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Works Progress Administration construction sign for the Agricultural Center at Louisiana State University (1936). The Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, or the LSU AgCenter, is an agriculture research center associated with the Louisiana State University System and headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Louisiana State University Shreveport (LSU Shreveport or LSUS) is a public university in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is part of the Louisiana State University System . Initially, a two-year college, LSUS has expanded into a university with 25 undergraduate degree programs, 13 master's degree programs, and a Doctorate of Education in Leadership ...
Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College was established by an act of the legislature, approved April 7, 1874, to carry out the United States Morrill Act of 1862, granting lands for this purpose. It temporarily opened in New Orleans, June 1, 1874, where it remained until it merged with Louisiana State University in 1877.
The Louisiana State University System is a system of public colleges and universities in Louisiana. It is budgetarily the largest public university system in the state. William F. Tate IV is president of the LSU system, and also serves as chancellor of its flagship campus and namesake, Louisiana State University.
Dodd College, Shreveport, 1927–1942 — closed; H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College, New Orleans, 1886–2006 — merged within Tulane University; Jefferson College, Convent, 1800s — closed. Campus currently a Jesuit retreat house. Leland College, New Orleans, Baker, 1870–1960 — closed
Today, it has reverted to its original purpose as a host of agricultural events, such as rodeos, horse shows, livestock shows, and other events for the LSU AgCenter and the 4-H program. [4] It also serves as the location for Dance Marathon at LSU, which is the only collegiate Dance Marathon program held in an agricultural center.
Jonathan Alexander (PhD 1993), rhetorician and professor of English at University of California, Irvine [1]; Ray Authement (MA 1952, PhD 1956), fifth president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 1974–2008; longest serving president of a public university in the United States; received two graduate degrees from LSU; [2] [3] "father of Louisiana state archives"
The LSU Rural Life Museum is а museum of Louisiana history in Baton Rouge, US. [1] It is located in the Burden Museum and Gardens , a 400-acre (1,600,000 m 2 ) agricultural research experiment station, and is operated under the aegis of Louisiana State University .