LSU Honors College, Baton Rouge

Name: LSU Honors College
Address: 350 LSU Student Union, Raphael Semmes Rd, Baton Rouge, United States

#41 among attractions in Baton Rouge

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The Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College is an academic community at Louisiana State University. Housed in the heritage-listed French House, it was founded in 1992 as the LSU Honors College, and renamed in December 2014. The college primarily admits the top 10% of incoming LSU freshmen, and provides its students with a curriculum of seminar classes, mentoring relationships with faculty, and opportunities for undergraduate research, culminating in the Honors Thesis. ()

Built: 1935 (89 years ago)Coordinates: 30°24'40"N, 91°10'32"W

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350 LSU Student Union, Raphael Semmes RdSouth Baton Rouge (LSU)Baton Rouge United States

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LSU Honors College – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tiger Stadium, Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Alex Box Stadium, Greek Theatre.

0.5 miW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Tiger Stadium, Baton Rouge
13 min walk • Tiger Stadium is an outdoor stadium located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on the campus of Louisiana State University. It is the home stadium of the LSU Tigers football team. Prior to 1924, LSU played its home games at State Field, which was located on the old LSU campus in Downtown Baton Rouge.
0.6 miNW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge
15 min walk • The Pete Maravich Assembly Center is a 13,215-seat multi-purpose arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The arena opened in 1972. It is home to the Louisiana State University Tigers and Lady Tigers basketball teams, the LSU Tigers women's gymnastics team and the LSU Tigers women's volleyball team.
0.8 miSW
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Alex Box Stadium, Baton Rouge
21 min walk • Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field is a baseball stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the home stadium of the Louisiana State University Tigers baseball team.
0.5 miNW
Music venue, Nightlife
Greek Theatre, Baton Rouge
12 min walk • The Greek Theatre in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is located on the campus of Louisiana State University. It opened in 1925 with seating for approximately 3,500. It was built to hold the entire university population and was once the location of major university assemblies.
1.3 miNW
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Magnolia Mound Plantation, Baton Rouge
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0.5 miNW
Archaeological site
LSU Campus Mounds, Baton Rouge
13 min walk • The LSU Campus Mounds or LSU Indian Mounds are two Native American mounds, likely of the Archaic Period, on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The 20 feet tall mounds are commonly thought to be more than 5,000 years old, and one estimate places them at 11,300 years old.
~1180 ftSW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Swine Palace, Baton Rouge
6 min walk • Swine Palace is a non-profit professional theatre company associated with the Louisiana State University Department of Theatre in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The theatre companies home is located in the Reilly Theatre on the campus of LSU.
~1670 ftNW
Tower
Memorial Tower, Baton Rouge
9 min walk • Memorial Tower, or the Campanile as it is sometimes called, is a 175-foot clock tower in the center of Louisiana State University's campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.
1.4 miNE
Museum, History museum
CARTE Museum, Baton Rouge
37 min walk • The Cartographic Acquisition Research Teaching and Exhibition Museum was a small privately owned cartographic museum located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dedicated to the preservation of original maps and atlases.
0.6 miW
Nature and wildlife, Park
Mike the Tiger, Baton Rouge
16 min walk • Mike the Tiger is the mascot of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and serves as the graphic image of LSU sports. Mike is the name of both the live and costumed mascots.
1.5 miSE
30°23'42"N • 91°9'28"W
The Enchanted Mansion, Baton Rouge
39 min walk • Museum, Specialty museum

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Nearby attractions include Swine Palace, Baton Rouge (6 min walk), Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge (8 min walk), Memorial Tower, Baton Rouge (9 min walk), Greek Theatre, Baton Rouge (12 min walk).

LSU Honors College, Baton Rouge

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