Southern University at New Orleans

Southern University at New Orleans (often referred to by its initials SUNO) is a historically black university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is part of the Southern University System. SUNO was established on September 4, 1956 and opened its doors on September 21, 1959 adjacent to the historic Pontchartrain Park neighborhood, a subdivision historically made up of African-American single-family residences in eastern New Orleans and the firs... more

Southern University at New Orleans (often referred to by its initials SUNO) is a historically black university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is part of the Southern University System. SUNO was established on September 4, 1956 and opened its doors on September 21, 1959 adjacent to the historic Pontchartrain Park neighborhood, a subdivision historically made up of African-American single-family residences in eastern New Orleans and the first African-American subdivision in America. Like most of New Orleans, the campus experienced extensive flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Hurricane Rita also caused damage to all eleven of the buildings on the 17-acre (69,000 m) campus. Southern University at New Orleans was founded as a branch unit of Southern University in Baton Rouge by Act 28 of the Extraordinary Session of the Louisiana Legislature. When the university's doors opened in 1959, classes began with 158 freshmen, one building and a faculty of fifteen... less