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Danielle Fruge Vail, a 2010 agricultural sciences graduate and a 2012 Master of Science graduate in environmental and chemical sciences, has been selected as the 2020 Louisiana Farm Bureau Young Farmers and Ranchers Outstanding Young Farm Woman. The award – presented annually by the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation – recognizes womenfor outstanding achievement and leadership…
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Lauren LeBato, a 2014 political science graduate and a 2017 Master of Arts in Teaching graduate, has been awarded a national 2020 James Madison Fellowship. Only 49 fellowships were awarded by the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation in Alexandria, Va. The Foundation is named after the fourth U.S. president and “Father of the Constitution and…
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Senior Alanna Arvie has earned individual All-Academic honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Alanna has a 3.47 GPA in biology with a concentration in pre-medicine. She is the 2019 SLC Indoor Champion in the weight throw. And for the 19th consecutive year, the McNeese track and field program…
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Heather Ryan Kelley, Professor of Art, will have work featured in two upcoming exhibitions. Her selected work, an accordion book, titled “In the Name of Annah the Allmaziful,” will be on display through December in the “Opera Verbis, Works from Words” exhibition in the Gates Reading Room Gallery in the Denver Public Library Central Branch…
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McNeese State University senior chemical engineering major Samuel Hacker, of Lake Charles, is receiving vital hands-on experience through an internship with CITGO in Lake Charles. At CITGO, Hacker works in process data, including updating the quarterly reports for units by providing data such as unit outlet and inlet temperatures and the weight percentages of the…
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McNeese State University senior agricultural sciences student Mackenize Martinez, from Zwolle, is spending her summer serving as a communications intern with the Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF). Martinez previously served as an intern with the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture. During that time, she received a fellowship with the NAAF before applying for,…
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McNeese talent is represented in the Black Heritage Gallery exhibit currently on display through Sept. 24 in the Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center. Two alumni are among the nine artists selected for the “Pandemic Portfolio” exhibit. They are Jeanine Blaney and Lindsey Johnson. The exhibit features artwork created while the artists were working…
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Food technology student Oanh Vuong will present two posters on protein powders as sustainable food sources at The Finalist of Graduate Research Competition at the Institute of Food Technologists SHIFT20 Virtual Meeting this month. This annual food expo provides thousands of consumers, food technology experts and businesses a forum to showcase new products and research…
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Kevin Romero, a senior electrical engineering student, is working on a printed circuit board for a helmet display system that will be in the next generation of space suits as part of his internship with NASA. This display system will project an image inside the helmet so astronauts can more easily receive and navigate data…
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McNeese State University and Visit Lake Charles, the Southwest Louisiana Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, have signed an agreement that will bring large national competitive youth baseball tournaments to the Lake Area for the next four years. “This is a tremendous opportunity to showcase the McNeese campus, our baseball facilities and Southwest Louisiana to thousands of…
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