Southern University will build three chemical engineering labs and a career development center with a $5 million donation from Shell, the college announced Tuesday.

Southern's chemical engineering program will receive a "significant portion" of the donation for one junior-level lab and two senior-level labs. Lealon Martin, the dean of the College of Sciences and Engineering, said the labs will train chemical engineering students to use tools they will utilize in their careers and fill roles in engineering projects across the state.

Martin said the experiential learning opportunities will help students capitalize on the job opportunities in the state like the Hyundai steel mill plant in Ascension Parish, which is expected to create 1,300 full-time jobs . Ascension Parish will also be

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