Events
The McNeese State University Honor Roll for the 2021 fall semester has been announced. The honor roll lists undergraduate students earning at least a 3.0 or B average while carrying 12 or more semester hours. Honor Roll is as follows: LOUISIANA CITIES ABBEVILLE: Spencer J. Abshire, Danielle Claire DuBois, Olivia A. Romero, Haley E.…
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McNeese State University will host Unlock Education, a one-day regional event designed to inspire high school juniors and seniors to enter the education profession Feb. 18 from 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the Burton Business Center. There will also be regional competitions for high school Educators Rising classes and clubs to qualify for the state Educators…
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McNeese State University conferred degrees on 573 graduates during two ceremonies for the university’s 157th commencement Friday, Dec. 10, in Burton Coliseum. Graduates are: LOUISIANA CITIES ABBEVILLE: Myles Jacob Hutchinson, Bachelor of General Studies Lanie Ann Richard, Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Sciences ALEXANDRIA: Brandy Humphries, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Greere K. Koehler, Bachelor…
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McNeese State University will hold two ceremonies Friday, Dec. 10, to confer degrees on the graduates at the university’s 157th Commencement in Burton Coliseum. The ceremony for the colleges of agricultural sciences, business and liberal arts will be held at 9:30 a.m. and the Burton College of Education and colleges of nursing and health professions…
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The Lake Charles Messiah Chorus and Orchestra will present a holiday tradition here in Southwest Louisiana with the 80th performance of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, in historic F.G. Bulber Auditorium at McNeese State University. The tradition began in 1940 when a new young college teacher – Dr. Francis G.…
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Author Stephanie Soileau will give a free fiction reading at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, in Stokes Auditorium in Hardtner Hall at McNeese State University. This reading is sponsored by the McNeese Master of Fine Arts program and a Juliet Hardtner Endowed Professorship. A Lake Charles native, Soileau is the author of the short story…
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The McNeese State University Department of Visual Arts is hosting the Fall Senior Exhibition Nov. 18-Dec. 10 in the Shearman Fine Arts Center’s Abercrombie Gallery. The spring graduating seniors are graphic design majors Claire Chang, Plaucheville, Bryce Rachal, Lake Charles, and Matlin Starnes, Winnie, Texas; graphic design and ceramics major Katie Talbot, Moss Bluff; graphic…
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The McNeese State University W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present a free faculty recital by assistant professor of music Dr. Benjamin Cold, on saxophone and clarinet, with associate professor of music Dr. Lina Morito, on piano, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, in Ralph Squires Recital Hall. Assistant professor of music…
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The McNeese State University W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present a free senior recital by Rachel Walls, mezzo soprano, at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12, in Ralph Squires Recital Hall. The recital will include performances of “Quia respexit” by J. S. Bach, “Recit: E pur così in un giorno” by…
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Banners at McNeese State University will present the stage production “Letters Home” on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11, at 7 p.m. in F.G. Bulber Auditorium. The event is free to the public thanks to the support of Reed Mendelson with Ameriprise Financial Services as well as a grant from the UPS Foundation. “Letters Home”puts the wars…
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