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Southern University says campus power fully restored; normal operations resume Monday

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) — Southern University says power has been fully restored across its Baton Rouge campus following days of outages and electrical repairs.

In an update issued Sunday, Sept. 13, the university said an electrical equipment installation completed Sunday morning was successful. Southern said the Baton Rouge landmass is now fully operating on the university’s campus power distribution system.

The university also said residence halls that had been operating on generators have been transitioned back to campus power.

Normal campus operations are expected to resume Monday, Sept. 14. Southern is asking students, faculty, and staff to return to their regular schedules and normal in-person activities.

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