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The McNeese State University Honor Roll for the 2020 spring semester has been announced. The honor roll lists undergraduate students earning at least a 3.0 or B average while carrying 12 or more semester hours. Honor Roll is as follows: LAKE CHARLES: Abigail Audra Abraham, Nicholas R. Abshire, Rachel C. Ackman, Katelynn M. Adrian,…
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The President’s Honor List for the spring 2020 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…
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McNeese State University’s medical laboratory science program has supplied Southwest Louisiana with quality graduates since 1954. The program’s statistics also report that 100% of graduates are employed within six months of commencement, with over half of those offers made before the graduation date. “Our program provides students with the skills needed to understand how the…
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McNeese State University track and field student-athlete Haile Gilroy has been awarded the 2020 F.L. McDonald Postgraduate Scholarships, according to Southland Conference Commissioner Tom Burnett. The F.L. McDonald Scholarship is the league’s ultimate academic honor for graduating student-athletes. The award is presented annually to one female student-athlete and one male student-athlete and is selected by…
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McNeese State University graduate student Caitlyn Burcham, of Lake Charles, has been recognized as the McNeese 2020 Janet Delaine Student Employee of the Year. Burcham works in the Burton College of Education as a graduate assistant with Dr. Angel Ogea, dean of the college. Jennifer Greene, of Oberlin, is the other finalist. Greene is a…
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Chemical engineering students at McNeese State University finished out their year with senior capstone projects that had them working hands-on with local industry and faculty mentors. For their projects, students were tasked with fixing existing issues or providing plans for making present processes more efficient in a variety of areas related to chemical engineering. Among…
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McNeese State University 2016 Master of Fine Arts graduate Dorsey Craft has had her first poetry collection, “Plunder,” published by Bauhan Publishing. Craft, who also earned her Master of Arts degree in English at McNeese, is currently finishing her fourth year in the creative writing doctoral program at Florida State University, where she teaches introduction…
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Dr. Tari Dilks, professor of nursing at McNeese State University, will be inducted into the Louisiana State Nurses Association Hall of Fame at the 19th Annual Nightingale Awards & Gala in July. Inductees are chosen for this prestigious honor for their significant accomplishments and contributions to the nursing profession. Dilks is the first faculty member…
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McNeese State University’s newest chemical engineering graduate Joseph McKinney is making one last impact at McNeese through a 3D nasal swab printing project with faculty and staff from the College of Science, Engineering and Mathematics. McKinney first made waves at McNeese when, in 2017, he became the first student to graduate with an associate degree…
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McNeese State University conferred 764 degrees on 737 graduates during the university’s virtual spring commencement ceremony Saturday, May 16. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic forced the postponement of traditional commencement ceremonies for the Spring Class of 2020. Spring graduates are: LOUISIANA CITIES Abbeville: Ronnie D. Cormier, Bachelor of Science in Health and Human Performance, General; Bailey M.…
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