Louisiana State University Eunice (LSU Eunice or LSUE) is LSU's only two-year institution located in Eunice, Louisiana, that currently enrolls over 3,000 full and part-time students. LSU Eunice offers robust transfer programs and a wide variety of workforce training certificates and degrees in high demand fields such as nursing, radiologic technology, respiratory care, and diagnostic medical sonography. LSUE serves as the gateway campus to the LSU System and has the highest transfer rates among all two-year institutions in Louisiana.
History
LSU Eunice was founded in 1964 by the Louisiana State Legislature to provide basic higher education opportunities to students located in southwest Louisiana. The LSU Board of Supervisors approved the establishment of LSU Eunice and LSU Shreveport in 1965.
State Representative Allen C. Gremillion of Crowley was instrumental in passage of the legislation creating LSU Eunice.
Through the work of Curtis Joubert, the former mayor of Eunice, LSU-E established the Cajun Prairie Wildflower Habitat.
Athletics
LSUE has three varsity sports team (one men's, two women's), and is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). Baseball and softball are Division II NJCAA independent teams, while women's basketball competes in Division I in the Miss-Lou conference.
Men's sports include baseball, while women's sports include basketball and softball.
The athletic department's official nickname is Bengals or Lady Bengals.
National Championships
LSU Eunice has won four NJCAA national titles in softball and five NJCAA titles in baseball. Basketball has made two appearances at the NJCAA National Tournament and finished as high as fourth in 2007.
- Baseball (5): 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015
- Softball (4): 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
Miss-Lou Conference Championships
- Basketball (1): 2014
Notable alumni
- Mickey Guillory, Louisiana state representative for Acadia, Evangeline, and St. Landry parishes, 2004-2015
References
External links
- College homepage
- Athletics homepage
- NJCAA college page
