President Sally Clausen invites everyone to be her guest for Southeastern s 75th anniversary celebration on Thursday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m. in the University Center. A very special ceremony has been planned for Sept. 14, the actual date in 1925 that Hammond Junior College opened, Clausen said. At the event, a year s free tuition to Southeastern will be given away. The celebration will feature U.S. Rep. David Vitter and Louisiana Public Broadcasting s Beth Courtney as masters of ceremonies. Throughout the evening there will be entertainment for all age groups.
Attire is casual, and any Southeastern apparel old or new is welcome.
Feel free to war medals, ribbons, beanies, Greek t-shirts or jerseys. A march of current faculty, staff and students will follow. An entertaining program incorporating music through the university s eras and a video history of the university will follow the march. A special treat will be a reunion of the singing group Students of the States. Fireworks and a huge anniversary cake will cap off the evening.