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The President’s Honor List for the spring 2023 semester at McNeese State University has been announced. To be on the President’s Honor List, an undergraduate student must earn at least a 3.5 GPA or better while carrying at least 15 semester hours. A senior eligible for graduation but carrying less than 15 hours is also…
Read MoreThe McNeese State University Honor Roll for the 2023 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: Lindsey A. Detraz, Emma R. Griffin, Blake C.…
Read MoreWith the rodeo season complete, the McNeese State University men’s rodeo team is the champion of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s (NIRA) Southern Region while the women’s team is the reserve championship team. As a result, 10 members have qualified for the 2023 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) June 11-17, in Casper, Wyoming. Six members of…
Read MoreMacey Guillory, of Lake Charles, graduated in May from McNeese State University with a Bachelor of Science in health systems management that she earned while working full time. Health systems management (HSM) is planning, directing and organizing how health care is delivered in a variety of settings. Students study human resource management, case management, health…
Read MoreMcNeese Student Wins Two Business Competitions McNeese State University student John “Trey” Gregory has big plans! He recently won the 2023 SEED Center Business Pitch Competition in the college division and the Lake Charles Launch Small Business Development Week’s inaugural “Gator Tank.” Gregory pitched his idea “Indoor Divot Recreation,” a virtual indoor golf facility. Indoor…
Read MoreSam Gil, McNeese State University Student Government Association (SGA) president, will serve a one-year term on the Louisiana Board of Regents as the student board member. As SGA president, Gil is a member of the Council of Student Body President’s where he was elected as the student member of the Louisiana Board of Regents. The…
Read MoreMcNeese State University and South Louisiana Community College (SLCC) have signed an agreement that allows students to seamlessly transfer to McNeese after earning an associate degree in business administration. The new agreement will welcome students from SLCC to complete the coursework for a bachelor’s degree in McNeese’s College of Business. “Students deserve a straight path…
Read MoreIn Louisiana, along with much of the United States, there is a shortage of mental health professionals. McNeese State University offers an opportunity for nurse practitioners to earn a doctorate in advanced practice mental health nursing, or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). This practice-based approach prepares current advanced practice nurses, or nurse practitioners, to care…
Read MoreMcNeese State University will confer degrees on 703 graduates during two ceremonies for the university’s 160th commencement Friday, May 12, in McNeese’s Legacy Center. The ceremony for the colleges of agricultural sciences, liberal arts and science, engineering and mathematics will be held at 9 a.m. and for the Burton College of Education and colleges of…
Read MoreDuring the 160th McNeese State University commencement ceremony May 12 at the McNeese Legacy Center, the university conferred an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree on McNeese alumnus Charles E. “Chuck” Kleckley, a partner at the Picard Group, a governmental affairs firm with offices in Louisiana and Washington, D.C. “This is the highest honor that…
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