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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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McNeese State University mass communication major Presleigh Ruiz, from Sulphur, had the experience of a lifetime thanks to a semester spent studying at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea. “I didn’t realize McNeese offered so many opportunities to study abroad,” says Ruiz. When she learned about McNeese’s International Student Exchange Program, she first started…
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The Contractors Educational Trust Fund (CETF) has donated $50,000 to the McNeese State University Foundation to support the College of Science, Engineering and Mathematics. The funds are dedicated to establishing a course workshop for engineering students preparing to graduate to sit for the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam.
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Bane Cook, a 1957 mathematics graduate of McNeese State University, has donated $100,000 to the McNeese Foundation for the department of mathematics. Cook, who recently turned 96, is a World War II veteran, and after earning his degree at McNeese, he had a successful career as an engineer with CitCon Oil Corp. He also championed…
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McNeese State University health and human performance major Isaiah Johnson and biological sciences major Malaki Johnson, both from Opelousas, have been selected for the inaugural Reginald F. Lewis Scholars program by the University of Louisiana System (ULS). This program is part of the commitment by the UL System to produce Louisiana’s most educated generation by the…
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McNeese State University senior chemical engineering student Aimee Ingabire recently worked to develop hair coloring products as part of her internship at Henkel Corp. in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. Ingabire was assigned to develop a hair color toner and lightener, and with this project, she had the opportunity to see what it was like to design…
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R. Reed Mendelson Jr. has donated $15,000 to the McNeese State University Foundation to support the Banners at McNeese production “Letters Home.” The stage production brings to life letters from soldiers who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. The show is set for Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. in the F.G. Bulber Auditorium. Admission is free.
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