Events
McNeese State University will hold two ceremonies this Friday, Dec. 8, to confer degrees on the graduates at the university’s 161st commencement in McNeese’s Legacy Center. The ceremony for the Burton College of Education and colleges of business and liberal arts will be held at 9 a.m. and the colleges of agricultural sciences, nursing and…
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The McNeese State University Student Art Association is hosting a Holiday Art Sale on Friday, Dec. 1, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Grand Gallery 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 include ceramics,…
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McNeese State University visual art students are hosting a food drive and art give away on Wednesday, Nov. 15 from noon to 2 p.m. in the Grand Gallery of the Shearman Fine Arts Annex. All are invited to bring nonperishable food items and exchange them for pieces of art. The art, ceramic fruits and vegetables,…
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McNeese State University’s department of English and Foreign Languages is hosting a reading on Thursday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. in Stokes Auditorium located in Hardtner Hall. The department head, Dr. Keagan LeJeune, will read from his newly released book titled Finding Myself Lost in Louisiana. In this memoir, LeJeune searches for his sense of…
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McNeese State University’s Honors College and English and Foreign Languages Department are hosting a lecture on Friday, Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. in the La Jeunesse Room. The 2023 Joe and Lydia Cash Lecture will be Jonathan Evans, professor of medieval languages at the University of Georgia. He will present “Following Galadriel: Female Agency…
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McNeese State University’s Honors College is hosting an open house for prospective students and their families on Thursday, Nov. 9 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Drew Hall room 234, located on Joe Dumars Dr. Qualifications for the Honors College for incoming first-year students are a 27 or higher on the ACT (or about 1250…
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McNeese State University’s rodeo team will host its 2023 rodeo Oct. 27-28 in the Burton Arena. On Thursday, Oct. 26, Rodeo School Day begins with 750 elementary students dropping by the arena at 10 a.m. to watch and learn about the sport of rodeo from McNeese rodeo team members. Then a special Halloween rodeo will be…
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McNeese State University’s W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts opens the fall McNeese Theatre season with the performance of the play “Love/Sick” at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 1-4 and at 2 p.m. on Nov. 5 at 2 p.m in Squires Recital Hall. “Love/Sick” by Jon Cariani is a collection of nine slightly twisted…
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McNeese State University’s 2023 homecoming week “Pokechella” is happening Oct. 23-28. Students, alumni and Cowboy fans are welcome to participate in the many campus activities taking place throughout the week. On Monday, Oct. 23, students can have one parking ticket under $25 forgiven for Amnesty Day. The Student Government Association sponsors this popular event which will be…
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Nicole Callihan, a poet and author of This Strange Garment, will give a reading on Friday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. in the Bulber Auditorium at McNeese State University. Callihan’s book, This Strange Garment, was published by Terrapin Books in 2023. Some of the poetry in the book, Callihan wrote while receiving treatment for a breast cancer.…
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