New President Named for Southern University
Associated Press
BATON ROUGE, La. —
Joffre T. Whisenton has been named president of Southern University, the nation’s largest historically black university. Whisenton, 51, has been affiliated with the Southern Assn. of Colleges and Schools, one of the nation’s six regional accrediting agencies.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
