Dear Southernites and Friends:
It’s been a great week on the Bluff. On Wednesday, Governor John Bel Edwards and Secretary of the Department of Transportation and Development, Dr. Shawn Wilson, held a press conference on our Baton Rouge campus. The Governor and the Secretary announced $10 million in funding for infrastructure improvements. The funding is a collaboration of the Office of the Governor, East Baton Rouge Parish Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, the Louisiana Board of Regents, and the University. After years of neglect by the State of Louisiana, erosion has badly damaged campus bridges and roads. Governor Edwards and Secretary Wilson further announced that construction should begin during the Christmas break, and that DOTD will take the lead on the construction project...
