February 2020 News

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.

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.

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

The Lamar University Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid has established the Money Management Program this year.

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

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.

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.

Collage fundraising concert sponsored by the Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music.

ExxonMobil presented Lamar University’s Community Relations Program with a check for $25,000 for the establishment of a Navigating Excellence Success Triumph (N.E.S.T.) at Amelia Elementary School.

Lamar University is hosting the Sixth Annual Transition Fair on Feb. 27 from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Setzer Student Center.

EDsmart.org ranks Lamar University’s online computer science bachelor degree program 17th out of 34 schools in the nation.

Joana Hyatt receives prestigious NAEA award.

Lamar University welcomed Junior Achievement of the Golden Triangle for the Ninth Annual Engineering Job Shadow Lunch sponsored by Motiva Enterprises.

The Showcase of Southeast Texas, Lamar University’s marching band, is marching in a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.

The Lamar University Department of Theatre and Dance will present their first performance of the Spring semester, Bakkhai by Eurpides. Bakkhai will run February 13-16 in the Studio Theatre.

Lamar Cardinal Esports placed third in the Fortnite duos season for central conference in the Collegiate Starleague.

Lamar University welcomes reporter, correspondent and news anchor John Dickerson as the 13th speaker in the Judge Joe J. Fisher Distinguished Lecture Series on Mon. March 9 from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the University Theatre.

Lamar University’s Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music Brass Choir will be performing on tour in San Antonio, from Feb. 13-15, as part of the 2020 Texas Music Educators Association Convention.

Spindletop Gladys City Boomtown Museum is looking for oil derricks around Southeast Texas and is asking for the public to help in a fun way.

Lamar University College of Engineering and Lumberton ISD have partnered to send a science experiment on a mission to the International Space Station.

Two nursing faculty members in the JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing, Drs. Stacey Knight and Cynthia Pipkins, have been awarded the Teaching Innovative Award from the Texas Organization of Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Education (TOBGNE).