Growth in the undergraduate student population underpins LSU Shreveport’s record spring enrollment, the University announced Wednesday, April 22nd. LSUS’s enrollment of 10,959 is a spring semester record, topping the Spring 2025 record of 10,925. Undergraduates experienced a nearly nine percent increase from Spring 2025, expanding to 2,892 students. “We’re continuing our healthy growth in undergraduates, and that’s a result of the hard work our faculty and staff are doing to support student...

More than 220 creative writing submissions were turned in for the first-ever LSU Shreveport creative writing contest, and the university honored 30 finalists at an awards ceremony on May 1st. Local author Ashley Elston, who wrote New York Times bestsellers “First Lie Wins” and “Anatomy of an Alibi,” judged the 30 finalists, selecting the top three in short fiction and poetry categories. Riley Greber won the short fiction category with “Passenger 82.” Mackenzie McDonald’s “Hide or Speak” and...

Irreplaceable impact. Of all the words used to describe each of the eight retiring faculty and staff members at LSU Shreveport during Friday’s retirement celebration, those two words might sum up their contributions best. Spanning a range of fields and disciplines, the impact these eight members had on students, colleagues and their respective bodies of knowledge through their research is immeasurable. LSUS celebrated Dr. Douglas Bible, Dr. Timothy Vines, Dr. Kenna Franklin, Dr. Stephen...