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The McNeese State University Honor Roll for the 2024 spring semester has been announced. The honor roll lists undergraduate students earning at least a 3.0 or B average while carrying 12 or more semester hours. McNeese students on the Honor Roll are as follows: LOUISIANA CITIES Abbeville: Suzane M. Cao, Danielle Claire DuBois, Lauren A. Dugas,…
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The McNeese State University men’s rodeo team is the champion of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s (NIRA) Southern Region for the third year in a row. Seven members of the team, and one member of the women’s team, are headed to the 2024 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) June 9-15 in Casper, Wyoming. The saddle…
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McNeese State University graduate students worked with the city of Lake Charles to create an interactive element for the walking trail at Riverside Park. The project started during a graduate-level creative writing class where associate English professor Dr. Wendy Whelan-Stewart and English professor Dr. Keagan LeJeune challenged the students to reconnect with the local ecosystem…
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The Louisiana Small Business Development Center (LSBDC) at McNeese State University was honored with the 2024 Small Business Development Center Excellence and Innovation Center Award. Susan Thibodeaux, director of LSBDC at McNeese, and Dean Day, business consultant, were recognized for their outstanding performance and the unwavering support offered by the center through all the adversity…
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McNeese State University honor students were recognized at spring commencement ceremonies held May 10 in the McNeese Legacy Center. Honor students recognized were: SUMMA CUM LAUDE (3.90-4.00): Adepoju A. Adetunji (4.0), Ile-Ife, Nigeria; Anna E. Alamond, Sulphur; Marie Olivia Azor (4.0), Lake Charles; Iseoluwa Ireoluwayimika Babarinde, Abuja, Nigeria; Bey’Ounce S. Banks, Port Arthur, Texas; Cade…
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West Stadium Drive was renamed Dr. Daryl Burckel Drive to honor the outgoing McNeese State University President. The street runs on the west side of McNeese’s Cowboy Stadium. Burckel started his McNeese career as a student on a football scholarship, serving as the starting middle linebacker for the Cowboys on two Southland Conference championship teams…
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McNeese State University radiologic sciences spring graduate, McKenzie Mitchell, made history by becoming the first McNeese radiologic sciences student to be published before graduation with her article, “Imaging Evidence of Eating Disorders.” She is also the first student nationwide to be published in the journal with a single-author article before a national certification is awarded. The…
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McNeese State University conferred honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees to two McNeese alumni at commencement – the Honorable U.S. District Judge James D. Cain Jr. and ASM Global Executive Vice President Doug Thornton – during the 162nd commencement ceremonies May 10 at McNeese’s Legacy Center. “This is the highest honor that the university can…
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Isaiah Johnson, a member of the first cohort of Reginald F. Lewis Scholars, will graduate from McNeese State University this week. “Being the first Reginald F. Lewis Scholar to graduate at McNeese is an amazing feeling,” Johnson said. “I am an example of why this program is so important. It has guided me toward graduation…
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McNeese State University nursing students engage with the community to provide education during their senior year through a course on community and public health. Danielle Guillory is an assistant professor of nursing focusing on adult health in the College of Nursing and Health Professions. She explains that student nurses in her course go into the…
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