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A settlement conference has been ordered for a lawsuit pitting a former LSU Athletics Department executive against the university, but we now know who could be called as witnesses should that case proceed to trial.

President Tate has announced his first major personnel rearrangement. He has demoted Provost Stacia Haynie. This comes roughly a month after the Baton Rouge Business Report ran a story detailing her efforts to increase the number of women in upper leadership at the university. She was working on improving the lack of female representation across the university. Tate has been on the job for less than a week, and the optics of firing the highest-ranking female on campus as his first decision are ...

William Tate IV Named as First Black Louisiana State University President (Image: Louisiana State University) The Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors have has named William Tate IV, Education Foundation Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina, as the university’s next president. Tate will begin his term in July. “What I’m really most excited about is I met students here who really are amazing, and for me, this position is all about what we can do to help st...

Parker Executive Search Assists LSU Recruit First African-American President   May 10, 2021 – Atlanta-based Parker Executive Search has assisted Louisiana State University (LSU) in the selection of William Tate as the school’s first African-American president. He will replace Tom Galligan, who has served as LSU president since January 2020. “This is a very pivotal time at our university, from economic, environmental, social challenges, but we are doing great things at this place,” s...

Dr. William F. Tate IV was selected as president of Louisiana State University (LSU) on Thursday, becoming the first Black president of any school that is part of the Southeastern Conference. Tate is pictured in a photo provided by LSU on May 6, 2021. (Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College / Eddy Perez) MSN News Dr. William F. Tate IV was named the president of Louisiana State University (LSU) on Thursday, becoming the first Black president of a Southeastern Confere...

William “Bill” Tate as the first Black president in the Baton Rouge school’s history. Additionally, the former University of South Carolina Provost also becomes the first African American president at a school in the Southeastern Conference. "Quite frankly I didnt think this day would come that an African-American would become president in the SEC," Tate said, according to USA Today of becoming the head of a school that Black students were not even allowed to attend until 1953. "Yall mad...

Board of Supervisors names Dr. William Tate IV as next LSU president, first African American at LSU & in SEC to hold position Board of Supervisors names new LSU president By WAFB Staff | May 6, 2021 at 5:05 PM CDT - Updated May 6 at 6:59 PM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The LSU Board of Supervisors has voted to hire Dr. William Tate as the university’s next president. Tate will be the first African American to hold the position at LSU and in the SEC. The board voted 15-0 in favor of Tate. ...

LSU President William Tate IV LSU appoints the first Black president in the school’s history and who is also the first Black president in the Southeastern Conference. University of South Carolina Provost William Tate IV has been tapped by the LSU Board of Supervisors to lead the system. “I’m really grateful for it as I reflect historically in my own personal journey it’s a huge moment for me individually just being a president period, but this part of history to me is very special,” s...

LSU makes history by naming its first Black president: Meet Bill Tate View Comments LSU made history Thursday by naming University of South Carolina Provost William "Bill" Tate as the first Black president in the schools history and the first Black to lead a school in the Southeastern Conference. Black students werent even allowed to attend LSU until 1953. "Quite frankly I didnt think this day would come that an African-American would become president in the SEC," Tate said. "Yall made it poss...

© LSU Louisiana State University (LSU) has chosen its next leader, who will become the first Black president in the Southeastern Conference (SEC).  William Tate, who currently serves as provost at the University of South Carolina, is expected to begin his term in July, LSU announced in a press release Thursday.  LSU Board Chairman Robert Dampf said in a statement, “This is a very pivotal time at our university, from economic, environmental, social challenges, but we are doing great things ...