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Date: Monday, Feb. 28, all day
Location: 5 Under Golf

Join us EVERY MONDAY - ALL DAY at for half off Gameplay & Appetizers for all LU faculty, staff, students and alumni, just bring your LU I.D.

Date: Tuesday, Mar. 1, 7:30 p.m.
Location: University Theatre

The Collage fundraising concert will be Tuesday, Mar. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the University Theatre. Guests can enjoy performances from our students from opera to jazz - there is something for everyone! Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at lamar.edu/collage. Money raised benefits Music students.

Date: Wednesday, Mar. 2, 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center Live Oak Ballroom

The annual ceremony for the David J. Beck Fellowship will include announcement of the 2022 Beck Fellows. The event will begin at 1 p.m. with the formal ceremony followed by a reception. Follow the link for more information.

Date: Thursday, Mar. 3, 2-4 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center Live Oak Ballroom

All ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ students and alumni are invited to attend the Spring Career Expo. Meet and network with employers and professionals from a variety of fields. Bring copies of your resume and dress to impress.

Date: Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2-3 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center, Sea Rim room 229

This will be an info session where College of Business students will come and ask questions and learn more about how a student was able to go study abroad for a semester exchange.

Date: Thursday, Mar. 24, 4-5 p.m.
Location: Mary and John Gray Library 8th Floor

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is hosting the ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Inspirational Woman Award Reception. The 2022 theme is "Women Providing Healing, Providing Hope." The keynote speaker is Dr. Cynthia Stinson, chair for the JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing.

Date: Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2-3 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center, via TEAMS

Faculty have many demands of their time and are often too busy to learn about new resources that could assist them with courses and efficiency. For this reason, the Center for Teaching and Learning Enhancement we will be conducting “speed dating for technology” for LU faculty.

Date: April 4 and 5, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Virtual

Registeration for the Recovery and Resiliency: Building A Collaborative Community 3rd Annual Research Summit is now open. The primary focus of the RnR Summit this year will be to foster a collaborative community approach to strengthen recovery from recent challenges.

Date: Tuesday, May 31, 5 p.m.
Location: Virtual via Handshake

Want to see what students see? Gain access to Handshake to view job opportunities, career fairs, networking and professional development events and more! This platform connects students to over 700,000 employers, including all Fortune 500 companies.

Dr. Jim Mann has been named as ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ’s first faculty ombudsperson following an internal search. The Ombudsperson, who reports directly to the president, acts as an independent, impartial, confidential and safe resource for faculty and staff at ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ to get information and develop options for how to move forward in difficult situations.

Let us recognize the work that you do! Become a Faculty Affiliate of the Center for History & Culture and join a community of scholars and teachers who share experiences, provide mentoring and foster interdisciplinary exchange to deepen our understanding of Southeast Texas & the Greater Gulf Region.

Due to work on the ongoing library construction project, the library will close at 12 p.m. on Friday, March 11.  During this time, the construction crew will facilitate the transfer of power from the old to the new power infrastructure. All online, virtual resources and services will be accessible and available during this time.  The building will reopen on Tuesday Mar. 15 at 7:30 a.m.  General .

Faculty are invited to apply for the Texas State University System Regents' Professor Award and TSUS Regents' Teacher Award. Staff are invited to apply for the TSUS Regents' Staff Excellence Award.

Review of Texas Books publishes reviews of books published in Texas, written by Texas authors, and/or about Texas and Texans. We are seeking reviewers interested in reading and reviewing a text prior to April 13. Please email jhravey@lamar.edu for more info and a book list.

Beginning May 23, Outlook for Android will no longer support Android 7.1 or below. Users will need to upgrade their Android operating system to at least Android 8.0.
 
How this will affect ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ users:
If LU students, faculty or staff are using Outlook for Android on phones or tablets running an older version of Android, they will no longer be able to update to newer versions of Outlook for Android when this change is implemented.
 
What you need to do to prepare:
Please ensure that you update your phone or tablet’s operating system to Android 8.0 or newer.

The 2022 Women's History theme is "Providing Healing, Promoting Hope." The Office of Diversity and Inclusion is accepting nominations to honor caregivers and front line workers during this ongoing pandemic. The deadline for nominations is Thursday, March 10 at 5 p.m.

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ's Travel Office is launching Chrome River, its new online travel request & management system, on Feb. 22. No more print forms, receipts or signatures. Convenient electronic travel requests & routing.

The Office of Undergraduate Research is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2022 Faculty Mentor Award. This award honors an undergraduate research mentor for his/her success in mentoring UG students in research. We are accepting self-nominations as well. Please send nominations to cbahrim@lamar.edu by March 1 at 8 p.m.

COHABITATION, featuring Mayuko Ono Gray and Mark Greenwalt, is currently on display in the Dishman Art Museum through Mar. 5. DRAWINGS, featuring Charles Kanwischer, can be viewed on the second floor gallery during this time. Admission to the Dishman Art Museum is free and open to the public.

The Office of Undergraduate Research invites all majors at LU to submit grant proposals to the SURF 2022 program. Please visit the SURF guidelines for submission, eligibility criteria and the benefits for being a SURF fellow.

We are proud to announce that LU’s Center for Midstream Management and Science has been featured in American Energy Society’s spotlight issue: Universities in the Spotlight. This issue consists of 20 academic programs and their contributions to the energy sector.

Proposals are open for 30-day comment regarding the following MAPPs: Course Delivery Methods & Schedule Usage Policy and Approved Meeting Periods. Submit comments.

Throughout February and March, the Mary and John Gray Library is seeking student and faculty participants for a focus group assessment on study room design and preferences. The deadline to  is March 15.

The LU Tutoring Center offers tutoring sessions for undergraduate courses virtually and in person. To request your tutoring appointment, please complete the form. If you have issues or need assistance, contact The LU Tutoring Center at starstutoring@lamar.edu or 409-880-7526.

Simio LLC has approved an in-kind grant valued at $216,000 to ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ's Center for Midstream Management and Science. This grant includes 90 copies of Simio® Academic Edition software that will be used in research and education in digital manufacturing.

The free ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ app provides campus resources right at your fingertips. Learn about upcoming events, access your LU email, locate buildings on campus and more!

This week on the , Dr. Wilma Jackson, director of Diversity & Inclusive Excellence, reflects back on Black History Month at ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ and campus events to look ahead to for the future! 

Tune in to this week's episode or past episodes of the LU Moment on or wherever you get your podcasts.

Free COVID-19 vaccines (Moderna and Pfizer) are available at the Student Health Center to all ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ/LIT students, faculty and staff. You must register for an appointment. 

The Student Health Center is also offering COVID-19 booster vaccines for eligible students, faculty and staff for LU and LIT campuses. Eligibility criteria can be found on the . Please fill out the registration form for an appointment.

MON & WED: Red Zone Circuit Group Fitness Class, 12:30-1:20 p.m., Upstairs Octagon

WED: Intramural Basketball Skills Tournament, 4-7 p.m.;
Advanced Climbing Clinic, 4-5 p.m. 

THU: Basketball Skills Tourney, 4-7 p.m., Main Gym