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A 100-million-year-old tropical ocean floor, the oldest rock in Texas, and a reef that predates dinosaurs are just some of the sites LU Earth Science and Geology majors recently spent two weeks exploring.

Two-week tour traverses time, students visit Texas geologic outcrops

The geology of Texas captivated the attention of nine Lamar University Earth Science and Geology majors recently as they spent two weeks exploring and...

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What an honor to see two fabulous leaders in Southeast Texas announce their continued commitment to education and Lamar University! Becky and Chuck Mason have meant so much to me and have made such an impact in my life. They will continue to impact lives through the College of Education. #WeAreLU #BmtTx (at Lamar University)

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Mary Jo was born in Beaumont in 1934, the third of six children, to Julius and Nancy Lampson. At age 14 in 1948, she contracted polio and was a patient at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston for two years. The disease let her totally paralyzed from the neck down. Unable to breathe, she survived in an iron lung for almost a year. With the enduring support of friends and family, she refused to let the disease overcome her and slowly gained strength. She re-learned how to use her hands and gained partial use of her arms. She went on to become a well-known artist in Southeast Texas. Over the years, she created hundreds of oil and watercolor paintings. She also sold lithographic prints and cards of her in-demand landscape scenes and still life paintings through her art business, MJB Artwork.

Students benefit from new Mary Jo Lampson Broussard Ford Scholarship in Art

Students pursuing majors in Lamar University’s Department of Art in the College of Fine Arts and Communication will benefit from the newly established...

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Spanish culture became the birthplace of fingerspelling, which has become an essential component of American Sign Language, when Melchor de Yerba published the fingerspelled alphabet in 1593. Benedictine monks incorporated fingerspelling into use. Ponce de Leon and Juan Pablo Bonet, who used fingerspelling, speechreading and signs to teach deaf children. “Barcelona utilizes a philosophy of bilingual education, which is mirrored by the Deaf Studies/Deaf Education programs at Lamar University. ASL and English are taught simultaneously in the classroom,” says Cain Chiasson, LU adjunct instructor.

Bilingual in Barcelona: LU students expand ASL proficiency in experiential learning

The bilingual culture of Barcelona provided new bonds in learning for eight Lamar University Deaf Studies/Deaf Education students who participated in...

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LU alumnus Anthony George '88 graduated with a degree in physics and a double minor in electrical engineering and computer science. Now his company sells the No. 1 marine fuel management product in the world. "Fuel theft in many parts of the world is endemic,” George said. The ability to monitor marine fuel loading, quality and use in near real-time around the globe is a game changer, he said. With a quarter million vessels in the world, George sees a multi-billion-dollar market in taking fuel tracking from the dipstick to digital automation. "FuelTrax determines how hard the vessel is working. We used equations that I learned under [LU physics professor] Dr. Pizzo that I would not have understood had I not changed my major to physics. I look back on that and think how fortuitous that decision was. I remember when my dad asked me, 'Son what are you going to do with a physics degree?' Well, Dad, in 20 years I'm going to invent FuelTrax."

From Potato Chips to Pipelines

Inspired by an LU physics class, FuelTrax is the #1 marine fuel management product in the world....

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Sixteen 7th and 8th-grade girls from the southeast Texas area explored principles of engineering and robotics at Lamar University’s third annual X-plore LUEE summer camp. The four-day camp is filled with different topics and activities that give hands-on learning experience with electrical engineering.

Middle-school girls X-plore electrical engineering

A new world of opportunity is opening up for sixteen 7th and 8th grade girls from the southeast Texas area, as they explore principles of engineering...

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Honoring her life-long achievements in and contributions to the sport of basketball, former Lamar University women's basketball player and current Miami-Dade College head coach Susan Summons was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, June 9. Summons spent the 1978-79 and 1979-80 seasons as a Cardinal.

Summons Joins Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Honoring her life-long achievements in and contributions to the sport of basketball, former Lamar University women's basketball player and current Miami-Dade College head coach Susan Summons was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame on Saturday, June 9.

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“He has been awarded the Gruber Science Fellowship, the top honor a Ph.D. student can receive at Yale University,” said Ashwini Kucknoor, associate professor of microbiology, regarding Omar Gonzalez. A senior biology major at Lamar University, Gonzalez has been accepted into the Ph.D. immunobiology program at Yale University. The fellowship is awarded to the most highly ranked applicants to Yale Ph.D. programs in the life sciences, cosmology, and astrophysics and is the most prestigious award offered by Yale’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences to incoming science students in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments and exceptional promise.

Gonzalez nets prestigious fellowship in immunobiology at Yale

Omar Gonzalez, a senior biology major at Lamar University from Port Neches who will graduate in May, has been accepted into the Ph.D. immunobiology...

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President Kenneth Evans has named Dan W. French as the next dean of Lamar University’s College of Business. https://lamaru.us/2Hq4WIV

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“This was my first research trip, so I gained a lot of practical field experience,” McCall said. “I learned how to work with colleagues, how to prepare and perform field work, and how to communicate what we were doing with the local population.” Seeing people, and particularly children, who are affected by an ongoing health problem moved her, she said, it was an experience that would help her be better able to relate to patients as a doctor someday. “It is easy to get stuck in your own experience, but seeing the conditions, the way other people live, gives me greater empathy and understanding,” she said. As she begins the new semester, McCall plans to seek additional opportunities to engage in undergraduate research at Lamar.

Presidential Summer Fellow Emily McCall studies snails, parasitic flatworms in Kenya

LU junior biology major Emily McCall, of Orangefield, traveled to Africa this summer to participate in field research thanks to a Presidential Summer...

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LU administrators joined Entergy Texas reps yesterday to receive a $90,348 energy conservation incentive and recognize 2 years of campus-wide conservation improvement projects.

Energy savings nets rewards as LU receives incentives

Saving energy proved rewarding today as Lamar University received a $90,348 energy conservation incentive check from the Entergy Texas Entergy...

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It was the spring of 1998 when Beaumont resident Brian Kordie, Class of ‘89, one day noticed that his Lamar University class ring had gone missing. He was in the midst of looking at boats to purchase and, one day prior to noticing the absence of his ring, visited the Neches River, where he met with a Lumberton man to inspect and test-drive a boat. Ultimately, Mr. Kordie decided against purchasing the boat, but he unknowingly left for home even more empty-handed than he had thought…without his Lamar University class ring. Nearly 20 years later, he received an unbelievable call from Lamar University’s office of Alumni Affairs. A Nederland woman had discovered an LU class ring with Kordie’s name engraved on the inside of it. Astonished after spending nearly two decades without it, he immediately asked where the ring had been found. The alumni office informed him that the Nederland woman had been in the process of cleaning a newly purchased boat, purchased from a Lumberton resident, when she noticed the ring and turned it in. Kordie was shocked. "I could not believe what good shape it was in after being in the bottom of a boat for the past 20 years. It was amazing that the boat was even still around after so long, but even more that my ring was still in there." Kordie says the ring, which he wore every day until it's loss, represents his "achievements and pride for a great school."

LU Class Ring Returned 20 Years Later

This Lamar University ring has been missing since 1998. You won't believe where it was found....

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Can stress be positive? Moderation is key for most things in life and, believe it or not, that includes stress. Low to moderate levels can actually be beneficial. For example, a little pre-exam stress is a great motivator for a student to study harder and, thus, be more prepared. Butterflies before a first date are an overlooked reason that many of us dress our best and act increasingly attentive to what our date has to say. When stress gets out of control, due to severity or frequency, and starts to impact our quality of life it becomes problematic. Read more >> https://lamaru.us/2LPPtnV

Rethinking Stress

Can stress be positive? Lamar University alum, Dr. Bethany Aiena says yes. Find out what exactly happens to a body under stress and how to thrive when...

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Bored with your background? Did you know you can find tons of FREE images in our digital swag library? Visit lamar[dot]edu/digitalswag.

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Lamar University will showcase the art of its alumni in its first-ever juried show for LU alumni. After School Special: The Lamar University First Juried Alumni Art Exhibition will run from June 15 to August 3. The exhibition celebrates the 35th anniversary of the Dishman Art Museum. The public is invited to an opening reception on Friday, June 15, from 6:30 p.m. to 8: 30 p.m., at the Dishman Art Museum, 1030 East Lavaca Street, on the Lamar University Campus. Admission and parking are free.

After School Special: The Lamar University First Juried Alumni Art Exhibition

Lamar University will showcase the art of its alumni in its first-ever juried show for LU alumni. After School Special: The Lamar University First...

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Co-directed by LU Professor Mahmoud Salimi and photojournalist Frank DiCesare, against the backdrop of the Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, the film Blacksmith won a Remi Award this past April at the 51st WorldFest–Houston International Film Festival. Early Remi Award winners include Stephen Spielberg, George Lucas and the Coen Brothers. https://lamaru.us/2J08XZv