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Hope Berry, a 1994 agricultural sciences graduate, is the 2020 recipient of the National Association of Agricultural Educator’s Region II Teacher Mentor Award. This award recognizes outstanding teachers in the agricultural profession whose encouragement and support have helped other agricultural sciences teachers to thrive. Hope is an agriscience teacher and FFA adviser at Bell City…
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U.S. Army Col. Mark Ned, a 1994 criminal justice graduate of McNeese State University, and his wife, Hilda, are proud parents as their daughter, Lori, continues the family’s legacy as a fall 2020 freshman at McNeese. This week, the family, including the Ned’s other daughter, Leza, traveled from South Carolina to Lake Charles to move…
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McNeese State University Bands is providing a new resource for high school band students to develop their skills through a series of virtual guides to marching band fundamentals. The 11-video series, which is available at mcneesebands.com/visual, is intended as an instructional supplement for high school teachers, as well as a method of asynchronous learning for…
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Students can still register for the fall 2020 semester at McNeese State University online or with their faculty adviser during late registration Aug. 13-18. Classes begin Aug. 17. Students must be admitted to the university and should see an adviser to get their alternate PIN, if required, prior to registration. To register, students can go…
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McNeese’s Heifer Development Program – a one-of-a-kind Louisiana program that supports the local cattle industry – was featured in an article in the recent issue of BEEF magazine, the nation’s leading cattle publication. The article focuses on custom heifer development and how beef producers are discovering that sending heifers off the farm for development helps cut…
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Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tommy Marks, a 1977 McNeese State University health and physical education graduate, attended McNeese on a track scholarship. He was a cadet in the ROTC program and credits this experience for leading him towards a military career. “I was commissioned as a second lieutenant and reported for duty in 1978,”…
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Dr. Jay Sconyers, Director of Bands, is reaching potential Pride of McNeese members through a new video series, Virtual Guide to Visual Fundamentals. The 11-video series features Dr. Sconyers and music majors Tommy Holland and Audie Mae Owens leading viewers through a number of essential skills needed to develop visual performance proficiency. All videos are…
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Kimberly and David Griffin of Lake Charles have pledged $50,000 over four years to the Develop the Diamond Campaign to benefit renovations to the McNeese Softball Press Box. The Develop the Diamond Campaign provides funds for numerous indoor and outdoor improvements to the Cowgirl softball facility. To contribute to the campaign or for more information,…
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Students who have registered online for McNeese State University’s 2020 fall classes have until Aug. 11 to pay fees. Fall classes begin Aug. 17. McNeese offers an installment plan for paying tuition and fees that is divided into three payments. Students are required to pay one-third of the total amount plus a $30 processing fee…
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Kevin Romero, a senior electrical engineering student at McNeese, is gaining valuable skills through a second internship with NASA in Houston, Texas. Raised in a military family, Romero now calls Lake Charles home. Before coming to McNeese, he worked as an electrician. “I always loved tinkering with electronics and fixing things. Working as an electrician…
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