The Board of Supervisors for the
Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College System was
created by the Louisiana State Constitution of 1974. The Board is vested
with the responsibility via the Constitution and State Revised Statutes
for the management and supervision of the institutions of higher
education, statewide agricultural programs and other programs which
comprise the Southern University System. Its powers are subject only to
those which are granted by the State Constitution to the Louisiana State
Board of Regents. The first official meeting of the
Board of Supervisors was held in May 1975 on the Southern University
campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The members
of the Board are appointed by the Governor of the State to overlapping
six year terms. Their appointments are subject to confirmation by the
Louisiana State Senate. The sixteen-member Board consists of two members
from each of the State’s Congressional Districts, one member from the
State at large and one student member. The student representative, who
serves a one-year term, is elected annually from the current presidents
of the student body on one of the System’s three campuses or the Law
Center.
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