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CCPD to host computer science career fair today

The Center for Career & Professional Development will host a computer science career fair today, beginning at noon on the eighth floor of Gray Library.

The fair is open to students majoring or interested in computer science, management information systems, mathematics and physics.

The career fair is an opportunity for students to meet and network with employers and professionals working in computer science and information technology.

Students are asked to bring copies of réumés and to dress business casual.

For more information, contact the Center for Career & Professional Development at 880-8878, careercenter@lamar. edu, or visit 102 Galloway.

Gray Library extends Sunday hours

The Mary and John Gray Library has added three hours to its Sunday operation. The library is now open from 1 p.m. to 1:45 a.m.

The building will be secured with a Campus Security Officer from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Shuttle services will run from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m.

For more information, contact the library at 880-7264.

Lamar to host JCPenney ‘Suit-Up’ event Sunday

Lamar will host a JCPenney Suit-Up event from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday at Central Mall in Port Arthur.

Students who attend with their valid Lamar-issued ID card will receive an extra 40 percent off men’s and women’s career dress apparel, accessories and shoes.

For more information, contact the Center for Career & Professional Development at 880-8878, careercenter@lamar.edu, or visit their office in 102 Galloway.

CCPD announces new system for workshop requests

The Center for Career & Professional Development has improved their system for student organization workshop requests.

An OrgSync form is now available for completion to assist in requesting workshops related to career exploration, professional development, career transition and more.

The form is located at orgsync.com/25395/forms/351584.

For more information, contact CCPD at 880-8878, careercenter@lamar.edu, or visit their office in 102 Galloway.

Ann Shaw award nominations due Wednesday

The Ann Shaw Leadership Award recognizes a junior or senior student who makes significant contributions to the LU community through fostering a spirit of teamwork, excellence in leadership and/or exhibiting  exemplary personal ethics and integrity.

Current juniors and seniors are eligible.

Students may apply or be nominated by a student, faculty or staff member. The winner will receive $1,000 and recognition at the Toast to Leadership Banquet.

Nominations can be submitted on OrgSync until Wednesday.

For more information, call 880-8458.

LU STEM Students of Color Alliance to host Langarica lecture, Friday

The LU STEM Students of Color Alliance will present Alicia Prieto Langarica’s talk, “What is Undergraduate Research in Math and who gets to do it?” from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., tomorrow in 119 Lucas.

Langarica is an associate professor of mathematics at Youngstown State University

Examples of problems in applied and some pure mathematics will be presented. Student involvement and the application process will also be discussed. Refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin at 880-7859.

Seniors of Significance nominations due Monday

The Division of Student Engagement is seeking nominations and applications for Seniors of Significance.

The Seniors of Significance Award recognizes students who have excelled in scholarship, leadership, service to the campus and community and who have brought distinction to Lamar University.

Seniors who will graduate in May, August or December of 2019 are eligible to be considered for recognition.

A senior may apply or be nominated by a student, faculty or staff member.

Seniors of Significance will receive recognition at the Toast to Leadership banquet, a graduation stole and a commemorative gift. Honorees will also be featured on the Lamar website.

The Bess Gentry Award and the C. Robert Kemble Award recipients will be selected from the Seniors of Significance. Recipients of these two awards will each receive $1,000.

To nominate someone, visit www.lamar.edu/studentegagement.

Compiled by Olivia Malick

Category: News