The University of Louisiana has announced it's now offering in-state tuition to anyone with a parent who has at least an associate degree from any public or private college or university in the state.
The UL Lafayette 'Pride of Acadiana Marching Band has been featured on the Facebook page of 'College Marching Bands', once again making everyone in Acadiana proud with their performance!
In an announcement made Monday at Lafayette Economic Development Authority in Lafayette, La. Governor Bobby Jindal and CGI executive James Peake say the company has selected the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's 143-acre Research Park to establish a technology center that will create 400 direct jobs, and at full employment, will result in an additional 405 new indirect jobs and will have a total annual payroll of about $22 million.
I know, I had to read that a few times too before it really sank in. Here in Acadiana, we’re lucky enough to make it onto numerous great top 10 lists…food, business, tourism and culture to name a few. I guess the law of averages eventually wouldn’t play in our favor at some point, and it looks like that time is now…or is it?