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Board approves honorary degree, academic plans and new institutes; librarianship title change added
Summary
The board's Academic Committee approved an honorary Doctor of Engineering for Lori Garrison, annual academic plans, a librarian professional practice title series, a new Institute for the Health and Performance of Champions and a trauma/burn research center for LSU Health New Orleans; several center renewals were approved on consent.
At its Academic Committee meeting, the LSU Board of Supervisors approved multiple academic and organizational items from LSU campuses, including an honorary degree, new institutes and regulatory changes for faculty titles.
Provost Blanchard presented a request to award an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree to Lori Garrison, president and director of the William A. Brookshire Foundation. The provost's presentation said the Brookshire Foundation has supported scholarships, graduate assistantships and capital projects at LSU; the foundation's 2020 gift of $6 million to a scholarship program was described as the largest gift for immediate-use scholarships in LSU history.…
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