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Last week, senators in the Student Government Association passed a resolution allotting more parking spaces on campus to students who commute for class. The parking lot in front of the library is now 60% faculty and staff parking and 40% student parking, while the Memorial Gym lot changed to 30% faculty and staff parking and…
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By Morgan BabineauxStudent Reporter Internships are an important part of the college experience is what Harley Jackson, a second semester junior at McNeese, learned after participating in an internship at a deer breeding facility in Texas last summer. Majoring in natural resource conservation management, Harley was always aware she wanted to pursue a career in…
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Officers and students from the McNeese chapter of National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) recently traveled to the 48th National NSBE Convention in Anaheim, Calif. During this convention, students received opportunities to attend workshops and informational chapter meetings, as well as participate in the Boeing flight and glider competitions. Two of NSBE’s graduate engineering students,…
Read MoreThe McNeese student chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will host a free mental health literacy event Tuesday, April 12 at 5:30 p.m. in Hardtner Hall Room 104. All current students and faculty are invited to discuss and learn about about the impact of, and how to identify, anxiety and depression within…
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McNeese State University’s W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present “The Teenager Project 2022” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 8 and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9 in Squires Recital Hall. Written by McNeese faculty, students and community members, the “Teenager Project 2022” represents an update to the 2018 McNeese…
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McNeese State University is home to the oldest Master of Fine Arts program in Louisiana and one of the oldest in the southeast. In celebration of the program’s 40th anniversary, McNeese’s Department of English and Foreign Languages will host three readings by notable alumni Eric Nguyen, Morri Creech and Adam Johnson April 7-9. These events…
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Dr. Keagan LeJeune, professor, head of the Department of English and Foreign Languages at McNeese State University and author of “Legendary Louisiana Outlaws: The Villains and Heroes of Folk Justice,” will hold a special author Q&A on March 31 at 6 p.m. at the Lake Charles Country Club. The winner of the Brian McConnell…
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McNeese State University alumnus Ross Theriot, a 2012 graduate in mass communication, has been selected as the Horatio Alger Association Alumnus of the Year, a national award intended to recognize exceptional leaders who have overcome adversity and go above and beyond in their service to the organization and their communities, as well as for their…
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McNeese State University will host a lecture by Dr. Louis Markos, an internationally recognized expert on J.R.R Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, on Friday, April 1, at 7 p.m. in the La Jeunesse Room. The event is open free to the public. Titled “Rehabilitating the Virtues: Courage, Temperance, Wisdom and Justice in Narnia and Middle Earth,”…
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Three McNeese State University marketing students have each received a $1,000 scholarship from the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS), one of the leading academic organizations in the marketing discipline. Dr. Cassandra Ditt, assistant professor of marketing at McNeese, is a member of AMS and encouraged her students to apply. Kaitlyn MacNamara and Sarah Palermo, Sulphur,…
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