High school seniors from the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette areas have captured 92 of the 115 Louisiana scholarships announced so far as part of the 65th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
Interim Chancellor Vincent June on Tuesday conceded his own anger and frustration at events last week in Minneapolis, where a black man, George Floyd, died at the hands of local police, and vowed that South Louisiana Community College would hold c…
At least three local organizations say they are planning a peaceful rally at 11 a.m. Sunday in solidarity with the people in Minneapolis who are protesting a police-involved death there.
Two on-campus University of Louisiana at Lafayette students have tested positive for COVID-19, spokesman Eric Maron confirmed Saturday. The students shared an on-campus apartment.
South Louisiana Community College felt like home from Vincent June’s second day here in 2016.
The Lafayette Online Academy is planning a move into a larger standalone space as the virtual learning program continues to grow and online learning is increasingly in the spotlight as parents and children navigate uncertain educational terrain am…
Vincent June, vice chancellor for academic and student affairs, has been appointed interim chancellor at South Louisiana Community College.
Students requiring remediation over the summer are returning to the classroom in less than two weeks, but this year the Lafayette Parish School System’s summer school offerings are going fully online.
Planning for operations at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette into 2021 is proving to be a daily task, with lengthy meetings and information and data sharing as top campus officials develop a “nimble” blueprint for meeting the challenges of …
Maybe this downside to Acadiana’s community college wasn’t made plain to Natalie Harder when she first applied for the chancellor’s job in 2012. Maybe she just overlooked it.
With the 2020-2021 budget cycle complete, advocates for a rebuilt Lafayette High are one step closer to launching the high school rebuilding project.
Rhett Pelloquin recalled the "crazy ride" Southside High School's first graduating class has had for the Youngsville City Council during last week's video meeting.
Acadiana area school systems are moving ahead with in-person graduation ceremonies after Gov. John Bel Edwards released guidance on Phase 1 of the state’s novel coronavirus reopening this week.
Ji’Carla Martinez once aspired to a career in fashion, but decided the industry wasn’t a good fit after watching a documentary about its inner workings.
The Lafayette Parish School Board unanimously passed a $576.6 million budget for the 2020-2021 school year Wednesday, but the possibility of budget shifting and cuts is on the horizon as the district assesses the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on s…
South Louisiana Community College is touting a $2.5 million gift, the largest in the history of Louisiana community colleges, as the means for expanding its home health care efforts in six additional rural campuses over the next five years.
High school seniors from the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette areas have captured 34 of the 40 Louisiana scholarships announced so far as part of the 65th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
Those who work closely with at-risk families expected to be flooded with requests for child care assistance after Louisiana schools closed in mid-March to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette can’t say enough about spring semester graduates. So they’ll take a few days to say it.
Lessons that modern nursing’s founder taught 18 decades ago retain their relevance today. Words like these: “Every nurse ought to be careful to wash her hands very frequently during the day.”
Administrators at Acadiana Renaissance Charter Academy are charging ahead with plans to open a high school branch in August, undeterred by uncertainty surrounding the structure of the new school year amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
On Friday, the Lafayette Parish School System released its new schedule for July graduation ceremonies, laying out times for each graduating class’s service and early guidance on ticket restrictions.
LSU will provide the largest group of students — 14 — among the entering class of 150 when the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, or VCOM, opens for its first classes in Monroe in July.
South Louisiana Community College Chancellor Natalie Harder has accepted the position of president at Coker University in Hartsville, South Carolina, a private four-year college with an enrollment of 1,200.
South Louisiana Community College Chancellor Natalie Harder has accepted the position of president at Coker University in Hartsville, South Carolina, a private four-year college with an enrollment of 1,200.
A food service technician in St. Martin Parish has been recognized by a national organization as a regional employee of the year.
Students and teachers have faced a challenging new landscape during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Graduating students in the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s College of Education have faced unique challenges straddling both worlds as resid…
More than 100 emergency medical technicians and paramedic students will seek national certification through testing at South Louisiana Community College over the next two weeks.
The Center for Minority Excellence will host a Virtual College Day to encourage students to learn more about summer and autumn enrollment at South Louisiana Community College.
Senior year is a milestone and Lafayette educators are finding creative ways to make the experience special for teenagers whose high school careers ended abruptly because of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The Lafayette Parish School System released guidance Friday outlining how teachers and administrators will determine which students in kindergarten through 11th grade qualify to pass and which may need to be held back or complete remediation work.
Melinda Mangham, a larger than life Lafayette educator who championed students and teachers with undeniable passion for decades, has died.
The Lafayette Parish school system is moving graduation ceremonies from late May to early July in the hopes of salvaging the in-person experience.
A male teacher who works at an Opelousas school was arrested Tuesday for allegedly having inappropriate contact with at least one of his female students, according to a news release from the Opelousas Police Department.
Students and teachers are hoping for a return to normal schooling in August after closures caused by the novel coronavirus. But the team at Académie Franco-Louisianaise de Sunset is setting their sights on 2021 after voting to delay the opening of…
After receiving a COVID-19 diagnosis on Easter Sunday, Woodvale Elementary Principal Monique Vidos typed up a brief note at the end of her weekly newsletter to parents.
Early outlooks for fall enrollment at pricey, distant colleges and universities point to potential enrollment problems. Blame it on COVID-19.
Lafayette public school seniors and graduating juniors now have a path forward to determine their grades and chart a path to graduation amid the novel coronavirus uncertainty.
South Louisiana Community College this week will register students for what appears to be its first online-only summer enrollment. The change was made to meet social distancing requirements because of the pandemic created by the spread of the coro…
The Lafayette Parish School Board will revisit plans to allocate some U.S. Department of Agriculture funding for Southside High Thursday after a full spending plan was panned at last week’s board meeting.
Lafayette educators are breaking out their cameras and cellphones to film local educational programming for children in Acadiana.
The Lafayette Parish School System is finalizing plans for a distanced end to the school year after Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a proclamation closing K-12 school buildings through the end of the academic year to prevent spread of the novel coronavirus.
OPELOUSAS — Church-affiliated schools in Acadiana, now certain Gov. John Bel Edwards is ordering public schools closed for the rest of 2019-20, can start discerning what that means for the learning institutions they operate.
An expected decision to close Louisiana public schools for the rest of the 2019-20 school year might create specific hardships but it gives educators the opportunity to make plans.
Stephanie LeBlanc is accustomed to cars zipping past her home at the corner of Alonda and Ayreshire drives. But for the last week, LeBlanc has enjoyed a new kind of traffic: neighborhood children and families trotting past the “Learning Fence” she…
Nonprofit groups are stepping in to provide stopgap meals to Lafayette students while the Lafayette Parish school system transitions from a grab-and-go meals program to a delivery system during the coronavirus shutdown.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette will celebrate its spring graduating class with a virtual commencement on May 15, the university has announced on its website.
The public's opportunity to honor Ray Authement's life and legacy will come Friday at Martin Hall on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus.
[UPDATE: John Bel Edwards: 'Really good chance' Louisiana schools will close for academic year]
Ray P. Authement, who served as president of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for 34 years, has died. He was 91 years old.
The Lafayette Parish School System will remain closed at least through April 30 after Gov. John Bel Edwards extended statewide restrictions on schools, businesses and general movement to curtail continued spread of the novel coronavirus.