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Fletcher in Grad Uniform
12017-11-28T06:53:00-08:00Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library0d0dc2592d85ffae32e8b7bf0b1e276aa3f654cf267042"Joel L. Fletcher." Box N 01a - N 01e, Folder N 01c. Coll 1-N, University Archives Photographs. University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection, Edith Garland Dupré Library, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA.plain2017-11-30T13:53:24-08:00Special Collections, Edith Garland Dupré Library0d0dc2592d85ffae32e8b7bf0b1e276aa3f654cf
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12017-11-28T14:00:07-08:00President Fletcher in Presidential Gown9plain2017-12-15T07:31:41-08:00President Fletcher served as the institution's president for 25 years. It was during his tenure that SLI became the first institution in the Deep South to integrate and enroll African American students. SLI also began to evolve from a four-year college, as graduate programs were added in 1956. This eventually led to SLI gaining university status in 1960, and the institution's name officially changed to the University of Southwestern Louisiana. President Fletcher retired in 1965. Enrollment had grown to over 5,000.
