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Seats are still available for a free science, technology, engineering and mathematics workshop offered to Southwest Louisiana elementary teachers in grades 3-5 from 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Oct. 20 in Frasch Hall at McNeese State University. The workshop – sponsored by the McNeese Burton College of Education and the Ocean Exploration Trust – will offer area…
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Fall 2018 GradFest will be held for fall graduating students at McNeese State University from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 17, in Parra Ballroom in the Holbrook Student Union Annex (New Ranch). The McNeese Alumni Association sponsors this event. Gradfest is a “one stop shop” for students to make sure they’re prepared…
Read MoreThe McNeese State University Office of Financial Aid will present several free financial aid workshops in high schools throughout a six-parish area in October and November for students and their parents and current McNeese students to explain financial aid application procedures. “We encourage all high school seniors, all continuing McNeese students and anyone wishing to…
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McNeese State University’s W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present a free faculty recital featuring William Rose, associate professor of music, on bass and tenor trombone and alphorn at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, in Tritico Theatre. He will be accompanied by Anne Rose on piano and Lonny Benoit on percussion. The…
Read MoreThe McNeese State University W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present a joint faculty recital featuring Sarah Cullen, violin, and Lina Morita, piano, at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 7, in Tritico Theatre. The free performance will feature works by Brahms, Grieg, Chopin and Vivaldi. Cullen, an adjunct faculty member, has degrees in…
Read MoreMcNeese State University’s W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present the Chamber Singers in a free concert at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5, in the Tritico Theatre. The choral group is under the direction of Dr. Darryl Jones, director of choral activities, and is accompanied by Dr. Ulysses Loken. The program will…
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Many students are able to attend McNeese State University for one reason—scholarships. A recent $10,000 donation from a 1985 McNeese alumnus has changed the lives of four students by providing financial support to obtain a degree. Paul Rainwater, a native of DeQuincy, is a former local and state government official in Louisiana and an expert…
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Author Katie Williams will give a free fiction reading at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1, in the Business Conference Center at McNeese State University. This reading is sponsored by the McNeese Honors College and the Department of English and Foreign Languages. Williams is the author of “The Space Between the Trees” (2010), “Absent” (2013) and…
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The McNeese State University W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present a recital featuring alumnus Johnnie Bankens, bass-baritone, and pianist Michael Borowitz at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in Tritico Theatre. This free program will include works by such composers as Schubert, Debussy, Barber and Poulenc. A native of Sulphur, Bankens has…
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Dr. Tari Dilks, professor of nursing at McNeese State University, has been elected president-elect of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Board of Directors. Dilks will begin her term at the APNA 32nd Annual Conference Oct. 24-27 in Columbus, Ohio. Dilks is co-coordinator of McNeese’s Master of Science in Nursing programs and director of the psychiatric/mental…
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