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Date: Friday, Sept. 30, 8 p.m.
Location: Major Event Center

Join the �Ļ�Ӱ�� Black Alumni Network on Friday, Sept. 30 for the 2nd annual Homecoming Scholarship Gala at the Major Event Center. For more information on event registration or sponsorship opportunities, visit lamar.edu/blackalumnigala. Advance registration is required by Sept. 23.

Date: Friday, Sept. 30, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Dishman Art Museum

Please join the Dishman Art Museum, at the opening reception for two art exhibitions — Keith Carter: Ghostlight and Crystal Realities to Artificial Intelligence: Multidisciplinary Explorations in Photography. Food and drinks provided. Free and open to the public.

Date: Friday, Sept. 30, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Dishman Art Museum, Auditorium

Four multidisciplinary artists, Linda Alterwitz, Dornith Doherty, Rashed Haq and Liz Hickok, discuss incorporating STEM technologies and themes into their respective art practices. This event, held in the Dishman Art Museum Auditorium, follows up with the opening reception for the art exhibit, "Crystal Realities to Artificial Intelligence."

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 5, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. 
Location: Dining Hall Lawn

More than 13 local farmers and vendors will come together on �Ļ�Ӱ��’s campus to share their goods, meet with students and create meaningful memories as the school year kicks off. The event, called “,” is put on by Chartwells Higher Education, �Ļ�Ӱ��’s food service provider, and will be hosted virtually by celebrity chef Jet Tila. There will be prizes, games and shopping opportunities with the vendors. We will also have a specially crafted fall menu in the dining hall.

Date: Thursday, Oct. 6, 6:30 - 8 p.m.
Location: Speech and Hearing Sciences Building, Room 170

If you stutter, you are not alone! Come join us at our first fall meeting. NSA chapters can help. With more than 3 million Americans sharing the common experience of stuttering, the National Stuttering Association (NSA) plays a vital role in letting people who stutter know that they are not alone.

Date: Oct. 6-8, 7:30 p.m. & Oct. 9, 2 p.m.
Location: Studio Theatre

"The Clean House" is a play by Sarah Ruhl. A 2005 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, this wildly theatrical and funny play is a whimsical and poignant look at class, comedy and the true nature of love. Tickets are for purchase. 

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 12, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location: Landes Auditorium

Please join us for a panel discussion on how to present a poster or give a talk in the upcoming Office of Undergraduate Research conferences — 10th Annual Texas STEM 2022 Conference, held on Nov. 5, and the 9th Annual Humanities, Arts, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Education and Business (HASBSEB), held on Nov. 19. Past successful presenters will share their experiences. Several awards also will be offered at these events.

Come join us this week for LU Athletics events! See the volleyball team at McDonald Gym on Thursday and Saturday. Watch the undefeated soccer team on Friday night. And come to the LU football game on Saturday afternoon!

Faculty Affiliates of the Center for History and Culture consist of a diverse, multi-disciplinary group of scholars, creatives, and educators whose academic activities intersect with our mission to promote knowledge and creativity about Southeast Texas and the greater Gulf Coast. Application deadline is 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 15.

The 2023-2024 Scholarship Application is now open! Please log in to to apply to all scholarships on the student task list. The priority deadline for scholarship applications this year is January 15, 2023.

Do you want to have a great research experience this university year? Apply for an Office of Undergraduate Research grant. Send an email of intent by Sep. 20 to cbahrim@lamar.edu. Submission deadline is Sep. 25. Research Grants are available for all undergraduates from all levels and all academic areas.

The 2023 Minnie Stevens Piper Professor application is available for all faculty on .

Calling all faculty! Do you want to create a reading list for your courses in Blackboard using library resources? We have three major database vendors embedded in Blackboard for you to include e-books, articles and videos. . For assistance contact blackboard@lamar.edu.

Have something to share?  your good news (e.g., events, publications, faculty research, awards, departmental congratulations, grants, etc.) and the Office of Marketing Communications will get the word out through emails, web, social media and more. 

All approved announcements must be received by Thursday at 3 p.m. to be included in the following week's campus update.

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.

�Ļ�Ӱ�� is gearing up for its 2022 homecoming celebration! This week on the , Troy Gray, director of Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum, speaks about the return of Big Red's Ride Classic and Antique Car Show and what Cardinal fans can look forward to this year!

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 �Ļ�Ӱ��/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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