1,900 and counting, students are petitioning for the university to provide the option of a pass/fail grading accommodation. After the university permitted these accommodations for the Spring 2020 semester,...

After several delays in the ballot-counting process for many critical swing states, Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 Presidential Election.  On Nov. 7, three days after election night,...

Prospective Lions can now apply for the Fall 2021 semester without an application fee. All application fees will be waived until the priority application deadline of Jan. 15 due to any financial burdens...

Are you a graduating senior? Did you miss the senior portrait session at Grad Fair? Do you wish to retake your photo entirely?  Candid Campus Photography is holding make-up cap and gown photo sessions...

Facility Planning is currently developing plans for the renovation of D Vickers Hall, which will begin sometime over the next few semesters.  Kenneth Howe, director of Facility Planning, explained...

University President John Crain sent out a Faculty/Staff Notice with an update to COVID-19 restrictions and reminders. As of Friday, Oct. 23, the Louisiana Department of Health reported 29 new cases...

After having neither a Spring or Summer 2020 commencement ceremony, the university has developed plans to honor those graduates through an in-person winter ceremony at Strawberry Stadium in December, along...

In a time of economic uncertainty, student organizations have banded together to show support for students with small businesses. The Black Student Union and the university’s chapter of The National...

Election Day is approaching, and for many college students, this will be the first presidential election in which they are voting. Generation Z, the generation that makes up almost all currently-enrolled...

Effective Oct. 5, the Division of Administration and Finance implemented personnel changes for three assistant vice president positions, all of which are filled by university alumni. Judy Bowles, former...

In late September, the university’s sport management undergraduate degree program received accreditation from the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation. The faculty members within the degree...

On the night of Oct. 4, locals reported numerous vehicle burglaries in the Ponchatoula area. The Hammond Police Department linked the burglaries to university student Emily Candies, who was later taken...