[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6858-6859]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT BATON ROUGE CENTENNIAL

  Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, today I wish to honor Southern 
University located in Baton Rouge, LA, as it celebrates its 100th 
anniversary. Southern University at Baton Rouge was established on 
March 9, 1914, when Southern University moved from New Orleans to 
Scott's Bluff, overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern 
section of Baton Rouge. The University opened its doors just outside of 
Baton Rouge with nine professors and just one central building to 47 
students. The original building, now called the Archives and 
Information Center, housed the administration, all classrooms, and even 
served as an all-girls dorm. The original campus is now a part of the 
Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.
  Southern University remains the only land-grant school in the State 
of Louisiana and now has more than 200 buildings worth more than $200 
million. This year's Southern University and A&M College at Baton 
Rouge, SUBR, Centennial Celebration will honor Southern's historical 
contributions as well as acknowledge exceptional alumni in a variety of 
fields, including its first president, Dr. Joseph Samuel Clark. The 
Jaguar Nation of Southern University is well-known for its role in the 
civil rights movement in the State

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of Louisiana and for its nationally recognized marching band nicknamed, 
``the Human Jukebox.''
  Undergirding all of the centennial events will be an ambitious 
fundraising effort that will solicit financial support from 
corporations, foundations, businesses, religious organizations, alumni, 
university retirees, former and current board members, former system 
presidents and chancellors, former student campus leaders and athletes, 
current faculty, staff and students, elected and appointed officials, 
community leaders, and the public in general. The funds generated will 
be credited to a scholarship fund to assist qualified SUBR students.
  Today, Southern University at Baton Rouge enrolls more than 7,000 
across 44 undergraduate degree programs. Southern also offers 30 post-
graduate degree programs including six doctoral programs and an ABA-
accredited law school program. It is with my heartfelt and greatest 
sincerity that I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating 
Southern University at Baton Rouge as it celebrates its 100th 
Anniversary.

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