June 19, 2020
Houma/Thibodaux
Nicholls, Fletcher get state money for building projects
https://www.houmatoday.com/news/20200618/nicholls-fletcher-get-state-money-for-building-projects
Lafayette
UL president: Best case for Lafayette campus in fall is regular classes, football and a huge deficit
https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/news/coronavirus/article_667351e4-b19d-11ea-91e6-c7a1bd9847c2.html#utm_source=email&utm_campaign=ACADaily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=headline&uid=9b5bed44-7e5e-4667-b052-24855b105d2c
UL Lafayette marks Juneteenth with bell ringing
https://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/ul-lafayette-marks-juneteenth-with-bell-ringing
UL Lafayette Student Receives Memorial Scholarship
https://kadn.com/ul-lafayette-student-receives-memorial-scholarship/
Lake Charles
Bemused by McNeese’s reorganization
https://www.americanpress.com/opinion/david-berry/bemused-by-mcneese-s-reorganization/article_4501ad53-4840-5b49-bd60-8f863eb9ce46.html
Natchitoches
NSU offering several free online non-credit courses
https://natchitochesparishjournal.com/2020/06/19/nsu-offering-several-free-online-non-credit-courses/
New Orleans
Location, plans for upcoming Bayou Classic still undecided
https://www.wafb.com/2020/06/18/location-plans-upcoming-bayou-classic-still-undecided/
Ruston
LaTech student starts petition for Juneteenth to be recognized as an official university holiday
https://www.myarklamiss.com/news/latech-student-starts-petition-for-juneteenth-to-be-recognized-as-an-official-university-holiday/
Tech athletics construction continues
https://www.rustonleader.com/news/tech-athletics-construction-continues
Shreveport
GSU’s Fobbs calls for stoppage of workouts as COVID-19 cases rise in college football
https://www.ktbs.com/news/health/coronavirus/gsus-fobbs-calls-for-stoppage-of-workouts-as-covid-19-cases-rise-in-college-football/article_8eb161fa-b1b6-11ea-be99-37713c8bb0db.html
Regional/National
The Reopened Campus
https://www.chronicle.com/specialreport/The-Reopened-Campus/281?utm_source=at&utm_medium=en&utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_1299890&cid=at&source=ams&sourceId=397376
Growing Recognition of Juneteenth
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/06/19/colleges-acknowledge-juneteenth-holiday
