Month: November 2018
McNeese State University Leisure Learning is taking the SAGE series on the road with the sightseeing daytrip, “Baton Rouge on the River,” from 7 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13. Participants will visit the Louisiana State University Center for River Studies, the Shaw Center Art Gallery and the Louisiana Arts & Sciences Museum. The LSU Center…
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The Fall 2018 SAGE Series concludes at 3 p.m., Monday, Nov. 12, with a lecture on native flora of Louisiana by Dr. Lowell Urbatsch, professor of botany and herbarium director emeritus at Louisiana State University, in the McNeese State University SEED Center. Urbatsch’s lecture will focus on the life and work of botanical artist Margaret…
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The McNeese State University Department of Visual Arts is hosting the 2018 Louisiana Art Education Association State Conference Nov. 8-10 in the Shearman Fine Arts Center in conjunction with the art educators in Calcasieu Parish Public Schools. LAEA is a professional organization for persons interested in or engaged in activities related to art, art education…
Read MoreThe McNeese State University W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present a free senior recital by Tyler Brumback, tenor, at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, in Tritico Theatre. The program includes: Beethoven’s “An Die Ferne Geliebte,” selections from Finzi’s “A Young Man’s Exhortation,” three selections from Bellini’s “Sei Ariette,” two Duparc chansons,…
Read MoreThe McNeese State University W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present a free harp recital with Barbara Belew and Patricia Horvath at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, in Tritico Theatre. The program is part of the fall Faculty/Guest Recital Series hosted by the department. The harp-duo performance will feature works by A.…
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The McNeese State University Alumni Association has donated $40,000 to support the First Choice Campaign at McNeese. The university has launched a three-year First Choice Campaign with local industry partners and contractors with a goal of raising $1 million per year for those three years for sustaining growth and self-sufficiency. These funds will provide the necessary…
Read MoreThe McNeese State University men’s rodeo team took first place and the women’s team placed third at the 64th annual McNeese rodeo. In steer wrestling, Gabe Soileau, Bunkie, tied for first and Gavin Soileau, Bunkie, tied for fifth. In bareback riding, Sandro Ferretti, Noves, France, tied for second while teammate Waylon Bourgeois, Church Point, placed…
Read MorePrize-winning poet Vandana Khanna will give a free poetry reading at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, in the Burton Conference Center as the Leo Luke Marcello Visiting Poet. A book signing and reception will follow. Khanna is the author of the poetry collections “Train to Agra” (2001) and “Afternoon Masala” (2014) and the chapbook, “The…
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