WATCH: 3 LSU president finalists begin interviews in Shreveport on May 2
First up is UL System President Jim Henderson, who previously led BPCC as its chancellor and NSU as its president (Source: WAFB) By Curtis Heyen | May 2, 2021 at 6:02 PM CDT - Updated May 2 at 6:58 PM
The interviews begin with the LSU Shreveport/LSU Health Shreveport forum from 6:30-7 p.m., which LSUS will stream on its Facebook page.
First up is James B. “Jim” Henderson, president of the University of Louisiana System. He’s a former chancellor of Bossier Parish Community College in Bossier City who went on to be president of Northwestern State University in Natchitoches before heading up the UL System.
LSU, UL System consider ways to accommodate staff concerned about returning to in-person classes File photo of the Memorial Tower on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge, La. (Source: WAFB) By Adrian Dubose | LSU Manship School News Service | April 21, 2021 at 3:55 PM CDT - Updated April 21 at 4:05 PM
BATON ROUGE, La. - After announcing this week that they will not require students to get COVID-19 vaccines, the presidents of LSU and the University of Louisiana System said Wednesday that they are reviewing how to accommodate faculty members who feel they might be at risk in returning to in-person classes this fall.
After announcing this week that they will not require students to get COVID-19 vaccines, the presidents of LSU and the University of Louisiana systems said Wednesday that they are reviewing how to accommodate faculty members who feel they might be at risk in returning to in-person classes this fall.
Dr. Jim Henderson, president of the UL system, said the nine universities in his system will assess requests by faculty members to teach online on a case-by-case basis assuming that the vaccines are as effective as expected and depending on public health conditions at the time.
Henderson said administrators will consider age, medical conditions and family health concerns, along with the latest public health guidance, in making the decisions.
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“Honestly the thing I am looking most forward to right now is throwing a baseball outside. I have been home since mid-November, so I have been throwing inside for just over three months now. It will feel good to actually be able to get outside and throw as well as getting on a dirt mound outside rather than throwing bullpens inside on a portable turf mound.” The Bucs made Hofmann the highest player drafted out of Saskatchewan when they nabbed him in the fifth round, 138 overall, in the Major League Baseball Draft last June. That was after he went 4-0, en route to Second Team All-American honours, in a COVID-19 shortened season at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.