Month: July 2020

Belle - Quarantine Portrait #39, a portrait of a woman in a black shirt, oil paint on paper, by Lindsey Johnson.

Alumni Part of Pandemic Portfolio Exhibit

July 13, 2020

McNeese talent is represented in the Black Heritage Gallery exhibit currently on display through Sept. 24 in the Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center. Two alumni are among the nine artists selected for the “Pandemic Portfolio” exhibit. They are Jeanine Blaney and Lindsey Johnson. The exhibit features artwork created while the artists were working…

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Oanh Vuong stands in front of her poster with graphs and photos the illustrate her research.

Changing Lives Through Food Research

July 13, 2020

Food technology student Oanh Vuong will present two posters on protein powders as sustainable food sources at The Finalist of Graduate Research Competition at the Institute of Food Technologists SHIFT20 Virtual Meeting this month. This annual food expo provides thousands of consumers, food technology experts and businesses a forum to showcase new products and research…

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Kevin Romero in front of an American flag and the nasa flag

First Choice for NASA Internship

July 13, 2020

Kevin Romero, a senior electrical engineering student, is working on a printed circuit board for a helmet display system that will be in the next generation of space suits as part of his internship with NASA. This display system will project an image inside the helmet so astronauts can more easily receive and navigate data…

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On the baseball field are McNeese President Dr. Daryl Burckel, Interim Director of Athletics Heath Schroyer, Kyle Edmiston, president and CEO of Visit Lake Charles, McNeese baseball head coach Juston Hill and Dr. Wade Rousse, McNeese vice president for University Advancement and executive vice president of the McNeese Foundation.

McNeese and SWLA Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Sign Cooperative Agreement

July 13, 2020

McNeese State University and Visit Lake Charles, the Southwest Louisiana Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, have signed an agreement that will bring large national competitive youth baseball tournaments to the Lake Area for the next four years. “This is a tremendous opportunity to showcase the McNeese campus, our baseball facilities and Southwest Louisiana to thousands of…

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Grammy Award winner Mickey Smith address online participants.

McNeese Bands Host Virtual Leadership Camp

July 8, 2020

High school band students from around the country learned leadership skills and conducting techniques from the experts thanks to a two-day virtual music leadership camp hosted by McNeese Bands.  The camp’s goal was to help high school drum majors and student band leaders develop the skills to learn how to run a football game and…

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Emily Vincent

Emily Vincent Is First Choice Intern for Softball

July 7, 2020

Former standout Cowgirl softball pitcher and current McNeese State University graduate student Emily Vincent is continuing her passion for the sport while also completing internship hours this semester as the women’s softball pitching coach for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Vincent, a 2016 health and human performance graduate, is currently working on her master’s…

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Dr. Fiest Price in front of her desk.

McNeese Graduate Changing Lives at University of Michigan – Flint

July 1, 2020

Dr. Sonja Feist-Price, a 1985 psychology graduate, has been named Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan-Flint. She is a recognized leader on matters of diversity, an accomplished scholar and an experienced higher education administrator.  Dr. Feist-Price currently serves as the Vice President for Institutional Diversity and as a Professor in…

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A nursing student uses a mannequin to practice her skills.

Online Graduate Nursing Program First Choice

July 1, 2020

NPSchools.com has recognized McNeese’s graduate nursing program as one of the first choice online offerings in the nation. McNeese received top honors for its online nurse practitioner programs in family nurse practitioner and psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner and its post-master’s psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner certificate. Over 700 online nursing graduate programs from across the country…

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