LU News: Community

The Lamar University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to produce a series of graduate courses on “Engineering with Nature.”

A group of multidisciplinary researchers from Lamar University is hosting the third annual Resilience and Recovery Summit on April 9. This year’s summit will focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other disasters and catastrophic events.

The Lamar University Department of Theatre & Dance is pleased to present their Spring 2021 Dance Preview.

Lamar University’s fifteenth president, Dr. Kenneth Evans, has announced his retirement from LU effective June 30, 2021.

A Curative COVID-19 testing kiosk is open in the parking lot of the Montagne Center at Lamar University. The site will be open to the entire community Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at no cost to patients.

Lamar University’s overall estimated annual economic impact in Jefferson, Orange and Hardin counties is approximately $246.7 million according to a demand-side economic impact analysis conducted by Hanover Research for the 2018-2019 school year.

In honor of Veterans Day, Lamar University’s Office of Global Diversity and Inclusive Excellence will host a luncheon celebration, Wed. Nov. 11 at 11:30 a.m. in the LIT Multi-Purpose Center, themed “Vision: Veterans in Focus.”

Dr. Vinaya Manchaiah, Jo Mayo Endowed professor of speech and hearing sciences at Lamar University, joins a national team that has designed hearing aids that cost less than a dollar.

The Lamar University Alumni Advisory Board has elected Fred Vernon ’12, ’13 of Port Arthur to serve as 2020-2021 president. Brad Brown ’81 of Beaumont will serve as past president and Nga “Tea” (Nguyen) Do ’08 of Beaumont will serve as president-elect.

Lamar University is pleased to announce Arne Almquist, Ph.D. as vice president of Information Management and Decision Support.

Nearly as soon as Hurricane Laura’s winds stopped howling, Lamar University Cardinals were helping in the recovery efforts, assisting each other and the community.

Lamar University nurse, Nicole Schroeder, will soon see her proposal to improve healthcare for low-income moms go into effect as law Sep. 1.

Try your hand at a new hobby by signing up for Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum’s Elementary Bladesmith Class.

The Texas General Land Office has awarded a $30,000 grant to Dr. Qin Qian, associate professor, in Lamar University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering to conduct a comprehensive study to mitigate flooding and nonpoint source pollution.

The Texas General Land Office has awarded $34,604 to Dr. Ashwini Kucknoor, Lamar University professor of biology, to facilitate Texas Beach Watch in Jefferson County.