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McNeese hosts senior art exhibition

April 30, 2018

The McNeese State University Department of Visual Arts is hosting the Spring Senior Exhibition through May 10 in the Shearman Fine Arts Center’s Abercrombie Gallery. The spring graduating seniors are: Inez Ange, Lake Charles; Meredith Carson, Port Neches, Texas; Lacee Fontenot, Covington; Ariel Jueschke, Lake Charles; Naomi Key, Oceanside, California; Zarina Lao, DeRidder; Shelby Matte,…

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McNeese Dining Promotes Earth Month

April 26, 2018

April is Earth Month in celebration of planet Earth. Forty-eight years ago, Earth Day was established on April 22 to create awareness and appreciation of this planet. And over the years, Earth Day has evolved into Earth Week and Earth Month. Chartwells Higher Education Dining Services on the McNeese State University campus is participating in several…

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McNeese Hosts Small Business Workshop on Financing

April 26, 2018

A free seminar titled “Starting and Financing Your Business Idea” will be offered from 2-4 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, on the second floor of the SEED Center at McNeese State University. This seminar is presented by the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at McNeese. Topics include entrepreneurship readiness, writing a business plan and financing a…

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McNeese 2018 Summer Kids College Set

April 23, 2018

McNeese State University Leisure Learning is offering “A STEAM Adventure” summer program as part of its Kids College from May 28-Aug. 10 for children entering grades 1­-8. The 11-week program will offer activities, projects and field trips for students interested in engineering, nature, forensics, airplanes and rockets, physical science, chemistry and so much more. The…

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2018 McNeese Engineering Banquet Awards

April 23, 2018

Several McNeese State University students and a faculty member were recognized by the College of Engineering and Computer Science at the 2018 Engineering Banquet. Engineering students receiving awards were: Jennifer Doucet, from Grand Coteau, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Award recognizing a mechanical engineering junior for academic and professional excellence; Erin Bryson, from Lake Charles,…

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McNeese Names 2018-2019 Honors College Recipients

April 23, 2018

Twenty-eight students have been selected for the McNeese State University Honors College for the 2018-2019 academic year, according to Dr. Scott Goins, honors college director. Founded in 2000, the McNeese Honors College is designed to attract students with strong academic records who desire an alternative course of instruction at the college level, said Goins. The…

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Tabula Rasa by Heather Ryan Kelly

McNeese Arts Briefs

April 23, 2018

Heather Ryan Kelley, a McNeese art professor, has had a print titled “Tabula Rasa” included as a part of two national juried exhibitions – The Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial at the Lunder Arts Center at Lesley University College of Arts and Design in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the 2018 Delta National Exhibition at the Bradbury…

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Country’s Malpass Brothers to Perform as Part of McNeese Banners

April 23, 2018

The Malpass Brothers, a duo that plays music inspired by classic country artists, will perform at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 26, in McNeese State University’s F.G. Bulber Auditorium as part of the 2018 Banners at McNeese season. The Malpass Brothers don’t just sound retro…they are retro! As young boys, Christopher and Taylor Malpass soaked up…

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Aisholpan stands with an eagle on her hand

McNeese Banners concludes season with film

April 23, 2018

The 2018 Banners at McNeese State University season concludes with a free public screening of the documentary, “The Eagle Huntress,” at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 28, in Stokes Auditorium in McNeese’s Hardtner Hall.   The G-rated film follows the story of Aisholpan, a 13-year-old Kazakh girl from Mongolia, as she attempts to become the first…

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McNeese presents Huerta and Young in joint senior recital

April 23, 2018

The McNeese State University W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present a free senior recital featuring Diana Huerta on trumpet and Tyler Young on Tuba at 7 p.m. April 30 in Tritico Theatre. Both will be assisted on piano by Lina Morita. Huerta will perform “Voluntary No. 1” by William Boyce, “Concerto…

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