Southeastern Declared Louisiana’s First Purple Heart Four-Year University
SLU declared Purple Heart School Southeastern Louisiana University was declared a Purple Heart School by the Military Order of the Purple Heart on Friday, Nov. 10. At the proclamation ceremony are, from left, Southeastern Director of Military and Veterans Success Emily Anthony, Major General Keith Waddell, and Southeastern President William S. Wainwright.
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University has been declared a Purple Heart School by the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Southeastern is the first four-year institution in the state to receive the designation, which honors the service and sacrifice of the nation’s men and women in uniform wounded or killed by the enemy while serving to protect the nation’s freedoms.
