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Tabitha Nicholas

Innovative Graduate Changes Lives of Patients

January 19, 2021

Tabitha Nicholas, a 2006 family and consumer science graduate and 2009 health and human performance graduate of McNeese State University, is changing the lives of diabetes and kidney patients in…

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On hand for the presentation are from left, Dr. Daryl Burckel, McNeese president, Dr. Wade Rousse, vice president for university advancement and dean of the college of business, Bruce Elder, JD Bank president and CEO, and Dan L. Donald Jr., chairman of the board.

JD Bank Supports McNeese

January 13, 2021

JD Bank has donated $40,000 to the McNeese State University Foundation for the bank’s second installment of the First Choice Campaign ($35,000) and men’s basketball enhancement ($5,000). McNeese Photo

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Ashley Lavine

McNeese Educators Adapt During Adversity

January 12, 2021

Educators across Southwest Louisiana, like Ashley Lavine, a 2006 business education graduate of McNeese State University, have shown resiliency and adaptability during the coronavirus pandemic and hurricane recovery. Lavine teaches…

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McNeese College of Nursing and Health Professions Awarded Workforce Grant

January 6, 2021

McNeese State University has received a $1.45 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor through the Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities initiative in partnership with the Delta Regional Authority…

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Dr. Ann Warner

Warner Named Interim Dean of College of Nursing and Health Professions

January 6, 2021

Dr. Ann Warner, professor of nursing and co-coordinator of the graduate nursing program at McNeese State University, has been named interim dean of the McNeese College of Nursing and Health…

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2020 Fall Honor Graduates

January 5, 2021

Twenty McNeese State University students received the Summa Cum Laude (3.90-4.00) designation in fall commencement ceremonies held Dec. 17-19 in Burton Coliseum. Six students were recognized for earning a 4.0…

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A statue of John McNeese surrounded by greenery and flowers on campus

Fall 2020 Graduate List

January 5, 2021

McNeese State University conferred 511 degrees on 507 graduates during six college ceremonies Dec. 17-19 in Burton Coliseum. Due to state COVID-19 regulations on the number of people who could…

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On hand for the donation are McNeese Baseball Head Coach Justin Hill and Jace Peterson.

Cowboy Baseball Supported by Major League Baseball Players

December 14, 2020

Major League Baseball players Jace Peterson, of the Milwaukee Brewers, and Wade LeBlanc, of the Baltimore Orioles, recently made a donation to the Hurricane Relief Fund through the McNeese Foundation…

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McNeese State University President Dr. Daryl Burckel, center, is presented with keys by Keith DuRousseau, Keiland Contruction president, left, and Buddy Ragland Jr., Coleman Partners Architects LLC owner, as a symbolic celebration of Frasch Hall, Frasch Hall Annex and the Frazar Memorial Library being released back to the university by Keiland Construction.

McNeese Key Transfer Ceremony

December 11, 2020

McNeese State University is roaring back after direct blows from Hurricanes Laura and Delta. Three buildings – Frasch Hall, Frasch Hall Annex and Frazar Memorial Library – were released by…

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Dr. Christine Duff

McNeese Professor to Present Research at International Conference

December 8, 2020

Dr. Christine Duff, assistant professor of education at McNeese State University, will present her research proposal, Neurodiverse Assessment and Expression of Empathy, at the 22nd International Conference on Autism, Intellectual…

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