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The McNeese State University Alumni Association will present its 2019 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year awards during halftime ceremonies at the Cowboys vs. the Southeastern Lions football game Saturday, Oct. 5. The three McNeese alumni who have been named recipients this year are: John M. Miller, senior vice president of sales and sales operations for…
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Lake Charles Toyota has presented McNeese State University Bands with a $12,000 donation through the McNeese Foundation to continue its corporate sponsorship of the Pride of McNeese Marching Band and the band’s annual Lake Charles Toyota Gulf Coast Marching Championship.
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McNeese State University will hold a workshop titled “Starting & Financing Your Business Idea: Using Sasol’s Small Business Resource Guide” from 9-11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8, at the SEED Center. The workshop is sponsored by the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at McNeese and co-sponsored by Sasol and Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance. This…
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The McNeese State University Black Faculty-Staff Council donated $15,000 to the McNeese Foundation to establish the Creating Opportunities for Recruiting Excellence Scholarship. The scholarship is designated for an area freshman from an under represented population. Money for the scholarship was raised through faculty and staff contributions, private funds and a donation from the McNeese Alumni…
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John Alario Jr., president of the Louisiana Senate, has donated $15,000 to the McNeese State University Foundation to establish the Jim Beam Scholarship in Journalism No. 2. This scholarship was established in honor of Jim Beam and his longtime coverage of the Louisiana Legislature as a political columnist for the American Press. Jim began reporting…
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Cops and Jocks has donated $20,000 to McNeese State University athletics for the football program through the McNeese Foundation from its recent golf tournament held at L’Auberge Casino Resort. On hand for the donation are from the left: Alan Heisser, Cops and Jocks; Sterlin Gilbert, football head coach; and retired Lake Charles Police Chief Don…
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Dr. Frederick “Chip” LeMieux has been named dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences at McNeese State University, according to Dr. Mitchell Adrian, McNeese provost and vice president for academic affairs and enrollment management. LeMieux has been serving as interim dean since May 2018. Please unmute video for audio “I would like to thank McNeese…
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Westlake Chemical has donated $20,000 to McNeese State University’s College of Science, Engineering and Mathematics for the engineering student study center through the McNeese Foundation.
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Cops and Jocks has donated $51,000 to the McNeese State University Foundation for the Don Dixon and Alan Heisser Law Enforcement Scholarship No. 15 and No. 16, the Don Dixon and Alan Heisser Academic Scholarship No. 8, the women’s golf team and the baseball team. The funds for the donation were raised at the recent…
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Volunteers are needed for McNeese State University’s premier food and wine event, Rouge et Blanc, which is set to return to downtown Lake Charles on Saturday, Oct. 12. This year, the event will be held on the grounds of the 1911 Historic City Hall Arts and Cultural Center at 1001 Ryan St. There are a…
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