Louisiana State University

Public university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US

"Louisiana State" redirects here. For the U.S. state, see Louisiana.

"LSU" redirects here. For other uses, see LSU (disambiguation).

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

Former names

| Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana (1853–1861)
Louisiana State University Agricultural & Mechanical College (1874–1877)
University of Louisiana (1913–1921)
Louisiana State University (1860–1913; 1922–1963)
Type| Public land-grant research university
Established| January 2, 1860; 165 years ago (January 2, 1860)[1]

Parent institution

| Louisiana State University System
Accreditation| SACS

Academic affiliations

* URA
* ORAU
* sea-grant
* space-grant

Endowment| $664.20 million (2023)
(LSU only)[2]
$1.06 billion (2023)
(system-wide)[3]
President| Matt Lee (interim)
Provost| Roy Haggerty

Academic staff

| 1,500[4]

Administrative staff

| 5,000[4]
Students| 42,016 (fall 2024)[5]
Undergraduates| 34,502[5]
Postgraduates| 7,514[5]
Location|

Baton Rouge

Louisiana

United States

30°24′52″N 91°10′42″W﻿ / ﻿30.4145°N 91.17826°W﻿ / 30.4145; -91.17826
Campus| Midsize city, 4,925 acres (1,993 ha)
Newspaper| The Daily Reveille
Colors| Purple and gold[6]

Nickname| Tigers and Lady Tigers

Sporting affiliations

* NCAA Division I FBS – SEC
* CCSA

Mascot| Mike the Tiger
Website| lsu.edu

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Historic district

Location| Highland Road, Baton Rouge
Coordinates| 30°24′52″N 91°10′42″W﻿ / ﻿30.4145°N 91.17826°W﻿ / 30.4145; -91.17826
Area| 95 acres (38 ha)
Built| 1920s
Built by| Works Progress Administration
Architect| Theodore C. Link; Wogan & Bernard; Weiss, Dreyfous & Seiferth; Neild, Somdal & Neild
Architectural style| Italian Renaissance
NRHP reference No.| 88001586[7] (original)
100010174 (increase)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP| September 15, 1988
Boundary increase| April 10, 2024

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,[8] commonly referred to as Louisiana State University (LSU), is an American public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.[9] The university was founded in 1860 near Pineville, Louisiana, under the name Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy. The current LSU main campus was dedicated in 1926 and consists of more than 250 buildings constructed in the style of Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, occupying a 650-acre (260 ha) plateau on the banks of the Mississippi River.

LSU is the flagship university of the state of Louisiana, as well as the flagship institution of the Louisiana State University System. In 2021, the university enrolled over 28,000 undergraduate and more than 4,500 graduate students in 14 schools and colleges. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".[10] LSU operates some 800 sponsored research projects funded by agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).[11][12] LSU is one of eight universities in the United States with dental, law, veterinary, medical, and Master of Business Administration programs.[13]

LSU's athletics department fields teams in 21 varsity sports (nine men's, 12 women's), and is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The university is represented by its mascot, Mike the Tiger.[14]

## History

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Main article: Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy

### 19th century

[edit]

Louisiana State University Agricultural and Mechanical College had its origin in several land grants made by the United States government in 1806, 1811, and 1827 for use as a seminary of learning. It was founded as a military academy and is still today steeped in military tradition, giving rise to the school's nickname "The Ole War Skule". In 1853, the Louisiana General Assembly established the Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana near Pineville in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana. Modeled initially after Virginia Military Institute, the institution opened with five professors and nineteen cadets on January 2, 1860, with Major, later Colonel, William Tecumseh Sherman as superintendent.

The Old LSU Site, the school's original location, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[15]

On January 26, 1861, when Louisiana became the fifth state to secede from the Union, Sherman resigned his position after only a year as Superintendent to return north and eventually resume his service in the Union Army. The school closed on June 30, 1861, after the start of the American Civil War.

Downtown Baton Rouge Campus (1886–1925) Historical Marker

During the war, the university reopened briefly in April 1863 but was closed once again during the Union Army's Red River Campaign. The losses sustained by the institution during the Union occupation were heavy, and after 1863 the seminary remained closed for the remainder of the Civil War. Following the surrender of the Confederates at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, General Sherman donated two cannons to the institution. These cannons had been captured from Confederate forces after the close of the war and had been used during the initial firing upon Fort Sumter in April 1861. The cannons are still displayed in front of LSU's Military Science/Aerospace Studies Building.[16]

The seminary officially reopened its doors on October 2, 1865, only to be burned October 15, 1869. On November 1, 1869, the institution resumed its exercises in Baton Rouge, where it has since remained. In 1870, the name of the institution was officially changed to Louisiana State University.[17]

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. This prompted the final name change for the university to the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.[18]

### 20th century

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Louisiana State University Memorial Tower A panorama of the LSU campus in 1909

In 1905, LSU admitted its first female student, R. O. Davis. She was admitted into a program to pursue a master's degree. The following year, 1906, LSU admitted sixteen female students to its freshman class as part of an experimental program. Before this, LSU's student body was all-male. In 1907, LSU's first female graduate, Martha McC. Read, was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree.[19] After this two year experimental program, the university fully opened its doors to female applicants in 1908, and thus coeducation was born at LSU.[20]

On April 30, 1926, the present LSU campus was formally dedicated, following the school's history at the federal garrison grounds (now the site of the state capitol) where it had been since 1886. Before this, LSU used the quarters of the Institute for the Deaf, Mute, and Blind. Land for the present campus was purchased in 1918, construction started in 1922, and the move began in 1925; however, the move was not completed until 1932. The campus was originally designed for 3000 students but was cut back due to budget problems. After years of enrollment fluctuation, student numbers began a steady increase, new programs were added, curricula and faculty expanded, and a true state university emerged.[17]

LSU was hit by scandal in 1939 when James Monroe Smith, appointed by Huey Long as president of LSU, was charged with embezzling a half-million dollars. In the ensuing investigation, at least twenty state officials were indicted. Two committed suicide as the scandal enveloped Governor Richard W. Leche, who received a 10-year federal prison sentence as a result of a kickback scheme.[21] Paul M. Hebert, Dean of LSU's law school at the time, then assumed interim presidency in Smith's place.

During World War II, LSU was one of 131 colleges and universities nationally that took part in the V-12 Navy College Training Program which offered students a path to a Navy commission.[22]

In 1969, mandatory ROTC for freshmen and sophomores was abolished; however, LSU continues to maintain Air Force and Army ROTC. In 1978, LSU was named a sea-grant college, the 13th university in the nation to be so designated. In 1992, the LSU Board of Supervisors approved the creation of the LSU Honors College.[23]

### 21st century

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After Hurricane Katrina, LSU accepted 2,300 displaced students from schools in the greater New Orleans area such as Tulane University, Loyola University New Orleans, Xavier University of Louisiana, and the University of New Orleans. The Pete Maravich Assembly Center was converted into a fully functional field hospital, with approximately 3,000 student volunteers.[24]

In 2012, LSU was censured by the American Association of University Professors for firing Professor Ivor van Heerden after he made comments critical of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for their design and construction of the levees that broke following Hurricane Katrina.[25][26]

In 2013, F. King Alexander was named President of Louisiana State University.[27]

In fall 2020, LSU broke its record for the most diverse and largest freshman class in history. Of the record 6,690 freshmen, more than 30% identified as students of color, African-Americans made up the most at 16.8%. Additionally, LSU reached its all-time highest enrollment at 34,290 undergraduate and graduate students.[28]

William F. Tate IV was named the new president of the university on May 6, 2021, effective in July. He is the first African-American president in LSU's history[29] and the first African-American president in the SEC.[30]

#### Sexual misconduct controversies

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A November 2020 investigative report in USA Today accused LSU of mishandling sexual misconduct claims against LSU football players.[31][32] LSU hired Husch Blackwell LLP to review policies in response to the report.[33] Husch Blackwell released a 262-page report[34] in March 2021 confirming the USA Today story, adding that the problems within LSU went far beyond the allegations detailed in the investigation, with many of the problems being widespread across the university.[35][36] In the fallout of the report, former LSU Tigers football coach Les Miles and former LSU president F. King Alexander were forced to resign from their jobs at the University of Kansas and Oregon State University, respectively.[37][38][39]

In February 2021, the US Department of Education announced a formal, federal investigation will be conducted on the university's reported mishandling of sexual misconduct cases; specifically on possible violations of the Clery Act.[40] In April 2021, the Department of Education announced the opening of a second federal investigation where LSU's handling of student complaints of sexual assault and harassment from the 2018–2019 academic year to the present will be analyzed.[41]

Two months later, seven women filed a federal class-action lawsuit against LSU and its leadership based on their inability to report their incidents to the university's Title IX office.[42] The seven women were six former students (three of whom were part of the women's tennis team at LSU and two of whom were student employees in the football recruiting office) and one current student. In June 2021, football coach Ed Orgeron was added as a defendant to the Title IX lawsuit, alleging that Orgeron was aware of and failed to report the rape allegation of former running back Derrius Guice.[43]

LSU's Assistant Athletic Director of Football Recruiting and Alumni Relations, Sharon Lewis, also filed a $50 million federal lawsuit against the university for years of harassment for her attempts to report sexual misconduct allegations against players, coaches, and athletic officials.[44] In January 2022, Lewis' legal team alleged that the university had violated Louisiana's whistleblower law, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines, and Title IX as Lewis was fired in retaliation for her lawsuit.[45][46] In July 2022, the trial date for Lewis' lawsuit was scheduled for May 22, 2023, while the joint lawsuit filed by the LSU students was scheduled for June 26, 2023.[47] In December 2023, a federal jury dismissed all the claims in Lewis' lawsuit.[48][49]

In October 2023, as a result of federal lawsuit linked to LSU's tennis program, a judge sanctioned the university due to the data of university-issued phones that once belonged to former tennis coaches, Julia and Michael Sell, being deleted after they left the school.[50] Both coaches were accused of failing to act on reports of sexual assaults they received from students which were communicated electronically.

#### Corporate influence on research controversy

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An April 2024 investigative report co-published in The Guardian and The Lens, a non-profit newsroom in New Orleans, found that LSU gave corporations robust powers to review and influence academic research and coursework at the university in exchange for donations.[51][52]

Records show that the university granted Shell a seat on the board of the LSU Institute for Energy Innovation, including the right to vote on the Institute's research activities and to review study output, following a donation by Shell of $25 million in 2022, and that LSU's fundraising arm, the LSU Foundation, circulated a boilerplate document offering similar privileges to other companies in exchange for a $5 million investment in the Institute.[51][52]

The university also offered "strategic partner"-level privileges, which included voting rights on research activities at the Institute, in exchange for at least a $1.25 million investment, with ExxonMobil becoming the Institute's first "strategic partner"-level donor and at least eight other companies having discussed similar deals with LSU, according to a "Partnership Update" that LSU sent to ExxonMobil in August 2023.[51][52]

Records also show that a representative from Shell helped to shape the curriculum of the six courses under the Institute's Carbon Capture, Use, and Storage concentration, as well as representatives from BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and ExxonMobil.[51][52]

Former LSU journalism professor Robert Mann labeled the ability of oil companies to vote on research agendas "an egregious violation of academic freedom," and Jane Patton, an LSU alumna and US Fossil Economy Campaign Manager at the Center for International Environmental Law, referred to the practice as "a gross misuse of the public trust.”[51][52]

In response, Brad Ives, the director of LSU Institute for Energy Innovation, defended the partnerships, characterizing the claim that "having corporate funding for research damages the integrity of that research" as being "a little far-fetched," and arguing that what the Institute is doing is no different from similar institutes across the US.[51][52]

## Campus

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Foster Hall, as seen from LSU Library LSU historical enrollment[53]Year| Pop.| ±%

|
|

1860 | 19| —
1861 | 73| +284.2%
1928 | 1,800| +2365.8%
1936 | 6,000| +233.3%
2002 | 31,582| +426.4%
2003 | 31,234| −1.1%
2004 | 31,561| +1.0%
2005 | 33,264| +5.4%
2015 | 31,527| −5.2%
2017 | 30,863| −2.1%
2019| 31,761| +2.9%
2020| 34,290| +8.0%

The LSU campus sits on 1,000 acres (8.1 km2) just south of downtown Baton Rouge. Most of the university's 250 buildings, most of which were built between 1925 and 1940, occupy a 650-acre (2.6 km2) plateau on the banks of the Mississippi River. Campus buildings adhere to an overall design emphasizing use of stucco on walls beneath roofs of Ludowici tile.[54]

Link collaborated with Wilbur Trueblood on the project but remained faithful to the campus the Olmsted firm had designed. Unfortunately, Link died in 1923 before the plan was completed. New Orleans architects Wogan and Bernard completed Link's work and the campus was dedicated on April 30, 1926.[55]

Under Huey Long, the governor from 1928 to 1932, LSU "more than doubled its enrollment despite the Great Depression; its standing had risen to Grade A; dormitories and buildings for departments of music, dramatic arts, and physical education had been completed; other buildings were soon to start, and costs of attendance had been lowered within the reach of many."[56]

Nine LSU buildings, including the library and the academic buildings for dairying and physics, were constructed by George A. Caldwell, a native of Abbeville. Caldwell designed twenty-six public buildings in Louisiana.[57]

The campus is known for the 1,200 live oak trees that shade the ground of the university.[4]

### Historic district

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The LSU Campus Mounds are estimated to be over 5,000 years old.

Fifty-seven resources on the LSU campus were listed in the 95 acres (38 ha) Louisiana State University Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places on September 15, 1988.[7] Forty-six of the enlisted resources were considered contributing buildings and structures.[58][59] The campus is protected by the State Capital Historic District Legislation.[60]

The LSU Campus Mounds, which are part of a larger mound group spread throughout the state, are near the northwestern corner of the campus and were built an estimated 5,000 years ago. They were individually enlisted in the National Register of Historic Places on March 1, 1999.[61][62]

### Campus housing

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On-campus housing options include on-campus apartments (East Campus Apartments, West Campus Apartments, and Nicholson Gateway Apartments), Annie Boyd Hall, Evangeline Hall, the Agricultural Residence College, the Engineering Residential College, the Business Residential College, Broussard, Acadian, Beauregard, Blake, Cypress, Herget, Highland, Jackson, LeJeune, McVoy, Miller, Taylor, East Laville, and West Laville.[63]

### Museums

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The Shaw Center for the Arts houses the LSU Museum of Art.

The LSU Museum of Art shares the Shaw Center for the Arts with many cultural partners including the LSU School of Art Gallery, LSU's Laboratory for Creative Arts and Technology, the Manship Theatre, and the Community School for the Arts of the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge.[64] There is also the LSU Museum of Natural Science, LSU Rural Life Museum, Louisiana Museum of Natural History, and the LSU Textile & Costume Museum on campus.

### Other campuses

[edit]

Other Louisiana State University campuses include the LSU Agricultural Center, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU of Alexandria, LSU Shreveport, LSU Eunice, LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport.

The University of New Orleans was a member of Louisiana State University from 1958 until 1963 as LSUNO and under its own name from 1974 until 2011, when it was transferred to the University of Louisiana System by the Louisiana Legislature.[65]

LSU owns and operates the J. Bennett Johnston Sr. Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD), which is a 1.3 GeV synchrotron radiation facility.[66]

## Academics

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### Undergraduate admissions

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Undergraduate admissions statistics

2021 entering
class[67]Change vs.
2016

* * *

Admit rate| 70.9%

( −5.5)

Yield rate| 27.2%

( −12.4)

Test scores middle 50%
SAT Total| 1130–1300
ACT Composite| 23–29

1. Among students who chose to submit

2. Among students whose school ranked

The 2022 annual ranking of U.S. News & World Report categorizes LSU-Baton Rouge as "more selective".[68] For the Class of 2025 (enrolled fall 2021), LSU received 36,561 applications and accepted 25,907 (70.9%). Of those accepted, 7,045 enrolled, a yield rate (the percentage of accepted students who choose to attend the university) of 27.2%. LSU's freshman retention rate is 82.9%, with 69% going on to graduate within six years.[67][69]

The enrolled first-year class of 2025 had the following standardized test scores: the middle 50% range (25th percentile-75th percentile) of SAT scores was 1130–1300, while the middle 50% range of ACT scores was 23–29.[67]

Fall first-time freshman statistics [67] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016

|
|
|
|
|
|

Applicants  | 36,561 | 28,960 | 24,501 | 24,280 | 17,907 | 18,122
Admits  | 25,907 | 21,252 | 18,272 | 18,024 | 13,236 | 13,843
Admit rate  | 70.9 | 73.4 | 74.6 | 74.2 | 73.9 | 76.4
Enrolled  | 7,045 | 6,701 | 6,132 | 5,812 | 4,917 | 5,475
Yield rate  | 27.2 | 31.5 | 33.6 | 32.2 | 37.1 | 39.6
ACT composite*
(out of 36) | 23–29 | 23–28 | 23–29 | 23–29 | 23–28 | 23–28
SAT composite*
(out of 1600) | 1130–1300 | 1080–1280 | 1090–1280 | 1070–1290 | 1060–1290 | —
* middle 50% range

### Colleges and schools

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LSU's campus with Tiger Stadium and the PMAC in the foreground

* College of Agriculture
* College of Art & Design
* College of Humanities & Social Sciences
* College of Science
* E. J. Ourso College of Business
* College of Music & Dramatic Arts
* College of Human Sciences & Education
* College of Engineering
* Paul M. Hebert Law Center

* University College
* Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College
* Pinkie Gordon Lane Graduate School[75]
* Manship School of Mass Communication
* School of Information Studies
* School of Veterinary Medicine
* College of the Coast & Environment
* School of Social Work
* Continuing Education

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### Laboratory school

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Main article: Louisiana State University Laboratory School

The university operates the Louisiana State University Laboratory School, a kindergarten through 12 public school.[76]

### Farm

[edit]

Hill Farm Community Garden

Hill Farm established in 1927 by the Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station in order to carry out research horticultural crops as part of Louisiana State University's mission as a land-grant university.[77]

During the 1960s a large part of the Farm's land was reallocated for the construction of sorority houses, as a result, many of the fruit breeding programs had to be moved to other parts of the state. In the 1990s a new student recreation center and playing fields were created on the site of most of the remaining land, the remaining research programs were moved to the Burden Research Plantation. Today five acres of the original Hill Farm remain and used primarily as an agriculture teaching facility and community garden. Individual garden plots are nine by five feet (9' × 5') and may be rented by students, faculty, and the community at large. The price per lot has been deliberately kept low to support the Farm's mission to "provide access to gardening space, education, and resources necessary for the community to grow food in environmentally sustainable ways as a means of creating a food system where locally produced, affordable and nutritious food is available to all, and where the community can come together to share, play, and inspire one another."[78] Although the gardeners are not required to plant certified organic seeds and plants, the Farm requires gardeners to use organic farming methods.[79]

### Reputation and rankings

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Academic rankings

National
Forbes[80]| 124
U.S. News & World Report[81]| 179 (tie)
Washington Monthly[82]| 170
WSJ/College Pulse[83]| 199
Global
ARWU[84]| 401–500
QS[85]| 901–950
THE[86]| 601–800
U.S. News & World Report[87]| 385 (tie)
The LSU Faculty Club in March 2018

Louisiana State University is ranked 185th in the national universities category and 101st among public universities by the 2023 U.S. News & World Report ranking of U.S. colleges.[88] LSU is also ranked as the 192nd best overall university in the nation by Forbes magazine in 2019.[89] In 2009, U.S. News & World Report ranked LSU as the 16th most popular university in the nation among high school students.[90]

### Libraries

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The Library viewed from the LSU quad

LSU's main library collection, numbering almost three million volumes, is housed in the Library on the main quadrangle of the university. It is both a general use library and a U.S. Regional Federal Depository Library, housing publications from the federal government, United Nations, and United States Patent and Trademark Office. The LSU Libraries belong to the Association of Research Libraries, which includes the top 127 academic libraries in the U.S. and Canada; the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL); Lyrasis; and the Louisiana Academic Library Information Network Consortium (LALINC). LSU was among the founding members of LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network, which provides access to most academic library catalogs in the state.[91]

Its collections of rare books, dating back to the fifteenth century, number more than 80,000 volumes and include the E. A. McIlhenny Natural History Collection, which contains many important works in the history of ornithological and botanical illustration, including John James Audubon's Birds of America, Margaret Stones's Flora of Louisiana, and books by Edward Lear, John Gould, Mark Catesby, and Sir Joseph Banks.[92]

Ella V. Aldrich Schwing was librarian at LSU, a member of the faculty of the LSU Library School, and a member of the LSU Board of Supervisors.[93] She donated funds for an annual lecture titled the LSU Libraries Schwing Lecture Series, which began in 1965.[94] Lecturers included Martha Boaz, Ching-chih Chen, John Y. Cole, Richard M. Dougherty, Edward G. Holley, Judith Krug, Clifford Lynch, James G. Neal, Carl Howard Pforzheimer Jr, Benjamin E. Powell and Robert Wedgeworth.

In June 2020, the LSU Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution to remove Troy H. Middleton's name from the university's main library. The decision came amid student protests concerning the racist past of former LSU President Troy H. Middleton, after whom the Library was named. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards supported the decision, stating that "[Black] LSU students shouldn't be asked to study in a library bearing the name of someone who didn't want them to be LSU students."[95]

The unnamed LSU Main Library is prominently in disrepair and is under consideration to be demolished. The library's upper floors collections are covered with a plastic tarp to prevent ceiling leaks from damaging books and the basement is prone to flooding.[96][97]

### Publications

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* LSU Press is a nonprofit book publisher dedicated to the publication of scholarly, general interest, and regional books. It publishes approximately 80 titles per year and continues to garner national and international accolades, including four Pulitzer Prizes. John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces is among its best-known publications.[98]
* Southern Review is a literary journal published by LSU. It was co-founded in 1935 by three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Robert Penn Warren, who served as U.S. Poet Laureate and wrote the classic novel All the King's Men, and renowned literary critic of the New Criticism school, Cleanth Brooks. It publishes fiction, poetry, and essays, with an emphasis on southern culture and history.[99]
* Legacy is a student-run magazine that publishes a variety of feature-length stories. In both 2001 and 2005, it was named the best student magazine in the nation by the Society of Professional Journalists.[100]
* LSU RESEARCH magazine informs readers about university research programs.
* Apollo's Lyre is a poetry and fiction magazine published each semester by the Honors College.
* LSU Alumni Magazine is a quarterly which focuses on Alumni success and current university news sent out to alumni everywhere.
* Gumbo is the university's yearbook, which may be purchased.
* LSU Today magazine keeps faculty and staff updated with university news.
* New Delta Review is a literary quarterly funded by LSU that publishes a wide range of fiction, poetry, and interviews from new, up-and-coming, and established writers.[101]

## Student life

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Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2023[102] Race and ethnicity  | Total

|

White | 61%  |

Black | 19%  |

Hispanic | 10%  |

Asian | 5%  |

Two or more races | 3%  |

International student | 1%  |

Unknown  | 1%  |

Economic diversity
Low-income[a] | 28%  |

Affluent[b] | 72%  |

### Organizations

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LSU Student Union

There are over 350 student organizations currently active at LSU, including a student government and a total of 36 fraternities and sororities.[103][104] The LSU Corps of Cadets is one of the oldest student organizations on campus. LSU also has an active Society of American Archivists student chapter.

Much like the United States Government, the LSU Student Government is divided into three major branches; Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. LSU SG is headed by the student body president and the student body vice president, elected to office during the spring semester of each academic year. A College Council system is also established to designate members of SG to the duties of representing specific academic colleges. Additionally, a Student Union Board representative is elected each spring to represent student interests and oversee programs, events, and regulations of the LSU Student Union.[104]

### Media

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The Reveille, the university's student newspaper, has operated since 1887.[105] Princeton Review named the Daily Reveille as the 12th best college newspaper in the nation in its 2008 edition of The Best 361 Colleges. The Daily Reveille won the Editor & Publisher award, or EPpy, in 2008 for best college newspaper Web site.[106] The Society of Professional Journalists named the Reveille "Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper" in its 2012 Mark of Excellence awards.[107]

KLSU is an FCC-licensed non-commercial educational (NCE) college radio station run by LSU students.[108]

Broadcasting on campus cable channel 75, Tiger TV is a student-run television show, sharing its production equipment and facilities with the Manship School of Mass Communication.[109]

### Greek life

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In 2019, 16% of undergraduate men and 27% of undergraduate women were active in LSU's Greek system.[110]

## Athletics

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Main article: LSU Tigers and Lady Tigers

LSU fields teams in 21 varsity sports (9 men's, 12 women's), and is a member of the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and the Southeastern Conference.[111]

The nine men's teams compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field. The 12 women's teams compete in basketball, beach volleyball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, and volleyball.

The athletics department official nickname is Fighting Tigers, Tigers, or Lady Tigers.[112]

### National championships

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LSU has won 53 team national championships (most in the SEC), 48 of which were bestowed by the NCAA, tying for ninth all-time in total NCAA team national championships.[113] The four football titles were not conferred by the NCAA, as it does not award college football national championships at the Division I-FBS level.

* Baseball (8): 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2023, 2025
* Women's basketball (1): 2023
* Men's basketball (1): 1935 (pre-NCAA; defeated Pittsburgh in an arranged game)
* Boxing (1): 1949
* Football (4): 1958, 2003, 2007, 2019
* Men's golf (5): 1940, 1942, 1947, 1955, 2015
* Men's indoor track and field (2): 2001, 2004
* Women's indoor track and field (11): 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004
* Men's outdoor track and field (5): 1933, 1989, 1990, 2002, 2021
* Women's outdoor track and field (14): 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2012 (vacated)
* Women's gymnastics (1): 2024

### Facilities

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LSU's stadiums, arenas and courses include Tiger Stadium ("Death Valley") (football), Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field (baseball), Bernie Moore Track Stadium (outdoor track), Carl Maddox Field House (indoor track), Highland Road Park (cross country), LSU Natatorium (swimming and diving), LSU Soccer Stadium (soccer), LSU Tennis Complex (tennis), Pete Maravich Assembly Center (PMAC) (basketball, gymnastics, volleyball), Tiger Park (softball) and University Club of Baton Rouge (golf).[114][115]

LSU's academic center and practice facilities include the LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes, Charles McClendon Practice Facility (football), LSU Football Operations Center (football), LSU Indoor Practice Facility (football), LSU Basketball Practice Facility (basketball) and LSU Gymnastics Training Facility (gymnastics).

Tiger Stadium

Main article: Tiger Stadium (LSU)

Tiger Stadium

Although originally nicknamed "Deaf Valley" for its excruciating levels of sound, the nickname "Death Valley" caught on instead. It is legendary for the crowd noise generated by fans. It is the sixth-largest college football stadium in the nation and third-largest stadium in the SEC, holding 102,321 fans after its latest expansion in 2014. The Tiger Stadium atmosphere is generally considered one of the loudest and most electrifying college football experiences in the country. During a nationally televised game against Auburn in 2003, ESPN recorded a noise level of 117 decibels at certain points in the game. In 2007 when the No. 1 ranked Tigers played the No. 9 ranked Florida Gators, the noise level registered at 122 decibels when the Tigers made a come-from-behind win in the final minutes of the game.[115]

A similar sound level resulted in the legendary "Earthquake Game" against Auburn in 1988. LSU won 7–6 when quarterback Tommy Hodson completed a game-winning touchdown pass to running back Eddie Fuller in the waning seconds of the game. The crowd's roar registered on a seismograph, shaking the ground as much as a small earthquake.[116]

### Rivals

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Rivals include the traditional intra-SEC West rivals the Alabama Crimson Tide, Arkansas Razorbacks, Auburn Tigers, Mississippi State Bulldogs, Ole Miss Rebels, and the SEC East rival Florida Gators (designated under the SEC's inter-division "designated rival" format). LSU and Arkansas play annually in football, alternating sites between Baton Rouge and Fayetteville (Little Rock from 1994 through 2010). The winner of the game is awarded the "Golden Boot", a gold-plated trophy formed in the shape of the two states. The game was played the Friday after Thanksgiving in 1992, and every year between 1996 and 2013, except 2009, but starting in 2014, the SEC separated LSU and Arkansas on the final weekend of the regular season. The Tigers now play Texas A&M on the final weekend of the regular season, while Arkansas plays Missouri.

LSU and in-state rival Tulane Green Wave battle for the "Tiger Rag", a flag divided evenly between the colors of the two schools. This rivalry was recently suspended after a payout from LSU.[117]

The LSU-Ole Miss game, known as the Magnolia Bowl (a name selected by the student bodies of both schools) has become more formalized over the years, with a large trophy and a large traveling fanbase for both teams present each year. The LSU-Florida rivalry also has major importance as the two schools won three football national championships between 2006 and 2008 (Florida in 2006 and 2008; LSU in 2007). The LSU-Alabama rivalry has become very important in recent years due to the Nick Saban becoming the Coach of Alabama and the two teams' dominance of the SEC's West Division and their matchup in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game (the only time the standalone game featured two teams from the same conference).

## Traditions

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Main article: Louisiana State University traditions

### Mascot

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Main article: Mike the Tiger

Mike the Tiger is LSU's official mascot.

LSU Athletics is represented by its mascot, a live Bengal tiger named "Mike the Tiger". LSU is only one of two institutions of higher education in the United States to have a live tiger as their mascot; the other is the University of Memphis. The tiger was named after Mike Chambers, LSU's athletic trainer in 1936, and was bought for $750 from the Little Rock Arkansas Zoo. Mike V reigned from 1990 to 2007 and remained housed in his on-campus habitat until his death due to kidney failure on May 18, 2007, at age 17. Mike VI was an 11-year-old, 500-pound (230 kg) tiger acquired from an Indiana big cat sanctuary. Previously known as Roscoe, "Mike VI" is a Bengal-Siberian mix and was officially named Mike on September 8, 2007. He was introduced to fans at the home game against Florida on October 6, 2007.[118] In 2017, LSU officially introduced Mike VII, formerly named "Harvey".[119]

In 2005, a new $3 million Mike the Tiger Habitat was created for Mike between Tiger Stadium and the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. Its amenities include lush plantings, a waterfall, a flowing stream that empties into a wading pond, and rocky plateaus. The habitat has, as a backdrop, an Italianate tower – a campanile – that creates a visual link to the Italianate architectural vernacular of LSU's campus.

### Alma mater

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Main article: LSU Alma Mater

The "LSU Alma Mater" was written in 1929 by Lloyd Funchess and Harris Downey, two students who developed the original song and music because LSU's first alma mater was sung to the tune of "Far Above Cayuga's Waters" and was used by Cornell University.[120] The band plays the "Alma Mater" during pregame and at the end of each home football game.

### Fight song

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Main article: Fight for LSU

"Fight for LSU" is LSU's official fight song. During LSU football games, it is played when the team runs onto the field, after the field goal or extra point is attempted/scored and at the end of each half (though at the end of the first half a recording is played since the band is already on the sidelines and unable to perform it live). Contrary to popular belief, the song "Hey Fightin' Tigers" is not LSU's fight song, however, it is a staple at pep rallies and is often sung by fans before games and after wins.[121]

## Notable alumni

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Main article: List of Louisiana State University alumni

LSU athletes have gone on to achieve prominence in their respective sports. "Pistol" Pete Maravich played basketball for LSU and was a three-time consensus first-team All-American and 1970 National 'Player of the Year'. Shaquille O'Neal ("Shaq") also played basketball for LSU and received many honors, including being named twice as a first-team Men's Basketball All-American and twice as the SEC Player of the Year. Billy Cannon played Halfback for LSU and was the first LSU player to win the Heisman Trophy (in 1959), the second being Joe Burrow (in 2019). Cannon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2009. JaMarcus Russell, Oakland Raiders quarterback number 1 draft pick of 2007.[122] Professional golfer Johnny Pott, five-time winner on the PGA Tour, was a member of the 1955 NCAA winning golf team. Teammates Alex Bregman and Aaron Nola were both 2018 Major League Baseball All-Stars.

LSU alumni have also been active on both the national and international stage in the fields of politics, academia, and the arts. Such notables include Mike Johnson, who has served as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since October 2023. James Carville, who was the senior political adviser to Bill Clinton, and Donna Brazile, the campaign manager of the 2000 presidential campaign of Vice President Al Gore, both earned bachelor's degrees. Hubert Humphrey, the 38th vice president of the United States, earned a master's degree in political science before becoming the junior United States senator from Minnesota. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a United States ambassador to the United Nations appointed by President Joe Biden in 2021, earned a BA in 1974. Randy Moffett, president of the University of Louisiana System and former president of Southeastern Louisiana University, received his Ed.D. from LSU in 1980. Academy Award-winning actress Joanne Woodward majored in drama during her enrollment at LSU.[123][124] Author and screenwriter Nic Pizzolatto, creator of True Detective, graduated from LSU with a BA English & Philosophy. Singer-songwriter, Addison Rae, known for her single Diet Pepsi and collaborations with Charli XCX, also attended the University before moving to Los Angeles after her sophomore year. Queer romance author Casey McQuiston, best known for their best selling novel Red, White & Royal Blue, graduated from LSU with a degree in journalism. Another writer who graduated from LSU was Marcelo Ramos Motta, a noted author on the subject of Thelema. The rock band Better Than Ezra also are LSU graduates.

America's early space program benefited from the services of two LSU graduates. Maxime Faget was a Naval reserve officer and the NASA engineer responsible for the design of the Mercury Capsule, Apollo Command Module, Capsule Escape Tower System, Mach Meter, and STS Space Shuttle Orbiter Vehicle and System. NASA pioneer/founder Walter C. Williams established what is now known as NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, previously known as Muroc Army Station. Williams was directly involved with the Bell X-1 program, "Glamorous Glennis", research flights that led to the first crewed flight exceeding the speed of sound in level flight. Williams was on the Aeronautical Board of NACA and was responsible for hiring many of the pioneers of what is now NASA. Michael I. Jordan, Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley, is also an LSU alumnus.[4][125]

* Alex Bregman, two-time All-Star and World Series champion baseball player

* James Carville, chief strategist for Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential campaign

* Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault, military aviator and commander of the Flying Tigers during World War II

* Edwin Edwards, 50th and longest-serving Governor of Louisiana

* Maxime Faget, designer of the Mercury spacecraft

* Hubert Humphrey, 38th Vice President of the United States and U.S. Senator from Minnesota

* Mike Johnson, 56th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

* Don Lemon, Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist

* Shaquille O'Neal, four-time NBA champion basketball player

* Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Ambassador to the United Nations under President Joe Biden

## See also

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* United States portal
* Medicine portal

* American Student Dental Association
* Highland Road Park Observatory
* Hill Farm Community Garden
* List of forestry universities and colleges
* Louisiana Business Technology Center
* LSU Hilltop Arboretum
* LSU Tiger Trails
* National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

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1. ^ The percentage of students who received an income-based federal Pell grant intended for low-income students.
2. ^ The percentage of students who are a part of the American middle class at the bare minimum.

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Further reading

* Bedsole, V. L.; Richard, Oscar, eds. (1959). Louisiana State University: A Pictorial Record of the First Hundred Years. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. OCLC 19209800.

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* LSU Athletics website
* "Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College" . Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921.
* "Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.

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Louisiana State University

Located in: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Academics|

| LSU System|

* LSU Alexandria
* Athletics
* LSU Eunice
* LSU Shreveport
* Athletics
* Agricultural Center
* Health New Orleans
* Health Shreveport
* Paul M. Hebert Law Center
* Pennington Biomedical Research Center

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* E. J. Ourso College of Business
* LSU Laboratory School
* LSU School of Dentistry
* LSU School of Music
* Paul M. Hebert Law Center
* Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College

Athletics|

| Teams|

* Baseball
* Basketball
* men's
* women's
* Beach volleyball
* Cross country
* men's
* women's
* Football
* Golf
* men's
* women's
* Gymnastics
* Soccer
* Softball
* Rugby
* Swimming and diving
* men's
* women's
* Tennis
* men's
* women's
* Track and Field
* men's
* women's
* Volleyball

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Venues|

* Alex Box
* Bernie Moore Track Stadium
* Carl Maddox Field House
* Charles McClendon Practice Facility
* Highland Road Park
* LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes
* LSU Basketball Practice Facility
* LSU Beach Volleyball Stadium
* LSU Football Operations Center
* LSU Gymnastics Training Facility
* LSU Indoor Practice Facility
* LSU Natatorium
* LSU Soccer Stadium
* LSU Strength and Conditioning facility
* LSU Tennis Complex
* Martin J. Broussard Center for Athletic Training
* Pete Maravich Assembly Center
* Raising Cane's River Center Arena
* Tiger Park
* Tiger Stadium
* University Club of Baton Rouge

Traditions|

* Bengal Punch
* Mike the Tiger
* LSU Tiger Marching Band
* Songs of LSU
* "Fight for LSU"
* Golden Girls and Colorguard
* LSU Cheerleaders
* Tiger Girls
* LSU Hall of Fame
* LSU Sports Radio Network
* Tiger Athletic Foundation

Campus|

* Greek Theatre
* Highland Road Park Observatory
* Huey P. Long Field House
* Louisiana Museum of Natural History
* LSU Business Education Complex
* LSU Campus Mounds
* LSU Hilltop Arboretum
* LSU Rural Life Museum
* LSU Tiger Band Hall
* Memorial Tower
* Mike the Tiger Habitat
* John M. Parker Agricultural Coliseum
* Shaw Center for the Arts
* Swine Palace/Reilly Theatre

Media|

* KLSU
* Louisiana State University Press
* New Delta Review
* The Daily Reveille
* The Southern Review

Research|

* Center for Computation and Technology
* Horace Hearne Institute
* Louisiana Business Technology Center
* Louisiana Geological Survey
* LSU AgCenter
* LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
* LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport
* Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Student life|

* LSU Communication across the Curriculum
* Red Stick International Animation Festival
* Tiger Trails

People|

* Notable LSU people

History|

* Alma Mater
* Louisiana State Seminary of Learning & Military Academy
* Old LSU Site
* Pentagon Barracks

* Founded: 1860
* Students: 31,527
* Endowment: 788 million
* Category

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City of Baton Rouge

History|

* Baton Rouge bus boycott
* 2016 shooting of police officers

Areas|

* Scotlandville

Education|

| Secondary(*)|

* East Baton Rouge PSS
* Baton Rouge Magnet HS
* Belaire HS
* Broadmoor HS
* Capitol HS
* EBR Lab Academy
* Glen Oaks HS
* Istrouma HS
* Liberty Magnet HS
* McKinley HS
* Scotlandville HS
* Tara HS

* School for the Deaf
* School for the Visually Impaired
* LSU Lab
* Mentorship Academy of Digital Arts
* Southern U. Lab
* Catholic HS
* Episcopal HS
* Parkview Baptist HS
* St. Joseph's Academy

Closed

* Cristo Rey Baton Rouge Franciscan High School
* Redemptorist HS

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Colleges/universities|

* Louisiana State University (See template)
* Southern University (See template)
* Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
* Louisiana Culinary Institute
* Baton Rouge Community College

Libraries|

* State Library of Louisiana
* Louisiana State Archive and Research Library
* East Baton Rouge Parish Library

Points of interest(**)|

* Baton Rouge Zoo
* Belle of Baton Rouge
* BREC Memorial Stadium
* Capitol Park Museum
* City Park Golf Course
* Cortana Mall
* Highland Road Park
* Independence Park Botanic Gardens
* LA Art and Science Museum (Yazoo&MS. Valley Rail Depot)
* Louisiana Museum of Natural History
* Louisiana State Capitol
* Mall of Louisiana
* Magnolia Mound Plantation House
* Odell S. Williams Now And Then African-American Museum
* Old Louisiana State Capitol
* Pentagon Barracks
* Pete Goldsby Field
* Raising Cane's River Center
* Arena
* Shaw Center for the Arts
* USS Kidd

Media|

| Television|

* KBTR-CD
* KPBN-LD
* KZUP-CD
* W31EL-D
* WAFB
* WBRL-CD
* WBRZ-TV
* WGMB-TV
* WLFT-CD
* WLPB-TV
* WVLA-TV

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Newspapers|

* The Advocate
* The Daily Reveille

Transportation|

* Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport
* Capital Area Transit System

(*) Some schools are in unincorporated areas outside of the city limits, including Woodlawn HS and St. Michael HS
(**) Includes landmarks not owned by/a part of Louisiana State University nor Southern University, nor those elsewhere categorized

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Education in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools

Zoned 7-12 schools|

* Northeast HS

Zoned high schools|

* Belaire
* Broadmoor
* Capitol
* Glen Oaks
* Istrouma
* McKinley
* Scotlandville
* Tara
* Woodlawn

Magnet high schools|

* Arlington Prep. Acad.
* Baton Rouge Magnet
* Baton Rouge Prep. Acad.
* Northdale Acad.
* Liberty Magnet
* East Baton Rouge Lab. Acad.

Other public schools

Districts and
high schools|

* Baker
* Baker HS
* Central
* Central HS
* Zachary
* Zachary HS
* School for the Deaf
* School for the Visually Impaired
* LSU Lab School
* SU Lab School

Private schools

Secular schools|

* Central Private School
* Mentorship Academy of Digital Arts

Religious schools|

* Catholic HS
* The Dunham School
* Episcopal HS
* Parkview Baptist HS
* St. Joseph's Acad.
* St. Michael the Archangel HS

Closed|

* Cristo Rey Baton Rouge Franciscan High School
* Redemptorist HS

Tertiary

Universities|

* Louisiana State University
* template
* Southern University
* template

Community colleges|

* Baton Rouge Community College

Libraries

State library|

* State Library of Louisiana

Public libraries|

* East Baton Rouge Parish Library

This list is incomplete.

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Public colleges and universities in Louisiana

Research universities|

* Louisiana State University
* Louisiana Tech University
* University of Louisiana at Lafayette
* University of Louisiana at Monroe
* University of New Orleans

Comprehensive universities|

* Grambling State University
* Louisiana State University of Alexandria
* Louisiana State University Shreveport
* McNeese State University
* Nicholls State University
* Northwestern State University
* Southeastern Louisiana University
* Southern University
* Southern University at New Orleans

Specialized centers|

* LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans
* LSU Health Sciences Center Shreveport
* Paul M. Hebert Law Center
* Southern University Law Center

Community and technical colleges|

* Baton Rouge Community College
* Bossier Parish Community College
* Delgado Community College
* L. E. Fletcher Technical Community College
* Louisiana Delta Community College
* Louisiana State University at Eunice
* Louisiana Technical College
* Northwest Louisiana Technical College
* Nunez Community College
* River Parishes Community College
* South Louisiana Community College
* Southern University at Shreveport
* Sowela Technical Community College

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Southeastern Universities Research Association

Standard members|

* Alabama
* UAB
* UAHuntsville
* Arkansas
* Auburn
* Baylor
* Catholic
* UCF
* Christopher Newport
* Clemson
* Delaware
* Duke
* East Carolina
* Florida
* Florida Atlantic
* Florida Tech
* FIU
* Florida State
* George Mason
* George Washington
* Georgetown
* Georgia
* Georgia Tech
* Georgia State
* Hampton
* Houston
* James Madison
* Kentucky
* UL Lafayette
* LSU
* Louisiana Tech
* Maryland
* UMBC
* MIT
* Memphis
* Miami
* Ole Miss
* Mississippi State
* New Orleans
* Norfolk State
* North Carolina A&T
* North Carolina
* NC State
* Oklahoma
* Old Dominion
* Regina
* Rice
* Richmond
* South Carolina
* South Florida
* Southern Miss
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Texas A&M
* Tulane
* Vanderbilt
* Virginia
* VCU
* Virginia Tech
* Virginia State
* West Virginia
* William & Mary

Affiliate members|

* Idaho State
* Ohio

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Southeastern Conference

Full members|

* Alabama Crimson Tide
* Arkansas Razorbacks
* Auburn Tigers
* Florida Gators
* Georgia Bulldogs
* Kentucky Wildcats
* LSU Tigers
* Mississippi State University Bulldogs
* Missouri Tigers
* Oklahoma Sooners
* Ole Miss Rebels
* South Carolina Gamecocks
* Tennessee Volunteers
* Texas Longhorns
* Texas A&M Aggies
* Vanderbilt Commodores

Championships and awards|

* National championships
* Conference champions

Media|

* SEC Network (SEC Nation \- SEC Storied)
* ESPN

Former media outlets|

* SEC on CBS
* CBS Sports
* Raycom Sports
* Jefferson Pilot Sports
* Lincoln Financial Sports
* SEC TV (defunct) (list of affiliates)
* Turner Sports
* Lorimar Sports Network (defunct)
* TVS Television Network (defunct)

Related articles|

* 2010–12 Southeastern Conference realignment
* Rugby

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U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana

Lists
by parish|

* Acadia
* Allen
* Ascension
* Assumption
* Avoyelles
* Beauregard
* Bienville
* Bossier
* Caddo
* Calcasieu
* Caldwell
* Cameron
* Catahoula
* Claiborne
* Concordia
* DeSoto
* East Baton Rouge
* East Carroll
* East Feliciana
* Evangeline
* Franklin
* Grant
* Iberia
* Iberville
* Jackson
* Jefferson
* Jefferson Davis
* La Salle
* Lafayette
* Lafourche
* Lincoln
* Livingston
* Madison
* Morehouse
* Natchitoches
* Orleans
* Ouachita
* Plaquemines
* Pointe Coupee
* Rapides
* Red River
* Richland
* Sabine
* St. Bernard
* St. Charles
* St. Helena
* St. James
* St. John the Baptist
* St. Landry
* St. Martin
* St. Mary
* St. Tammany
* Tangipahoa
* Tensas
* Terrebonne
* Union
* Vermilion
* Vernon
* Washington
* Webster
* West Baton Rouge
* West Carroll
* West Feliciana
* Winn

Other lists|

* National Historic Landmarks
* Bridges and Tunnels

* Keeper of the Register
* History of the National Register of Historic Places
* Property types
* Historic district
* Contributing property

Portal:

* National Register of Historic Places

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* 2
* VIAF

National|

* Germany
* United States
* France
* BnF data
* Czech Republic
* Portugal
* Norway
* Poland
* Vatican
* Israel
* Catalonia

Geographic|

* MusicBrainz place

Artists|

* ULAN

Other|

* IdRef
* Yale LUX

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