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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…

A paycheck can change your life, but a paycheck stub? Robert Boudreaux’s paycheck stub changed his life. “I learned about the Compete LA program through my employer. I work full time as a master welder for the Louisiana Department of Transportaion and Development,” said Boudreaux, of Sulphur. “On one of my pay stubs there was…

The President’s Honor List for the fall 2022 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…

McNeese’s graduate psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioner program has been ranked as one of the best in the nation for 2023 by nursepractitioneronline.com. Nursepractitioneronline.com based its rankings on affordability, years of experience of the faculty and program availability and offerings. The College of Nursing and Health Professions provides three concentration areas – family nurse practitioner, nursing…

Cheniere Energy Inc. has donated $15,000 to the McNeese Foundation for the Cheniere Energy Scholarship. The scholarship is designated for students majoring in engineering from the five-parish region with preference given to students from Cameron Parish. On hand for the presentation are from left: Dr. Wade Rousse, McNeese Executive Vice President; Amy Miller, Cheniere Energy…