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McNeese State University alumni Mike and Mary Kaye Eason have committed $5,230.64 to the McNeese Foundation for the McNeese First Choice Campaign. The campaign is an initiative with a goal of raising $1 million per year to provide necessary resources to sustain growth in high demand academic areas. Mike received a liberal studies degree in…
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R. Reed Mendelson Jr. has donated $10,520.30 to the McNeese State University Foundation for the Mendelson Family Scholarship in Marketing, the McNeese First Choice Campaign, Banners at McNeese and to support the university’s international programs.
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McNeese State University’s W.A. and Dorothy Hanna Department of Performing Arts will present a free faculty potpourri program at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21, in Ralph Squires Recital Hall. The faculty program will showcase: HaeJu Choi, piano; Ben Cold, saxophone; Judy Hand, flute; Jay Kacherski, guitar; Jacquelyn Lankford, trumpet; Rod Lauderdale, French horn; Carol Lines,…
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Alexis Pipkin, a food technology major at McNeese State University, is helping create more options for consumers through her macadamia nut-based yogurt. From Slidell, Pipkin originally came to McNeese to pursue her degree in nutrition and dietetics when the food technology program caught her eye. “One of the classes that I took was Introduction to…
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Students in the Swine Production course with Devin Gandy, Instructor of Agricultural Sciences, recently received hands-on training to weigh and classify species of hogs. Devin and his students were a part of the classification round for participants of the Southwest District Livestock Show. Each hog was presented and Dr. Chip LeMieux, Dean of the College,…
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Artist Chris Musina’s exhibition “nóstos / álgos” will be on display in Abercrombie Gallery at McNeese State University until March 25. The exhibition includes a collection of ink drawings, screen-printed shirts and 13 oil-on-panel paintings that explore themes of animality and “paradise” through a lens of dark humor. The exhibit is open free to the…
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McNeese is collaborating with the City of Lake Charles and the Ward 3 Marshal’s Office to host the “Carry on the Dream” exhibit, which features a rare display of the hearse that carried the body of prominent civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The statewide exhibit tour is presented by the University of…
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Professor of Chemistry Dr. Mark Merchant is the cover story for the Jan. 20 issue of Lagniappe Magazine.Dr. Merchant is a leading researcher specializing in alligator immunology, a field he first began investigating due to a fascination with the alligator’s uncanny healing abilities. The Lagniappe article details Dr. Merchant’s exploration to find what makes an…
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Meeyana Richard, a 2021 nursing graduate of McNeese State University, was hired as a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit nurse just weeks after graduation. Seven months later, Richard says her training and education at McNeese has truly augmented her experience at Our Lady of Lourdes Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Lafayette. “The transition from being a student…
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McNeese State University senior civil engineering student Juan Castano recently presented his research at Harvard University’s National Collegiate Research Conference. Castano’s presentation, titled “Effects of Recycled Concrete Aggregates on the Fresh and Hardened Properties of Self-Consolidating Concrete for Precast Concrete Applications,” explores how to create more ecologically sustainable concrete. “Two of the biggest issues facing…
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