News at Lamar

Lamar University Reaud Honors College student, Daniel Quispe, has been selected to participate in this year’s prestigious Council of Undergraduate Research's event, “Posters on the Hill,” held annually in Washington, D.C.

ONLINEU ranks Lamar University’s online engineering bachelor’s degree the best in the nation in two categories.

A team of educators from the College of Education and Human Development at Lamar University has banned together to support all educators across Texas who are moving from face-to-face instruction to alternative instructional methods.

With a strong commitment to first generation students, Lamar University launched comprehensive “student success” improvement strategies in 2016 with the goal of improving retention and graduation rates in this specialty population and overall.

In the spirit of community and in an effort to help educators, all over the nation, provide alternative instructional methods or online education, Lamar University online educational experts will be offering a free webinar.

Le Grand Bal, the annual fundraiser for the fine arts in the College of Fine Arts and Communication at Lamar University, has been postponed to Friday, March 12, 2021. The event will retain the format planned for 2020 – An Evening in Tuscany, and Ms. Sandra Clark and Mr. David Cargill will be honored that night as planned.

Intelligent.com has ranked Lamar University the 11th best online probation officer degree program in the nation. Intelligent.com provides annual college rankings, reviews and ratings based on aggregated publicly available data.

In an effort to improve, Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum will begin American Association of State and Local History Standards and Excellence Program for History Organizations or StEPs program this year.

Lamar University College of Engineering hosted Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush and Texas Oil and Gas Association President Todd Staples for a Lunch and Learn on March 6.

On Thurs. March 12 at 3:30 p.m. Lamar University will be hosting a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Welcome Center.

Lamar University Professor of Spanish and Director of Modern Languages, Catalina Castillón, has been recognized as one of eight women significant to preserving the culture of Spain.

Are you home on Spring Break and don’t know what to do with your kids? Bring them to the Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum Wed., March 18, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Jim Jordan, chair and professor in the Department of Earth and Space Sciences, received his FFA drone pilot’s license in February and can now train students to be drone pilots.

NursingSchoolHub.com has ranked Lamar University the 3rd most affordable online MSN program for 2020.

In the last year, the Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum has been the recipient of three Eagle Scout projects as well as another boy scout project for a Star Rank.

Lamar University’s Inspirational Woman’s Award Ceremony, March 25, will honor Dr. Maya Angelou with the theme, “But Still I Rise,” and feature guest speaker Belashia Wallace.

Researchers for the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Lamar University needs research volunteers for Tackling Tinnitus.