News at Lamar

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

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

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

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

College Choice has recognized three of Lamar University’s online master’s degree programs in their rankings, and Online MBA Today has ranked LU among the top online MBA programs in Texas.

Naomi Raczkovi of Beaumont, was able to take a part in San Francisco Partners in the Park June 25-29, thanks to support from Lamar University’s Reaud Honors College. The trip, “Partners in the Parks–Golden Gate National Recreation Area,” was co-sponsored by Tacoma Community College and the National Collegiate Honors Council.

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.

Lamar University 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.

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

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 Lamar University’s Department of Earth and Space Sciences annual Teaching Environmental Science summer institute July 9-20.

Lamar University 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 Lamar University’s Grand Marshals for Homecoming celebrations September 22. Phelan and Lawson were cheer partners from 1964 to 1967.

Caitlin Duerler, instructor of French at Lamar University, has been selected to receive the Phi Kappa Phi Love of Learning Award.

The Lamar University Summer Dance Intensive (LUSDI), 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.

Lamar University took STEM curriculum and placed ‘art’ 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 Lamar University Cardinal Adventures Travel Program is excited to announce its 2019 collection of travel destinations, plus one option already scheduled for 2020.

Business students at Lamar University have new opportunities thanks to the generosity of Rodney and Norma Rice whose recent gift to the Lamar University Foundation has created the Rice Family Scholarship in Business as “a way of saying thank you to a fine institution in the fabric of Southeast Texas.”

Lamar University 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.