HARTSVILLE, South Carolina, May 8 -- Coker College issued the following news: On behalf of Coker University and its Board of Trustees, Angie Stanland, Chairman of the Board, announced the election of Dr. Natalie Harder as the institution's 17th president. Dr. Harder, Chancellor of South Louisiana Community College (SLCC), will begin her term as president of Coker University on June 1. "In Dr. Harder we've found a leader who is truly unique in her commitment to expanding student opportunities   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 6 -- Loyola University issued the following news release: Loyola University New Orleans' Institute for Ministry (LIM) has been awarded a third grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation's Catholic Sisters Initiative. The $325,000 grant funds the project "Living Charisms for Sustainable Human Development," which supports Catholic sisters in Eastern Africa in connecting action on sustainable human development to Catholic Social Teaching (CST) and to their culturally sp  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 9 [TNSgrants] -- Tulane University issued the following news release: Three Tulane University researchers are the recipients of new Fast Grants, awards designed to quickly fund COVID-19 related projects. Mairi Noverr, Monica Vaccari and Tracy Fischer received a total of $350,000 for their proposals, all of which progressed from mere proposals to fully funded projects in just 48 hours. Mairi Noverr, a professor at Tulane University School of Medicine, received a $200  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 2 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The LSU Alumni Association Board of Directors announced that Gordon Monk was named as president and CEO of the association effective immediately. Monk has successfully directed the organization as interim president and CEO since October 2019. "Gordon Monk is one of those rare individuals who has a mind for business but also brings a calming presence to the Alumni Association," said Jeffrey Mohr, boar  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 6 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Gov. John Bel Edwards has announced two co-chairs and appointed members to the Louisiana COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force. LSU Vice Provost for Diversity Dereck J. Rovaris Sr., is among those appointed and will serve on the Community Outreach and Engagement sub-committee. The Community Outreach and Engagement sub-committee provides input on community outreach and extension activities, especially in l  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 6 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that the State has committed $10,382,000 in community development block grant (CDBG) funds to the City of New Orleans to support nine affordable rental housing projects that were in danger of losing their funding as a result of the response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The funding will be administered through the Office of Community Development. It will allow the nine pr  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 6 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on May 5: Gov. John Bel Edwards and Click Here Digital CEO Bo White announced the digital marketing company will create 100 new jobs and relocate to a new corporate headquarters in Baton Rouge. Click Here Digital will move from its Brookline Avenue location to a 15,200-square-foot corporate headquarters on two acres along Interstate 12. With the expansion, the company will retain 63 existing jobs, whi  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 7 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on May 6: Yesterday, the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University released a non-partisan report that shows a majority of Louisianans say they are following Gov. Edwards' Stay at Home Order and support the federal, state and local governments' response to COVID-19. The survey showed widespread compliance with the Stay at Home Order and other public health recommendations to h  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 5 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: The Louisiana State Fire Marshal's Office, under the direction of Governor John Bel Edwards, and in collaboration with the Louisiana Department of Health, has activated a new, web-based program to assist businesses and religious organizations with safely resuming operations as the public health emergency due to COVID-19 continues. "In order for us to move forward and open businesses as safely as pos  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 9 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Governor John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Department of Health outlined a plan for COVID-19 testing and tracking that would hire as many as 700 Louisianans to serve as "contact tracers," interviewing and advising people who have tested positive to determine who in their lives could also be at risk. This week, LDH signed a contract with Accenture and Salesforce to manage Louisiana's contact tracing  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 6 -- Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry issued the following news release: After substantive discussions about employee and customer safety with leadership of the Louisiana Board of Cosmetology and with owners in the industry, Attorney General Jeff Landry has asked Governor John Bel Edwards to consider reopening small businesses like barber shops and hair salons. "We have thousands of licensed cosmetologists in our State; many are independent contractors who hav  more

SHREVEPORT, Louisiana, May 6 -- Louisiana State University Shreveport campus issued the following news: A Louisiana State University Shreveport professor of English, Dorie LaRue, has written two poems included in an international publication documenting tales from the pandemic. LaRue's poems entitled "Dog Walking in the Pandemic" and "Shopping Whole Foods in the Time of Corona" are among 146 poems by 115 poets from 10 countries included in Poems from the Lockdown. LaRue was inspired by the cu  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, May 9 [TNSgrants] -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Dr. Chris Martin, dean of Louisiana Tech University's College of Business, recently announced the "Just Business" grant award recipients for 2020. "I'm grateful to our alumni and friends for investing in these worthwhile projects again this year," said Dr. Martin. "Their support allowed us to award four grants to impactful projects totaling $17,000. The projects selected this year truly support our mis  more

RUSTON, Louisiana, May 5 -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: On the 10-year anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon disaster, "Strategic Bird Monitoring Guidelines for the Northern Gulf of Mexico," the first comprehensive, Gulf-wide monitoring framework for birds that provides a reference for everyone involved in conserving, protecting, and monitoring birds in the region, has been published. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was an industrial disaster that began o  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 3 -- Loyola University issued the following news release on April 30: Loyola University New Orleans College of Law joined United Way of Southeast Louisiana (UWSELA) on Thursday to launch an early care and education (ECE) provider assistance program, United for Early Care and Education, to help child care providers navigate new public funding and supports rolled out in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. United for ECE - in partnership with Loyola University New Orle  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 9 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: One growing need in the workforce is the ability to provide immediate care after a traumatic event in order to reduce psychological distress. After an accident or incident, organizations should aim to quickly reduce psychological harm and the costs associated with legal, emotional, and physical care for victims. LSU is now on the forefront of research associated with crisis care planning. LSU and th  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 7 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: LSU Pre-College announced that it will be offering its summer academy as a virtual program for high school and middle school students to have an opportunity to extend their learning into the summer. The Virtual Academy is a 3-week program designed to offer a unique experience for rising 9th through 12th grade students. Participants will explore a course of their interest while expanding their knowledg  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 5 -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news release: COVID-19 has had a profound effect on people for the past three months in terms of loss of life and economic costs. But it also may be playing a role in the potential decline of the Eastern wild turkey population. Bret Collier, an associate professor in the LSU AgCenter School of Renewable Natural Resources, is one of the nation's leading researchers regarding wild turkeys. He and Micha  more

ALVA, Oklahoma, May 5 -- Northwestern Oklahoma State University issued the following news release: Dr. Roxie James, assistant professor of English, and Dr. Kathryn Lane, associate professor of English and chair of the English, Foreign Language and Humanities Department at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, have published "Criminals as Heroes in Popular Culture" through Palgrave Macmillan, a world-renowned publishing company. James has a master's degree in English Literature from Northwest  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 7 -- Tulane University issued the following news release on May 6: Geographer Richard Campanella, a senior professor of practice in the Tulane University School of Architecture, is the author of 10 acclaimed books about the historical geography of New Orleans over the past 25 years. Yet his research into what makes greater New Orleans the metropolis it is today was far from complete. Missing from his body of work was a study of the West Bank. Campanella, who last y  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, May 8 -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news release: Tracy Evans has been named senior director of development for the LSU AgCenter, College of Agriculture and School of Veterinary Medicine. She replaces Lindsey Fussell, who is now senior director of development for the E.J. Ourso College of Business. Evans will oversee philanthropic planning and staff for the three units, which are part of a new fundraising "cohort" established by the L  more