The next chapter: Jim Stalls, president and CEO of the Better Business Bureau of South Central Louisiana Inc., is retiring at the end of the month. Stalls has served as BBB leader since January 1994, and has been a part of the system for 45 years. He will be replaced by Carmen Million, current President and CEO of the BBB of Lake Charles. See the announcement.
Fixing a hole: LSU Health New Orleans is partnering with Delgado Community College to launch a degree track that lets nursing students enroll in a bachelor’s degree program while still in classes at Delgado, according to The Associated Press. Chancellor of LSU Health New Orleans Larry Hollier says the agreement will establish a pipeline of nursing students to address the shortage of qualified nurses in the state. Read the full story.
Sign of the times: Bulletproof backpacks are now allowed at Louisiana schools. Gov. John Bel Edwards has signed into law a proposal to let students wear the bags on school property or on school buses. Sen. Mike Walsworth, the Republican who sponsored the bill, has said the bags could protect students if a shooter is on campus. The backpack measure was one of about two dozen gun bills filed this year, most of which stemmed from the February shooting at a Florida high school were 17 people were killed. Read the full story.
