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The Burton College of Education at McNeese State University is one of only three programs in the state approved as a partner with the national Call Me MISTER program – Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models. The program begins this fall. Call Me MISTER is a highly acclaimed initiative created by Clemson University and…
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Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col Janice Gravely was five years into her career when she came to teach in the ROTC program at McNeese State University. While recruiting the military’s future leaders, she also earned a Master of Education degree in instructional technology. She credits her time at McNeese with preparing her for success as…
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Howard Dobson, a 1998 McNeese State University health and human performance graduate, is in the Tokyo Olympic Games dugout as an assistant coach for Team USA softball. Team USA will be playing for gold on Tuesday. A former McNeese baseball athlete, Dobson says his coaches prepared him to impact the lives of others. An Orange,…
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Dr. Shuming Bai has been named dean of the college of business at McNeese State University. Bai succeeds Dr. Wade Rousse who will remain with McNeese as vice president of university advancement. Her appointment was effective July 1. Bai received her Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration with a concentration in finance and her Master…
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Dr. Frederick “Chip” LeMieux has been named interim provost and vice president for academic affairs and enrollment management at McNeese State University, according to Dr. Daryl Burckel, McNeese president. He succeeds Dr. Mitchell Adrian who has been named senior advisor to the president and will continue as a professor of management in the College of…
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Dr. Kedrick Nicholas, dean of students at McNeese State University, has received the James Caillier Innovation and Inclusion Award from the University of Louisiana System. Dr. James Caillier is a lifelong educator who dedicated his career to secondary and post-secondary education in Louisiana and who served as ULS’s first president. Nicholas received the award for…
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First Federal Bank of Louisiana has donated $5,000 to the McNeese State University Foundation for the First Federal Bank of Louisiana Scholarship.
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Kimberly and David Griffin of Lake Charles have given $28,000 to the McNeese State University Foundation to support facility enhancements at Joe Miller Ballpark.
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McNeese State University natural resource conservation management senior Cutter Tonn is applying his knowledge outside of the classroom this summer at his internship as a ranch hand at the MT7 Ranch in Breckenridge, Texas. This is Tonn’s third internship. Previously, he has interned with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries – studying black bears…
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McNeese State University students gain hands-on experience that make them career ready by learning from experts in the community. Senior nursing major Barbara Fontenot worked with physicians and nurses of the Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic in Lake Charles as part of her obstetric clinical rotation. “The clinic is specifically for expectant mothers who experience a…
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