS), chief of staff and director of ticketing at the Republican National Convention, executes the overall vision, mission, values, and strategic goals and is responsible for the management and distribution of all tickets to convention events. She was most recently executive secretary and policy coordinator at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative under Ambassador Robert E. Lighthize and previously served on the executive team for the 58th Presidential Inaugural Committee and was a policy analyst and director of business development at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck. Jessica Cormier, (2001 BACH BUS), director of finance at the Louisiana High School Athletic Association, was appointed to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Foundation Board. Cormier is
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president-elect of the Society of Louisiana CPA’s Baton Rouge Chapter and on the national level has served on AICPA’s Young Member Leadership Committee and the organization’s Women’s Initiative Executive Committee Champions Task Force. In the community, she volunteers with St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, serving on its finance committee, ACTS Retreat Team, lector, and extraordinary minister. She received the Society of Louisiana CPA’s 2017 Women to Watch Emerging Leader Award and is an AICPA Leadership Academy Graduate. Norisha Kirts Glover (2003 BACH MCOM, 2004 MPA), owner of NRK Construction, was named to Baton Rouge Business Report’s 2020 class of Influential Women. Amber Gunn (2005 LSU Dental School) joined Urban South Brewery in 2018 as taproom operations manager and event planner. Brad Gunn (2003 BACH ENGR), a bartender and tour guide at Urban South Brewery, appreciates his time at LSU for providing an enriching experience that helped him develop his critical thinking, teamwork and personal interaction skills.
Kevin Hebert (2003 BACH BUS) was named director of strategic innovation at the New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity in January. Hebert joined the organization in 2015 as director of construction. Previously, he worked in the acquisition and renovation of distressed properties in the Chicago, Ill., area and in the advertising industry. Racheal Hebert (2007 BACH H&SS, 2013 MLS) president and CEO of Sexual Trauma Awareness & Response Center, was named to Baton Rouge Business Report’s 2020 class of Influential Women in Business. Brittany Huling (2005 BACH A&D) is Urban South Brewery’s graphic designer. She and her husband, Kyle, Urban South’s cofounder, met at LSU. “Working together for Urban South truly combines both of our passions beer and design,” she writes. Eric B. Landry (2002 BACH BUS, 2006 JD), a partner in Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, was elected to the firm’s management committee, which directs policy decision and provides guidance and leadership for strategic operation and growth.
Matt Lambert (2003 BACH BUS), of Metairie, La., received the Brother Martin High School 2020 Brother More Schaefer Faculty Award in February. Lambert graduated from Brother Martin in 1998 and joined the faculty in 2004. He has served as head wrestling coach, eighth-grade baseball coach, seventh- and eighth-grade trip coordinator, College Run coordinator, assistant in the Admissions Office, and Fishing Club moderator. He is currently a member of the Mathematics Department and Formation Center, athletics assistant, and head eighthgrade baseball coach. Mallory McGough (2009 BACH H&SS), director of administration at the Republican National Convention, previously worked for several organizations, including Knock Knock Children's Museum and the American Cancer Society in Baton Rouge and in events and athletics operations management in Nashville, Tenn. McGough also worked for Congressman Pete Sessions, running his internship program in Washington, D.C., and serving as grassroots coordinator of his re-election campaign in Dallas. Courtney Phillips (2000 BACH HS&E, 2003 MPA) was appointed secretary of the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) by Gov. John Bel Edwards in April. In October 2018, Phillips became the first woman to serve as the executive commissioner of Texas Health and Human Services. She was formerly
chief executive officer of the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services and spent twelve years with LDH in a variety of roles. She holds a doctorate in public policy from Southern University. Jyric Sims (2005 BAH HS&E), chief executive officer of Medical City Forth Worth, was recognized as one of seventy African American leaders in healthcare to know by Becker’s Hospital Review. The list highlights African Americans who have taken on leadership roles across the country at hospitals and health systems as well as in national organizations and includes both established and emerging leaders. Sims served on a national delegation to Israel and currently serves on the LSU National
Diversity Advisory Board, LSU Foundation Board of Directors, and is an adjunct faculty member at Tulane University School of Public Health.
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Eric Augustin (2011 BACH ENGR), a brewer at Urban South Brewery since 2017, uses the organizational and multitasking skills he learned at LSU in his work with the brewing team.' Sarah Edwards (2011 BACH H&SS), an attorney with McGlinchey Stafford, was selected to participate in the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Pathfinders program for
From left, Jim Erny, Mike Enright, Harry Meredith, Leonard Scrantz, Randall Angelle, Tom Daly, Terry Latiolais, Charles Hardy, Florent Hardy, Jr., Lynn Alexander, Francis DeBlanc, Mike Reid, Phil Spezale, Terry Forstall, Barry Solar, Wayne Johnson, Andrew VonHagnagy, Butch Wyble, and Paul Hardy.
Celebrating Retirement – Alumni members of Phi Kappa Theta’s Omicron Chapter of the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette) honored their brother Florent “Pon” Hardy, Jr. (1974 PHD HS&E) at a retirement luncheon in March. Hardy, state archivist at Louisiana State Archives/Louisiana’s Historical Jewelry Box since 2000, retired in February.
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diverse, high-potential, early career attorneys. She was named a 20192020 Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Star and to New Orleans CityBusiness Ones to Watch in 2019. She is involved with various bar and industry associations, including the American Bar Association’s Consumer Financial Services Committee and the Online Lenders Alliance.
Greg Ostrom (2017 BACH H&SS) joined the Urgan South Brewery as packaging operator in 2019. He recalls the sense of community, teamwork, and cooperation toward a greater goal he learned at LSU from his time in athletics and his fraternity.
John Michael Moore (2017 BACH M&DA) joined Urban South Brewery in 2018 as sales representative. He credits LSU with his communication skills, teamwork ethic, and the ability to find success through hard work.
Seth Reich (2010 BACH ENGR), an attorney with Caldwell Cassady & Curry, Dallas, Texas, was named to the 2020 Texas Rising Stars list of the top young lawyers in the state.
Thomas Naquin (2016 BACH H&SS, 2019 JD) joined the Baton Rouge law firm Bienvenu, Bonnecaze, Foco, Viator, and Holinga and practices in the area of general litigation.
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BENGALS Amanda Exner Staiano (2007 BACH H&SS) and Patrick Staiano (2008 BACH ENGR) announce the birth of Emily Anne Staiano on Nov. 28, 2019. Emily weighed 8 lbs. 6 oz. and measured 21 inches. Chris (2011 BACH HS&E) and Mallory Carmouche announce the birth of their son, Parker Christopher Carmouche, on April 14, 2020. Parker weighed in 7 lbs. 4 oz. and measured 19 5/8 inches and was welcomed home by his big sister, Eloise Mae.
APOLLO Update Recalling his memories of the Apollo mission (LSU Alumni Magazine Winter 2019 and Spring 2020), Harvey Schwartzberg (1949 BACH ENGR), of Baton Rouge, shares this note: After earning my bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from LSU, I enrolled at the University of Illinois and earned a master’s degree in the same field in 1950. Following a brief period with the General Electric Co. in Schenectady, N.Y., I was called to active duty in the U.S. Air Force. Upon separation, I worked for General Dynamics in Fort Worth, Texas, and then Trans-Sonics of Burlington, Mass., for which I opened an office in New Orleans in 1963 to deal with NASA and the Michoud facility during the development of the S1 Booster. I was successful in obtaining the contract for design, development, and production from the Boeing Company for the Fuel (RP-1) and Oxidizer (LOX) gauging systems. Working with the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, I positioned Trans-Sonics to obtain the award of the Fuel (Aerozene50) and Oxidizer (Nitrogen Tetroxide) gauging systems for the Lunar Module from the Grumman Company. On final descent to the lunar surface, the three measurements continuously relayed to Mission Control by astronaut Neil Armstrong were breathing oxygen, height above the surface, and remaining fuel, for they had to have sufficient fuel to lift off the moon and hook up with the orbiting command module to return to Earth.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Spring 2019 issue referred to a “95-year milestone” for the magazine. That was incorrect. Indeed, the magazine traces its ancestry 117 years back, to The Alumnus, first published in 1903, two years before the Society of Alumni of the Louisiana State University was chartered in 1905. Through the years, today’s LSU Alumni Magazine has been published as The Alumnus, LSU Alumni News, and LSU Magazine. The magazine regrets the error.
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In Memoriam Veil David “Sonny” DeVillier, (1957 BACH H&SS, 1960 JD) died of COVID-19 on April 17, 2020, in Baton Rouge. DeVillier graduated from Eunice High School in 1953, where he served as the school’s first student body president. At LSU, he was an active member of Lambda Chi Alpha and served as its president for three terms. He remained involved with the fraternity for decades, serving as its alumni president and as a member of the Grand High Zeta, its national governing board. DeVillier was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army in 1966, as an infantry captain. He was actively involved in John F. Kennedy’s presidential run and in John McKeithen’s gubernatorial campaign. A staunch LSU supporter, he was a driving force in establishing LSU-Eunice, was as the special assistant to the chancellor of LSU, and was a member of and served as president of the LSU Alumni Association Board of Directors. He served as the president of Acadiana Bank and Chairman of the Board of the Planters Trust & Savings Bank, as chief counsel for the oil and gas division of Louisiana’s Office of Conservation, and as executive director of the Louisiana State Trooper’s Association. Donald E. Welge (1957 BACH AGR), of Chester, Ill., passed on April 16, 2020, at Missouri Baptist Medical Center, St. Louis, Mo. Welge, president of Gilster Mary-Lee Corp., was with the company for over sixty years. He was a member of St. John Lutheran Church in Chester; a member of the Chamber of Commerce in Chester, Steeleville, and Perryville, Ill.; and a director for the Buena Vista National Bank. He was passionate in supporting the Boy Scouts for more than forty years and served as council president. Welge an adviser for the School of Business at Southern Illinois University of Carbondale and Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau and was active with the LSU College of Agriculture. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was named to the LSU Alumni Association Hall of Distinction in 2012. Frank B. Wickes, LSU director of bands emeritus and Carruth Alumni Professor Emeritus, passed away on April 27, 2020, in Fleming Island, Fla. Wickes, director of bands from 1980-2010, directed the Golden Band from Tigerland, conducted the LSU Wind Ensemble, and taught graduate courses. During his tenure, the Tiger Band was repeatedly recognized for excellence at national and international levels. In 1997, the band was unanimously named the outstanding marching band of the SEC and in 2002 received the Sudler Trophy for a distinguished history of marching and performance excellence. Tiger Band won the “Battle of the Bands,” a college marching band contest sponsored by ESPN, Lucasfilm, and Paramount Pictures, in 2008 and in 2009 was inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. Wickes partnered with LSU Alumni Association to launch the annual LSU Alumni Band Reunion in 1985. His personal honors are numerous, among them, the National Band Association's highest honor, the Academy of Wind and Percussion Arts Award for excellence and exceptional service to the band profession; election to the Louisiana Music Educators Hall of Fame; induction into the National Band Association Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Conductors; and receiving the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic Medal of Honor. In 2019, Wickes received an honorary Doctor of Arts from LSU, in recognition of his enormous contributions to the University and the LSU Department of Bands.
1930s Theda Alice Tucker Ricks, 1939 BACH HS&E, 1956 MAST HS&E, April 30, 2020, Baton Rouge, La.
Charles E. Severance, 1957 BACH AGR, March 22, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Graydon Lee Walker, 1950 BACH H&SE, 1956 MAST HS&E, April 11, 2020, Baton Rouge, La.
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Jane Keel Banquer, 1943 BACH BUS, April 7, 2020, Norco, La. Helene Shahan Forester, 1944 BACH AGR, April 30, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Eloise Farris Persac, 1949 BACH BUS, March 14, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. George W. Pugh, 1947 BACH H&SS, 1950 JD, April 7, 2020, Baton Rouge, La.
Daniel Elemore “Danny” Becnel, Jr., 1966 BACH H&SS, April 7, 2020, Laplace, La. Fred Houston Belcher, Jr., 1961 JD, April 21, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Maurice Jerome “Jerry” Bize, 1967 BACH ENGR, 1969 MBA, April 11, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Vanessa A. Briggs, 1968 BACH H&SS, April 4, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. John Joseph “Jack” d'Aquin, Jr., 1969 BACH H&SS, April 18, 2020, Avery Island, La. Jerry A. Gurie, 1963 BACH AGR, Mach 13, 2020, Summerville, La. Percy Franklin Kuhn, 1963 BACH ENGR, March 19, 2020, Mandeville, La. Sidney Marshall Longwell, Sr., 1968 BACH H&SS, March 27, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Melinda Mangham, 1962 BACH HS&E, April 30, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Glynes Kay Westh “Missy” Poché, 1964 Med Tech/LSU Med School, April 26, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Richard Jesse "Jess" Searles, Jr., 1961 BACH A&D, March 17, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Oran Justin Suire, 1965 BACH ENGR, May 5, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Ronald C. Thompson, 1965 BACH AGR, 1969 MAST AGR, Feb, 12, 2020, Forest Grove, Ore. Alton Dale “Skipper” Thornton, Sr., 1961 BACH H&SS, March 15, 2020, Denham Springs, La.
1950s Ray Paul Authement, 1952 BACH H&SS, 1956 PHD H&SS, April 5, 2020, Lafayette, La. Laurance W. Brooks, Jr., 1955 BACH H&SS, Feb. 21, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Claude C. Fuqua, Jr., 1952 MAST HS&E, 1967 CERT HS&E, March 18, 2020, Lafayette, La. Edward Clark Gaudin, 1952 BACH A&D, JD 1958, March 19, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Zoe Stevens Harrell, 1959 BACH H&SS, 1981 MAST HS&E, April 8 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Frank Joseph Husband, III, 1955 BACH SCI, March 22, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Louis William McHardy, 1951 BACH H&SS, 1956 MAST H&SS, May 1, 2020, Baton Rouge La. Johnie Graves Morgan, 1957 MAST HS&E, April 26, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Robert J. “Bob” O’Brien, 1958 BACH H&SS, April 2, 2019, Clifton Park, N.Y. Gordon C. Ogden, Jr., 1959 BACH H&SS, April 10, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Henry Dupont Heck Olinde, Sr., 1950 BACH H&SS, 1954 MD, April 30, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. James Francis “Jim” Pierson, Jr., 1955 BACH BUS, 1957 JD, March 9, 2020, Baton Rouge, La.
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1970s Francis Raphael “F.R.” Cavell, Jr., 1972 BACH H&SS, March 30, 2020, Baton Rouge, La.
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Ted Wayne David, 1973 MAST HS&E, April 27, 2020, Jarreau, La. Paul Elgean Doucet, 1972 MAST HS&E, April 21, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Mary Alice Fazekas-May, 1978 BACH H&SS, March 22, 2020, New Orleans, La. Thomas “Tom” Mons, 1974 BACH H&SS, April 13, 2020, Denham Springs, La. Larry Michael Maciasz, 1973 BACH H&SS, May 5, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Bernie “Bunny” C. Purvis, 1971 BACH HS&E, 1977 MAST HS&E, April 28, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Richard McLeish “Rick” Sandefer, 1973 JD, March 27, 2020, Biloxi, Miss. Donald Stilley, 1973 MAST HS&E, April 5, 2020, Albany, La. Evva Z. Wilson, 1970 MAST AGR, 1990 PHD AGR, May 1, 2020, Port Allen, La. Alberta Villien Winch, 1970 MLS, April 7, 2020, Lafayette, La.
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1980s Marion Marsha Drennen, 1989 BACH A&D, March 19, 2020, St. Francisville, La. Pamela G. Magee, 1982 BACH H&SS, 1986 JD, April 17, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Elizabeth “Betty” Busch Miller, 1989 BACH HS&E, April 19, 2020, Lafayette, La. Adrienne Marie Johnson Robertson, 1982 BACH H&SS, April 20, 2020, Plaquemine, La. Patti Polzin Roughton, 1984 BACH AGR April 220, 2020, Baton Rouge, La.
1990s Patricia Ann “Patty" Dunhardt, 1998 MAST H&SS, May 6, 2020, Manassas, Va. Vicki Lyn Smith LeBleu, 1990 BACH HS&E, 1994 MAST HS&E, March 18, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Anne Metre Ronholt Montalvo, 1994 BACH H&SS, April 7, 2020, Baton Rouge, La. Thomas Charles Morgan, 1996 JD, April 21, 2020, Flatrock, N.C. Patricia Andrae North, 1999 BACH H&SS, March 26, 2020, Baton Rouge, La.
2000s Katherine Jane Dalrymple, 2008 BACH H&SS, May 7, 2020, Alexandria, La. Stephanie Dornier McGehee, 2004 BACH MCOM, March 21, 2020, Lettsworth, La.
2010s Joshua Stern Lahasky, 2017 BACH BUS, April 28, 2020, Lafayette, La. Ashley Danielle Lee, 2010 MPA, April 22, 2020, Baton Rouge, La
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Tigers in Print Julie Cantrell (1995 BACH H&SS, 1997 MAST H&SS) Perennials and Crescendo (HarperCollins) Perennials – Eva Sutherland, known as Lovey, grew up safe and secure in Oxford, Miss., surrounded by a rich literary history and her mother’s stunning flower gardens. A shed fire, and the injuries it caused, changed everything. Her older sister, Bitsy – homecoming queen and the perfect Southern belle who could do no wrong – blamed Lovey for the damage. At eighteen, suffocating in her sister’s shadow, Lovey turns down a marriage proposal and flees to Arizona, carving a satisfying life for herself as a successful advertising executive and weekend yoga instructor. But at forty-five, Lovey is feeling alone and questioning the choices that led her here. When her father insists she come home three weeks early for her parents’ fiftieth anniversary, Lovey is at her wits’ end. She’s about to close the biggest contract of her career, and there’s a lot on the line. Despite the risks, her father’s words, “Family First,” draw her back to the red-dirt roads of Mississippi. Lovey is quickly engrossed in a secret project – a memory garden her father has planned as an anniversary surprise. The landscaper working on it is none other than Fisher, the first boy she loved. As she helps create this sacred space, Lovey begins to rediscover her roots, the power of second chances, and how to live perennially in spite of life’s many trials and tragedies. Crescendo – More than eighty years ago, a musical prodigy with a brilliant mind was born into a poor, uneducated, and abusive
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family in rural South Georgia. At three years of age, Fred Allen could play Mozart sonatas on the piano without missing a note. In spite of his obvious talent, Fred’s parents discouraged him, even locking away the piano. Forced to fend for himself through his adolescent years, Fred knew he needed to find a way to rise above his broken background. With incredible effort, and a few miracles along the way, Fred earned acceptance into the Julliard School in New York City. While simultaneously attending Juilliard, Union Theological Seminary, and Columbia University, he directed a local church choir, caught the attention of the music industry, and in the 1960s received numerous Grammy nominations. As his career was taking off, Fred’s wife announced she no longer wanted to raise their daughter in New York City and was heading home to the South. Trying not to think about what could have been, Fred took a job as a high school music teacher in his hometown. Far from the executive suites of RCA and the allure of Broadway, Fred never could have imagined that his new role would not only transform his life but also change an entire community forever.
Barbara Cook Overton (2015 PHD H&SS) Unintended Consequences of Electronic Medical Records: An Emergency Room Ethnography (Lexington Press) Unintended Consequences of Electronic Medical Records: An Emergency Room Ethnography argues that while electronic medical records (EMRs) were supposed to improve health care delivery, EMRs’ unintended consequences have affected emergency medicine providers and patients in alarming ways. Higher healthcare costs, decreased physician productivity, increased provider burnout, lower levels of patient satisfaction, and more medical mistakes are just a few of the consequences Barbara Cook Overton observes while studying one emergency room’s EMR adoption. With data collected over six years, Overton demonstrates how EMRs harm health care organizations and thrust providers into the midst of incompatible rule systems without appropriate strategies for coping with these challenges, thus robbing them of agency. Using structuration theory and its derivatives to frame her analysis, Overton explores the ways providers communicatively and
performatively receive and manage EMRs in emergency rooms. Scholars of communication and medicine will find this book particularly useful. April C. Smith (1999 MAST SCI) 30 Great North Carolina Science Adventures (University of North Carolina Press) From underground wonderlands to islands in the sky and everything in between, North Carolina possesses an astonishingly rich array of natural wonders. Building on this abundance, April C. Smith passionately seeks to open the world of nature to everyone. Her popular science
guidebook features thirty sites across North Carolina that are perfect for exploration and hands-on learning about the Earth and the environment. A stellar group of naturalists and educators narrate each adventure, explaining key scientific concepts by showing you exactly where and how to look. This guidebook is for anyone – teens, kids, families, hikers, teachers, students, and tourists alike – who loves to be outside while learning. Morris Ardoin (1981 BACH MCOM) Stone Motel: Memoirs of a Cajun Boy In the summers of the early 1970s, Morris Ardoin and his siblings helped run their family's roadside motel in a hot, buggy, bayou town in Cajun Louisiana. The stifling, sticky heat inspired them to find creative ways to stay cool and out of trouble. When they were not doing their chores – handling a colorful cast of
customers, scrubbing motel-room toilets, plucking chicken bones and used condoms from under the beds – they played canasta, an old ladies’ game that provided them with a refuge from the sun and helped them avoid their violent, troubled father. Morris was successful at occupying his time with his siblings and the children of families staying in the motel’s kitchenette apartments but not so successful at keeping clear of his father, a man unable to shake the horrors he had experienced as a child and, later, as a soldier. The preteen would learn as he matured that his father had reserved his most ferocious attacks for him because of an inability to accept a gay or, to his mind, broken, son. It became his dad’s mission to “fix” his son, and Morris’s mission to resist – and survive intact. He was aided in his struggle immeasurably by the love and encouragement of a selfless and generous grandmother, who provides his story with much of its warmth, wisdom, and humor.
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Cooking Up Kindness By Greg Forbes Siegman
Andrew Gravens, executive chef, A Place at the Table.
Executive Chef Andrew Gravens and kitchen staffers, from left, Amanda Hampton, Karma, Alaric Vines, and Alyson Fuller-Smith, “Much love and virtual hugs from us to our friends in Louisiana. Stay safe.” Not pictured, Eliot Burnhams.
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Growing up in Mississippi, Andrew Gravens (2014 BAC H&&SS) loved spending time in the kitchen – helping his mother and grandmother prepare the family's meals. As an undergraduate at LSU, he developed an interest in assisting people who feel disconnected from those around them. Then, one day, he received an offer from a nonprofit organization to pursue both passions simultaneously. As executive chef at A Place at the Table, Gravens leads a culinary team that bakes and cooks hundreds of dishes a day. In the process, he plays a vital role in bringing a community closer together. Located in Raleigh, N.C., A Place at the Table follows an unconventional business model. It does not charge fixed prices for the waffles, jambalaya, or other tasty items on its menu. Instead, the cafe lets customers decide what they can afford – the suggested price, a reduced price or nothing at all (the latter frequently volunteer their time in lieu of payment). To help make up the difference in revenue, many generous customers “pay it forward” – covering their own bill and contributing to the tabs of other patrons. As a result of the unique pricing structure, Gravens and his peers have made it possible for visitors of all socioeconomic backgrounds to dine together in a common space, engage in conversation, discover common ground, and develop friendships. Since opening in 2018, A Place at the Table has become a popular destination for breakfast and lunch. Last year alone, the “pay-what-you-can” cafe served nearly 50,000 meals. Gravens – whose two brothers, Matthew (2010 BACH SCI) and Charles (2017 BACH ENGR), also graduated from LSU – spoke with the writer for LSU Alumni Magazine. Greg: When you first heard about A Place at the Table, did you think the “pay-what-you-can” concept could generate enough revenue to stay in business?
Andrew: “I really did. I was enamored with the idea, and I believe in the goodness of people. So, I thought it could work. And lo and behold, it does!” Greg: Besides the food, what makes the experience special? Andrew: “It benefits everyone at the table. No matter who has what, we all have a lot to share with each other and learn from each other – and that can begin over the course of a meal here. Plus, there's the service. Our volunteers love to come to work. Being served by a happy staff makes any dining experience better. For those who can't afford a meal, it's also special because it's a place with options, dignity, the opportunity to meet new people, and it provides them a chance to volunteer.” Greg: Where did you sharpen your skills as a chef? Andrew: “All over Baton Rouge. While I went to LSU, I worked in professional kitchens. I was especially influenced by my time at Magpie Cafe and the Spanish Town Market.” Greg: How did your time in class at LSU impact what you do now? Andrew: “While studying psychology, I was drawn to the idea that if there's a place where someone can feel connected and wanted, a huge need has been met for them. Maybe, our biggest need in life is to have people who support and love us. Without support, it's hard to recover from anything. That has reinforced to me that I'm part of something meaningful at A Place at the Table.” Greg: Best lesson you learned in the kitchen? Andrew: “Expect nothing and be cool with everything.” Greg: What constitutes a great meal? Andrew: “Fresh ingredients and good company. A great meal is full of ‘mmmmmm, pass me some more of that’ and lots of laughter.” Greg Forbes Siegman is co-author of The Milkshake Man (www.MilkshakeMan.com). The book tells the story of a person who uses food to bring a community together.
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Old Tiger Recalls First Impressions of LSU By Sherry Sanchez
Sherry Sanchez (1971 BACH BUS 1972 MAST BUS), an attorney in the law offices of Robert Wheatley in Tustin, Calif., shares LSU memories with readers. Since I am cooped up with this COVID thing – I am on my work computer now, at my ranch in California – I started remembering my first encounter at LSU in the summer of 1967. The year was 1967 and I had just flown in from Agadir, Morocco, to start my freshman year in Evangeline Hall. I had never set foot in Louisiana before. Bucking the family tradition – A seventh-generation native Californian, my dad was a USC grad, my mom a Cal Berkeley grad. But I took the road less traveled. My parents were mad about archeology, so we spent summers driving from one North African hellhole to another to see Egyptian ruins, Carthaginian sites, Ottoman fortresses, you name it. In the summer of ’66, prior to my senior year in high school, we were driving to Marrakech when my folks handed me a copy of Barron’s Guide to American Colleges and Universities, and said, “Pick a college and get out of our sight.” So many choices – There was a lot to choose from, since I had good grades, high ACT and SAT scores, was a National Merit finalist, etc. The only limiting factors were that I can’t stand very cold weather and lacking a “Y” chromosome, I could not attend any military academy or Cal Tech. In those days, females were not allowed. My high school had more than 4,200 students, so I did not want to go to a small college, which would seem like high school with ashtrays.
Sherry Sanchez and her husband, David James, in Hong Kong.
LSU had it all – 20,000 students on campus, four days off to go to Mardi Gras, a very active Greek system (Delta Zeta legacy) and Playboy magazine ranked it highest on its party school charts, stating that LSU was not listed in the Top 10 college party schools as LSU had moved into the pro ranks. Looked ideal. Sent off my application to LSU, Alabama, and University of Georgia and waited to hear who was interested. Leaving on a jet plane – It was late August of 1967 and Southern Morocco was hotter than blazes. Flew to Grand Canary Island, then to Madeira, then Lisbon, and that’s where things went awry. I did not have a confirmed reservation over the pond. I was stuck in Lisbon airport, age seventeen, with nowhere to go. I located a TWA manager and explained that I was seventeen, traveling alone, and had to get to LSU – because if I arrived late, I would miss sorority Rush Week and my life would be ruined. He took pity on me and asked if I would be willing to ride in a jump seat with the flight attendants. I said I would ride in the luggage rack if it would get me over the pond. So, I rode to Boston in the jump seats. From Boston it was a short flight to Kennedy in New York where I had to change planes to the Delta flight to New Orleans. Back then suitcases were not on wheels. I was trying to drag a heavy suitcase out to the curb to catch the shuttle to the Delta terminal. I was struggling when a nice Marine took pity on me, grabbed the suitcase and asked “What terminal?” He rode with me to the Delta terminal and carried my bag to the check in desk. I never got his name. A short flight to Baton Rouge, and a cab ride to Evangeline Hall. I was in a threestudent room. The other girls – one from Shreveport and the other from Vicksburg – were moving in with the help of their parents, with custom-made bed spreads, table
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lamps, and curtains to match the spreads. The parents asked me where my parents were. I said they were in Africa. How do I get in touch with them? I don’t. Well, what if there was an emergency? Well, one better not happen. The parents were shocked and appalled. This was a recurrent theme. The next day I was summoned to the Dean of Women’s office. I had violated a rule that said that coeds were not allowed to travel after midnight. Wasn’t it true that I had traveled after midnight? More than one midnight, actually. This was unacceptable. I asked how she thought it would be possible to get from Agadir to Grand Canaria to Funchal to Lisbon to Boston to New York to New Orleans to Baton Rouge without hitting a few midnights along the way? She was shocked and appalled that my parents would allow a seventeen-year-old female to travel unaccompanied across three continents to go to college. I thought she was goofy. Keep in mind – in 1967 the ratio of male to female students was 4:1. So with four guys to every girl, if a girl did not have horn growing out her forehead, or three eyes, it was possible to date oneself into an early grave. I sure gave it a go. Indeed, at one point I was going out with seventeen guys on a regular basis. This meant that if you went to a football game with one guy, the next week you might only have coffee and beignets at the Student Union. I started calling all of them “Cher” so I wouldn’t call Jack Chuck. I had to keep a chart to keep this under control. Which inevitably led to disaster. I was “campus-ed.” More to come . . .
Happy 100 Harding William Bossier (1949 BACH ENGR), of Baton Rouge, celebrated his 100th birthday on June 19. Bossier entered LSU in 1938 and when declared eligible for the draft left school to work until being called up. In March 1942, he was sent to Camp Crowder, Mo., as part of the Army Signal Corps, and then served at various bases across the country. From 1944-1945, as a sergeant in Signal Corps Battalion 1528, he served in the Pacific Theater, stationed in New Guinea, the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines, and finally, Japan. After his release in November 1945, Harding returned to Baton Rouge to work for Esso. He re-entered LSU in 1946 and after graduating was again employed by Esso, achieving the position of associate engineer at Esso Research and Development Laboratories. He retired from Exxon in 1984. Harding married Thermutis “Mickey” Mick of Huntington, W.V., in 1952, and the couple had four children – Julia Bossier Simmons, William Bossier, Ann Bossier Eggart (1980 BACH H&SS), and James Bossier (1984 BACH H&SS). Two sons-inlaw and a grandson are also LSU graduates – Robert Simmons (1977 DVM), Greg Eggart (LSU 1979 BACH H&SS), and David Bossier (2018 BACH ENGR). In 1957, the family moved to Pollard Estates, where Harding lived until moving to Williamsburg Senior Living in 2019. After Mickey’s death in 1993, he married Eulema “Jerry” Moore, who passed away in 2015. An LSU season ticket holder for many years, he remains a devoted, if somewhat cantankerous, Tiger fan and it was a great joy for him to witness this past spectacular season.
Centenarian Harding William Bossier.
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Tigers Around the World
From left, Beau James Box (1990 BACH BUS); Courtney Sharp, Beau Box Real Estate; Beau Box; Corrie Presley, nurse manager, Neuro Critical Care Unit & MVCC Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center; Melvin Abbott Lions Club district governor-elect; Shannon Hultberg (1996 BACH H&SS), co-founder, BR Answer the Call; and Kathryn Rothkamm Gill, co-founder BR Answer the Call. Ross Aguilar
#1 in the U.S.A. – Ross Aguilar (2014 BACH HS&E), a member of the Baton Rouge 4D Racing Team, placed first among 8,187 cyclists in the U.S. and sixteenth out of 119,834 cyclists in the world in the #Festive500 race in December. The event – a seasonal tradition and riding rite of passage sponsored by London-based cycling clothing manufacturer Rapha Racing Ltd. – challenges cyclists to ride 500km (310 miles) in the eight days between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve. Aguilar recorded a total distance of 1,621 kilometers – that’s 1,007 miles in eight days.
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On the Frontlines – Beau Box Property Management partnered with Baton Rouge-based Raising Cane’s to supply lunches to more than 1,100 Our Lady of the Lake employees on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic crisis in April. Meals were delivered to frontline workers at OLOL Regional Medical Center, Ascension, Livingston, North Baton Rouge, and Children’s Hospital. In a sign of solidarity for the Capitol City region, Beau Box Property Management joined with BR Answer the Call, to raise donations for local restaurants struggling during the quarantine in order to feed frontline workers and to deliver the appreciation meals. Happy Anniversary – A note from Vermon Dillon (1981 BACH H&SS) on April 27: “Thirty years ago today, Gloria Wade of Zanesville, Ohio, took a leap of faith and trusted God to marry a country boy from Bogalusa, La. – me!” The Dillons reside in Wilmington, Ohio.
Four Generations of LSU Tigers
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By Rachel Holland
Boyce Miller used his prize-winning hog as a down payment for his tuition. Photo: 1938 Gumbo
From left, Clare, Laurie, Jane, and Patrick Hamilton. Photo: Laurie Hamilton
Incoming freshman Jane Hamilton is a fourth-generation LSU Tiger. Hamilton, of Spring Lake, N.J., is the daughter and granddaughter of passionate LSU alumni. Their dedication and love of LSU began with Jane’s maternal great-grandfather. “I have been visiting the campus my whole life. I’ve always known I would be going to LSU. I feel like I’ve been waiting my four high school years to go,” Hamilton said.
The family’s LSU history starts with Jane’s great-grandfather, Boyce Miller (1938 BACH AGR, 1952 MAST AGR) and his sisters, who attended LSU in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1934, Miller and his father loaded their prize-winning pig into their truck, and drove to the Baton Rouge campus from their home in Livingston Parish. “This was during the Great Depression. The story is that my dad had raised a champion hog for the parish fair and he won a ribbon. He and his dad took the hog to the LSU campus because they didn’t have any money, and they offered LSU the hog as a down payment on his tuition,” said Clare Miller, Boyce’s daughter. “LSU took the hog, he [Boyce] became a student, and they gave him a job of caring for the hog, along with other barnyard animals.” After graduating from LSU, Miller taught in Louisiana for thirty-three years, specializing in agriculture and horticulture. He taught an additional eleven years in Florida before retiring. “But he taught until he was seventy years old,” Miller said. Clare Miller (1962 BACH AGR, 1979 MAST AGR) studied home economics, specializing in dietetics and food systems management. Her career has focused on child nutrition, working for the Louisiana Department of Education as well as the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in the federal school meal programs. “I was sixty when I went to Washington. I worked as a senior nutritionist with the child nutrition division for the USDA,” Miller said. Her daughter, Laurie Hamilton (1987 BACH MCO), met her husband, Patrick, (1984 BACH ENGR), a native of New Jersey, at a campus dining hall. After working as the head of construction for Walmart, Patrick now leads construction for Hudson’s Bay Company, which owns Saks Fifth Avenue. Throughout his career, the family has moved around the world, finding other LSU graduates in places like Brazil. “We were members of an LSU Brazil alumni association,” Laurie said. “We always wanted our kids to go to LSU.” Jane’s older sister, Clare, is a current LSU student, studying engineering. Jane will study biology as an Ogden Honors College student. Even as the Hamilton family lives in New Jersey, they share their LSU pride. “We fly the LSU flag proudly here,” Hamilton said. Jane’s grandmother is proud the family has continued to attend the university her father loved. “My dad would be really pleased. He left a legacy for my family that we all have gone to LSU. That was a man whose blood flowed purple and gold,” Miller said. Rachel Holland is a content development coordinator at LSU Strategic Communications.
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