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McNeese Honors Student Employee of the Year

April 9, 2019

McNeese State University student Khristian Anthony, of Sulphur, has been recognized as the McNeese 2019 Janet Delaine Student Employee of the Year. Anthony works in the Community Services and Outreach…

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ReCon Management Donates to McNeese First Choice Campaign

April 3, 2019

ReCon Management Services Inc. has donated $15,000 to the First Choice Campaign underway at McNeese State University. Local industry partners and contractors are investing in McNeese and the future of…

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McNeese Partners with Code.org

April 2, 2019

More than two-thirds of all new jobs in science, technology, engineering and math will be computing occupations by 2022, according to Code.org, a national non-profit organization focused on increasing access…

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McNeese President Dr. Daryl Burckel, Brook Hanemann, Banners director, and Chip Arnould, Entergy senior region manager

Entergy donates to Banners at McNeese

April 1, 2019

Banners at McNeese State University is annually supported by donations from area corporate sponsors. Entergy has donated $10,000 for the spring 2019 Banners Series program that runs this season through…

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History Scholarship Established at McNeese

April 1, 2019

A $45,000 donation has been given to McNeese State University to establish the Sylvia McGuire and David C. Elks Scholarship through the McNeese Foundation. David C. Elks, a 1969 McNeese…

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McNeese Hosts Undergraduate Exchange Program Students

March 27, 2019

McNeese State University is hosting two Pakistani students this spring semester as part of the U.S. Department of State’s Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Pakistan. McNeese is the only university…

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Mentoring Inside and Outside the Classroom

March 27, 2019

Not only is Southwest Louisiana home to various oil and gas industries but this region also offers an expanse of marsh and green lands that truly make it a sportsman’s…

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Volunteers watch how to dig and plant tree species.

1,000 Trees Project Wraps Up This Saturday for McNeese, Sasol and Other Community Organizations

March 27, 2019

The 1,000 Trees in 1,000 Days program comes to a close this Saturday, March 30, with the planting of the 1,000th tree at 10:30 a.m. in Tuten Park. A wrap-up…

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Rougeou and Richard H. Reid, vice president for university advancement and executive vice president of the McNeese Foundation.

McNeese Receives Donation to Establish History Scholarship

March 22, 2019

Cynthia Young Rougeou has donated $20,000 to the McNeese State University Foundation to establish the Cynthia Young Rougeou History Scholarship. Rougeou – a 1978 history graduate of McNeese – is…

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2019 McNeese Distinguished Service Award Recipients Named by McNeese Alumni Association

March 22, 2019

The McNeese State University Alumni Association has awarded its 2019 Distinguished Service Awards posthumously to two alumni – Martin “Marty” Chehotsky, a 1978 graduate in accounting, and Thomas “Tommy” Coyne,…

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