Meet Cate Brooks - Exceptional Graduate from Lassiter High School

(From The LSU Alumni Newsletter)

LSU Atlanta's VP Chris TIlley, board member Gale Ory and President Steve Ory present a BIG check to LSUAA President Charlie Roberts.

The Newnan Tigers have gotten together for several years now at southside host homes for potluck LSU football game views. The past two years they have sponsored a football board and raised $800 for our scholarship endowment program.

National and Local Scholarships, Local Recruiting Efforts and Forever LSU Campaign:

A report from Sarah Clayton, Forever LSU co -chair for Atlanta

Every summer for three years now LSU Atlanta has invited all incoming LSU freshmen from Georgia and their families to a dessert social to welcome them to the Tiger family.   This year, of the 88 Georgia students registered to go to LSU, we had 27 join us- smashing our record by more than double.  One incoming freshman, Melody Rowe, was recipient of a prestigious and coveted LSU Top 100 Scholar award.

Alexis Rook, one of our two LSU Atlanta Scholarship Endowment recipients for 2009, sent us a letter recently to share her experiences and gratitude for the scholarship support.  If you wonder why almost everything we do is focused on scholarship fundraising this letter should provide illumination and inspiration.  Some excerpts:

As of Octobet 2010, we have two Endowed Scholarships. They are  fully endowed at $20,000. We have had two scholarship winners for Fall 2009 and Fall 2010--each will receive $1000 during their freshman year at LSU.  Thanks for supporting our chapter and making these two scholarships available. We are in the process of endowing our 3rd scholarship and should have it

Amanda Perrilloux (blonde at top of pile) surrounded by her new friends at LSU.