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The family of Dr. and Mrs. Larry (Marlene) DeRouen has given $52,000 to the McNeese Foundation to establish the Dr. and Mrs. Larry DeRouen Endowment in their honor. Marlene is a 1960 McNeese graduate with a Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education while Larry is a 1958 McNeese graduate with a Bachelor of Arts…

Willie Mount has given $15,000 to the McNeese Foundation for the Benjamin W. Mount Memorial Scholarship and the Chi Omega House fund. The scholarship, established in 2011 in memory of Willie’s husband, is designated for business and pre-law majors. The Chi Omega House fund is designated for rebuilding the Chi Omega Phi Zeta Chapter house…

The Northwestern Mutual Lake Charles office has donated $15,000 to the McNeese Foundation for the Northwestern Mutual Scholarship. The scholarship is designated for junior, senior and graduate students in the College of Business. On hand for the presentation are, front row from left, Northwestern Mutual financial advisers Aaron Natali, David Girola, Dan Piper, Shane Liggio,…

David Elks of Stonington, Connecticut, has donated $10,000 to the McNeese Foundation for the Sylvia McGuire and David C. Elks Scholarship. The scholarship is designated for history and liberal arts majors. Elks graduated from McNeese in 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history. His late wife, Sylvia, attended McNeese and was a strong…

Marsa and John “Butch” Alsandor of Houston, Texas, have given $5,000 to the McNeese Foundation for the Jack Alsandor Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship was established in memory of Butch’s son and is designated for mass communication majors. Butch is a 1981 radio and television graduate of McNeese.

A McNeese State University graduate and registered dietitian, Dr. Anna Salvador, of College Station, Texas, was recently awarded the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Texas Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Salvador earned her bachelor’s degree from McNeese in 2016 in the area of nutrition and dietetics and her doctorate in nutrition from Texas A&M College…

McNeese nutrition and dietetics students in the College of Agricultural Sciences are celebrating National Nutrition Month this March. Ashley Morton, an agricultural sciences major with a concentration in nutrition and dietetics from Bossier City, is a member of the Student Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (SAND) at McNeese. Members of SAND work to promote the…

At the recent Louisiana Academy of Sciences annual meeting McNeese graduate student Chiamaka Uwaoma Nnadi won the award for the Best Graduate Oral Presentation in the Agriculture, Forestry, Wildlife, Environmental Science category. Chiamaka is a graduate student in the Harold and Pearl Dripps School of Agricultural Sciences. Her presentation centered around her research project, “Yield…

A team of five McNeese State University civil engineering students placed third at the National Precast Concrete Association (NPCA) Foundation Student Competition in Columbus, Ohio. The team members included Kallie Broussard of Lake Arthur, Todd Cormier of Iowa, Brant Courville of Lake Charles and Matthew Hennigan and Conner Moyer, both of Westlake. The students were…

LIFE Academy students learned about healthy breakfasts from McNeese State University students studying nutrition and dietetics in the College of Agricultural Sciences. LIFE Academy is a partnership between McNeese and the Calcasieu Parish School Board to provide access to pre-employment transition services to students with significant developmental and intellectual disabilities as they prepare for their…