LU News: Features

Lamar University Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dann Brown has appointed Dr. Samuel Jator as the university’s new senior associate provost for Academic Affairs. Jator comes to the university after serving as professor of mathematics and chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Austin Peay State University for nearly a decade.

Lamar University alumna Julia Hayes of Beaumont was recently reappointed by Gov. Greg Abbott to the Appraisal Management Companies Advisory Committee.

Lamar University was recently ranked No. 3 among the top 10 most affordable colleges for online master’s in school counseling degrees, according to best-universities.net.

In this Q&A, Hispanic mentor and Lamar University admissions counselor Angelica Cardenas Guerrero shares her background, culture and what Hispanic Heritage Month means to her and her family.

In this Q&A, Dr. Hector Flores, Hispanic mentor and Lamar University dean of students and associate vice president of the Division of Student Engagement, shares his background, culture and what Hispanic Heritage Month means to him and his family.

Lamar University alumna Jesica (Bates) Sykes ’05, ’19, has received the Distinguished Early Career Professional Certificate awarded by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

In this Q&A, Hispanic mentor and Lamar University Enrollment Marketing Manager Jhocelyn Alvarado shares her background, culture and what Hispanic Heritage Month means to her and her family.

Starting on Monday, Sept. 26, Lamar University is hosting a full week of events leading up to the university’s homecoming celebration on Oct. 1, which also coincides with Cardinal Parent & Family Day.

For as long as he could remember, Lance Taylor ’20, '21, has always followed the same formula in life: God + Hard Work = Undefeated. Now, as he settles into his new role as financial analyst at Walmart Corporate Headquarters, the accounting and finance graduate said there’s also one not-so-secret ingredient that has been pivotal to his success –– Lamar University.

Lamar University will be featured in the next season of “The College Tour” and is looking for proud Cardinal students to tell their stories. The university is looking for fun and engaging students to tell their stories and casting for the episode is now open.

Lamar University senior Denise Garcia shares her journey and how her opportunity to study fashion merchandising in Seoul, South Korea will shape her future.

Lamar University will be featured in the next season of “The College Tour” and is looking for proud Cardinal students to tell their stories. The university is looking for fun and engaging students to tell their stories and casting for the episode is now open.

Gov. Greg Abbott recently reappointed Charles E. “Charlie” Holder, a Lamar University alumnus, to the Jefferson and Orange County Board of Pilot Commissioners .

A team of researchers at Lamar University will be awarded $5 million in grant funding to bolster the team’s research on resiliency in Southeast Texas and the Greater Beaumont area.

Dr. Orrin Swift, associate professor of accounting, has always relished in language. It all started with spelling competitions in the second grade. On July 23-27, Swift competed with the best of the at the annual North American Scrabble Championship in Baltimore, Maryland. After a five-day tournament, 31 total games at seven rounds a day, and more than 100,000 words later, Swift won second place ranking him as the No. 2-rated Scrabble player in the nation.

Lamar University alumna DeMonica D. Gladney ’90 has been named a Top 30 Influential Women of Houston honoree.

Through a planned gift, Dr. John Schnick, a legacy alum, will create multi-million-dollar endowments to support Lamar University students.

English professor and poet Katherine Hoerth recently published her fourth poetry collection, "Flare Stacks in Bloom," an eco-feminist collection of poetry that explores the causes and effects of Hurricane Harvey — the personal, the communal and the universal.

After 40 years of service in the Lamar University Mail Center, beloved mail carrier Cynthia Perkins will postmark her last letter and retire on Aug. 31.

Brianne Ivy recent graduated with her bachelor’s degree in social work and was awarded the Otho Plummer Award, an award given at commencement to the male and female in that graduating class with the highest GPA.

Rosendo Varela was slated to graduate with his bachelor's degree in civil engineering in August before he tragically passed away.

Jennifer Hamilton '04, '21 chronicles her journey at LU and her laser-focused mission to earn her masters degree.

For 22 years, Bellard has carried the torch for student success and remained laser-focused on being a team player. Now, upon his retirement as interim vice president for the Division of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Relations, Bellard reflects back on his more than two decades at LU and his most memorable moments.

The year was 1976 when an excited Dr. Freddie Titus stepped onto the Lamar University campus for the first time. Now, as he enters his 40th year at Lamar University, he reflects back on his journey at LU and how he plans to give back to the university everything that was given to him.