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The LSU Lutrill & Pearl Payne School of Education has earned national recognition for excellence in teacher preparation, with its Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (Grades 1-5) receiving an A+ from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) - the organization's highest rating for preparing future elementary educators to teach reading.

Summer may bring a quieter campus, but across the LSU College of Human Sciences & Education, the work to increase the quality of life across the lifespan is anything but slowing down.

The LSU College of Human Sciences & Education (CHSE) has appointed Terri Porche Ricks, PhD, JD, as Senior Assistant Dean for Administration.

Allie Boquet, PhD, will be a featured panelist on "From Research to Reality: What the Latest Special Education Evidence Actually Says - and How to Use It in Your Classroom," a free webinar held by the National Association of Special Education Teachers on July 7, 2026.

Edward Benoit, III, PhD, associate professor and director of the School of Information Studies, and Jill Trepanier, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Geography & Anthropology, have received a $200K Mellon Foundation grant to expand research examining how climate threats affect galleries, libraries, archives and museums across the United States.

The LSU School of Kinesiology will host the 14th Annual Louisiana Parkinson's Conference on Saturday, July 25, 2026, at the C. B. Pennington Jr. Conference Center.

The School of Leadership & Human Resource Development hosted the Robert Noyce Research Experiences in STEM Settings (RESS) Launch Event on May 31, 2026, bringing together grant participants, LSU & Louisiana education leaders, program faculty, and invited guests to formally begin the next phase of an innovative National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported teacher development initiative.

The LSU College of Human Sciences & Education has appointed Judith Rhodes, PhD, LMSW, as Acting Associate Dean for CHSE Research Centers & Institutes.

When Joshua Smith received his acceptance letter to LSU Health Shreveport, he was in awe. The recent LSU graduate now had a clear path to become the person he was meant to be. That wasn't always the case.

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