Lagniappe

The McNeese baseball team lines up for the national anthem. Five members of the men's golf team gather around for a photo.

Cowboy Baseball and Golf Earn Academic Awards

August 3, 2020

The Cowboy baseball program has earned its fifth consecutive American Baseball Coaches Association’s Team Academic Excellence Award. The Cowboys are one of only 12 Division 1 teams in the country…

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Danielle Vail

State Award Recognizes McNeese Farmer

July 28, 2020

Danielle Fruge Vail, a 2010 agricultural sciences graduate and a 2012 Master of Science graduate in environmental and chemical sciences, has been selected as the 2020 Louisiana Farm Bureau Young…

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Lauren LeBato in front of a greenery wall

McNeese Graduate First Choice for Fellowship

July 28, 2020

Lauren LeBato, a 2014 political science graduate and a 2017 Master of Arts in Teaching graduate, has been awarded a national 2020 James Madison Fellowship. Only 49 fellowships were awarded…

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Alana Arvie

Student-Athlete First Choice Student Scholar

July 20, 2020

Senior Alanna Arvie has earned individual All-Academic honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Alanna has a 3.47 GPA in biology with a concentration…

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Two pieces of art unfolded with grooves up and down.

Art Professor Featured in Upcoming Exhibits

July 20, 2020

Heather Ryan Kelley, Professor of Art, will have work featured in two upcoming exhibitions. Her selected work, an accordion book, titled “In the Name of Annah the Allmaziful,” will be…

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Belle - Quarantine Portrait #39, a portrait of a woman in a black shirt, oil paint on paper, by Lindsey Johnson.

Alumni Part of Pandemic Portfolio Exhibit

July 13, 2020

McNeese talent is represented in the Black Heritage Gallery exhibit currently on display through Sept. 24 in the Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center. Two alumni are among the…

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Oanh Vuong stands in front of her poster with graphs and photos the illustrate her research.

Changing Lives Through Food Research

July 13, 2020

Food technology student Oanh Vuong will present two posters on protein powders as sustainable food sources at The Finalist of Graduate Research Competition at the Institute of Food Technologists SHIFT20…

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Kevin Romero in front of an American flag and the nasa flag

First Choice for NASA Internship

July 13, 2020

Kevin Romero, a senior electrical engineering student, is working on a printed circuit board for a helmet display system that will be in the next generation of space suits as…

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Grammy Award winner Mickey Smith address online participants.

McNeese Bands Host Virtual Leadership Camp

July 8, 2020

High school band students from around the country learned leadership skills and conducting techniques from the experts thanks to a two-day virtual music leadership camp hosted by McNeese Bands.  The…

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Emily Vincent

Emily Vincent Is First Choice Intern for Softball

July 7, 2020

Former standout Cowgirl softball pitcher and current McNeese State University graduate student Emily Vincent is continuing her passion for the sport while also completing internship hours this semester as the…

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