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Cheniere Energy Inc. donated $75,000 to the McNeese Foundation for the Cheniere Energy Scholarship. On hand for the presentation are from left: Chad Dearien, Cheniere Energy Inc. Training Manager; Dr. Wade Rousse, McNeese Executive Vice President; Stephanie Huck, Cheniere Energy Inc. representative for Community Affairs; and Mike Sled, Cheniere Energy Inc. Human Resources Director.

Cameron LNG donated $20,000 to the McNeese Foundation for the Cameron LNG Scholarship. The scholarship is designated for sophomore, junior, senior and graduate students majoring in engineering. On hand for the presentation are, from the left: Dr. Wade Rousse, McNeese Executive Vice President, and Kayla Powers, Cameron LNG Senior External Relations and Human Resources Representative.

McNeese State University is honoring Black History Month by spotlighting students, faculty and alumni. Kameron Lunon joined the Department of Mass Communications in 2019. He is from Arkansas where he earned a bachelor’s degree in writing and a master’s in digital filmmaking from the University of Central Arkansas. He teaches writing for the media, public…

McNeese State University’s College of Science, Engineering and Mathematics will celebrate National Engineers Week Feb. 27-March 1 with several special activities and events. Since 1951, National Engineers Week has helped bring engineering to life for students, educators and parents by raising awareness about the contributions of engineers. This year’s theme is “Creating the Future,” which highlights…

McNeese State University is honoring Black History Month by spotlighting students, faculty and alumni. Barbara Hardy graduated from McNeese in 1982 with a degree in nursing. She says McNeese helped her understand the need for resilience, determination, perseverance and a spiritual walk with God. “These characteristics have helped me fulfill my purpose, be a better…

Recent McNeese State University graduates Demi Boudreaux, Katelyn Bihm and Makenna Sanders are celebrating being chosen New Teachers of the Year in Calcasieu and Allen Parishes. The State of Louisiana recognizes amazing educators who demonstrate excellence in their first year in the classroom with the New Teacher of the Year award. “I love that I…

The 2023 season of Banners at McNeese State University kicks off with 16 events spread out over several weeks from March 4 to April 29. This year’s entertainment offers a spectacular lineup showcasing concerts, puppets, the McLeod Lecture Series, the 33rd Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibit, documentaries, lectures, a dance party, an outside…

McNeese State University is honoring Black History Month by spotlighting students, faculty and alumni. Three McNeese State University students, Cadenley Francois, a nursing major from Gonaïves, Haiti, Chima Owunna, a computer engineering student from Anambra, Nigeria, and Isaiah Johnson, a health and human performance major from Opelousas, are Reginald F. Lewis Scholars through the University…

McNeese State University’s Master of Fine Arts program in creative writing presents the 2023 Frank Granger Visiting Poet’s Reading by poet Diamond Forde. The free reading and book signing will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, in Stokes Auditorium in Hardtner Hall. Forde’s debut collection, “Mother Body,” won the 2019 Saturnalia Poetry Prize. She…

McNeese State University is honoring Black History Month by spotlighting students, faculty and alumni. Lakyn Thomas, a junior from Oberlin, is the editor of the student newsletter Poke Press and a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. (AKA.) Nellie May Quanders, a founder of AKA who incorporated it and shared it across the…