by: Corbin Ross Posted: Jul 20, 2025 / 11:02 AM CDT Updated: Jul 21, 2025 / 09:27 AM CDT NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A new Chancellor of Southern University at New Orleans was announced on Friday, July 18.

UNDER INVESTIGATION. SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS ANNOUNCING A NEW CHANCELLOR TODAY TO OVERSEE THE SCHOOL. JOSEPH BOWIE JR HAS BEEN TAPPED TO LEAD THE UNIVERSITY. BOWIE IS CURRENTLY A STATE ...

The Southern University System Board of Supervisors has named Louisiana Sen. Joe Bouie, D-New Orleans, as the next chancellor of its New Orleans campus, a position from which he was once fired.

The news that state Sen. Joseph Bouie will become the new chancellor of Southern University of New Orleans will, no doubt, set off a scramble of candidates to run for his seat.

The Southern University Board of Supervisors announced the appointment of Joseph Bouie Jr. as the school’s new Chancellor. Bouie currently serves as Louisiana State Senator for District 3 in New ...