SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – There is a faculty champion at LSU Shreveport.
The university said Dr. Sezgi Basak Kavakli has been named a 2026 faculty champion by the University of Vermont’s Center for Community News. Kavakli relaunched LSUS’s student-run news organization, The Almagest, in the fall of last year. The Almagest was dormant for more than three years following the pandemic.
Dr. Kavakli said it gives students a chance to apprentice and co-produce, gaining valuable, hands-on experience.
“I definitely didn’t expect an award or anything like that. The Almagest gives students the opportunity to apprentice and co-produce content, gaining valuable hands-on experience. Students drive the content they cover based on their interests,” Kavakli said…