Month: March 2026

McNeese State University employee headshots of Heath Schroyer and Bridget Martin.

Schroyer Accepts Job at LSU, Martin Steps in as Interim AD

March 26, 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…

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McNeese State University Master of Fine Arts in creative writing alumni, J. Bruce Fuller, Michael Shewmaker and Jenn Alandy Trahan.

McNeese Hosts Reading With MFA Alumni 

March 20, 2026

McNeese 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…

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Richard Student Union at McNeese State University

New Richard Student Union at McNeese

March 17, 2026

McNeese 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…

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McNeese SBDC is offering training called Building Wealth Through Government Contracting.

McNeese SBDC to host Government Contracting Trainings in SWLA

March 16, 2026

Small 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…

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Group of McNeese students with at the LNG conference.

Woodside Energy LNG Hosts McNeese Students at LNG Americas Summit 

March 16, 2026

McNeese 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…

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McNeese State University Hosts Preview Day

McNeese Hosts Spring 2026 Preview Day 

March 10, 2026

High 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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