Academic news from this morning

University President Dr. Joseph Savoie delivered his annual State of the University address to an ebullient audience filling Angelle Hall on Wednesday morning. Filled with facts and figures representing the past year, as well as renderings giving a snapshot of what is on the horizon — there was much to applaud as we celebrate our 125th year! Here are some of the highlights:

• Annual research expenditures topped $205.2 million in 2022, a 13% increase over the $181.4 million spent the previous year.
• UL Lafayette's 193% increase in R&D spending between 2013-2022 puts us at No. 6 in the nation “in terms of the speed with which our research infrastructure has grown,” Savoie said.
• UL Lafayette had a $2.7 billion statewide economic impact last year, supporting one out of every 78 jobs in the state.
• For every $1 invested in UL Lafayette, Louisiana residents receive $8 in added income and social savings.

Read more by clicking below or at https://louisiana.edu/news/state-uni...ark-first-time

See the slide presentation at louisiana.edu/stateoftheuniversity

#Louisiana125 #StateoftheUniversity

Thanks for posting.

To me, the biggest point you made was the last one; "For every $1 invested in UL Lafayette, Louisiana residents receive $8 in added income and social savings."

If the people in this state understood that they would support this university much more; well, as long as we don't mess with their tiggers.

I must say, I am quite ebullient after having read your post (and looking up ebullient)!

I’m so ebullient, I went outside and grilled chicken for lunch.

Thanks for sharing. I know Dr. S draws some ire from the forum due to athletics, but I think he's doing a terrific job advancing academia.

I wish the surrounding community reciprocated or simply was made aware of how lucky we are to have such an economic & cultural engine locally that they/we all benefit from.

Wow top 6!!! Why doesn't p5 or CFP need to factor stuff like that in

Does anyone know what the endowment is these days?

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Originally Posted by BeauCajun

University President Dr. Joseph Savoie delivered his annual State of the University address to an ebullient audience filling Angelle Hall on Wednesday morning. Filled with facts and figures representing the past year, as well as renderings giving a snapshot of what is on the horizon — there was much to applaud as we celebrate our 125th year! Here are some of the highlights:

• Annual research expenditures topped $205.2 million in 2022, a 13% increase over the $181.4 million spent the previous year.
• UL Lafayette's 193% increase in R&D spending between 2013-2022 puts us at No. 6 in the nation “in terms of the speed with which our research infrastructure has grown,” Savoie said.
• UL Lafayette had a $2.7 billion statewide economic impact last year, supporting one out of every 78 jobs in the state.
• For every $1 invested in UL Lafayette, Louisiana residents receive $8 in added income and social savings.

Read more by clicking below or at https://louisiana.edu/news/state-uni...ark-first-time

See the slide presentation at louisiana.edu/stateoftheuniversity

#Louisiana125 #StateoftheUniversity

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Apologies for re-posting... maybe I added some extra details?

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Originally Posted by CajunFun

Apologies for re-posting... maybe I added some extra details?

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Yours was more better. LOL. I just copied and pasted. I’ll have to ask the good doctor how their meeting went. She’s excited about the Health Sciences Campus.

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Originally Posted by RedTails

Thanks for sharing. I know Dr. S draws some ire from the forum due to athletics, but I think he's doing a terrific job advancing academia.

I wish the surrounding community reciprocated or simply was made aware of how lucky we are to have such an economic & cultural engine locally that they/we all benefit from.

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There are some here (fortunately, a small minority) who think we exist to play sports. And one reason that I keep hammering on academics is because I have come to realize that the number of people who read here, but do not post, vastly exceed those who post; and those who post and understand, vastly exceed those who miss the point.

So when we talk academics, and why UL exists, we are not shouting into an empty cave. It just feels like it sometimes.

There are so many schools in the country who started with big-time sports, and only focused on academics later... you get the feeling they think that academics is a veneer to their sports programs, when the reverse should hold. And at those schools, those initial, disordered priorities created their foundational culture, resulting in alumni, supporters, and politicians who don't really buy into what is critical, what is essential.

UL is doing it right.

Athletics will grow, but the small minority will never be satisfied, because nothing less than total domination, every play, every game, every sport, every year, will keep those people happy. You can see the same attitude at most of the P5 schools.

But once you realize that those are the priorities they hold, you can see how absurd it all is. No one can always win at athletics.

Integrity, vision, and academic excellence, however, can be constant & permanent things.

I am very grateful athletics will never be our #1 priority, nor even our strongest suit.

Again, we're doing it right.

. . . when Dr Fun posts, I feel ebullient . . . really ebullient . . . really, really, really ebullient . . . Louisiana is doing it right to the dismay of about 20 or so here . . . to those 20, read it and learn . . .