News at Lamar

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

The Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast presents “1930’s Beaumont Voices” on Monday, April 23 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Lamar University Theatre. The event in free and open to the public.

Fifteen Lamar University 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 breadth and depth of undergraduate research will be on display Friday, April 20, at the Fifth Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Expo at Lamar University.

AtmoSpark Water Generation, developed at Lamar University by Tejus Mane, a recent graduate with a master’s 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.

Faculty members at Lamar University in the Center for Advances in Port Management, are tailoring a tool in the planning “tool kit” to help address an upcoming, major disruption to traffic through the Houston Ship Channel (HSC).

Four Lamar University 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.

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

Hundreds of Lamar University 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.

Lamar University’s Center for Advances in Port Management will host a workshop on April 24 on “Emergency Response Planning (ERP) - A Focus on 2018 Hurricane Plan Review.”

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).

Lamar University’s 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.

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

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

Matthew Hoch, associate professor of biology at Lamar University, 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.

After a thorough national search, President Kenneth Evans has named Dan W. French as the next dean of Lamar University’s 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.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion has honored Ginger Gummelt with the inaugural Inspirational Woman Award at Lamar University.