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Nursing students use Skype techonology to communicate across the globe.
Thirty-one McNeese State University senior nursing students enrolled in a public health course this fall learned how to “piece together a healthy community” hundreds of miles away without ever leaving their classroom in Hardtner Hall.

The McNeese State University Cowboy Marching Band will host the “Showdown at Cowboy Stadium” High School Marching Band Festival Saturday, Oct. 29.

Float from the McNeese Homecoming parade
McNeese State University’s 2011 Homecoming festivities are scheduled Oct. 15-22 for students, alumni and the community, with numerous activities

McNeese Alumni accepts $5,000 donation from St. Patrick Hospital
Christus St. Patrick Hospital has donated $5,000 to the McNeese Alumni Association to help sponsor the 2011 McNeese homecoming week activities

Bryan Proksch, assistant professor of music at McNeese, recently presented a paper on the music of Joseph Haydn at a symposium in Eisenstadt, Austria, held in the composer’s house-turned-museum at the invitation of the International Haydn Foundation and the Haydn Festspiele

The McNeese State University Department of Performing Arts will present a guest artist recital featuring violinist Lin He, assistant professor of violin at Louisiana State University, and pianist Lina Morita, assistant professor of music at McNeese, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, in the Shearman Fine Arts Theatre.

In 1961, the McNeese ROTC moved 32,000 books from the old library to the new.
An exhibit highlighting the 50th anniversary of McNeese State University’s Frazar Memorial Library – its history and development from 1961 to present day - is currently on display during regular library hours through Dec. 11.

Dr. Joe Cash presented with Professor Emeritus status
Dr. Joe Cash, retired chair of the Department of English and Foreign Languages at McNeese State University, was recently honored by the university with Professor Emeritus status.

Oct. 14 is the deadline for community entries for the 2011 McNeese State University Homecoming Parade scheduled to roll down Ryan Street at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20.

McNeese receives $110,000 donation from Jeff Davis Bank
Dan L. Donald Jr., from left, chairman and chief executive officer for Jeff Davis Bank and Trust Company, Richard Reid, executive vice president of the McNeese State University Foundation, and Dr. Philip C. Williams, McNeese president,

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