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2014 McNeese State University electrical engineering alumnus Daniel LeJeune is spending a semester abroad in Munich, Germany, as a guest doctoral candidate at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) studying artificial intelligence and machine learning. LeJeune, who is originally from Jennings, came to McNeese as a first-generation university student. “I was finishing up high school…
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McNeese State University students Breland Cook, a criminal justice senior from Lake Charles, and Breanna Newell, a radiologic sciences major from Opelousas, have been named as McNeese’s 2021 Homecoming King and Queen. The royal pair and court will be presented during halftime ceremonies of the McNeese Cowboys vs. Incarnate Word Cardinals football game at noon…
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Richard Rhoden, director of facilities and plant operations at McNeese State University, and Dick Gremillion, director of homeland security and emergency preparedness for Calcasieu Parish, will serve as the grand marshals for the 2021 McNeese homecoming parade scheduled to roll down Ryan Street at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21. These men played vital leadership roles…
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Former state representative and senator and current chair of the Louisiana Gaming Board Ronnie Johns and his wife, Michelle, have donated $50,000 to the McNeese State University Foundation to establish the Coach Mike Johns Athletic Endowment in honor of Ronnie’s brother, Mike, and his distinguished coaching career. Mike earned a bachelor’s degree in health and…
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The Market Basket Charitable Foundation presented a $10,000 donation to McNeese State University through the McNeese Foundation for the Market Basket Academic Scholarship.
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IBERIABANK, a division of First Horizon Bank, has donated $100,000 to the McNeese State University Foundation with a $15,000 commitment to the McNeese Athletics Director’s Fund.
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The McNeese State University Alumni Association will present its 2021 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year awards during halftime ceremonies at the Cowboys vs. the Southeastern Lions football game Saturday, Oct. 2. The three McNeese alumni who have been named recipients this year are: Janie Doucet Frugé, CEO at West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital in Sulphur; Burnis…
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For the 11th consecutive year, the U.S. News and World Report has ranked McNeese State University as one of the top universities in the South in its 2022 Best Colleges list. The university also ranks among the Top 50 Public Schools in the southern region as well—one of five Louisiana institutions to make the Top…
Read MoreThe W.R. Grace Foundation has donated $7,000 to the McNeese State University Foundation to support the Colleges of Business and Science, Engineering and Mathematics.
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Dr. Anita Fields-Gold has donated $5,000 to the McNeese State University Foundation for the Maureen Bates College of Nursing Instructional Fund. The fund was established in 2016 by Fields-Gold, her husband, Maurice, and her brother, Mid Ray Clark, in memory of Anita and Mid Ray’s mother, Maureen Bates. The monies are designated to be used…
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