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Date: Friday, May 13, 2 p.m. and Saturday, May 14, 10 a.m., 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. 
Location: Montagne Center

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ will confer more than 2,200 degrees during three commencement ceremonies this weekend. The College of Arts & Sciences will hold its commencement at 2 p.m. on Friday, May 13. The colleges of Business, Engineering, Fine Arts and Communication and undergraduates of the College of Education and Human Development will hold their commencement at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 14. The College of Education and Human Development will confer master's and doctoral degrees at 3 p.m. on May 14. LU will host a virtual ceremony for those who cannot attend in person. All ceremonies will be broadcast live, but those who elected to participate virtually will be honored during the 10 a.m. ceremony on May 14. All ceremonies will take place at the Montagne Center. Please visit the graduation website for detailed graduation instructions and ceremony information.

Date: Wednesday, May 18, 10 a.m.
Location: ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Campus

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ will conduct a functional exercise in coordination with Lamar Institute of Technology and ExxonMobil on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at 10 a.m. During this time, several tests of emergency notification systems will take place. All messages will begin with “THIS IS A TEST OF AN EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM.” The purpose of the exercise is to test and evaluate the emergency functions of activating the Comprehensive Emergency Operations Plan to respond to an infrastructure issue by involving employees and students in a drill involving a chlorine leak at ExxonMobil near campus. The exercise will last 1 hour beginning at 10 a.m. and ending at 11 a.m.

Date: Saturday, May 14, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: Dishman Art Museum

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Department of Art & Design presents the Spring 2022 Senior Thesis Exhibition, Sonder, on April 29 through May 14. A student reception with light refreshments will be served from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 14, following commencement. Admission to Sonder is free of charge.

Date: Saturday, June 18, 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center

New Student Orientation is coming soon! Save the dates for when new students and families will be visiting campus. Wear red and show off your LU pride to our incoming students.

Freshmen Dates:
June 18 
June 24 
June 30
July 9
July 14 
July 15
August 5 
August 11

Transfer Orientation:
July 29

Date: Saturday, June 18, 7:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center

New Student Orientation is coming soon and so is your chance to reach out to new Cardinals at the Orientation Resource Fair! Showcase your student services and programs at our department resource fair during the summer.
Sign up now online!

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Month. The 2020 Federal Asian Pacific American Council theme is "Advancing Leaders Through Collaboration." For information about this heritage month and resources, please visit the LU Diversity and Inclusion website.

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ colleague shares her Ukrainian-American perspective on the crisis in Ukraine on Bayoulands TALKS, a companion podcast sharing conversations from the KVLU radio documentary series, Bayoulands. Listen to the episode on NPR One, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

Did you know that faculty can teach one of their courses to LU students abroad? We are looking to bring some of the most exciting study abroad programs to students in 2023! Please reach out to studyabroad@lamar.edu if you are interested in bringing your course to another corner of the world!

The 2022  opens on August 15, 2022, in the Mary and John Gray Library on the first floor. The Gray Library is recognizing ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ faculty scholarship and encourages faculty that meet the publishing criteria to submit their citations to the Faculty Corner Display  no later than June 6, 2022. Publication criteria can be found online at libguides.lamar.edu/facultycorner.

Beginning summer of 2022 semester, all Blackboard courses will be in Ultra course view. Resources and announcements for new enhancements to the product can be found on the faculty support page of LU Online or blackboard@lamar.edu.

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ values community input and is committed to listening and reflecting on comments regarding proposed policies and bylaws.

LinkedIn Learning will soon be available for free to all ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ faculty and staff! Accessible 24/7 from your desktop or mobile device, LinkedIn Learning offers more than 16,000 online courses covering technical, business, software and creative topics.

College work-study end date for spring is May 10. Learn more about work-study.

Join us every Monday, all day at  for half off gameplay and appetizers for all LU faculty, staff, students and alumni. Just bring your LU I.D.

This week on the , LU alum Thierry Eppasa dishes on his "post heard 'round the world" about the ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Electrical Engineering program.

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.

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