The Louisiana State University-Shreveport, a public university located in Shreveport, Louisiana, is one of the top 135 institutions of higher learning in the United States. The school was founded in 1967 as an extension of LSU, and only offered two-year degree programs at first. Today, it provides undergraduate degrees in 21 different programs. Students can also choose from 12 Masters’ programs and one Leadership Studies Doctoral program. Today, the campus size is 200 acres, and home to 250,000 books at the Noel Memorial Library. It also hosts the Paul Jones Library, which has extensive materials on World War II and the United States Civil War, and the Noel Collection, which has the largest private collection of antiquarian books in the U.S. Notable alumni include author Brandon Friedman, photographer and actor Ransom Ashley, former mayor of Shreveport Hazel Beard, former State Senator Sherri Smith Buffington, judge Jeff Cox and Mayor of Shreveport Ollie Tyler. The school’s colors are purple and gold, its mascot is the River Monster and the teams are nicknamed the Pilots. Its sports affiliation is NAIA Division I – RRAC, and varsity sports include men’s baseball, basketball, soccer and cross country, and women’s cross country, basketball, soccer and tennis.
Shreveport is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the most populous city in the Shreveport-Bossier City metropolitan area, the third most-populous metropolitan area in Louisiana and 123rd in the United States. Shreveport ranks 126th in the U.S. and third in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge. More from Wikipedia...
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