February 2021 News

The Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center – Southeast, a federally funded industrial service center housed at Lamar University, recently received $118,000 in funding from Natgasoline for developing a customized Lean Six Sigma program.

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

Four Lamar University alumni have been named Distinguished Alumni for 2021.

The Lamar University Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences is pleased to announce the publication of “Evaluating and Conducting Research in Audiology” written in part by Vinaya Manchaiah, Jo Mayo Endowed Professor, and Eldre Beukes, post-doctoral researcher in the department along with Ross Roeser, a Howard B. and Lois C. Wolf Professor for pediatric hearing at the University of Texas at Dallas/Callier Center for Communication Disorders.

The Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation has awarded full seven-year accreditation to Lamar University’s Principal and School Counselor Educator Preparation Programs.

The Advisory Board of the Office of Undergraduate Research selected Dylan Palmer, a Mechanical engineering major, to represent Lamar University at the biennial Texas Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol in Austin.

Lamar University is pleased to announce Anthony “Tony” Sanchez has been selected as Lamar University’s assistant vice president of human resources and talent management.

“Voices” literary magazine of Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, has awarded Lamar University graduate student, Paola Brinkley, first place in the President’s Award in creative poetry writing.

LU Professor Dr. Stuart Wright is the coeditor of a book compiled by a team of international scholars.

LU’s Dr. Kathryn Washington, has been named the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association Region 6 TEPSAN of the Year for 2021.

The office in the Department of History has a new look, a friendlier, brighter and more engaging ambiance.

Andre Favors, instructor for the Lamar University Department of Communication and Media, was selected by the Texas Academic Advising Network, TEXAAN, for the Faculty Advisor Recognition Award.

The Center for Midstream Management and Science has named Senator Robert Nichols a “Profiles in Midstream” honoree.