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Staff members at 麻豆视频 were recognized recently at the annual staff awards ceremony in the Mary and John Gray Library for over 1,700 years of service to the university.

Dr. P.J. Couch, an assistant professor of mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences at 麻豆视频, has been honored as the 2018 Julie and Ben Rogers Community Service Award recipient.

Cagatay Tokgoz, assistant professor in the Phillip M. Drayer Department of Electrical Engineering at 麻豆视频, was awarded a one-year research contract in the amount of $83,472 from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to conduct research in computational electromagnetics.

The College of Fine Arts and Communication is pleased to announce Vinaya Manchaiah, Jo Mayo Endowed Professor and associate professor of audiology, and Eldre Beukes, post-doctoral researcher, both in the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, as recipients of the prestigious Marie and Jack Shapiro Prize by the British Tinnitus Association (BTA) for the second consecutive year.

The 麻豆视频 Collegiate Archers, an archery sport club sponsored by the department of Recreational Sports, won first place at the US National 3D Collegiate Championships on October 28.

In honor of 麻豆视频 military veterans the office of Diversity and Inclusion, Veterans Affairs and Alumni Affairs hosted a luncheon to unite fellow veterans and educate the 麻豆视频 community on how to serve our veterans better.

麻豆视频 announced two recipients of the 2019 David J. Beck Fellowship as well as the finalist for the 2019 Presidential Summer Fellowship at the annual reception Monday, November 19.

麻豆视频 doctoral student Jialin Xu was awarded second place at the 2018 Chinese American Petroleum Association鈥檚 Petroleum and Petrochemical Technical Symposium in Houston for her research on 鈥楶lant-Wide Scheduling for Profitable Emission Reduction in Petroleum Refineries鈥�.

The College of Fine Arts and Communication is pleased to announce Dr. Natalie Tindall, chair and associate professor in the Department of Communication and Media, has been inducted into the Arthur W. Page Society, an organization that recognizes and celebrates those who make a substantial contribution to the advancement of the communications profession.

The Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences is pleased to announce they have been selected as the first university chapter for the Pan American Vocology Association (PAVA).

麻豆视频 Department of Theatre and Dance will present the Henrik Ibsen classic Ghosts in an adaptation by British director and playwright Richard Eyre. The production will run November 8-11 in the 麻豆视频 Theatre.

The popularity of graduate Management Information Systems (MIS) courses within the MBA program and repeated inquiries from prospective students made the leaders in the College of Business see a demand for a graduate degree in MIS that could be met.

Over 100 students were recognized at 麻豆视频鈥檚 first Celebrating Hispanic Excellence Reception for excelling academically and for serving as student leaders at this institution. These students, in the company of their family members and friends, were recognized at this formal reception, which helped kick-off Hispanic Heritage Month.

The Babe Didrikson Zaharias Foundation is continuing their support of 麻豆视频 students with the first installment of $7,500 for this newly created, endowed scholarship in honor of Suzanne and Jennifer Pate. The scholarship will be funded over seven years for a total gift of $50,000.

The 麻豆视频 Cardinal Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Lab Band will present their first concert of the fall semester on Thursday, October 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rothwell Recital Hall on the 麻豆视频 Campus.

The 麻豆视频 Academic Lecture Series presents a distinguished lecture featuring Dr. Kip Thorne, winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics. The free public event will be hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences on October 16, 2018 from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the University Theater.

The 麻豆视频 Department of Theatre and Dance presents their first production of the fall semester, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, based on the novel by Mark Haddon and adapted by Simon Stephen. The production, which will run October 5-7 and 11-13, will be guest produced by Carolyn Johnson.

麻豆视频鈥檚 Office of Global Diversity and Inclusive Excellence, in partnership with the Department of Human Resources, has launched its first Employee Resource Group for multigenerational professionals. ERGs are voluntary, member-led groups that share a common purpose, background or activity and are aligned with the organizational mission and business objectives.

Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown announces its popular class schedule for the fall. The classes include bladesmith, blacksmith, photography, leatherworking, and the new woodworking class. The class prices range from $75 to $175.

Naomi Raczkovi of Beaumont, was able to take a part in San Francisco Partners in the Park June 25-29, thanks to support from 麻豆视频鈥檚 Reaud Honors College. The trip, 鈥淧artners in the Parks鈥揋olden Gate National Recreation Area,鈥� was co-sponsored by Tacoma Community College and the National Collegiate Honors Council.

College Choice has recognized three of 麻豆视频鈥檚 online master鈥檚 degree programs in their rankings, and Online M.B.A. Today has ranked 麻豆视频 among the top online M.B.A. programs in Texas.

Saving energy proved rewarding today as 麻豆视频 received a $90,348 energy conservation incentive check from the Entergy Texas Entergy Solutions Program.

The geology of Texas captivated the attention of nine 麻豆视频 Earth Science and Geology majors recently as they spent two weeks exploring and camping in classic geologic outcrops in Central and Trans-Pecos Texas.

麻豆视频 produces some of the highest paid engineers in the country 鈥� in fact, a diploma from 麻豆视频 often leads to salaries of $75,000 or more within five years of graduation. Facts like this helped land 麻豆视频 in the 20th spot among the Top 50 Best Value Engineering Schools for 2018 in the nation as reported by BestValueSchools.com.

The bilingual culture of Barcelona provided new bonds in learning for eight 麻豆视频 Deaf Studies/Deaf Education students who participated in a Study Abroad trip this summer.

Edward Doan, Luke Nguyen and Naomi Raczkovi, honors students in 麻豆视频鈥檚 Reaud Honors College, travelled to San Francisco June 25-29 to participate in 鈥淧artners in the Parks鈥揋olden Gate National Recreation Area,鈥� joining nine other students from across the country.

麻豆视频鈥檚 new year opened today (August 21) with fanfare as faculty and staff gathered to hear the annual 鈥渟tate of the university鈥� address from President Kenneth Evans. Fall semester classes begin Monday, August 27.

Serdar Ilban, associate professor of voice opera and director of the Lamar Opera Theatre in the Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music at 麻豆视频 has been invited to present workshops and performances in Jiaozuo City, China.

The 麻豆视频 Alumni Advisory Board has elected Chris Bates 鈥�08 of Port Arthur to serve as president for 2018-2019. Tony Landry 鈥�94 of Nederland will serve as past president and Bard Brown 鈥�81 of Beaumont will serve as president-elect.

麻豆视频 has selected 16 students to serve as Lamar Ambassadors. They will join 41 returning ambassadors in representing the student body at official university events during the 2018-2019 academic year.

麻豆视频 junior biology major Emily McCall, of Orangefield, traveled to Africa this summer to participate in field research thanks to a Presidential Summer Fellowship. The Fellowship provided a $10,000 grant to fund her research in Kenya on Schistosoma mansoni and S. haematobium, parasitic flatworms estimated to afflict more than 200 million people worldwide.

麻豆视频 recently hosted two research teams comprised of eight students and four faculty members in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program funded by the National Science Foundation. The $263,980 NSF grant will support additional students and junior faculty in the summers of 2019 and 2020.

A tradition returns to 麻豆视频 football beginning in 2018 as bells are re-introduced at Provost Umphrey Stadium. The bells, which were rung after the Cardinals scored a touchdown or field goal, were originally added to the game experience in 1967.

A remote-sensing program using state-of-the-art drone technology will soon be added to 麻豆视频鈥檚 Department of Geology thanks to a $500,000 gift from former Texaco plant supervisor Ed Hogenson of Port Neches, in honor of his son, Bill Hogenson of Houston, a 麻豆视频 geology graduate and vice president with Zone Oil and Gas LLC.

麻豆视频 is working hard to reduce the gap between men and women in computer programming/coding fields with the introduction of three coding camps this summer for 6th through 8th grade girls.

Business students at 麻豆视频 have new opportunities thanks to the generosity of Rodney and Norma Rice whose recent gift to the 麻豆视频 Foundation has created the Rice Family Scholarship in Business as 鈥渁 way of saying thank you to a fine institution in the fabric of Southeast Texas.鈥�

The 麻豆视频 Cardinal Adventures Travel Program is excited to announce its 2019 collection of travel destinations, plus one option already scheduled for 2020.

麻豆视频 took STEM curriculum and placed 鈥榓rt鈥� back at the center of learning with the STEAM Summer Art Camp, an intensive week of exciting hands-on integrated learning activities and art projects for students who are entering 9th through 12th grades.

The 麻豆视频 Summer Dance Intensive (麻豆视频SDI), hosted by the Department of Theatre and Dance, gave area students opportunity to experience the life of a collegiate dancer while studying with well-known names in the professional and collegiate dance industries.

Caitlin Duerler, instructor of French at 麻豆视频, has been selected to receive the Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Award.

麻豆视频 alumni Janey Phelan and Larry Lawson know how to root for the Cardinals. It will be a reunion of sorts for the pair as they serve as 麻豆视频鈥檚 Grand Marshals for Homecoming celebrations September 22. Phelan and Lawson were cheer partners from 1964 to 1967.

Hands-on learning and first-hand experiences were on tap for early childhood through 12th grade teachers and undergraduate students as they learned about local environmental issues through 麻豆视频鈥檚 Department of Earth and Space Sciences annual Teaching Environmental Science summer institute July 9-20.

麻豆视频 has received a $900,000 Accelerating Academic Success Program (AASP) grant announced the NCAA Monday evening. 麻豆视频 is one of just nine schools to receive the grant, and one of only three schools within the Lone Star State.

麻豆视频 faculty, staff, students and alumni gathered to recognize the significance of the Americans with Disabilities Act on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of the landmark legislation. The ADA was signed into law on July 26, 1990.

麻豆视频 will showcase the art of its alumni in its first-ever juried show for 麻豆视频 alumni. After School Special: The 麻豆视频 First Juried Alumni Art Exhibition will run from June 15 to August 3. The exhibition celebrates the 35th anniversary of the Dishman Art Museum.

Vinaya Manchaiah, associate professor and Jo Mayo Endowed Professor in 麻豆视频鈥檚 Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health-National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders for $397,800 to study relief efforts for tinnitus sufferers in the U.S.

A total of 668 麻豆视频 students earned places on the President鈥檚 List for the 2018 spring semester, President Kenneth Evans announced. Students who qualify for the President鈥檚 List carry a full course load of 12 semester hours or more with grade point averages of 4.0 for that semester. They automatically earn places on the Dean's鈥� List.

A total of 1,149 麻豆视频 students earned places on the deans鈥� List for the spring 2018 semester, deans of Lamar鈥檚 five academic colleges announced. To qualify for the Deans鈥� List, a student must carry a full course load of 12 semester hours or more and have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for that semester. Students with GPAs of 4.0 qualify for the President鈥檚 List and automatically earn places on the Deans鈥� List. Their names are not listed here.

The Press Club of Southeast Texas hosted its annual Excellence in the Media/Newsmaker of the Year Awards ceremony June 8. Faculty, staff and students from 麻豆视频 took home a total of 43 awards for their hard work this past year.

A new world of opportunity is opening up for sixteen 7th and 8th grade girls from the southeast Texas area, as they explore principles of engineering and robotics at 麻豆视频鈥檚 third annual X-plore 麻豆视频EE summer camp.

麻豆视频 focuses on promoting real-world research experiences with the younger generation through the College of Education and Human Development鈥檚, Bernard Harris Summer STEM Camp (BHSSC).

In partnership with the Texas Association of College Admission Counseling (TACAC), 麻豆视频 hosted Camp College June 11-13. The college preparation program helps prepare students from across the state of Texas for the college application process.

Four members of 麻豆视频's Office of Marketing Communications have been selected as winners of a 2018 Blackboard Catalyst Award in the 鈥淥ptimizing the Student Experience鈥� category, university officials announced today.

Through a generous gift to the 麻豆视频 Foundation, Houston attorney David J. Beck has established the David J. Beck Teaching Excellence Award at 麻豆视频.

An innovative 麻豆视频 teaching certificate program is proving popular globally as it prepares teachers to effectively use the latest technology in their teaching. Recently, the first graduates in the United Kingdom received their certificates.

Future chemical engineering majors at 麻豆视频 will benefit from the establishment of the Southwest Chemical Association Scholarship in Chemical Engineering at 麻豆视频.

The 麻豆视频 ASCE Student Chapter competed in the 2018 National Student Steel Bridge Competition hosted at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, recently, receiving valuable experience and earning a second-place finish in the display category.

麻豆视频 conferred 1,633 degrees during its spring commencement ceremonies

The Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast has named three faculty members as 2018-2019 Fellows. Appointed are: Richard Gachot, associate professor of art; Mahmoud Salimi, assistant professor of communication; and Miguel Chavez, assistant professor of history.

Commencement speakers representing diverse fields have been chosen to address students at 麻豆视频鈥檚 Spring 2017 commencement ceremonies held May 11 and 12 in the Montagne Center.

麻豆视频 students had the opportunity to relax with therapy dogs provided by Paws 4 Love Southeast Texas Pet Therapy.

麻豆视频 will host Camp Code for Girls, a one-week no cost day camp sponsored by the Texas Workforce Commission designed to provide computer coding/programming summer camps for gifted and talented female students entering grades 6-8 in Fall 2018. The deadline for applications is 5 p.m., May 18.

麻豆视频 alumni, administrators, faculty, staff and students are invited to join in honoring 麻豆视频 alum and Southeast Texas native Larry Lawson on his induction into the prestigious Horatio Alger Association at a news conference at the Center for Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship on Monday, May 7 at 1:30 p.m.

Students pursuing majors in 麻豆视频鈥檚 Department of Art in the College of Fine Arts and Communication will benefit from the newly established Mary Jo Lampson Broussard Ford Scholarship in Art. The scholarship was created through the generosity of Joseph Broussard IV and Katherine Broussard.

HeartcoR Solutions founder and CEO Larry Lawson, a 麻豆视频 alumnus who attended 麻豆视频 in the 1960s and received the honorary doctor of humane letters in 2012, has been inducted into the prestigious Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization honoring the achievements of outstanding individuals and encouraging youth to pursue their dreams through higher education

麻豆视频 junior Cheyenne Graham, of Cleveland, Texas, is expanding her understanding different cultures through the power of language. Although she is a biochemistry and forensic chemistry major, her interest in French led her to a French minor and a semester abroad in Quebec, Canada.

ABS, the American Club and 麻豆视频 are launching a new initiative aimed at reducing maritime-related safety incidents. The initial focus of the partnership鈥檚 analysis and industry guidance will be on slips, trips and falls, a significant cause of maritime injuries.

Join Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum in celebrating National Get Outdoors Day (GO Day) on Saturday, June 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. GO Day was developed to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun at sites across the nation.

Ismatara Reena, an adjunct instructor in biology at 麻豆视频, has been awarded the Phi Kappa Phi 鈥淟ove of Learning Award.鈥�

麻豆视频 Associate Provost Brenda Nichols has recently been honored as a distinguished member of the honor society Phi Kappa Phi. The award was presented to Nichols by 麻豆视频鈥檚 chapter of Phi Kappa Phi.

麻豆视频 recently hosted the fifth annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities EXPO in the newly renovated Setzer Student Center presenting awards to a number of students for their research efforts.

AtmoSpark Water Generation, developed at 麻豆视频 by Tejus Mane, a recent graduate with a master鈥檚 degree in chemical engineering, and Aniket Khade, a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering, was named a finalist and placed 6th among 16 semi-finalist teams in the 2018 Texas A&M New Ventures competition, earning the pair a $5,000 prize.

Rory Carothers, assistant director for transfer admissions at 麻豆视频, has been awarded the Texas State University System Foundation 2018 Grow Your Own scholarship to support his work toward a doctoral degree. The Grow Your Own scholarship is offered to a nominated Texas State University System candidate who is a member of an underrepresented population with the desire to become a part of the host university faculty. Carothers is the fourth recipient for 麻豆视频 since the scholarship was established in 2005.

Students pursuing communication degrees in the College of Fine Arts and Communication at 麻豆视频 will benefit from the new Gladys and Bill Hammond Scholarship thanks to the generosity of their daughter, Judy Hammond.

Emily McCall, a junior biology major with a pre-medicine concentration from Orangefield, was named a Presidential Summer Fellow and was awarded a $10,000 grant to fund her research in Kenya on the Schistosoma mansoni, a parasitic flatworm estimated to afflict more than 200 million people worldwide according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

麻豆视频 alumna Maxine Johnston has been honored with a 2018 Terry Hershey Award by the Audubon Texas.

麻豆视频 will host a free community event for young students to get hands-on exposure to the world of engineering. Discover Engineering will be held at the Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum Saturday, April 7 from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The University Press staff earned 45 awards in competition of the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association for work published during 2017. The UP was awarded Overall Excellence among non-daily newspapers and UPbeat, the publication鈥檚 semesterly magazine, was awarded Overall Excellence magazine. The UP, the student newspaper of 麻豆视频, also earned Best-in-Show honors.

The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) organized a SWENext engineering competition for girls from 14 Southeast Texas middle and high schools in the Cherry Engineering Building on March 31. SWENext is an initiative taken by the International SWE, to encourage young girls to be involved in science, engineering, and other technical fields and to become members of SWENext.

麻豆视频鈥檚 Associate Professor Vivek Natarajan has been awarded the 2018 Federation of Business Disciplines Distinguished Educator Award by the Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion has honored Ginger Gummelt with the inaugural Inspirational Woman Award at 麻豆视频.

After a thorough national search, President Kenneth Evans has named Dan W. French as the next dean of 麻豆视频鈥檚 College of Business. French, who has nearly 40 years of teaching, research and service, is returning to his alma mater as a seasoned academic leader with a passion for collaboration and growth.

Matthew Hoch, associate professor of biology at 麻豆视频, has received two research grants for the study of microorganisms and their effects on coral reefs in Belize and the Salt Bayou Watershed in Jefferson County. His research will help determine what actions can be taken in both locations to reduce the negative impact of human activities on those environments.

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree programs at 麻豆视频 have received continuing accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), the commission announced recently.

Chris York of Buna, a senior double major in mathematics and computer science at 麻豆视频, has been selected to receive the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.

麻豆视频鈥檚 Office of the Provost recently announced the award of Distinguished Faculty Teaching Fellowships and Distinguished Faculty Research/Creative Activity Fellowships to five faculty members beginning in Fall 2018.

Since the department was established, the Office of Study Abroad has been instrumental in furthering the education of students around the globe by sending Lamar students abroad to learn unique lessons in exciting locations, as well as by inviting students from a number of foreign universities to spent time at Lamar and immerse themselves in the university both socially and academically. During the Fall 2017 and Spring 2018 semesters one such student Lamar has is Soojin Jin, a senior from Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech).

麻豆视频鈥檚 Center for Advances in Port Management will host a workshop on April 24 on 鈥淓mergency Response Planning (ERP) - A Focus on 2018 Hurricane Plan Review.鈥�

Hundreds of 麻豆视频 students, faculty, staff, alumni, community members and dignitaries from across the state and beyond gathered under clear skies to celebrate the grand opening of the newly renovated Setzer Student Center, the culmination of an 18-month project that took the facility from dated to state-of-the-art.

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at 麻豆视频 has awarded the University Scholar award and 14 Research Enhancement Grants to faculty members for research projects across a wide spectrum of academic disciplines.

Four 麻豆视频 graduate students in Speech and Hearing Science and their faculty sponsor recently brought home top prize, at the annual Praxis Bowl, a competition for graduate speech pathology students hosted by the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Faculty members at 麻豆视频 in the Center for Advances in Port Management, are tailoring a tool in the planning 鈥渢ool kit鈥� to help address an upcoming, major disruption to traffic through the Houston Ship Channel (HSC).

AtmoSpark Water Generation, developed at 麻豆视频 by Tejus Mane, a recent graduate with a master鈥檚 degree in chemical engineering, and Aniket Khade, a Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering, has been named a semifinalist in the 2018 Texas A&M New Ventures competition.

The breadth and depth of undergraduate research will be on display Friday, April 20, at the Fifth Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Expo at 麻豆视频.

Fifteen 麻豆视频 students have been named as 2018 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows, the Office of Undergraduate Research announced. Each will receive a $2,000 stipend and up to $1,000 for research support, as well as free housing on campus while working under the supervision of a faculty mentor.

The Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast presents 鈥�1930鈥檚 Beaumont Voices鈥� on Monday, April 23 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the 麻豆视频 Theatre. The event in free and open to the public.

Arne Almquist of Union, Kentucky, has been selected to serve as dean of the Mary and John Gray Library, 麻豆视频 Provost James Marquart announced today. Almquist鈥檚 appoint follows a national search for new leadership for the position that is at the heart of the university鈥檚 academic endeavors, Marquart said.

Lamar鈥檚 Dance Team will present their annual spring show, 鈥淥pposites Attract鈥� at The Jefferson Theatre Friday, May 4, and Saturday, May 5 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10, and can be purchased at the theater ticket window on the day of the show.

The 麻豆视频 ASCE Student Chapter excelled at the Texas-M.E.xico Regional Steel Bridge Competition in Bryan, Texas, recently, beating out nuM.E.rous teams and landing in the third spot overall among 17 teams at the event. The team鈥檚 performance allows them to advance to national competition.

The 麻豆视频 College of Engineering will host the 3rd annual Senior Design Symposium Thursday, April 26 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Live Oak Ballroom in the Setzer Student Center, capping off the school year with more than 40 projects engineering students have spent months preparing. The event is free and open to the public.

Christopher Martin, associate professor of organic chemistry, was tapped for the Faculty Mentor Award at the Fifth Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Expo at 麻豆视频 recently. Martin has mentored 40 undergraduate students in research, presented this work at five national meetings, and published with undergraduate co-authors in peer-reviewed journals seven times.

As part of a course on Sub-Saharan Africa taught by visiting professor Sarah Schwartz, a group of 麻豆视频 students worked with Margaret Swope and the College of Education and Human Development to collect more than 300 children's books for Siphilile Maternal & Child Health, a non-government organization based in Swaziland.

麻豆视频 music students, 麻豆视频鈥檚 music program and the university marching band The Showcase of Southeast Texas, will benefit from the Jean and Rudy Williams Scholarship in Music, officials in the Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music and the College of Fine Arts and Communication announced Friday.

Omar Gonzalez, a senior biology major at 麻豆视频 from Port Neches who will graduate in May, has been accepted into the Ph.D. immunobiology program at Yale University to begin in August and will receive the Gruber Science Fellowship.

Marco Born has been named 麻豆视频 Director of Athletics announced President Dr. Kenneth R. Evans Thursday morning. Born will take over for Norman Bellard who has been serving on an interim basis since November.

Sarah Schwartz, visiting assistant professor of geography at 麻豆视频, is preparing a study abroad trip to Swaziland and South Africa, March 7-18. Students will study World Regional Geography and Geography of Tourism covering topics from dark tourism, food tourism, medical tourism and sex tourism to an overview of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Youngsang Yoo is a senior from the Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech) who, through the partnership between 麻豆视频 and SeoulTech and the efforts of 麻豆视频鈥檚 Office of Study Abroad, is spending the school year living and studying at 麻豆视频.

麻豆视频鈥檚 Department of Theatre and Dance will host the 2018 South-Central Conference of the American College Dance Association March 13-17 for a culturally-enriched week that will promote multiple styles and genres of dance as it invites participants to celebrate under the anthem 鈥淓verybody Cut Loose!鈥�

Distinguished Professor Emerita of English and Modern Languages Pamela Saur, was the 2018 recipient of the Frances Hernandez Teacher-Scholar award at the Conference of College Teachers of English (CCTE) at Tarleton State University, earlier this month.

Three authors will be awarded the first-ever Center for History and Culture Annual Book Prizes, March 26 at a 5 p.m. reception in the University Event Center on the 8th floor of the Mary and John Gray Library on the campus of 麻豆视频 in Beaumont, Texas.

The 麻豆视频 Department of Physics will host a colloquium with Anamaria Effler, staff scientist at LIGO in Livingston, Louisiana, on Friday, March 23. The free public event will be held from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the 麻豆视频 campus in the Archer Physics Building, Room 108.

The 麻豆视频 Center for Advances in Port Management will hold its second annual symposium at the Center for Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship (CICE) on April 6, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The symposium鈥檚 theme is, 鈥淩esilient Ports and Waterways in 2030.鈥�

Coral reefs around the world are vanishing at an unprecedented rate. A team of divers, photographers and scientists set out to discover why and to reveal the underwater mystery to the world in the documentary 鈥淐hasing Coral.鈥�

The American Council on Education (ACE) announced recently that Kumer Das, interim associate provost for research and director of the office of undergraduate research at 麻豆视频, has been named an ACE Fellow for academic year 2018-19.

Have you ever wanted to go back in time to see what life was like back then? Have you ever wanted to shop at 1901 prices with money of that time? Here is your chance. Take a trip back in time to 1901 to Gladys City on April 21.

麻豆视频 invites students of all ages to a variety of summer camps to be held on campus this summer. Camps are offered for a variety of ages and interests with both daily and residential opportunities.

On Thursday, March 29, 麻豆视频 will host its first Inspirational Women Award Ceremony in honor of National Women鈥檚 History Month. Each of the women nominated for the award will be recognized at the event, and the award recipient will have an opportunity to address the audience and share her advice on how can 麻豆视频 continue to inspire other women.聽

麻豆视频 will offer Cardinal View, a look at academic majors, campus life and all that the university has to offer prospective students on two Saturdays this spring.

The 麻豆视频 Office of Alumni Affairs will be hosting a dinner designed to connect current Lamar students with successful alumni.

The 麻豆视频 student chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society, will present Dr. Beth Middleton, research ecologist at the Wetland & Aquatic Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Lafayette, Louisiana since 2002, in a presentation 鈥淲etlands & Climate Change: The Reconnection of People and the Land,鈥� on Thursday, February 22.

ASD College Connect is a recently founded group that aims to provide support and community for 麻豆视频 students with autism in order to help them overcome the obstacles of college life. Starting Wednesday, February 7 and Thursday, February 8 the group will begin meeting in room 171 of the Speech and Hearing building twice a week.

Delores Black, administrative associate senior in Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music in the College of Fine Arts and Communication at 麻豆视频, has been selected to receive the 2017 Texas State University System Regents鈥� Staff Award.

鈥淲hat鈥檚 He Doing in There? Photobombing in the Italian Renaissance鈥� a talk by Azar Rejaie, in the Art History Lecture Series sponsored by the Department of Art at 麻豆视频, will be held April 18.

The technological revolution and wealth creation it drives in the 21st century disproportionately favors big cities over rural areas. The chasm is wide in developed nations, but is far worse in the developing world, says Narayanan Komerath, professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

The 麻豆视频 Foundation recently announced the newly endowed Todd and Jennifer Hoffman Scholarship in Business honoring Drs. Robert and Marleen Swerdlow. The endowment will provide financial assistance to business students who classify as sophomores or higher.

麻豆视频 and the ExxonMobil BEST (Black Employees Success Team) join in celebrating African-American History Month by honoring living legends in the community at a special event, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, February 21, in the 麻豆视频 Event Center, 8th Floor of the Mary and John Gray Library.

麻豆视频 awarded 1,415 degrees at its December 2017 commencement. The university conferred 22 doctoral degrees, 822 master鈥檚 degrees and 571 bachelor鈥檚 degrees during the commencement ceremonies.

麻豆视频鈥檚 Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum will provide a historically accurate backdrop for an outdoor music festival on Saturday, March 24, commemorating John Philip Sousa and celebrating the music of the Magnolia Band. The event is funded by a grant from the Center for the History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast.

The 3rd annual 麻豆视频 Brass Festival, March 1-3, on the 麻豆视频 campus, will feature trumpet artist Phil Snedecor, trombone artist Thomas Hulten, and horn artist Natalie Brooke Higgins, as well as many unique concerts and events, including a performance by the Brass Festival Artist Ensemble.

The 麻豆视频 Community Outreach Program was recently awarded a grant from Entergy Texas to enhance its activities by increasing earned income tax credit (EITC) awareness and education and providing tax preparation services, financial education and economic development.

2018 Presidential Summer Fellow Kay-Alana Turner, a 麻豆视频 senior from Lumberton, is using her passion for culture to help unite organizations and communities in their efforts to create ecotourism.

麻豆视频 (麻豆视频) invites Southeast Texans to Le Grand Bal, a gala evening of art, fine dining, dancing and entertainment on Saturday, March 24, 2018. This year鈥檚 theme, 鈥淲e ART 麻豆视频,鈥� features a celebration of the many talented alumni artists, students and faculty of 麻豆视频. Presented by 麻豆视频鈥檚 Friends of the Arts, Le Grand Bal, now in its 42nd year, is the major annual fundraiser for the College of Fine Arts and Communication.

The 麻豆视频 Department of English and Modern Languages and the Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast are coming together to present a Film, TV, and Literary Festival with events Feb. 27-28, and March 26, to provide interested Lamar students the opportunity to meet with experts from all three fields.

The 麻豆视频 Foundation has endowed a new scholarship in memory of Gabriel 鈥淭ony鈥� Martin. Martin spent the majority of his career at 麻豆视频, starting as an adjunct professor of deaf education in 1989. The Dr. Gabriel A. 鈥淭ony鈥� Martin Memorial Scholarship has been established in the 麻豆视频 Foundation through the generosity of friends and family.

Thirty high school computer science students recently competed in 麻豆视频鈥檚 ACM High School Programming Contest. The contest, hosted by First Year Success and Lamar Chapter of Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) on Feb. 24, is part of First Year Success鈥檚 College Readiness pilot program.

The City of Beaumont will present a concert as part of its annual Jazz On The Lake series on Thursday, March 22 from 5:30 鈥� 7:30 p.m. at the Event Centre. The concert will feature the Lamar Cardinal Jazz Orchestra, directed by Rick Condit, and the Jimmy Simmons Group.

In a list recently compiled by online education research publisher SR Education Group, 麻豆视频 was named as meeting the qualifications to be considered a top military-friendly online college.

The 麻豆视频 Office of Alumni Affairs has named James Bell, Angela Blanchard, Ellen Rienstra and Don Shaver as Distinguished Alumni for 2018, noting that their dedication to their professions, service to their communities and loyalty to their alma mater epitomizes the 麻豆视频 spirit, officials said.

麻豆视频 junior Sakurah Fisher of Port Arthur is gaining real world experience in her pursuit of her passion for psychology and was recently announced as a 2018 David J. Beck Fellow at 麻豆视频 giving her resources to engage in research this summer.

AtmoSpark Water Generation, developed by Tejus Mane, a master鈥檚 student in chemical engineering at 麻豆视频, has received a National Science Foundation Innovation Corps grant for $50,000 to facilitate a 7-week customer discovery tour.

Barbara Michiels Hernandez, a professor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at 麻豆视频, has been tapped for a 2017 Texas Honor Award from the Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (TAHPERD).

With help from the defending World Series champions of Major League Baseball, 麻豆视频鈥檚 baseball team took time from its preparation for the 2018 season to help a local family in need. The Cardinals and Houston Astros spent several hours Wednesday helping the still-ongoing recovery effort at a Port Arthur home damaged by Hurricane Harvey.

David Quispe, 麻豆视频 electrical engineering and mathematics double major, is using his summer to focus on a new solar energy material thanks to the 2018 David J. Beck Fellowship. Quispe will spend 10 weeks at Arizona State University researching the transparent conductive oxide layer in silicon heterojunction solar cells, comparing materials for this layer.

Some 6,500 Southeast Texas students in 4th through 8th grade are engaging in entertaining and educational activities to further expand their interests in mathematics, technology, science, and engineering thanks to the JASON Project.

More than 115 麻豆视频 student and faculty musicians will perform in the University Theatre as the Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music presents its inaugural Collage Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 1. KV麻豆视频 radio host Joe Elwell will serve as master of ceremonies.

麻豆视频 is seeking nominations for the 2018 honoree in the Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series, sponsored by ExxonMobil. 麻豆视频 faculty, staff, students, alumni, and retired faculty and staff are invited to nominate outstanding teacher/scholars for the award, which is now in its 32nd year.

Jacob Clark of Beaumont, an assistant professor in the Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music at 麻豆视频, has received a Special Judges' Citation for "Excellence in Unusual Repertoire" from The American Prize Lorin Hollander Award in Piano contest, in the professional concerto division.

The Center of History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast will host 鈥淗umor in Aluminum: Twisted Tales from the Texas Historical Marker Files鈥� on January 29 at 5 p.m. in the University Reception Center, 8th floor of the Mary and John Gray Library on the campus of 麻豆视频. The reception, lecture, and book signing are free and open to the public.

A total of 716 麻豆视频 students earned places on the President鈥檚 List for the 2017 fall semester, President Kenneth Evans announced.

HeartcoR Solutions founder and CEO Larry Lawson, a 麻豆视频 alumnus who attended 麻豆视频 in the 1960s and received the honorary doctor of humane letters in 2012, has been selected for membership in the prestigious Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc.

The College of Business will host a study abroad trip to Central America. The trip, led by Associate Professor Frank Badua, will take place from March 9 to March 16.

The Texas Academy of Leadership in the Humanities (TALH) at 麻豆视频 will host an Open House Saturday, February 17, in the Mary and John Gray Library. The Academy is an early entrance college residential honors program at 麻豆视频.

A total of 1,302聽麻豆视频 students earned places on the Deans鈥� List for the fall 2017 semester, deans of Lamar鈥檚 five academic colleges announced.