Events
A workshop titled “Online Marketing for Small Businesses” will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 22, at the McNeese State University SEED Center. This event is sponsored by the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at McNeese. The workshop is intended to familiarize small businesses with various online marketing tools to help attract and retain…
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McNeese State University’s Department of Performing Arts will present a musical production of “The Secret Garden” Feb. 7-11 at Tritico Theatre. Times are 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7-10 and 2 p.m. Feb. 11. “The Secret Garden” is a Tony Award-winning musical based on the classic 1911 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The script and lyrics are…
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Dr. Robert Carriker, professor of history at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, will be bringing his stories about his History on the Move program to the McNeese State University SEED Center at 3 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5, as part of the 2018 Spring Sage Series. Carriker, or “Dr. Boudin,” as he is sometimes known,…
Read MoreMcNeese alumnus Collier Brown will give a free poetry reading at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 2, in Stokes Auditorium of Hardtner Hall at McNeese State University. This reading is sponsored by the McNeese Honors College. Brown is the author of “Eye, Thus Far, Unplucked” (2017) and is the founding editor of Od Review and editor…
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Jen Atkins, a New Orleans native and associate professor of dance studies at Florida State University, will present a lecture titled “The Secret Side of Mardi Gras: New Orleans Carnival Balls, 1870-1920” at 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 29, in the McNeese State University SEED Center as part of the 2018 Spring Sage Series. Mardi Gras…
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The 2018 Frank Granger visiting poet, Camille Dungy, will give a poetry reading at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 27, in Stokes Auditorium of Hardtner Hall. This free event is sponsored by McNeese’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program. Dungy is the author of four collections of poetry: “What to Eat, What to Drink,…
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The McNeese State University Department of Education Professions is hosting its first “Geaux Teach” event for area high school juniors and seniors who are interested in the teaching profession Friday, Jan. 19. Sixty students from 10 area high schools in Calcasieu and Cameron parishes will get a first-hand look at what it takes to be…
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Students can still register for the spring 2018 semester at McNeese State University online or with their faculty adviser during late registration Jan. 12-17. Students must be admitted to the university and should see an adviser to get their alternate PIN, if required, prior to registration. To register, students can go online to www.mcneese.edu and…
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“Louisiana – A Mélange” is the theme of the spring 2018 SAGE Series at McNeese State University. SAGE offers a series of short lectures and discussions at 3 p.m. on Mondays in the McNeese SEED Center centered on a specific theme each fall and spring. This spring’s series will kick off on Monday, Jan. 8,…
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The McNeese State University Pride of McNeese Marching Band and Cowgirl Kickers led the way through the streets of London for the London New Year’s Day Parade and Festival. Participation in the London New Year’s Day Parade and Festival is by invitation only. The official invitation to this prestigious event came more than a year ago…
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