News at Lamar

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.

Ismatara Reena, an adjunct instructor in biology at Lamar University, has been awarded the Phi Kappa Phi “Love of Learning Award.”

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.

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

Lamar University 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.

HeartcoR Solutions founder and CEO Larry Lawson, a Lamar University alumnus who attended LU 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

Students pursuing majors in Lamar University’s 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.

Lamar University alumni, administrators, faculty, staff and students are invited to join in honoring LU 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.

Lamar University 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.

Lamar University students had the opportunity to relax with therapy dogs provided by Paws 4 Love Southeast Texas Pet Therapy.

Commencement speakers representing diverse fields have been chosen to address students at Lamar University’s Spring 2017 commencement ceremonies held May 11 and 12 in the Montagne Center.

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.

Lamar University music students, Lamar University’s 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 Lamar University 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.

As part of a course on Sub-Saharan Africa taught by visiting professor Sarah Schwartz, a group of Lamar University 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.