Monthly Archives: May 2011

LSU Memorial Day Ceremony Set for May 30

Name to be Unveiled on LSU War Memorial LSU and Cadets of the Ole War Skule will co-host the LSU Memorial Day Ceremony on Monday, May 30, at 12 noon at the LSU War Memorial on the Parade Ground. During the ceremony, which honors former LSU students and all veterans who have given their lives [...]

LSU Commissions 23 Cadets

  By Melissa Foley Twenty-three of LSU’s ROTC cadets and midshipmen were commissioned on May 19 during the 2011 Spring Commissioning ceremony. Twelve cadets were commissioned as second lieutenants from the Air Force ROTC program, including one who will graduate from Southern University; nine cadets were commissioned as second lieutenants from the Army ROTC program, [...]

Hall Honored at Retirement Dinner

Captain Gerard W. Hall, commander of Naval ROTC and professor of naval science at Southern University, was honored by LSU and Cadets of the Ole War Skule at a retirement dinner at the LSU Faculty Club on May 4. Hall, who has been at Southern for three years, is moving to a new assignment at [...]

Purple & Gold – From the Front

Cortez Assumes Command, Hangs LSU Flag Lieutenant Colonel Elward P. “Pat” Cortez, a 1992 College of Art & Design graduate, assumed command of the 27th Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division on the compound called COS Marez in Mosul, Iraq, on March 7. He writes: “One photo is of me (I’m [...]