Monday, October 15, 2018

Eric Platt to discuss New Orleans Jesuit Education

Eric Platt, assistant professor of Higher Education at the University of Southern Mississippi, will present “The History of Jesuit Education in New Orleans” at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, 2018, at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, Metairie. This event is part of the regularly scheduled meeting of the Genealogical Research Society of New Orleans. It is free and open to the public.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola founded the Society of Jesus in 1540 whose members are called Jesuits. Jesuits believe that scholarly excellence plays a role in helping men and women achieve moral excellence. It was with this focus that the Jesuits first arrived among the first settlers in New Orleans and Louisiana, eventually establishing Loyola University and continuing the Jesuit tradition of creating centers of education.

Platt earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Educational Leadership and Research with an emphasis in Higher Education Administration from Louisiana State University in 2011.  His dissertation title was “Sacrifice and Survival: The Historiographic Role of Identity and Mission in Jesuit Higher Education of the New Orleans Province” which he later turned into a book. Dr. Platt also earned a Master of Education from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2006 with a concentration in Adult Education.

For more information regarding this presentation, contact Chris Smith, Manager of Adult Programming for the library, at 504-889-8143 orwcsmith@jefferson.lib.la.us.

For more information, contact the Friends of the Jefferson Public Library at (504) 455-2665 or email at friendsjpl@yahoo.com.






Louisiana Book News is written by award-winning author Chere Dastugue Coen, who writes Louisiana romances and mysteries under the pen name of Cherie Claire. Her first book in each series is FREE to download as an ebook, including "Emilie," book one of The Cajun Series, "Ticket to Paradise," book one of The Cajun Embassy series and "A Ghost of a Chance," the first Viola Valentine mystery.

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