LSU Shreveport Dual Enrollment Day: High school students see campus culture
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – High school students who are currently taking college classes through a university in Shreveport recently visited the campus for Dual Enrollment Day.
Louisiana State University Shreveport hosted 125 students at the event held on Friday, Feb. 28.
Students visiting LSU Shreveport on Friday had the opportunity to experience the physical campus and visualize what life might be like if they continued taking classes there. During the event, groups of students designed art using Adobe Illustrator in the Collaboratory. They played games, learned about potential careers, toured the library, and learned about campus housing.
Ishmael Swiney is a junior at Captain Shreve High School. He's currently taking history and French classes through LSU Shreveport.
'It's been an amazing experience because I'm going to love to experience the freedom that college will bring,' said Swiney. 'It's been great to see what LSUS has to offer.'
'We wanted students to walk away with an understanding of what being in college means, what that experience is like,' said Dr. Elisabeth Liebert, who serves as associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences and academic director of the Dual Enrollment and Academic Excellence programs. 'We wanted them to create those connections to our campus in the morning sessions before diving into academic immersion in the afternoon. One of our other goals is to really kindle a sense of excitement about the opportunities that college offers.'
Jennie Flynn-McKevitt, the director of career services at LSU Shreveport, encouraged students to pick a career path by considering what 'challenges' they wanted to work on.
More than 550 high school students are enrolled at LSU Shreveport through dual enrollment and academic excellence programs. That number has almost doubled in the past three years, potentially due to a push for students to graduate from high school with either college credit or a technical certification.
Dual enrollment and academic excellence programs are growing in Northwest Louisiana. In the past 18 months, LSU Shreveport has partnered with Simsboro High, Plain Dealing High, and expanded class availability at North Caddo High.
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