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For the seventh consecutive year, McNeese State University has received national recognition as one of the best regional universities and one of the top public universities by U.S. News and World Report, widely considered to be the foremost authority on college rankings. In the just released 2018 edition of “Best Colleges” McNeese is ranked in…
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Six McNeese State University faculty members are recipients of the 2017 Pinnacle Excellence Awards established by Pinnacle Entertainment Inc. – the parent company of L’Auberge Casino Resort Lake Charles – to recognize outstanding faculty achievement in each of the McNeese colleges – business, education, engineering and computer science, liberal arts, nursing and health professions and…
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Several McNeese State University students in the Harold and Pearl Dripps School of Agricultural Sciences took advantage of internships this summer that provided real life training outside of the classroom. These internships included tagging wildlife in Cameron Parish and New Mexico, promoting Brahman cattle in Arkansas, Mississippi and Texas, packing eggs in Iowa, vaccinating pigs…
Read MoreEnrollment at McNeese State University this fall is in the black for the first time in seven years. The final fall enrollment count of 7,638 is just slightly above the 2016 enrollment of 7,626 but McNeese President Dr. Daryl Burckel says the numbers are moving in the right direction. “Enrollment, both recruiting new students and…
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Fall classes began Aug. 21 at McNeese State University and students will notice several changes around campus this semester. STUDENT CENTRAL Inside Chozen HallStudent Central – a one-stop shop – is now open in Chozen Hall on the McNeese State University campus for prospective students and parents and incoming as well as continuing students. Now…
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Aug. 16 marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley, the legendary “King of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” and McNeese State University’s weekly radio show – the School of Rock on KBYS 88.3 FM – will pay tribute to the King. The show, hosted by McNeese’s Dr. Ray Miles, history professor and director of the Doré…
Read MoreStudents who have registered online for McNeese State University’s 2017 regular fall semester have until 4:30 p.m. Aug. 16 to pay fees. Fall classes begin Aug. 21. Effective this fall, McNeese’s installment plan for paying fees has been divided into three payments. Students are required to pay one-third of the total amount plus a $30…
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For a second year, McNeese State University assistant professor of biology Dr. Amber Hale will sail aboard the 211-foot Exploration Vessel Nautilus Aug. 4-18 as it scours the coasts of Oregon and California in the name of scientific exploration. The E/V Nautilus is operated by the Ocean Exploration Trust (OET), a nonprofit founded by Dr. Robert Ballard in 2008,…
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A student team from McNeese State University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science is headed to Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Ill., on Aug. 21 to take part in a NASA-sponsored real-time scientific study of the first total solar eclipse over the mainland United States since 1979. The McNeese team, with its module, Dorothy, will…
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Cowboy Stadium, or “The Hole,” has been named one of the top 10 best football stadiums in the Football Championship Subdivision by fans in a recent poll conducted by the NCAA. The NCAA asked fans via Twitter and Facebook to fill in the blank on what stadium they believe to be the best in FCS.…
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