New Orleans, La. - The Lady Knights came out tight against the University of New Orleans Lady Privateers, but the nerves went away in the second half. Smelling their first 13-0 start in history, SUNO got their wish with a 72-63 victory over UNO in t ...
Posted Friday, January 14th 2011 at 10:13AM
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Mobile, Ala. - Spring Hill was hoping to take advantage of a SUNO team that had not played in a month, but the Lady Knights shook off enough rust to make history. SUNO went to 12-0 for the first time in school history with a 73-71 defeat of Spring H ...
Posted Monday, January 10th 2011 at 10:14PM
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Dr. Lora Helvie-Mason's blog, "Communication & Higher Education: Life On the Tenure-Track At A Teaching Institution" (http://commhighered.blogspot.com/) was recognized by the University of Wisconsin-Stout as one of their "Top 8 Education Blogs To Ins ...
Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 3:03PM
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Going into their January 10th contest versus Spring Hill College, the Lady Knights of Southern University at New Orleans are looking to top their season-beginning win streak from 2000. With a 66-58 victory over St. Thomas University (Fla.) in Decemb ...
Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 2:55PM
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Southern University at New Orleans Foundation has been awarded $25,000 from The Coca-Cola Foundation (the Foundation), the philanthropic arm of The Coca-Cola Company. The funds are part of a $4 million grant distributed to 38 organizations across th ...
Posted Wednesday, January 5th 2011 at 1:58PM
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Selma, Ala. - The SUNO Lady Knights opened the 2010-2011 season by breaking a record. Taking on Concordia College-Selma on November 13th, SUNO (1-0) started the year off with a commanding 62-22 victory over the Lady Hornets in Selma. The Lady Knigh ...
Posted Friday, November 19th 2010 at 3:10PM
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New Orleans, La. - Three SUNO freshmen, Veronica Azubuike, Wynieka Anderson, and Gabrielle Carter were named to the 2010 GCAC All-Conference Volleyball Team. The trio helped turn SUNO from a 1-18 team, in 2009, to a 10-11 2010 contender for the GCAC ...
Posted Friday, November 19th 2010 at 3:05PM
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Monicah Jepkemboi, Trudy-Ann Williams, and Norbert Miller all made impressive showings at the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships at Percy Warner Park in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday, November 5th.
Jepkemboi, a sophomore r ...
Posted Monday, November 8th 2010 at 5:09PM
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Southern University at New Orleans received word from the office of U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu that the University will receive $1 million to strengthen its academic resources. The funds are a part of more than $6.8 million distributed among Louisia ...
Posted Monday, October 4th 2010 at 11:32AM
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Southern University at New Orleans’ enrollment has risen for the Fall 2010 semester, and has reached its highest number since Katrina. The University’s success comes despite projections that the enrollment would dip below 2,900 students due to n ...
Posted Thursday, September 16th 2010 at 6:42PM
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In their first-ever meeting with crosstown rivals, Xavier University of Louisiana, the SUNO Lady Knights also earned their first-ever Gulf Coast Athletic Conference victory. It is also the second win for the University's volleyball program. SUNO to ...
Posted Friday, September 10th 2010 at 11:35AM
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New Orleans, La. - Dr. Victor Ukpolo, the Chancellor of Southern University at New Orleans, has received two honors within the past month. In August, Ukpolo received the 2010 Quintessence Award from the African Writers Endowment, Inc. He accepted h ...
Posted Friday, September 10th 2010 at 11:03AM
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My role, as Interim Director of Public Relations, is to promote Southern University at New Orleans through the various voices on campus. I am often asked why I do not serve as the official on-camera or on-microphone spokesperson when there are broadc ...
Posted Monday, June 7th 2010 at 10:36AM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – Southern University at New Orleans has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. The honor was bestowed upon the University by the Corporation for National and Community Service for servi ...
Posted Monday, June 7th 2010 at 10:13AM
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New Orleans, LA – Southern University at New Orleans’ (SUNO) Lionel Green was selected as a Third Team All-American by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The NAIA announced the members of the Division I men’s basketb ...
Posted Wednesday, March 24th 2010 at 4:41PM
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The student team from Southern University at New Orleans won the Morehouse College 2010 Business Plan Competition on February 26th in Atlanta, Georgia on the campus of Morehouse. Two senior Business Entrepreneurship majors, Tonia Simmons-Doakes and ...
Posted Thursday, March 11th 2010 at 6:16PM
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New Orleans, La. – Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) competed in the NAIA Indoor Track & Field Championships from March 4th to March 6th in Johnson City, Tennessee on the campus of East Tennessee State University. On Saturday, senior sprin ...
Posted Tuesday, March 9th 2010 at 11:17AM
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New Orleans, LA – Southern University at New Orleans’ (SUNO) Lionel Green, Jazzlyn Prince and Tyesha Robinson have been honored by the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) for the 2009-2010 basketball season. Green and Prince were selected to t ...
Posted Tuesday, March 9th 2010 at 11:07AM
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Southern University at New Orleans (4-3) pulled an overtime road upset over Northwestern State University (5-8), 95-89 in Prather Coliseum. Ricardo Porter proved to a major factor with a 29-point performance, including eight 3-pointers. Lionel Gree ...
Posted Tuesday, January 5th 2010 at 6:04PM
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Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) has been ranked #1 in campus safety with a 98.2 safety rating among Louisiana colleges and universities by StateUniversity.com’s Safest Schools report. SUNO was informed of its ranking on November 30th.
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Posted Tuesday, December 1st 2009 at 4:13PM
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Southern University at New Orleans’ Monicah Jepkemboi (jeh-KEM-bwah) was named to the all-conference cross country team for the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference after placing 8th in the GCAC Championships on November 7th in Clinton, Mississippi.
Jepkemboi finished the 5,000 meter race with a t ...
Posted Monday, November 16th 2009 at 5:50PM
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Southern University at New Orleans will welcome Ambassador Johnnie Carson to the campus on Thursday, November 19th from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. in the Park Campus Cafeteria at 6400 Press Drive.
Ambassador Carson, who serves as Assistant Secretary of S ...
Posted Monday, November 16th 2009 at 5:49PM
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Southern University at New Orleans’ Jazzlyn Prince and Lionel Green are pre-season selections for the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) pre-season All-Conference women’s and men’s basketball teams, respectively.
Prince, a 5’6” senior guard out of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, has been a defensive ...
Posted Wednesday, October 28th 2009 at 11:56AM
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The Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) Lady Knights (1-11, 0-7) earned their first volleyball win in the university's history with a 3-0 shutout of Judson College in a non-conference match in The Castle on Saturday, October 17th. SUNO won the ...
Posted Monday, October 19th 2009 at 11:48AM
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