SU College of Ag holds a successful 2025 BAYOU Program
Baton Rouge, La. – The College of Agricultural, Human and Environmental Sciences (CAHES) hosted 31 high school seniors and incoming college freshmen from Louisiana, Texas, and Iowa for a week during the college’s annual Beginning Agricultural Youth Opportunities Unlimited (BAYOU) Program.
BAYOU provides students with the opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge about career opportunities in Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences, Business, or the natural sciences.
The program, which began on June1, 2025, allowed the participants to venture through CAHES and engage with professors in the college’s concentrations. The students also participated in several activities and field trips which included Photography in the Ag World, The Printing Source Experience, the Southern University Admissions Office, Bluebonnet Swamp, and Muse 3 Farms.
The students stayed in the residential dormitories throughout the program, which concluded with a closing ceremony on June 7.
To participate in the free BAYOU program, students had to have completed the 11th grade with a minimum grade point average of 2.5. Graduating seniors had to have an ACT (SAT equivalent) composite score of 18 and above, or a high school grade point average of 2.5 or greater, or rank in the top 50% of their high school’s graduating class, and require no more than one remedial course. Participants also had to submit their high school transcript, ACT/SAT scores, write an essay about their career goals and aspirations, and complete the BAYOU application.
For additional information on the BAYOU program visit, https://www.suagcenter.com/academics/college-of-ag-summer-camps.
