Flagship Friends

The next 48 hours will determine how much of LSU’s budget is restored. We need your help. An e-mail is good, but if you have a moment, call your legislators’ offices to let them know you are concerned about LSU. Yesterday, the Senate amended 2 bills to help higher education: HB 689 would put $118 million [...]

Four former Louisiana governors appealed to Gov. Bobby Jindal to preserve higher education as much as possible. Gov. Jindal committed not to cut state appropriations by more than 10%. Higher education is currently bracing for a 15% cut to state appropriations amounting to $219 million, of which LSU’s share is $32 million. These figures exclude [...]

With less than 15 days remaining in the session, LSU still needs your help to restore its budget. No firm plan has been established to significantly minimize higher education’s budget cut. LSU is performing very well and we should support that progress. The Flagship University has a 61% graduation rate, conducts $140 million in research, and [...]

We’ve made it very simple for you to contact your elected officials. All you have to do is click the link below and you can send a pre-written letter to your elected officials voicing your concern about the budget cuts proposed to your LSU. http://www.votervoice.net/Groups/TIGER/Advocacy/?IssueID=17560&SiteID=-1 For your review – the prewritten text is below. You [...]