Month: April 2021
The McNeese State University’s 66th annual rodeo will be held at Burton Coliseum Thursday, April 29, and Friday, April 30, beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday and noon on Friday. Seating will be limited to 500. Heading into the competition, the McNeese Rodeo women’s team is currently ranked first in the Southern Region and the men’s team…
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Beginning this fall, the legacy of the College of Nursing and Health Professions at McNeese State University will continue to change lives with the addition of a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree in advanced practice psychiatric mental health nursing – the first such program in Louisiana. The program is approved by the Louisiana State…
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McNeese State University senior family science student Megan Marshall, from DeRidder, is giving back to her community through an internship with the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence (LCADV) in Baton Rouge. Marshall, a domestic abuse survivor herself, says she originally started working at a domestic violence shelter as a part-time job while she attended McNeese. “While…
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Russ Godwin, Griff Godwin and Louanna Godwin Goolsby have given $100,000 to the McNeese State University Foundation to establish the Fred R. and Jeaneal W. Godwin Memorial Scholarship in memory of their parents. Jeaneal was a 1983 Master of Education graduate and worked at McNeese in the office of admissions and recruiting for 14 years.…
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The McNeese State University Department of Visual Arts is hosting the spring 2021 Senior Thesis Exhibition in the Mezzanine Gallery, located above the Grand Gallery in the Shearman Fine Arts Annex. The exhibit will be on display through May 6 and includes a virtual exhibition. Participating students include: Sarah Fontenot, Denham Springs; Savanna Boudreaux, Hackberry; Jakaela…
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Medical laboratory scientists don’t meet the patients that visit their labs, but Dan Fruge, a 1979 graduate of McNeese State University, says even behind the scenes he knows he’s made a difference in someone’s life. “Any time a sample comes in we have touched that patient,” explains Fruge. “We don’t have the opportunity to shake…
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Four students in the Harold and Pearl Dripps School of Agricultural Sciences are recipients of $1,800 scholarships from the Louisiana Poultry Industries Educational Foundation. The students are Caleb Chiasson, Brennan Uzee and William Vanderlick, agricultural sciences majors, and Hunter Lepretre, natural resource conservation management major. The scholarships are awarded through the Louisiana Poultry Federation to…
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McNeese State University 2015 Master of Fine Arts graduate Eric Nguyen’s debut novel, “Things We Lost to the Water,” has been published by Knopf. “Things We Lost to the Water” tells the story of a mother, Huong, and her two young sons, Tuan and Binh, who arrive in New Orleans from Vietnam in the 1970s…
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Danielle Guillory, associate professor of nursing at McNeese State University, has been selected to serve a two-year term on a new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force for the National Association of School Nurses (NASN). Guillory’s appointment comes after approaching the NASN president about growing a diverse membership in the organization. “I attended the national…
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Rebecca Boniol and the CHRISTUS Ochsner SWLA Foundation have partnered to create a $10,000 scholarship fund through the McNeese State University Foundation for Lake Charles Charter Prep graduates attending the university.
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