ACT Residual Testing Dates Set

SUNO will be conducting ACT residual tests in the upcoming weeks.  These tests are administered only to students who are currently admitted and/or enrolled in the University or those who have a verified admissions application on file for the fall 2013 semester. There is still time for students to apply for admission for the fall [...]

College of Education and Human Development to host free Praxis workshops

Southern University at New Orleans’ College of Education and Human Development is hosting  two free workshops: Saturday, June 1st:  Praxis II Workshop (Elementary Education Content Knowledge 5014/0014) Saturday, June 29th: Praxis II (Principles of Learning and Teaching) Both  sessions will be held from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm in Trailer  24 on the University’s Lake Campus. For [...]

Knights sign Delgado CC standout Melvin Davis

New Orleans, LA – Southern University at New Orleans took a big step towards bolstering its backcourt with the addition of combo guard Melvin Davis who spent the last two seasons lighting up scoreboards for Delgado Community College. Davis, listed at 6-0, 165 lbs, is a New Orleans native who prepped at John McDonough High School. [...]

A post-Katrina record 532 students to graduate Saturday from SUNO

NEW ORLEANS, LA – This Saturday, May 11th at the Kiefer Lakefront Arena, 532 graduates will receive their degrees from Southern University at New Orleans.  This figure represents a new high since the University reopened following Hurricane Katrina. “We have continued to be impressed by the resiliency of our faculty and most importantly our students,” [...]

UNO and SUNO to Collaborate on Engineering Program

UNO and SUNO to Collaborate on Engineering Program NEW ORLEANS, LA – The University of New Orleans and Southern University at New Orleans have agreed to collaborate on a joint curriculum and degree program for SUNO students to earn engineering degrees at UNO. UNO President Peter J. Fos and SUNO Chancellor Victor Ukpolo participated in [...]

Signing Ceremony for New Collaborative Engineering Agreement between the University of New Orleans and Southern University at New Orleans

  Media Advisory   What: Signing Ceremony for New Collaborative Engineering Agreement between the University of New Orleans and Southern University at New Orleans When: Wednesday, May 8 at 9:30 a.m.   Where: UNO Administration Building, Room 101 (no. 1 on campus map http://uno2.uno.edu/maps/lakefront/) Who: UNO President Peter J. Fos and SUNO Chancellor Victor Ukpolo   Details: The leaders [...]

SUNO to host open house at Westbank Satellite Campus

What:              Open house for prospective students at the Southern University at New Orleans Westbank Satellite Campus.   Why:               Earlier this month, SUNO entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Algiers Charter School Association to establish the first public 4-year college on the Westbank of New Orleans.  Classes are scheduled to begin in the fall [...]

Dr. Wayne J. Riley to speak at SUNO Commencement Exercises

  Dr. Wayne J. Riley, native New Orleanian, advisor to President Barack Obama, and current president of Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee will deliver the Southern University at New Orleans commencement address on Saturday, May 11 at 4:00 p.m., when SUNO bestows degrees on the graduating class of 2013. The ceremonies will take place at [...]

Message from Chancellor Victor Ukpolo on the Boston Marathon tragedy

“Over the past several months we have witnessed a number of tragic events here in our nation; from the massacre of schoolchildren in Newtown, CT to the disappearance of local school teacher Terrilyn Monette and now the bombing at the Boston Marathon.  Our first instinct in each of these situations is to ask “Why?  How [...]

Knights finish 3rd at GCAC Outdoor Championships

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Though sending out the smallest team in the field, Southern University at New Orleans earned enough points to finish 3rd at the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships.  The team was led by the outstanding performance of Warith Fennoy, who won two events, setting a meet record in the triple jump [...]