State of (Dis)Repair: Louisiana AND Higher Education

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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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Photo credit:  “Lobotomy Room in Disrepair” by User:Richie Diesterheft from Chicago, IL, USA. – This image was originally posted to Flickr by puroticorico at http://flickr.com/photos/10058483@N00/5080266622. It was reviewed on by the FlickreviewR robot and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. via Wikimedia Commons – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lobotomy_Room_in_Disrepair_%285080266622%29.jpg

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