As new semester begins, UL prepares for change.

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Students on UL's campus crossed off the first day of the spring semester Tuesday. Classes and parking woes were on the minds of many with most unaware that the spring semester will be one of transition for the university. Ray Authement will end his 34 years as president, and a transition team will begin hashing out a to-do list for incoming President Joseph Savoie. In the coming weeks, transitional advisory teams that will focus on issues like academics and faculty, economic development and research, university advancement, students, athletics, and facilities and property will be formed. Students, faculty, staff and community stakeholders will be asked to serve on the teams, said Jerry Luke LeBlanc, the man hired as Savoie's transition coordinator. The teams will focus on the more than 30 recommendations made in an institutional review conducted during the presidential search process and concerns raised by the public during the search meetings, said LeBlanc, who served as former Gov. Kathleen Blanco's commissioner of administration. Savoie is still the acting commissioner of higher education and his replacement likely won't be selected before the legislative session. Savoie said he plans to make weekly visits to the campus to discuss transition issues. The rest of the story Marsha Sills msills@theadvertiser.com

[gorcajun]

Classes and parking woes were on the minds of many with most unaware that the spring semester will be one of transition for the university. Ray Authement will end his 34 years as president, and a transition team will begin hashing out a to-do list for incoming President Joseph Savoie

What do you mean "most 'students' unaware .....". Heck most UL Alumni are unaware that there will be a changing of the guard. The UL Alumni Association has not announced that one of its own, Joseph Savoie, will assume the presidency in the summer of 2008.

There must be a glitch in the mission statement of the UL Alumni Association.

[Zeebart21]

What do you mean "most 'students' unaware .....". Heck most UL Alumni are unaware that there will be a changing of the guard. The UL Alumni Association has not announced that one of its own, Joseph Savoie, will assume the presidency in the summer of 2008.

There must be a glitch in the mission statement of the UL Alumni Association.

Son, get it right! Its the UL - Lafayette Alumni Association! Geeze GOR, am I gonna have to hold your hand all thru 2008?



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