Dec. 7, 2020

Baton Rouge
Bid to allow out-of-staters to serve on LSU, other Louisiana boards rejected Saturday
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_99ed8ec4-35ad-11eb-8c54-df7f0ccb5fb4.html

Hammond
SLU fish biologist receives $410,000 grant for Southeastern Vertebrate Museum
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/communities/livingston_tangipahoa/article_cf5f12a2-204b-11eb-ada9-53e503c1d290.html

Lafayette
UL grads weather a most unusual semester, prepare for ceremonies this week
https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/coronavirus/article_2f4f1c3a-3662-11eb-a2d5-4fcad5d5c973.html

Lake Charles
So happy together: Cowboys reunite as football family
https://www.americanpress.com/sports/so-happy-together-cowboys-reunite-as-football-family/article_aaa3e836-37dc-11eb-af65-87239203457a.html

Hurricane repair work continues at McNeese
https://digital.olivesoftware.com/olive/APA/AmPress/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=AMP%2F2020%2F12%2F05&id=Ar00109&sk=2AD82E51&viewMode=text

Monroe
La. Workforce Investment Council adopts ULM Pre-Educator Pathway as statewide initiative
https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/education/2020/12/04/la-workforce-investment-council-adopts-ulm-pre-educator-pathway/3830938001/

Natchitoches
NSU Chamber Choir to present “Lessons and Carols” Dec. 8
https://www.ktbs.com/community/spirit-of-christmas/nsu-chamber-choir-to-present-lessons-and-carols-dec-8/article_d2b3276a-37ff-11eb-8c26-f765e6b136d1.html

Ruston
Tech professor sends home-grown technology to International Space Station
https://www.rustonleader.com/news/tech-professor-sends-home-grown-technology-international-space-station

Regional/National
The Federal Government Is Verifying Fewer Fafsa Filers. Here’s Why That Matters.
https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-federal-government-is-verifying-fewer-fafsa-filers-heres-why-that-matters?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1787184_nl_Academe-Today_date_20201207&cid=at&source=ams&sourceId=397376&cid2=g