Events
McNeese State University will hold two ceremonies Friday, May 13, to confer degrees on the graduates at the university’s 158th commencement in Burton Coliseum. The ceremony for the Burton College of Education and colleges of nursing and health professions and science, engineering and mathematics will be held at 9 a.m. and the ceremony for the…
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McNeese State University’s Kay Doré Counseling Clinic (KDCC) will host a special QPR Suicide Prevention Training on Tuesday, May 3, at 6 p.m. in the SEED Center. QPR, which stands for Question, Persuade, Refer, is an innovative, practical and proven suicide prevention training that helps reduce suicidal behaviors and save lives, according to April Broussard,…
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McNeese State University’s W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present the McNeese Choirs, Concert Chorale and Chamber Singers in a free concert at 7 p.m. Friday, April 29, in Ralph Squires Recital Hall under the direction of Dr. Darryl Jones, who is retiring this spring after 22 years as director of choral…
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The Children’s Clinic of SWLA has given $5,000 to the McNeese State University Foundation for the Dr. Patrick J. Unkel Scholarship. Unkel founded the Children’s Clinic along with Dr. Richard “Dick” Calhoun. The scholarship is designated for junior and senior pre-medicine students. On hand for the presentation are from left, Dr. Bruce Thompson, Dr. Wade…
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McNeese State University’s Preview Day for prospective students and their families will take place from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9. This event is sponsored by the McNeese Admissions and Recruiting Office. Preview Day is a campus-wide open house where participants can tour campus, learn about admissions, colleges and offered majors and see why McNeese…
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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 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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The 35th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition will open with a reception honoring the exhibiting artists from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 24, in the Grand Gallery of the Shearman Fine Arts Annex at McNeese State University. The exhibit, which runs through May 6, is sponsored in part by the McNeese Student Art Assessment.…
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