June 2023 News

  • Gina Hale honored with David J. Beck Teaching Excellence Award

    Gina Hale honored with David J. Beck Teaching Excellence Award

    Dr. Regina Hale, associate professor JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing and Director of Undergraduate Research and Student Success, has been awarded the David J. Beck Teaching Excellence Award. Annually, the David J. Beck Teaching Excellence Award, established though a gift from LU distinguished alumnus David J. Beck, rewards one faculty member who excels as a teacher or otherwise brings significant honor to Lamar University through innovative instructional pedagogy. The award carries with it a check of $25,000.

    Read More ❯ June 27, 2023
  • LUTV's Gordon Williams receives special congressional recognition

    LUTV's Gordon Williams receives special congressional recognition

    On Friday, June 16, Gordon S. Williams, station operations manager for Lamar University Television News, received a congressional commendation and was honored with special congressional recognition from the office of U.S. Representative and Texas native Brian Babin.

    Read More ❯ June 22, 2023
  • Spring 2023 President's and Dean's Lists

    Spring 2023 President's and Dean's Lists

    Lamar University’s President Jaime Taylor has announced a total of 703 students to the Spring 2023 President’s list. Undergraduate students who qualify for the President’s List carry a full course load of 12 semester hours or more with grade point averages of 4.0 for that semester. The Deans of Lamar University’s five academic colleges have announced a total of 1,079 students to the Spring 2023 Dean’s list. To qualify for the Deans’ List, an undergraduate student must carry a full course load of 12 semester hours or more and have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for that semester.

    Read More ❯ June 16, 2023
  • Educator gone Survivor, Special Education alumna achieves Final Five status on Survivor 44

    Educator gone Survivor, Special Education alumna achieves Final Five status on Survivor 44

    Fourth-grade Mont Belvieu ISD special education instructor and Lamar University College of Education & Human Development and Texas Academy alumna, Lauren Harpe ’14, ‘21, experienced an opportunity of a lifetime when she was selected to participate on “Survivor 44”, one of the longest-running reality shows in TV history. Here, Harpe shares her experiences and reminisces on the wildest adventure of her life and her time at Lamar University.

    Read More ❯ June 15, 2023
  • LU Educational Leadership alumna receives Texas Women in Higher Education Representative of the Year Award

    LU Educational Leadership alumna receives Texas Women in Higher Education Representative of the Year Award

    Dr. Teresa Simpson has been breaking the glass ceiling of higher education at Lamar University and beyond since September of 2004. In January of 2023, Simpson’s hard work paid off as she was the awarded the 2023 Texas Women in Higher Education (TWHE) Representative of the Year Award.

    Read More ❯ June 08, 2023
  • Governor Abbott Appoints Lamar University’s Kelvin Elgar as Student Regent

    Governor Abbott Appoints Lamar University’s Kelvin Elgar as Student Regent

    Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Kelvin Elgar, a chemical engineering major at Lamar University, as student regent for the 2023-24 term. Mr. Elgar is one of eight student regents appointed to the governing boards of Texas’ public university systems and independent universities.

    Read More ❯ June 06, 2023
  • LU students collab to bring robotics to Southeast Texas

    LU students collab to bring robotics to Southeast Texas

    From a young age, Christine Osborne, recent graduate with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing, and senior, Ryan Shugart, a triple major in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and mathematics, have been interested in robotic

    Read More ❯ June 05, 2023
  • Health and Kinesiology alum named Class Leader and Top Shot in class at Houston Police Department

    Health and Kinesiology alum named Class Leader and Top Shot in class at Houston Police Department

    Life after graduation for Lamar University’s Exercise Science & Fitness Management alum, Brandon Baumgardner ’21, has been filled with plot twists and exciting new adventures while currently working as the Houston Police Department’s (HPD) Patrol Division Officer. During the fourth week of training, Baumgardner was named Class Leader for the Houston Police Academy and received the Top Shot Award given to the cadet who earns the highest score in firearms training.

    Read More ❯ June 05, 2023
  • 2022-23 OUR grant winners provide insight on experiences

    2022-23 OUR grant winners provide insight on experiences

    The Office of Undergraduate Research recognizes exceptional students with high performances on research projects. These top students provide insight as to what the Office of Undergraduate Research means to them.

    Read More ❯ June 05, 2023