LSU graduates record numbers with Class of 2015-16

BATON ROUGE - LSU says its 2015-16 class has set new records for African American, Hispanic, female, veteran and overall graduation numbers.Friday’s spring commencement ceremony includes a total of 4,102 degrees awarded, the largest amount of degrees awarded at a single commencement surpassing last year’s 3,977 degrees award in the spring.The 2015-16 class includes 697 African American graduates, 336 HIspanic graduates, 3,485 female graduates and 148 degrees awrded to veteran