Dear Southernites and Friends:
A couple of weeks ago, the IMAGINE 20,000 project kicked off with a meeting with the Provost, Dr. Luria Young, the Vice Provost, Dr. Camacia Smith-Ross, the six SUBR college deans, plus Mr. Herman Brister, the Director of Southern University Laboratory School. The meeting was led by the team from Marga, Inc. (the consulting firm retained with the help of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation grant) and Mr. Alfred Harrell, the SU System Foundation CEO and Chair of the Innovation and Development Committee. As you may recall, President-Chancellor Belton, the six college deans, and Mr. Brister will each lead task forces to help develop the SU Master Plan. Since then, the consulting team has begun working with the task forces to gather information to develop the plan. Thanks again to Mrs. Ann Smith, the Chair of the SU Board of Supervisors, for creating the Innovation and Development Committee, which is a Special Committee of the Board of Supervisors. The next meeting of the committee will be held at 12:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 20, 2017. Please join us on the 2
nd
floor of the J.S. Clark Administration Building to learn more about the progress of this project.
Recall, the goal of the IMAGINE 20,000 project is to increase enrollment to 20,000 students over the next 15 years. To accomplish this goal, President Belton and the University are reimagining what Southern University can be from top to bottom. Improvements to...
