Events
The McNeese State University W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Performing Arts Department will present a free concert featuring guest pianists, Dr. Shao-Shan Chen and Dr. David Sutanto, on Friday, Oct. 3, in Tritico Theatre at 7 p.m. The husband-and-wife duo are professors of piano at Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, Texas, and have performed many…
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McNeese State University’s Frazar Memorial Library is hosting a Rare Book Petting Zoo on Thursday, Oct. 2, from 3 to 7 p.m. in the Archives Reading Room. McNeese students, faculty, staff and the public are invited to view the treasures from the library’s book collections, including fore-edge painted books, art books, rare first editions and…
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McNeese State University will host outgoing Louisiana poet laureate, Alison Pelegrin, for a poetry reading on Friday, Sept. 26, at 7 p.m. in the Stokes Auditorium, located in Hardtner Hall. This event is sponsored by the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in creative writing and the Juliet Hardtner Endowed Professorship. This reading is free…
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McNeese State University’s Honors College will be hosting author and alumna, Megan Poole, for a book reading on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m. in the Stream Alumni Center. This event is free to the public. Poole is a McNeese Honors College graduate and is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Rhetoric and…
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McNeese State University will host former Louisiana poet laureate, Darrell Bourque, for the Joe and Lydia Cash Lecture on Friday, Sept. 12, in Room 104 of Hardtner Hall at 6:30 p.m. This lecture is hosted by the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in creative writing and is free to the public. Founded in 1981,…
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The William A. Oliver Memorial Golf Tournament will be on Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Country Club at Golden Nugget with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. This heartfelt celebration of the memory of a community pillar, William A. “Bill” Oliver, is conveniently scheduled the day before LegisGator Luncheon. This tournament honors Oliver by…
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Southwest Louisiana business owners and entrepreneurs are invited to attend “Capitalize 2025: A Small Business Funding Panel with SBA and Local Lenders” on Thursday, July 24, 2025, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Henning SEED Center. Hosted by Louisiana Small Business Development Center (LSBDC) at McNeese State University, this free, interactive event offers a…
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McNeese State University will hold two ceremonies this Friday, May 9, to confer degrees on the graduates at the university’s 164th commencement in McNeese’s Legacy Center. The ceremony for the colleges of agricultural sciences, liberal arts and science, engineering and mathematics will be held at 9 a.m. and the Burton College of Education and colleges…
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“Two Governors: Getting Results Against the Odds” is the subject for the 2025 McLeod Lecture Series to be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, in Tritico Theatre at McNeese State University. The McLeod Lecture Series continues to bring timely, as well as the historical, aspects of politics to Southwest Louisiana as well as throughout…
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Experience the creative worlds of McNeese State University undergraduates at a reading of The Arena on Wednesday, April 16, at 5 p.m. in the language lounge located in Kaufman Room 308. McNeese students, faculty, staff and alumni are encouraged to attend. Following the reading of the newest volume of The Arena, there will be an…
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