News at Lamar

Future chemical engineering majors at Lamar University will benefit from the establishment of the Southwest Chemical Association Scholarship in Chemical Engineering at Lamar University.

An innovative LU 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.

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

Four members of Lamar University's Office of Marketing Communications have been selected as winners of a 2018 Blackboard Catalyst Award in the “Optimizing the Student Experience” category, university officials announced today.

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

Lamar University focuses on promoting real-world research experiences with the younger generation through the College of Education and Human Development’s, Bernard Harris Summer STEM Camp (BHSSC).

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 Lamar University’s third annual X-plore LUEE summer camp.

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 Lamar University took home a total of 43 awards for their hard work this past year.

A total of 1,149 Lamar University students earned places on the Deans’ List for the spring 2018 semester, deans of Lamar’s five academic colleges announced. To qualify for the Deans’ 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’s List and automatically earn places on the Deans’ List. Their names are not listed here.

A total of 668 Lamar University students earned places on the President’s List for the 2018 spring semester, President Kenneth Evans announced. Students who qualify for the President’s 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’ List.

Vinaya Manchaiah, associate professor and Jo Mayo Endowed Professor in Lamar University’s 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.

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

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

Rory Carothers, assistant director for transfer admissions at Lamar University, 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 Lamar University since the scholarship was established in 2005.

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, 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.

Lamar University 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.

Lamar University 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 LU’s chapter of Phi Kappa Phi.