Centenary College of Louisiana kicked off its year-long bicentennial celebration Wednesday

The Centenary cheerleaders perform during the 200 Years Birthday Celebration for Centenary College Wednesday morning, January 8, 2025, at Marjorie Lyons Playhouse. Henrietta Wildsmith/The Times

On a bright and chilly winter day, Centenary College of Louisiana kicked off its bicentennial year with a birthday celebration including a proclamation from the City of Shreveport and music by Centenary choir.

It was a grand start to the bicentennial year. Centenary College of Louisiana president, Dr. Christopher L. Holoman said, “we are really excited to be looking back at 200 years, an amazing history. We are so proud of that, but we are even prouder of what we are going to be in the future.”

Centenary College of Louisiana is a national liberal arts college in the heart of Shreveport. This college is deemed the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi River, founded in 1825.

Holoman said, “200 years is an amazing length of time…Centenary is older than time zones. Centenary is older than golden doodles.”