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Faculty Potpourri Recital Set at McNeese

February 11, 2022

McNeese State University’s W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present a free faculty potpourri program at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21, in Ralph Squires Recital Hall. The faculty program will showcase: HaeJu Choi, piano; Ben Cold, saxophone; Judy Hand, flute; Jay Kacherski, guitar; Jacquelyn Lankford, trumpet; Rod Lauderdale, French horn; Carol Lines,…

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Alexis Pipkin working on her innovative yogurt

McNeese Food Technology Student Creates Innovative Macadamia Nut-Based Yogurt

February 10, 2022

Alexis Pipkin, a food technology major at McNeese State University, is helping create more options for consumers through her macadamia nut-based yogurt. From Slidell, Pipkin originally came to McNeese to pursue her degree in nutrition and dietetics when the food technology program caught her eye. “One of the classes that I took was Introduction to…

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Agricultural sciences students guide a pig to the scale.

Agricultural Sciences Students Learn Hands-On

February 7, 2022

Students in the Swine Production course with Devin Gandy, Instructor of Agricultural Sciences, recently received hands-on training to weigh and classify species of hogs. Devin and his students were a part of the classification round for participants of the Southwest District Livestock Show. Each hog was presented and Dr. Chip LeMieux, Dean of the College,…

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Artist Chris Musina’s "Pure Violence," oil on panel

Artist Chris Musina’s exhibition “nóstos / álgos” Now On Display

February 1, 2022

Artist Chris Musina’s exhibition “nóstos / álgos” will be on display in Abercrombie Gallery at McNeese State University until March 25. The exhibition includes a collection of ink drawings, screen-printed shirts and 13 oil-on-panel paintings that explore themes of animality and “paradise” through a lens of dark humor. The exhibit is open free to the…

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Martin Luther King Jr. Exhibit in Lake Charles

Carry on the Dream Exhibit Coming to Lake Charles

January 31, 2022

McNeese is collaborating with the City of Lake Charles and the Ward 3 Marshal’s Office to host the “Carry on the Dream” exhibit, which features a rare display of the hearse that carried the body of prominent civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The statewide exhibit tour is presented by the University of…

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Dr. Merchant and Lagniappe Magazine Cover

Lagniappe Magazine Features McNeese Professor

January 31, 2022

Professor of Chemistry Dr. Mark Merchant is the cover story for the Jan. 20 issue of Lagniappe Magazine.Dr. Merchant is a leading researcher specializing in alligator immunology, a field he first began investigating due to a fascination with the alligator’s uncanny healing abilities. The Lagniappe article details Dr. Merchant’s exploration to find what makes an…

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McNeese nursing graduate Meeyana Richard

McNeese Graduate Changes Small Lives As A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurse

January 31, 2022

Meeyana Richard, a 2021 nursing graduate of McNeese State University, was hired as a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurse just weeks after graduation. Seven months later, Richard says her training and education at McNeese has truly augmented her experience at Our Lady of Lourdes Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Lafayette. “The transition from being a student…

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McNeese Civil Engineering student Juan Castano

McNeese Civil Engineering Student Presents at Harvard Research Conference

January 31, 2022

McNeese State University senior civil engineering student Juan Castano recently presented his research at Harvard University’s National Collegiate Research Conference. Castano’s presentation, titled “Effects of Recycled Concrete Aggregates on the Fresh and Hardened Properties of Self-Consolidating Concrete for Precast Concrete Applications,” explores how to create more ecologically sustainable concrete. “Two of the biggest issues facing…

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McNeese Miss Firecracker Contest Poster

McNeese Spring Theatre Kicks Off With “The Miss Firecracker Contest”

January 27, 2022

McNeese State University’s W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present “The Miss Firecracker Contest” Wednesday-Saturday, Feb. 16-19, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 20, at 2 p.m. in Squires Recital Hall. Set a few days before the Fourth of July in the small Mississippi town of Brookhaven, Carnelle Scott is rehearsing furiously…

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On hand for the presentation are, from left, Margaret Harris, Entergy customer service manager II, and Dr. Wade Rousse, McNeese vice president for university advancement. McNeese Photo

McNeese Receives Donation for STEM Academy from Entergy

January 25, 2022

Entergy has donated $15,000 to the McNeese State University Foundation to support the summer 2022 session of the STEM Academy, a summer program focused on science, technology, engineering and math for children entering grades 1-8.

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