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 Jefferson Parish eighth grade English teacher gets the surprise of a lifetime. Sarah Watkins, who teaches at Stella Worley Middle School in Westwego, was surprised with a 25-thousand-dollar Milken Educator Award. Watkins, who was overcome with emotion, says her classes are discussion-based.
Genetic testing found that all shrimp sold at the Louisiana Shrimp Festival in New Orleans came from Gulf Waters. Andrew Greenstein reports it’s the latest in a venture started a year ago by a Texas man whose goal is to keep restaurants honest.
Cut 1 (34) “…I’m Andrew Greenstein.”
The Saints were busy on this NFL trade deadline day. They traded wide receiver Rashid Shaheed to the Seahawks for a fourth and fifth round pick in next year’s draft. And just before the buzzer, they sent offensive lineman Trevor Penning to the Chargers for a future draft pick.