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McNeese State University will confer degrees on 537 graduates during two ceremonies for the university’s 161st commencement Friday, Dec. 8, 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 health professions…
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Melissa Blair Guilbeau, Nkem Nwaobi and Christy Roberts are the first McNeese State University graduates of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in advanced practice psychiatric mental health nursing offered by the College of Nursing and Health Professions at the McNeese commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 8. McNeese’s DNP program is a practice-based approach to…
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Daryl Burckel, McNeese State University’s seventh president, is announcing today his intention to leave his role after nearly seven years of service. “It has been a profound honor and privilege to lead McNeese State University over the past seven years as president. I am forever grateful for the support of our faculty, staff, students and…
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McNeese State University’s Forensics Team had a successful fall. The forensics team, sometimes referred to as the speech and debate team, traveled to Texas as part of the Texas Forensic Intercollegiate Association and as far as Portland, Oregon, to compete. Most recently, the team competed in the Texas Forensic Intercollegiate Association Championship in Tyler, Texas,…
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McNeese State University executive offices that occupied the fourth floor of the Burton Business Center have moved to the first floor of the SEED Center. With the destruction of Farrar Hall, the Burton College of Education (BCOE) lost its central location. Many of the BCOE offices and classrooms will move into the third and…
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McNeese State University is creating the Student Success Center on the first floor of the Frazar Memorial Library as a one-stop shop for student support services. McNeese offers a student-centric college experience and that includes ensuring students have the support they need to help them persist to graduation. The Student Success Center will house tutoring…
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McNeese State University students Maggie McBride, of Lake Charles, and Katherine Sittig, of Eunice, were named the Outstanding Graduates for fall 2023. The McNeese Student Government Association (SGA) and the McNeese Alumni Association worked together to create the Outstanding Graduate Awards. Students are nominated on the basis of scholarship, leadership, service and excellence with a…
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The graduate nursing program at McNeese State University has a new leadership team. Dr. Twila Sterling-Guillory is the new leader of the graduate nursing program at McNeese. Previously, she was the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) coordinator. She earned her doctorate degree from Southern A&M University in 2011. Sterling-Guillory joined the McNeese faculty in…
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McNeese State University and Louisiana State University Eunice (LSUE) have signed multiple agreements that allow students to seamlessly transfer to McNeese after earning an associate degree in business administration, health sciences, nursing and radiologic technology. The new agreements will welcome students from LSUE to complete the coursework for a bachelor’s degree in McNeese’s College of…
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McNeese State University senior, Kayla Warner, is a finalist among students from across the country for the National Student of the Year Award after receiving the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities (APCA) South Central Regional Student of the Year Award. Warner, from Houston, Texas, is a senior health and human performance major with…
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