Dec. 17, 2018

Baton Rouge
More Louisiana high school students are taking college courses, but access still uneven
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_c676bdfa-fe5d-11e8-916f-0b612485c25e.html

University of Louisiana at Lafayette awards 1,260 diplomas during Fall 2018 commencement
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/education/article_66b3cc02-ffff-11e8-8ee1-fb24e7c06098.html

Houma/Thibodaux
Nicholls State celebrates 103rd commencement
https://www.houmatoday.com/news/20181215/nicholls-state-celebrates-103rd-commencement

Lafayette
News 15 celebrates it’s own UL graduates
https://kadn.com/news-15-celebrates-its-own-ul-graduates/

Mother, two children receive degrees from UL Lafayette
https://kadn.com/mother-two-children-receive-degrees-from-ul-lafayette/

Governor hails modest hero of Magna Carta caper prior to UL commencement
https://katc.com/news/around-acadiana/lafayette-parish/2018/12/14/governor-hails-modest-hero-of-magna-carta-caper-prior-to-ul-commencement/

Lake Charles
PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE
http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/AmericanPress/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=AMP%2F2018%2F12%2F16&entity=Ar03100&sk=0BDA0390&mode=text

Beekeeping program creates buzz
http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/AmericanPress/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=AMP%2F2018%2F12%2F16&entity=Ar00802&sk=8990CF8E&mode=text

THE PERSISTANT SCHOLAR
http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/AmericanPress/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=AMP%2F2018%2F12%2F16&entity=Ar00108&sk=22AEE652&mode=text

Lake Charles College Prep granted charter renewal
http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/AmericanPress/shared/ShowArticle.aspx?doc=AMP%2F2018%2F12%2F15&entity=Ar00103&sk=1F13237F&mode=text

Natchitoches
All-American Amir James, 13 high honors grads among 42 NSU athletic grads at Friday’s commencement exercises
https://natchitochesparishjournal.com/2018/12/17/all-american-amir-james-13-high-honors-grads-among-42-nsu-athletic-grads-at-fridays-commencement-exer

NSU awards degree to 922 students at Fall 2018 commencement
https://www.natchitochestimes.com/2018/12/14/nsu-awards-degree-to-922-students-at-fall-2018-commencement/

New Orleans
Photos: Gov. John Bel Edwards gives the University of New Orleans fall commencement speech
https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/collection_66c2dcb6-0189-11e9-b3d4-f3d879662ee0.html#anchor_item_21

Edwards channels George H.W. Bush: Calls UNO graduates a ‘thousand points of light’
https://www.nola.com/news/2018/12/edwards-channels-george-hw-bush-calls-uno-graduates-a-thousand-points-of-light.html

Ruston
GSU HOLDS COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
https://www.rustonleader.com/node/88453

Shreveport
GSU valedictorian completes one of a kind journey
https://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/local-news/gsu-valedictorian-completes-one-of-a-kind-journey/1660526982