SHREVEPORT, La. - When Parker Davis set foot on the LSU Shreveport campus, what greeted him were two buildings, an auditorium, and a “lot of cotton fields and a lot of mud.”

The campus has changed a lot since Davis graduated as a member of the first four-year cohort in 1975.

He came back to campus to celebrate the official opening of the Davis Business Engagement Center, a learning hub complete with a lounge, a rolling stock ticker, and a state-of-the-art classroom that bears his family’s name.

The center, which was made possible because of a $500,000 gift from Don and Sallie Davis, is located in a renovated section on the first floor of the College of Business and Education.

“This is more than just four walls, it’s a symbol of the significant trajectory of this university,” said Laura

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