By Dayne Sherman
This may be the best event covering the Louisiana budget crisis and higher education held in 2015.
Please come and tell a friend. Free and open to the public.
Thursday, April 23, 2015
St. Albert the Great Chapel & Catholic Student Center
409 W Dakota St
Hammond, LA 70401
5:15 pm: Greetings and Opening Remarks
(James D. Kirylo, Moderator, Faculty Senate President, SLU)
PANEL DISCUSSION ONE
5:20-6:20 PM: The Louisiana Budget Crisis
(To be followed by questions from the audience)
Panelists
Bob Mann – LSU Faculty
Mary-Patricia Wray – Lobbyist and Political Consultant
Lemar Marshall – Hammond City Council
Tom Aswell – Louisiana Voice
Steve Spires – Louisiana Budget Project
10 minute break
PANEL DISCUSSION TWO
6:30-7:30 PM: The Louisiana Higher Education Crisis
(To be followed by questions from the audience)
Panelists
Dayne Sherman – SLU Faculty
Kevin Cope – LSU, Faculty Senate President
Sonya Hester – Southern University, Shreveport, Faculty Senate President
Albert Samuels – Southern University, Baton Rouge, Faculty Senate Vice President
Justin DiCharia – LSU Student
Music by Davy Brooks
Refreshments will be served
8:00 PM: Adjournment
This non-university sponsored event is grateful to Rev. Randy Cuevas and staff of St. Albert the Great Chapel & Catholic Student Center. This event is sponsored by ACCENDO BOOKS, ACTION NEWS 17, and the ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA FACULTY SENATES (ALFS).
Dayne Sherman is the author of the novels Zion and Welcome to the Fallen Paradise. Please support Talk About the South by purchasing one of these $2.99 ebooks. Signed first editions available from the author. He receives e-mail at daynesherman@yahoo.com. And he does not speak for any of his employers.
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Dayne Sherman, Writer & Speaker
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