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SUNO School of Social Work prepares to celebrate 30 years of Service

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The Southern University at New Orleans School of Social Work is in many ways the University’s flagship program.  Now in its 30th year, the School of Social Work has been the embodiment of Southern University at New Orleans’ commitment to service to its community.  On Friday, November 30th at 5:00 pm and until 8:00 pm there will be a celebration in the SUNO Gymnasium  to honor the success of the students and faculty who have made the program what it is today.  The event is free and open to the public.

 

SUNO Knights hand William Carey first loss of season 76-69

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New Orleans, LA - William Carey entered “The Castle” riding a season-opening 5 game winning streak, including a victory over 19th ranked Xavier.  They left with their first loss after a 76-69 loss at the hands of the SUNO Knights.  SUNO got off to a fast start behind the hot shooting of Merlin Walker and Jared Lewis along with a heavy dose of Anthony Turner in the paint.  The trio combined for 12 of the Knights’ 16 first half baskets, helping SUNO to a 41-30 advantage at the intermission.

The Crusaders worked their way back into the game early in the second half, capitalizing on a suddenly-cold Knights offense.  SUNO, however never relinquished the lead thanks to the play of Joshua Major who went 5-7 from the field in the second half including 3 three-point baskets on his way to leading all scorers with 18 points.  William Carey made a final push to tie the score at 65 with just over three minutes to play, but SUNO head coach Dale Valdery put the ball in the hands of Kevin Dukes who scored seven of SUNO’s final 11 points as the Knights defense stiffened to finally put the game away.

SUNO improves to 4-1 on the season.  They take on Spring Hill at home on December 8th.

Long-absent SUNO library making its return

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Long-absent SUNO library making its return

Courtesy “The Advocate”

By Koran Addo

Capitol news bureau

As construction begins in earnest, Southern University New Orleans students are finally starting to believe they will get their library back, seven years after Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters destroyed the building, leaving behind a three-story eyesore.

SUNO Chancellor Victor Ukpolo called the renovations under way to the library and the adjacent University Center student union a tremendous morale booster to a campus community that lived through the devastating storm.

The hurricane destroyed the library’s first-floor collections in flooding that lasted several weeks. The second- and third-floor collections were initially unharmed, but roof damage, exposure to the elements and pest infestations led to much of those materials being condemned.

Named after its first director, the Leonard S. Washington Memorial Library was built in 1963, making it the third oldest building on the SUNO campus. But many of SUNO’s roughly 3,200 students have never been inside the 72,000-square-foot structure.

Tiara Washington, a senior general studies major, said it hasn’t been lost on her that she’s spent her entire college career at a school without a proper library. This week, when she learned that the library and University Center are on track to be re-opened late next year, Washington described her feelings as bittersweet.

Every college needs a library, she said, before noting that she’ll be long gone by the time SUNO’s reopens.

“It’s been a challenge because our professors don’t go easy on us,” Washington said. “They expect excellent work, and the fact that we don’t have access to a lot of resources is not an excuse. But this is long overdue; I couldn’t be happier.”

On Monday, library Director Shatiqua Mosby-Wilson walked to the soon-to-be renovated building. Outside, she pointed to a glass-enclosed bulletin board where a half dozen, sun-faded announcements were posted to the glass-enclosed bulletin board.

“Those were the last announcements posted before the storm hit,” she said.

Mosby-Wilson explains that SUNO faculty did not let up on their students after the hurricane, so it forced the librarians to get creative. Between 2006 and 2009, they set up a temporary library in a single trailer to accommodate students. As the collection was being rebuilt, the temporary library grew to four trailers, she said.

In 2010, the librarians found space among the offices in the campus’ Multi-Purpose building to set up a makeshift library. With several rows of bookshelves, cubicles and computer stations, it resembles a library.

The problem, as Mosby-Wilson sees it, is that the space is too small and students have to be rotated in and out in order to comply with the fire marshal’s capacity limits.

Late next year, when the collections can be moved back to the original library, Mosby-Wilson said they will have access to an increased archives section, reading zones, an Internet café and several other improvements they didn’t have before.

Shaun Lewis, SUNO’s director of facilities, said he sees “the light at the end of the tunnel” as the roughly $6.2 million library renovation and the $4.2 million University Center rehabilitation have mostly moved past the architectural and planning stages which required approval from both the federal government and Gov. Bobby Jindal’s office.

Lewis said the library and student union will both be state-of-the-art and protected against flooding with 4-foot-tall floodwalls and floodgates.

On the administrative side, Ukpolo said the difficult part of his job as chancellor was to assure all parties involved that SUNO was committed to rebuilding their library. The university established partnerships with libraries at Tulane University and the University of New Orleans to help students with research projects, but also had to set up the temporary libraries on the SUNO campus to satisfy a regional accrediting agency and the state.

Pressure from students also mounted until late this year when construction started, Ukpolo said.

“We had these buildings just sitting there with no activity,” he said. “It’s hard to sell people on the idea that the library is coming back. Now that they can see the progress day-by-day, people are starting to feel good. It’s not easy to run a university without a full-fledged library.”

Near the library, Stephanie Anderson walked by without even glancing at the building. Anderson, who is pursuing a master’s degree in social work, said the lack of a library has reinforced the need for students to be technologically savvy.

“You have to know what you’re doing and how to access journal articles online,” she said.

A few feet away, Monique Young, who is also studying for a master’s degree in social work, reacted more positively to the idea of the student union reopening.

“We’ve had a little library; it’s not what it was supposed to be, but it was something,” Young said. “My main gripe is that we haven’t had a bookstore.”

SUNO falls to UL-L 76-66 in exhibition contest

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Lafayette, LA – The SUNO Knights stepped up in class, taking on NCAA Division I foe Louisiana-Lafayette in the Cajundome.  In the first meeting between the schools, SUNO gave the Ragin’ Cajuns all they could handle before losing 76-66.   SUNO played very well in the first half, slowing the pace of the ball game and taking a two-point lead into the half.  UL-L upped the tempo in the second half, and though SUNO put up a great fight, ultimately they just couldn’t keep pace with the Cajus.  Anthony Turner came off of the bench to lead the Knights with 16 points and 16 boards.  Joshua Major added 15 but SUNO didn’t get its usual production from headliners Kevin Duke and Clyde Moore who were held to a combined 10 points and 3 assists while committing 10 turnovers.  UL-L forward Shawn Long led all scorers with 22 points while pulling down 12 rebounds.

SUNO next hits the road to play in the Memphis HBCU Classic.  The Knights match up against Wiley College Friday night at 7pm.

SUNO prepares for launch of online degree program in Spring of 2013

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NEW ORLEANS, LA – Southern University at New Orleans continues to work to provide accessible educational options for the community it serves by implementing an intensive online degree program in General Studies with a Humanities Concentration.  The program would allow students to complete their bachelors degree in approximately half the time as the online degree program will consist of 8-week semesters rather than the traditional 16.

“The way that our students learn continues to change and we are adapting to meet their need”, said Chancellor Victor Ukpolo.  ”We know that many students are looking for online options for their degrees and this is our first step in providing such an option.  We look forward to providing the community with detailed information about how they can enroll in the program and get on the road to a diploma.”

 

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Southern University at New Orleans Launches myCampus 7 Portal Platform

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Southern University at New Orleans Launches myCampus 7 Portal Platform

 

Cleveland – November 14, 2012–CampusEAI Consortium would like to congratulate Southern University at New Orleans, located in New Orleans, Louisiana, for launching the myCampus7, a cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) portal and mobile platform designed to provide students, faculty and staff with a one-stop web browsing experience, utilizing single sign-on.

myCampus 7 provides SUNO with content management and portal capabilities, including:

  • Single Sign-on: QuickLaunch

myCampus 7 provides SUNO with single sign-on for the following programs:

  • Ellucian® Banner®
  • WebCT®
  • Microsoft® Exchange®

 

  • Targeted and Federated Alerts and Announcements: MyMessages

My Messages allows SUNO administrators, student leaders, faculty and staff to send alerts and announcements to individual users, groups and roles. myCampus administrators can also delegate messaging capabilities to authorized users. My Messages is able to syndicate alerts and announcements from other enterprise applications using the My Messages API.

 

  • Web 2.0 Social Networking

SUNO students have access to myCampus social networking features, including:

  • Community and personal profile pages
  • Blogs
  • Wikis
  • Friend Walls

 

  • Groups and Collaborations

Students at SUNO are able to join and participate in online groups and communities that combine myCampus functionality with a suite of features to help users collaborate online.

“We are pleasedto support Southern University at New Orleans’s portal objectives.” Said Anjli Jain, Executive Director of the CampusEAI Consortium. “By utilizing the latest version of our myCampus software, SUNO is able to provide its students, faculty and staff with the highest quality online resources available today.”

For further information, students can visit www.suno.edu/technology

 

About CampusEAI Consortium

CampusEAI Consortium is a global information technology services and consulting provider focused on helping its members implement cost-effectiveand timely IT solutions. More than 1800 members belong to the CampusEAI Consortium, including Florida State University, New Mexico State University, Louisiana State University, Brookdale Community College and University of Maine System. For more information, visit www.campuseai.org.

 

About myCampus

myCampus, the most widely deployed campus portal, web content management and mobile platform in higher education, provides prospective students, current students, faculty, staff and alumni with single sign-on access to their academic and social information. For more information on myCampus, visithttp://www.campuseai.org/overview
 

Innovative program aims to break cradle-to-prison cycle

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WDSU Anchor Norman Robinson puts a spotlight on the Honore’ Center for Undergraduate Student Achievement.

The Honoré Center for Undergraduate Student Achievement (HCUSA) is part of a national demonstration to address the Black male cradle-to-prison pipeline and its consequences.

The goal of the “Five Fifths Agenda for America” national initiative is to enable young Black men with life challenges to become educators and servant leaders who will seed positive change in their schools and communities. An additional goal is to establish public Historically Black Colleges and Universities as institutional bases for long-term systemic change.

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Southern University at New Orleans announces Homecoming Week Activities

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October 26, 2012

 

Southern University at New Orleans announces Homecoming Week Activities

 

NEW ORLEANS, LA – Homecoming at Southern University at New Orleans brings together the SUNO community like no other time of year.  This year will involve a number of activities beginning Sunday, October 28 and continuing through Friday, November 2 with a tailgate party and home basketball game.

 

The highlight of homecoming week is the coronation of Miss SUNO.  This year, senior Morgan L. Douglas will be crowned, Thursday night, November 1st in the University’s gymnasium, affectionately known as “The Castle”.  Miss Douglas is a senior Public Administration majoir from Slidell, Louisiana and a fourth generation member of the Southern University System family.  This year’s homecoming theme is “Enchantment Under the Sea”.

 

A schedule of homecoming activities follows:

 

Monday, October 29, 2012

  • Alumni Day Celebration, 11:00 am – 12:00pm
  • Gospel Extravaganza, 12:00 pm – 1:00pm

 

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

  • Organizational Day, cookout, music, games 11:00 am – 3:00pm
  • Comedy Show, 7:00 pm – 9:00pm

 

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

  • Student Government Association Day, cookout, music, games 11:00am – 3:00pm
  • Halloween Bash, 8:00pm – 1:00am

 

Thursday, November 1, 2012

  • Coronation, 7:00pm – 12:00am

 

Friday, November 2, 2012

  • Homecoming Tailgating, 11:00am – 3:00pm
  • Pep Rally, 3:00pm – 4:00pm
  • Homecoming Basketball Game vs Johnson & Wales University, 6:00pm
  • Homecoming Concert, 9:00pm – 1:00am

 

For more information please contact Shawanda Howard, Director of the Office of Student Activities at (504) 284-558 or showard@suno.edu.