LSU Board approves new degrees, campus leases, athletics contracts and Feist cancer funding

The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College approved a slate of academic, facilities and personnel actions during committee meetings and the full board session, including new degrees, private‑funded renovations, multiple leases and athletics employment contracts.

The board unanimously approved academic items presented in committee: a Bachelor of Arts in Design Studies and a Master of Science in Architecture at LSU A&M; four certificate programs at LSU Eunice (Payroll Administration, Business Entrepreneurship, Basic Management and Paraprofessional Education); the HSS Humanities Center at LSU A&M; and a revised mission statement for LSU Shreveport. Each item was presented to the academic committee and carried by voice vote in committee and by the full board when reported out.

The finance committee approved the FY‑26 expenditure request from LSU Health Shreveport for the Carol W. Feist legacy funds. The board approved a FY‑26 allocation of $3,800,000 to support the Feistwyler Cancer Center, described by presenters as funding for basic and translational science, clinical research, seed packages for recruitment and equipment and infrastructure for patient‑related research.

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