Month: March 2026
Heath Schroyer, McNeese’s Director of Athletics since 2020, has accepted a job at Louisiana State University (LSU) as Senior Deputy AD/Executive Director of External Relations for the LSU System. Schroyer, who arrived on campus in 2018 as the Cowboys’ head basketball coach, was named Director of Athletics in June of 2020, guiding the department through…
Read MoreMcNeese State University is hosting a special poetry and fiction reading on Friday, March 27, at 7 p.m. in Stokes Auditorium in Hardtner Hall. McNeese alumni J. Bruce Fuller, Michael Shewmaker and Jenn Alandy Trahan, who were also Wallace Stegner Fellows at Stanford University, will be reading their own works. “We are welcoming back three alumni who have been awarded…
Read MoreMcNeese State University recently opened the new Elizabeth and Leslie Richard Student Union offering students a modernized cafeteria, more collaboration spaces, a large event space and offices. “The Richard Student Union stands on the footprint of two historic campus facilities, Farrar Hall, built in 1968 and named after the first dean of McNeese Junior College, and Memorial Gymnasium, built in 1949, named to honor the students and…
Read MoreSmall business owners across Southwest Louisiana will have the opportunity this spring to attend a no-cost “Building Wealth Through Government Contracting” training led by representatives from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Louisiana district office. “The sessions will introduce local entrepreneurs to the federal contracting process. Participants will learn how the government purchases goods and…
Read MoreMcNeese State University students who are pursuing the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Business Certificate and are received the Woodside Energy LNG Business Scholarship last semester were invited to attend a panel discussion at LNG Americas Summit and Exhibition in Lake Charles. The College of Business students had the unique opportunity to engage directly with leaders in the global LNG…
Read MoreHigh school students and their families are invited to McNeese State University’s Preview Day on Saturday, Mar. 14, in Richard Student Union from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. This free event is hosted by the McNeese Recruiting Office and will take place after the District Literary Rally. Preview Day is a campus-wide open house where students…
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