Texas Tiger Reception

Every year, The Austin LSU Alumni Association, along with the Dallas, Ft Worth, Greater Houston, and North Houston chapters, sponsors a Texas Tiger Reception at LSU for students from Texas that are participating in Spring Testing. Linda Young from Dallas organizes this each year. Here is the 2008 event recap in her own words:

"We had another PHENOMENAL event!! We had 97 Texas students who registered for Spring Testing this year (another record!), and most of them showed up at the reception. EVERY chair in the Atchafalaya room was filled -- with students, parents, LSU officials (including Interim Chancellor Jenkins) and LSU Ambassadors, we had between 135-140 people there. Statistics in the past show that usually 90% of those attending Spring Testing will be attending LSU in the fall."

There is a minimal cost involved (about $30 per chapter this year), and per Bonnie Alford, it is a great way "to demonstrate that LSU’s community is one in which students are our number one priority and that we want them here." A great event and a great turnout. And if you are ever in Baton Rouge during Spring Testing, you are more than welcome to attend this event.