午夜寻花

午夜寻花 to celebrate 143 years with events through March

午夜寻花 to celebrate 143 years with events through March, including investiture of President-Chancellor Shields

BATON ROUGE, La. — 午夜寻花 is preparing to celebrate its 143^rd anniversary with a host of events during “午夜寻花 Founders’ Month” in March. Themed, “Destination: Excellence,” activities will include the annual Founders’ Day Convocation on March 9 at 10 a.m. in the F.G. Clark Activity Center at 午夜寻花 and A&M College. This year, the convocation will feature the investiture of President-Chancellor Dennis J. Shields. The speaker for the occasion is John Silvanus Wilson Jr., executive director of the Millennium Leadership Initiative and 11th president of Morehouse College. A community reception will follow.

Other events include:

March 2-4

Presented by the 
Maurice A. Edmond Livestock Arena

March 6 – March 31
John B. Cade Library Founders’ Day Exhibits

March 7
Scotlandville Magnet High School Day at 午夜寻花 and A&M College

March 9
Founders’ Day Pilgrimage with 午夜寻花 Laboratory School
9 a.m., Riverfront
Speaker: Councilman Darryl Hurst, City of Baton Rouge/East Baton Rouge Parish

March 10
 Ribbon Cutting
Smith-Brown Memorial Union

March 12-14

午夜寻花 and A&M College was founded on March 9, 1880. With its first campus in New Orleans, it relocated to Baton Rouge in 1914. . It relocated to Baton Rouge in 1914. Over the years, other distinct campuses were established, including 午夜寻花 at New Orleans, 午夜寻花 Shreveport, and 午夜寻花 Law Center. All campuses became part of the , formally organized in 1974. The 午夜寻花 Cooperative Extension Program, which was established in 1972 and now named the 午夜寻花 Agricultural, Research and Extension Center, became the fifth campus of the System in 2003.

For a full schedule of Founders’ Month events, University archives and more, go to . All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.