Office of the President
Leading LSU Forward
Since joining LSU, President Rousse has been hard at work—meeting with students, faculty, and staff, listening to the community, and building a strong foundation for the work ahead.
We Build Teams that Win
LSU Health Shreveport is expanding its successful program across north Louisiana. Partnering with Franklin Medical Center and Ochsner LSU Health Monroe, the program will place its first residents in the small town of Winnsboro this summer.
While parishes have yet to be compared with each other and with rural counties in America, one of the key takeaways so far is this: Your health is strongly tied to your education level—and much more so than to your income or age.
Since its inception in 2017, the Rural Track Scholars Program at LSU Health New Orleans’ School of Dentistry has successfully placed 11 dental graduates in rural Louisiana communities. Once established in rural areas, dentists tend to stay. As many as three out of four dentists and dental healthcare professionals in Louisiana graduated from LSU.
In the heart of Cajun country, Allen Mclain farms about 3,000 acres of rice together with his wife, father, and two younger brothers. Much of their crop, all south of LA-14, is under threat. But Mclain is working with an LSU researcher, Naohiro Kato, on a solution: growing microalgae alongside rice.
LSU students are using spring break to build leadership skills and serve communities through SLICE programs in Campus Life. Initiatives like Geaux Big Baton Rouge and the Disney Leadership Experience help students gain real-world leadership and career readiness skills.
LSU is creating a new School of Construction. By expanding the pool of construction graduates and fueling research that leads to new companies, products, and jobs, the school will play a key role in the success of Louisiana infrastructure projects and economic development initiatives for decades to come.