Events
As a part of the fall 2019 SAGE series, author Mary Ann Sternberg will present a lecture titled, “River Road Ramblings” at 3 p.m., Monday, Oct. 28, in the McNeese State University SEED Center. For two decades, Mary Ann Sternberg explored the many different cultures and traditions of the areas surrounding the river road between…
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McNeese State University will hold a workshop titled “Woman-Oriented: Starting and Financing Your Business Idea” from 9-11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the SEED Center. The workshop is sponsored by the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at McNeese and is co-sponsored by Sasol and Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance. This week is National Business…
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It’s going to be an out of this world experience as extraterrestrials take over the campus during the 2019 Homecoming week. “Area 337” is this year’s theme. The annual Homecoming parade, one of the largest in Southwest Louisiana, will roll down Ryan Street at 7 p.m. on Thursday (Oct. 17). The parade ends in Cowboy…
Read MoreMcNeese State University will hold a free workshop titled “Spruce Up Your Holiday Marketing Plan” from 11 a.m.-noon on Wednesday, Oct. 16, at the Calcasieu Parish Library Meeting Room, 301 W. Clause St., Lake Charles. The workshop is sponsored by the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at McNeese and co-sponsored by Grow With Google. At…
Read MoreThe McNeese State University W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present a free senior recital by Ju Kim, clarinet, at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the Squires Recital Hall. Lina Morita will accompany on piano. Kim will perform “Five Bagatelles, Op. 23” by Gerald Finzi, “Concerto in A major” by…
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The McNeese State University Office of Financial Aid will present several free financial aid workshops in high schools throughout a seven-parish area in October and November for students and their parents and current McNeese students to explain financial aid application procedures. “We encourage all high school seniors, all continuing McNeese students and anyone wishing to…
Read MoreThe McNeese State University W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present a free recital by McNeese faculty members Judy Hand, on flute, and Lina Morita, on piano, at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, in Squires Recital Hall. The performance will feature “Allegretto” by Benjamin Godard, “Joueurs de flûte, Op. 27” by Albert…
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The McNeese State University W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present a free concert by the McNeese Chamber Singers on Friday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. in Tritico Theatre. The choral group is under the direction of Dr. Darryl Jones, director of choral activities. Dr. HaeJu Choi will accompany the choir. The…
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As part of the fall 2019 SAGE series, author Viola Fontenot will present a lecture titled, “A Cajun Girl’s Sharecropping Years,” at 3 p.m., Monday, Oct. 7, in the McNeese State University SEED Center. Living as tenants on tracts of farmland in exchange for a one-third share of the profit generated from their crops, sharecroppers…
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Louisiana poet laureate and McNeese State University alumnus John Warner Smith will give a free poetry reading at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, in Stokes Auditorium of Hardtner Hall at McNeese. Smith is the author of “Muhammad’s Mountain” (2018), “Spirits of the Gods” (2017), “Soul Be a Witness” (2016) and “A Mandala of Hands” (2015).…
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