Forever LSU

Forever LSU: The Campaign for Louisiana State University, is the most ambitious fundraising campaign in school history. The campaign strategy supports the National Flagship Agenda, the plan that will position LSU as one of the leading public institutions in the nation.

ExxonMobil, Employees Make History with $1.1 Million Donation to LSU

ExxonMobil employees and retirees have achieved a new level of giving to higher education with an historic gift to LSU academics. The LSU Foundation received a gift of $1,119,724 from the ExxonMobil Foundation. This total represents the matching of more than 340 gifts to LSU, which were eligible for ExxonMobil’s Educational Matching Gift Program in 2007. Read more.

Forever LSU Campaign Two-Thirds of the Way to Goal

The Forever LSU campaign is two-thirds of the way to its $750 million goal. The campaign has raised $484,766,330 in private giving consisting of cash, pledges, in-kind gifts and irrevocable planned giving. These private gifts have generated another $16.6 million in state matching funds as of December 2007, bringing the total from all funding sources to $501,406,330 as of March 31, 2008. Read more.

Forever LSU Campaign Receives BP America Grant

BATON ROUGE –An innovative joint education project between the LSU College of Education and ADVANCE BATON ROUGE, or ABR, will be the beneficiary of a $500,000 gift provided by BP America. Read more.

Marathon Oil Corporation Donates $2.5 Million

In a news conference held at LSU on April 8, Marathon Oil Corporation announced a $2.5 million gift commitment to LSU, supporting programs in the LSU College of Basic Sciences and the College of Engineering. Read more.

Chevron Donates $4.75 Million to Forever LSU

LSU announced a $4.75 million gift commitment from Chevron Corporation – the largest one-time corporate cash donation to the LSU Foundation in its history – at a news conference on Feb. 28. Read more.

Margaret Champagne Womack Donates $250,000

The LSU School of Social Work announced on March 17, 2008 that Margaret Champagne Womack made a gift commitment of $250,000 to increase the Margaret Champagne Womack Professorship in Addictive Disorders. Read more.

LSU Day at the Louisiana State Capitol
LSU officials, student scholars, athletes, coaches, and even Mike the Tiger were recognized on Wednesday, April 30, as part of LSU Day at the Louisiana State Capitol for achievements in the classroom and on the playing field.

LSU School of Veterinary Medicine Releases Rehabilitated Bald Eagle
The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine successfully rehabilitated and released an adult bald eagle in February of this year, ensuring that one of our nation’s proudest symbols will continue to fly high over south Louisiana.

LSU Junior Wins Prestigious Truman Scholarship
The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has announced that LSU junior Claire Kendig of Shreveport is among 65 students nationwide to receive the prestigious Truman Scholarship.