And the winner is – Wade Rousse. The LSU Board of Supervisors has tapped the president of McNeese State University as the next president of the LSU system. One of the other finalists, Alabama provost Jim Dalton, has been named LSU’s Chancellor and Executive Vice President. Rousse made it clear during the interview process, he felt for LSU to become a better academic and research institution, there needed to be a president overseeing the system and the Baton Rouge campus needed a chancellor.
Cut 9 (09) “…educate Louisiana.”
A surprise of a lifetime for a Jefferson Parish English teacher. Sarah Watkins, an eighth grade language arts teacher at Stella Worley Middle School in Westwego, is awarded a 25-thousand dollar Milken Educator Award.
Genetic testing has shown that all shrimp at the Louisiana Shrimp Festival in New Orleans originated from Gulf waters. It’s the latest audit by SeaD Consulting. Founder David Williams has been testing restaurant shrimp for the past year, and he says his company will soon be expanding to other seafood in other parts of the country to test their origins.
Cut 5 (08) “…lot of protection.”
Going from the basement to the penthouse, even though buildings in New Orleans don’t have basements – you know what I mean. Anyways, at the trade deadline, the 1-and-8 Saints have traded wide receiver Rashid Shaheed to the 6-and-2 first-place Seattle Seahawks in exchange for a fourth round pick and a fifth round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. Shaheed has 499 receiving yards this season and has scored two touchdowns. He reunites with Klint Kubiak, who was the Saints’ offensive coordinator last season.