Request Type: Reconfiguration

Request: To merge the Department of Horticulture and the Department of Agronomy and Envornmental Management into a new, single School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences.

Board Action: Approval

Action Text: On motion of Regent Brame, seconded by Regent Levy, the Board voted unanimously to accept the recommendation of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee to approve the request from Louisiana State University and A&M College and the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center to merge the Department of Horticulture and the Department of Agronomy and Environmental Management into a new, single School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, effective immediately.

Action Date: 2/22/2007 12:00:00 AM

Institution: L.S.U. A&M College