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Since 1860, LSU has served the people of
Louisiana, the region, the nation, and the world through extensive, multipurpose
programs encompassing instruction, research, and public service.
LSU is...
- the flagship institution
of the state of Louisiana
- one of only 25 universities
nationwide holding both land-grant and sea-grant status
- bringing in more than
$120 million annually in outside research grants and contracts, a significant factor
for the Louisiana economy
- home of the "Fighting
Tigers" and their Bengal tiger mascot, Mike V
- a community of more
than 34,000 faculty, staff, and students from every state and more than 120 countries
- injecting more than
a half-billion dollars into the Baton Rouge economy annually
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Mission
As the flagship institution
of the state, the vision of Louisiana State University is to be a leading doctoral/research—extensive
university, challenging undergraduate and graduate students to achieve the highest
levels of intellectual and personal development. Designated as both a land-grant
and sea-grant institution, the mission of Louisiana State University is the generation,
preservation, dissemination, and application of knowledge and cultivation of the
arts.
In implementing its mission, LSU is committed
to:
- offer a broad
array of undergraduate degree programs and extensive graduate research opportunities
designed to attract and educate highly qualified undergraduate and graduate students;
- employ faculty
who are excellent teacher-scholars, nationally competitive in research and creative
activities, and who contribute to a world-class knowledge base that is transferable
to educational, professional, cultural, and economic enterprises; and
- use its extensive resources
to solve economic, environmental, and social challenges.
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About the LSU Foundation
History
The LSU Foundation was chartered in 1960
as a nonprofit, tax-exempt, public foundation comprising individuals and family
members who are leaders in business, professions, and civic affairs and who are
concerned with the advancement of LSU. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization
under the U.S. tax code. By charter, the activities of the Foundation are limited
to the benefit of three units of the LSU System. The other campus units of the LSU
System have separate foundations.
The LSU Foundation is governed by the board of directors who are elected by the
members. The staff of the LSU Foundation are employed under agreement with the University.
The operating budget of the Foundation is financed entirely with private resources;
no University or state funds are used. The LSU Foundation provides the central development
and endowment management functions for the University at no cost to the University.
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Mission
The purpose of the LSU Foundation is to
foster private financial support for LSU and A&M College, the LSU Agricultural
Center, and the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center. The Foundation encourages and receives
capital gifts and bequests for the University, including both restricted and unrestricted
gifts. The Foundation also manages most of the investments and serves as trustee
for most of the endowed funds and other private assets contributed for the benefit
of the University.
The Foundation's development program supports the activities of LSU academic units
by attracting contributions for scholarships, professorships, endowed chairs, library
resources, computers and laboratory equipment, research studies, works of art, musical
instruments, construction and renovation of facilities, and many other purposes
that cannot be financed entirely with state funds. A priority of the Foundation
is to build the University's endowment to provide reliable resources for the future.
The LSU Foundation cooperates with the LSU Alumni Association and the Tiger Athletic
Foundation. The three foundations form a consortium for voluntary financial support
of the University. More...
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