Award-winning WDSU-TV news journalist Randi Rousseau will address Southeastern Louisiana University graduating students at commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 11.
She will speak at the events scheduled for 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the University Center, where the university will confer nearly 1,100 degrees on students who are graduating with bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees.
Southeastern President William S. Wainwright said Randi Rousseau’s journalism experience, professional demeanor, and love of Southeastern are commendable and that they strive to expose new graduates to exemplary role models.
A 2005 Southeastern graduate, Rousseau has been a fixture on WDSU-TV, the NBC affiliate in New Orleans, for more than 17 years. The versatile journalist was born and raised in Ponchatoula and currently resides in the Crescent City. Rousseau began her career at WDSU as an intern in 2006 and quickly worked her way up the ranks. She served as the morning traffic reporter and then general assignment reporter before taking on the role of anchor with the launch of WDSU’s 4 p.m. newscast in 2009. She has covered multiple hurricanes, the BP Oil Spill, the Covid Pandemic and countless other events that have impacted the lives of viewers across Southeast Louisiana.
