The Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies at Southeastern announces partnership with the Young Sanders Center
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
by: Tonya Lowentritt
HAMMOND – The Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies at Southeastern Louisiana
University has announced a new partnership with the Young Sanders Center. The partnership
combines the resources of the two centers to advance scholarly research on Louisiana
and surrounding regions of the South.
The merger includes the creation of two scholarly awards – the J.Y. Sanders Research
Scholar Award, designed to advance the research of an established scholar, and the
Young Sanders Center Graduate Assistantship, which will support student research.
Both awards will be based in the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies at Southeastern.
Director of the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies Samuel Hyde said he was
extremely pleased to be approached by members of the board of directors of the Young
Sanders Center a couple of years ago.
“The mission of our two entities perfectly support one another, and we are delighted
to have the infusion of resources and research materials the partnership will eventually
provide,” Hyde said. “The Young Sanders Center is currently based in Franklin, La.,
but the Sanders family maintained a home in Hammond, and Congressman Sanders represented
a portion of the Florida Parishes during his tenure in Congress. The partnership represents
a good fit for research collaboration and collections acquisitions.”
Supported by a bequeath from Mary Elizabeth Sanders, the partnership and the
accompanying awards program begin this spring. Hyde said the Research Scholar award
carries a $10,000 stipend and the Graduate Assistantship includes full tuition at
Southeastern, along with a $13,000 stipend to facilitate research and cover services
provided to facilitate the partnership. May 1, 2020 is the application deadline for
both awards.
For more information about the awards and the application process, visit the
Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies’ web page at www.southeastern.edu/acad_research/programs/csls/.
