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The LSU Scholarship First bus tour prepares to depart in front of the iconic LSU Memorial Tower. Matt Lee, vice president for agriculture and dean of the LSU College of Agriculture took part in the tour. Photos by Eddy Perez/LSU.
The LSU Scholarship First bus tour wound its way across Louisiana’s highways and byways in March. The trip was a listening tour for LSU President William F. Tate IV and an awareness campaign for his Scholarship First Agenda. Ag stops were on the agenda, so Matt Lee, LSU vice president for agriculture and dean of the LSU College of Agriculture, was along for the ride.
Agricultural stops included a tour of the RoyOMartin plywood factory, the nation’s largest, where the discussion centered on the importance of the timber industry; a visit to sugarcane farms and processing plant in Jeanerette; hands-on crawfishing in Crowley; and an interview on the LSU AgCenter Louisiana Delta Crops podcast.
The tour also included a resiliency tour in Lake Charles, an energy discussion with Shell in Covent and cybersecurity focus at the Port of New Orleans.
To get the full taste of Louisiana, the bus made stops at some of the best diners and delis in the state.
Matt Lee visited with LSU AgCenter agents Jeremy Hebert and Ronnie Levy in Crowley.
Matt Lee, left, and LSU President William F. Tate IV, right, stand with LSU AgCenter agents Bruce Garner, R.L. Frazier and Kylie Miller, during a stop in the Scholarship First bus tour where Tate was a guest on the Louisiana Delta Crop podcast.
Day 3 of the bus tour included a stop of the St. Mary Sugar Co-op.
President Tate tries his hand at harvesting crawfish at Lawson Farms in Crowley.
During a reception hosted by RoyOMartin in Alexandria, Lee chats with Dr. Mike Strain, Louisiana commissioner of agriculture and forestry and Paul Coreil, chancellor of LSU Alexandria.
During a reception hosted by Roy OMartin in Alexandria, Lee chats with Dr. Mike Strain, Louisiana commissioner of agriculture and forestry and Paul Coreil, chancellor of LSU Alexandria.
The bus in front of St. Louis Cathedral in Jackson Square, New Orleans. Photo by Eddy Perez/LSU.