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re: UL Lafayette President Joseph Savoie Stepping Down
Posted on 7/31/25 at 7:58 am to 337PT94
Posted on 7/31/25 at 7:58 am to 337PT94
First, 17 years as a university president is an incredible tenure. It is increasingly rare to see someone in that position for that long anymore. The only ones with that sort of longevity are the older ones and fewer university presidents now will hit those numbers. Congrats to him and to ULL. That sort of stability is so beneficial in moving any institution forward.
Second, I didn’t know that ULL was now an R1 institution. Good for them. In the arms race that is academia, that’s a major accomplishment.
Second, I didn’t know that ULL was now an R1 institution. Good for them. In the arms race that is academia, that’s a major accomplishment.
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Posted on 7/31/25 at 7:59 am to LSUFanHouston
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He’s been there 17 years but only 2 days notice?
Does seem sudden.
T’Joe was extremely well liked.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 11:32 am to RanchoLaPuerto
quote:Also looks like the CFO was just turned loose as well. Cajuns concerned about athleitcs better hope the thorough audit doesn't uncover more than the $50MM expected deficit or the ULS and LAGOV may make sure the new President is a penny pincher that sets their athletics programs back 25 years.
Does seem sudden.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 2:18 pm to GruntbyAssociation
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You’re laughing but they have alumni who genuinely believe USL is a better school than LSU. The delusion is mind boggling.
You're not going to believe this, so I don't know why I'm even posting it, but my wife went to UL for undergraduate and got a clinical doctorate from LSU HSC, she was more prepared for her doctoral coursework than her classmates that went to LSU for undergrad (she graduated top of her class and was awarded as the "outstanding student" for her class at LSU HSC).
So, sure as a whole LSU is a "better" school, but that doesn't apparently apply to all coursework.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 2:23 pm to Epic Cajun
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that doesn't apparently apply to all coursework.
as is usually the case, the individual effort makes all the difference, doesn’t really speak to “coursework”
Posted on 7/31/25 at 4:28 pm to lsuroadie
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, placing it among the top 5% of the nation’s research institutions.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 4:31 pm to ragincajun03
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So I guess laugh at or critique the Carnegie Institute, because that statement in the press release doesn’t appear to be false.
Stop it... ULL is not one of the top research universities in the country.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 7:10 pm to Junky
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Like $50 million in the Vermillion
Posted on 7/31/25 at 7:15 pm to Rouge
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Vermillion
Love driving over it on Ambassador. Such sweet smells. They should have never changed the name of the city.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 9:02 pm to Shanks A Lot
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They should have never changed the name of the city.
I agree. Should still be Vermilionville.
Why was Vermilionville renamed Lafayette?
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Though the town wanted to change its name in honor of the French general, it couldn't.
"That's because the name had already been taken," Martin said. "There was already a town called Lafayette outside of New Orleans, and there was a rule at the time that you could not have two places in the same state with the same name."
Kind of a hilarious parallel there.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:01 pm to 337PT94
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, placing it among the top 5% of the nation’s research institutions.
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:04 pm to Shanks A Lot
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Love driving over it on Ambassador. Such sweet smells. They should have never changed the name of the city.
we called it the Vermin river when I lived there, it was disgusting going back decades ago
Posted on 7/31/25 at 10:25 pm to 777Tiger
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we called it the Vermin river when I lived there
Girl I know fell in while disembarking at Rotary Point. When she surfaced, she was advised to not have children unless she wanted them to have three eyes. That statement was equally funny, sad, and true at the same time.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 5:56 am to aTmTexas Dillo
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Don't worry about this LSU/USL stuff. LSU thinks they're big shite and they are in Louisiana. But compare them to their brethren to the west in the great state of Texas and they ain't shite. Probably Texas Tech is a better rated university.
You mean a state of 4.5M people’s flagship U isn’t comparable to a state of 28M’s flagship U??
Wow shocked. Texas is overpopulated and only getting worse. It peaked a while ago. The move now is to get out
Posted on 8/1/25 at 6:54 am to 337PT94
The spending / debt drove the exit.
How the state let the Cajuns get so underwater is mind blowing. This is just the start if a multi year remediation effort.
A previous poster nailed it - this could set their athletic program a quarter century.
How the state let the Cajuns get so underwater is mind blowing. This is just the start if a multi year remediation effort.
A previous poster nailed it - this could set their athletic program a quarter century.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 8:48 am to wadewilson
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It was always stupid of them to spend so much on their football program. That was never going to be profitable.
Around 20-25 FBS programs turn a profit.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 8:54 am to Locoguan0
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Around 20-25 FBS programs turn a profit.
And about that same number are able to fund their athletic programs without student fees/institutional support.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 9:42 am to KillTheGophers
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How the state let the Cajuns get so underwater is mind blowing. This is just the start if a multi year remediation effort.
It’s not the state’s responsibility to fund university athletic programs.
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