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Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2-4 p.m.
Location: Galloway Business Auditorium Room 101

Come and join us for snacks and refreshments as experts and local officials discuss issues regarding housing before and after natural disasters. As we enter hurricane season in SETX, important information about preparing for disasters, sheltering during disasters and clean water will be discussed.

Date: Friday, June 24, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: Dishman Art Museum

The ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Dishman Art Museum is please to host their fourth juried art exhibition for LU Alumni titled "After School Special." This exciting exhibition offers an opportunity for LU graduates with any major from across the country and around the world to share their creative work at the Dishman Art Museum. The exhibition will run from Friday, June 24 through Saturday, July 30.

Date: Friday, June 24, 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!

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

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ President Jaime Taylor announced the selection of Jeff O’Malley as the university’s new director of athletics. O’Malley joins the Cardinal family after a highly successful 20-year tenure at Marshall University serving as the associate director of athletics/chief of staff and liaison to the university’s General Counsel. O’Malley will take the reins of ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Athletics effective July 1.

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ President Jaime R. Taylor announced June 8 that Dr. Dann Brown has been named the university’s next provost and vice president for academic affairs, effective July 1, 2022. Brown replaces Dr. Brenda Nichols, who is retiring from the position after 21 years of dedicated service in different leadership roles at ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ. The announcement follows a national search that began in February with a 14-member search committee representing faculty, staff, student government and the community.

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ year end processes ensure that the university’s business is conducted in full compliance with state laws and policies. Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 ends on August 31 and the deadlines for year-end processes will ensure that expenditures made during the year will be charged appropriately. Learn more about Procurement Services.

Find your latest issue — and back issues — of LU’s magazine online at lamar.edu/cadence. The special spring/summer double issue is packed with stories of your fellow Cardinals — from artists and entrepreneurs to history makers and lovebirds. Check out the new flip-through edition!

Human Resources would like to announce the rollout of a group email for the recruiting team! Moving forward, you will be able to submit recruiting-related requests and documents to HRRecruiting@lamar.edu. This will help streamline communications while reducing confusion about to who reach out to when a recruiting need arises!

Below is a short list of items that can be sent to the recruiting group email, including but not limited to:
• F3.1 requests
• Position open/close requests
• Offer requests
• Hiring packets
• Scoring matrices
• Questions for recruitment updates
• Questions regarding the recruitment process
Please also copy the Recruiting Group email on calendar invites for interviews to allow better tracking of applicant flow.

The Midstream Center Names Tim Edward to its Industry Advisory Board. Read more about Tim Edward.

Tune in to 91.3 FM and kvlu.org to the next episode of the Bayoulands radio documentary series, featuring an interview with Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast Fellow Tim Seiter about the hidden history of the Karankawa peoples.

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.

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ is gearing up to welcome the class of 2026 to campus for New Student Orientation. This week on the , Brandie VanZanden, director of New Student and Leadership Porgrams, and assistant director of NSLP Morgan Pulliam talk about their excitement in hosting NSO and how future Cardinals can prepare.

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.

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ welcomes O'Malley as new director of athletics

Stromberg appointed to Maritime Transportation System National Advisory Committee

Writing Center serves to improve student confidence, skills

Center for Career and Professional Development prepares Cardinals to leave nest