LSU–Shreveport Pilots
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| Type | Public coeducational |
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| Established | 1967 |
| Chancellor | Larry Clark |
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Academic staff
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137 |
| Students | 4,383 |
| Undergraduates | 2,819 |
| Postgraduates | 1,564 |
| Location |
Shreveport, Louisiana, USA 32°25′36″N 93°42′22″W / 32.426788°N 93.706234°WCoordinates: 32°25′36″N 93°42′22″W / 32.426788°N 93.706234°W |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Purple and Gold |
| Athletics | NAIA Division I – RRAC |
| Nickname | Pilots |
| Mascot | Pete the Pilot |
| Affiliations | LSU System |
| Website | www |
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| University rankings | |
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| Regional | |
| U.S. News & World Report | RNP (South) |
| Master's University class | |
| Washington Monthly | 483 |
Louisiana State University in Shreveport (LSU Shreveport or LSUS) is a branch institution of the Louisiana State University System located in Shreveport, Louisiana. LSUS opened in 1967 as a two-year community college but transitioned into a four-year college five years later in 1972. LSUS enrolled 4,383 students in the Fall 2015 semester and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The school's athletic programs, nicknamed the Pilots, are members of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Red River Athletic Conference. LSUS offers more than 70 extra-curricular organizations. LSUS operates Red River Radio, a public radio network based in Shreveport.
In 1965, Donald Eugene Shipp, Jr. (1919-2016), was named dean of the newly-announced LSU in Shreveport. Just a year earlier, the Plain Dealing native who was reared on a family farm near Haughton in Bossier Parish, had been a mathematics professor and the newly named assistant dean of the college of education at the main LSU campus in Baton Rouge. The campus was built on a cotton field near the Red River in southeastern Shreveport and opened on a limited basis in the fall of 1967. Shipp was named chancellor of LSUS in 1973, when the institution acquired four-year status. Upon his retirement in 1979, the LSU regents named him both professor and chancellor emeritus. Shipp served in the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and the United States Air Force in the Korean War. He obtained his bachelor's degree in mathematics education from Northwestern State University in , Louisiana. In retirement, Shipp was a craftsman of wookworking, painting, and stained glass.
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