Month: September 2023
The McNeese State University Alumni Association will present its 2023 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year awards during halftime ceremonies at the McNeese vs. Nicholls football game on Saturday, Sept. 30. The three McNeese alumni who have been named recipients this year are: retired Col. Carlene A.S. Blanding, a combat veteran who served in the United…
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The McNeese State University fall 2023 Career Expo will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 27, from 1-4 p.m. in the Recreation Complex on campus. All McNeese students and alumni are welcome to attend. Students are encouraged to dress professionally and bring copies of their resume to give recruiters. Students can log into their Handshake account…
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Kaylee Cormier is a third-generation member of McNeese State University’s women’s rodeo team–both her mother and grandmother were on the McNeese rodeo team. Kaylee’s grandmother, Charlene Carson, is a 1968 McNeese nursing graduate, and her mother, Kasey Cormier, graduated in 1996 with a degree in business administration. Kaylee attended the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s College…
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McNeese State University senior, Adepoju “PJ” Adetunji, from Nigeria, worked for Goldman Sachs & Co. this summer in Salt Lake City, Utah. Adetunji is a finance major in McNeese’s College of Business. “I grew up loving mathematics and mental calculations,” he said. “After being a store manager for three years, I knew I wanted to…
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The McNeese State University farm is growing a little rice. McNeese, the LSU Agricultural Center and Jefferson Davis Rice Growers have joined forces to research varieties of rice that grow well in Southwest Louisiana. They are looking into fertility, disease management and insect control. The McNeese farm is part of the Harold and Pearl Dripps…
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High school students and their families are invited to McNeese State University’s Preview Day on Saturday, Sept. 30 and Oct. 21, in Tritico Theatre in the Shearman Fine Arts Annex, 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. This free event is sponsored by the McNeese Recruiting Office. Preview Day is a campus-wide open house where students and…
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McNeese State University senior Joshua Susong spent his summer at the Port Wonder construction site in Lake Charles getting his hands dirty. Susong, of Lake Charles, is a business administration major with a concentration in construction management. Susong interned for the Lemoine Co. at the construction site of Port Wonder, The Children’s Museum of Southwest…
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Sasol’s Lake Charles Chemical Complex welcomed three McNeese State University students for internships in the technical services area this summer. Maelyn Moss, a chemistry and English major from Houston, Texas, interned in the research and development area. Jacob Waters, of Ragley, is a mechanical engineering major and interned with the reliability engineering group. Olivia Stark, from…
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