Southern University at New Orleans’ (SUNO) enrollment has exceeded the fall 2008 figure of 3,105 students with 3,163 currently enrolled for the fall 2009 semester according to preliminary numbers.
The figure also includes an increase in first- ...
Posted Thursday, September 3rd 2009 at 10:46AM
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Southern University at New Orleans has added women's volleyball to its athletics line-up. This is the first season for SUNO Volleyball which will be coached by Wendy Magee. This is Magee's first head coaching job.
"Our team motto is "Defy expectations'," says Magee. "As being named the he ...
Posted Friday, August 14th 2009 at 5:05PM
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WYLD-FM’s "Sunday Journal" with Hal Clark was honored with the award for “Best Radio Talk Show” at the 51st Annual Press Club of New Orleans Awards held Saturday, July 18th at Harrah’s Hotel. The show was one of four nominees in the category ...
Posted Monday, July 20th 2009 at 5:29PM
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A Southern University at New Orleans professor is using funds that he was awarded by the National Science Foundation to hold a math and science summer camp for elementary school students. Dr. Joe Omojola, professor of mathematics and physics, has been holding his Gateway to Excellence in Math ...
Posted Friday, July 10th 2009 at 4:53PM
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The Southern University Board of Supervisors appointed SU System Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Dr. Kassie Freeman interim president at its meeting today. The appointment is effective July 1. She replaces Dr. Ralph Slaughter whose co ...
Posted Tuesday, June 30th 2009 at 2:20PM
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Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) received official notification this week that accreditation of the university’s College of Education has been reaffirmed by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). With the notification, SUNO joins a limite ...
Posted Wednesday, June 3rd 2009 at 5:32PM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – Southern University at New Orleans has made fifteen its magic number, placing 15th in the nation at the 58th Annual Men's and 29th Annual Women's NAIA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships in Edwardsville, Illinois over the weekend. The team was able to place itself in ...
Posted Tuesday, May 26th 2009 at 6:12PM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) and Delgado Community College has united to rekindle an articulation agreement between the two institutions as well as sign a two-plus-two agreement. Dr. Victor Ukpolo, the chancellor of ...
Posted Wednesday, May 6th 2009 at 9:12AM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA—An economic impact study of Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) released today by the University’s College of Business & Public Administration titled “The Economic Impact of SUNO: Giving Taxpayers More for Their Money” r ...
Posted Thursday, April 30th 2009 at 11:00AM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) qualified runners for two events at the NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championships scheduled for May 21st through May 23rd in Edwardsville, Illinois.
Sprinter Hylton Cambpell qualified ...
Posted Wednesday, April 8th 2009 at 10:50AM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – Southern University at New Orleans’ men’s basketball program has received a commitment from former Delgado star Ricardo Porter, Jr. A 6’4” guard, Porter will major in Elementary Education at SUNO upon receiving his degree in General Studies with an emphasis on Education from ...
Posted Wednesday, April 8th 2009 at 10:42AM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA - Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) announced today that the inaugural "SUNO Day at the Legislature" will happen on Monday, May 4, 2009 at 9 a.m. The university will have a display in the rotunda of the Louisiana State Capito ...
Posted Tuesday, March 31st 2009 at 4:33PM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today Southern University at New Orleans welcomed Tony Russell, the Acting Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Louisiana office. Dr. Victor Ukpolo, the Chancellor of SUNO, toured several buildings with Russell ...
Posted Friday, March 27th 2009 at 10:05AM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – Author, speaker and relationship expert Sil Lai (sil-LIE) Abrams will speak at Southern University at New Orleans on Monday, March 30, 2009 at 11 a.m. in the Knights’ Café Park Campus at 6400 Press Dr. The event is free and op ...
Posted Friday, March 27th 2009 at 10:02AM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA - Southern University at New Orleans’ chancellor, Dr. Victor Ukpolo, has been appointed to the American College of Education’s (ACE) Commission on Effective Leadership. Ukpolo’s appointment will begin on July 1, 2009 and it will end on June 30, 2012.
The Commission on Effect ...
Posted Thursday, March 19th 2009 at 6:00PM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA - Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) placed 15th in the nation at the NAIA 2009 Indoor National Championships in Johnson City, Tennessee today, producing four NAIA All-Americans in two events. The meet took place in the "Mini ...
Posted Monday, March 9th 2009 at 9:03AM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) greeted a delegation of national, state and local leaders in their tour of New Orleans.
Janet Napolitano, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and Shaun Donovan, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), made SUN ...
Posted Thursday, March 5th 2009 at 6:42PM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA - Southern University at New Orleans’ (SUNO) Jazzlyn Prince was named to the All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Team today. Prince, a 5’7” junior point guard from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, had a dynamic season for the Lady Knights.
Prince has not only made her mark on a conferen ...
Posted Tuesday, March 3rd 2009 at 10:40AM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA - The #7 seed SUNO Lady Knights played a physical game to defeat the #10 seed Spring Hill Lady Badgers in the first round of the GCAC Tournament. SUNO beat Spring Hill 70-56 at The Castle.
Kiarra Sims scored a double-double with 1 ...
Posted Tuesday, March 3rd 2009 at 10:40AM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – Southern University at New Orleans’ (SUNO) men’s track and field qualified to compete in a third event at the NAIA 2009 National Indoor Championship after the 4 x 400 meter relay team ran well at the LSU Purple Tiger Classic on Friday. The team, consisting of Mekel Downer, Ch ...
Posted Monday, January 26th 2009 at 12:59PM
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The Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) basketball program returned to its home basketball court, The Castle, against cross town rival Xavier University on January 17th. A capacity crowd filled the arena on the university's Park Campus which was heavily compromised by ...
Posted Friday, January 23rd 2009 at 10:48AM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA. – The Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) basketball program will play its first two games since Hurricane Katrina in “The Castle” (the SUNO gymnasium) on January 17th. The men and women will take on crosstown rival Xavie ...
Posted Tuesday, January 6th 2009 at 12:45PM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA. - Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) is looking forward to its campus expansion and creating an economic impact on the community as construction has begun on its Student and Faculty Housing facility. Not long after its June 2 ...
Posted Monday, December 22nd 2008 at 6:45PM
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NEW ORLEANS, LA. - Students from Southern University at New Orleans’ (SUNO) Students for the Prevention and Education of Substance Abuse (SPESA) gathered to donate gifts to residents from Family House, a rehabilitation facility for women and their ...
Posted Monday, December 22nd 2008 at 3:31PM
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Jakia Nishon Clay (jah-KEY-ah nih-SHON) is a twenty-three year old senior majoring in Social Work. Jakia was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and grew up in Kenner, Louisiana. She is the daughter of Joan C. Chaney and the late Rev. George Chaney, and she is also the granddaughter of the late Dr ...
Posted Friday, November 21st 2008 at 10:31AM
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