Events
The Lake Charles Messiah Chorus and Orchestra will present a Southwest Louisiana holiday tradition with the 79th performance of George Frideric Handel’s “Messiah” at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, in historic F.G. Bulber Auditorium at McNeese State University. The first Messiah was conducted in 1940 by a young Francis G. Bulber, who was inspired to…
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The McNeese State University Department of Visual Arts hosted a special ceramic art giveaway and food drive to highlight the problem of food waste and hunger. “What inspired me to do this project was teaching my students that art can be more than just an object on a wall or on a pedestal. It can also…
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The McNeese State University Student Art Association’s annual holiday art sale will be held from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6, in the Grand Gallery on the first floor of the Shearman Fine Arts Annex. McNeese art students and faculty will be displaying over 300 artworks produced during the fall semester for sale. Works will…
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As a part of the fall 2019 SAGE series, award-winning photographer Keith Monroe will present a lecture titled, “Adventure Travels with Keith Monroe – Greece, Iceland and Truk Lagoon” at 3 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 20, in the McNeese State University SEED Center. Beginning with Greece and Iceland, Monroe will present a stunning array of underwater…
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This holiday season, McNeese State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences is offering a CAMPP Meats Gift Box that includes two 16 oz. rib-eye steaks, sea salt and coarse black pepper for $39.99. Dec. 6 is the deadline to order. Since 2012, the McNeese Center for Advancement of Meat Production and Processing (CAMPP) has provided valuable…
Read MoreSpots are still available for McNeese State University’s 16th annual bovine reproductive physiology and artificial insemination school to be held Nov. 17-20. Hosted by the College of Agricultural Sciences, this school is intended to train industry participants on best practices in bovine breeding. “Unlike many one-day clinics and schools where an instructor will demonstrate how…
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New York Times bestselling author Kristen Arnett will give a free fiction reading at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, in the Burton Conference Center at McNeese State University. Arnett is the author of the collection, “Felt in the Jaw” (2017), and the novel, “Mostly Dead Things” (2019). Her work has appeared in The New York…
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As a part of the fall 2019 SAGE series, author Pamela Arceneaux will present a lecture titled, “Guidebooks to Sin: The Blue Books of Storyville, New Orleans,” at 3:00 p.m., Monday, Nov. 11, in the McNeese State University SEED Center. Between 1897 and 1917, a legal red-light district of Storyville thrived at the edge of…
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McNeese State University will hold a free workshop titled “Veterans: Get Your Business Online” from 2-4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, at the SEED Center. The workshop is sponsored by the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at McNeese and presented through Grow With Google. With the different features Google offers, veteran-led businesses can stand out…
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McNeese State University’s Preview Day for prospective students and their families will take place from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2. This event is sponsored by the 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 is…
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