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March 15, 2019

During a recent convocation I discussed our vision for Southern University and A&M College.
I tried to emphasize the compelling opportunities that we have in front of us. However, in order
to realize this exciting new future, we must reprioritize our resources and make smart
investments in our academic future. Completing the Program Prioritization Initiative (PPI), will
give us the chance to leverage our talents and abilities in fulfillment of our vision.

With your help, we have moved quite a distance from where we started back in April of last
year. As the Executive Vice President/Executive Vice Chancellor, I am gratified by the way
that members of the Program Prioritization Initiative (PPI) have applied themselves to this
endeavor and I am heartened by the amazing goodwill and dedication that was exhibited with
the PPI tasks.

With this report, we now have an additional critical ingredient that lends support for the
direction that we want to take. We can now be assured that our path is aligned not only with
our strategic directions, but also with the indicated needs of our State and the global
marketplace.

Our next steps are to embrace an exciting new future for our great university. I will need all
stakeholders actively engaged in the next weeks and months as we set our course towards
achievement of our academic and financial goals.

Dr. James H. Ammons
Executive Vice President/Executive Vice Chancellor

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