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Banners at McNeese State University is annually supported by donations from area corporate sponsors. Knight Media Printing has recently donated $6,000 to Banners at McNeese for its 2019 cultural season. On hand for the presentation are, from left, Brook Hanemann, Banners director, Torri Lasha, Knight Media outside customer service representative; and Chuck Ehlers, Knight…
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The Fritz Lang Foundation has donated $10,000 to the McNeese State University Harold and Pearl Dripps School of Agricultural Sciences through the McNeese Foundation. On hand for the presentation are from left to right: Dwight Bertrand, instructor of agricultural sciences; Dr. Chip LeMieux, school director and associate dean of the College of Science and Agriculture; Edwin…
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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. On hand for the presentation are, from left front row, band members Selena Addison,…
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Dr. Cynthia Rodriguez Cano, assistant professor of marketing at McNeese State University, has been named interim dean of the College of Business, according to Dr. Mitchell Adrian, provost and vice president for academic affairs and enrollment management at McNeese. Her appointment is effective Aug. 1. Cano replaces Dr. Lonnie Phelps, who has been serving as…
Read MoreDr. Ann Warner, professor and co-coordinator of the graduate nursing program at McNeese State University, is one of 49 nursing faculty from 25 states to be selected for the 2018 Leadership for Academic Nursing Program sponsored by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. Participants will attend a seminar July 29-Aug. 2 in Chaska, Minnesota,…
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Dr. Angelique M. Ogea, associate professor of education professions, has been named interim dean of the Burton College of Education at McNeese State University, according to Dr. Mitchell Adrian, provost and vice president for academic affairs and enrollment management at McNeese. Her appointment is effective July 1 following the announcement of the retirement of Dr.…
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All teacher education programs in the McNeese State University Burton College of Education have earned reaccreditation for another seven years from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), the sole nationally recognized accrediting body for education preparation. In an announcement, CAEP says that McNeese’s teacher preparation programs at all levels meet the “rigorous,…
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Dr. Michael Buckles has been named dean of the College of Liberal Arts at McNeese State University. The appointment was approved at Thursday’s (June 21) meeting of the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors. The appointment is effective Aug. 1, according to Dr. Mitchell Adrian, McNeese provost and vice president of academic affairs and…
Read MoreMcNeese State University Master of Fine Arts student Ashlee Lhamon has been accepted into the 2018 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop at the University of California in San Diego. Lhamon – one of 18 applicants selected for this national workshop – will spend an intensive six weeks on the UC San Diego campus…
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The Greater Lake Charles Rotary Club recently donated $15,000 to the McNeese State University Foundation for the Rotary Club of Greater Lake Charles Scholarship. The donation is from money raised during the annual Rotary auction. On hand for the presentation are from left to right: Dr. Daryl Burckel, McNeese president; Ryan Abell, Greater Lake Charles…
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