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Banking 101
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1-2 p.m.
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Money Management Program presenting Sergio Gonzalez with Sallie Mae - Banking 101 you will learn about understanding banking, credit & debit cards, understand the cost of living, budgeting and savings.
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The Tie That Binds Us: Living Legends
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 15, 6 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center ballroom
The African American/Black student organizations will recognize local African American alumni and retired faculty of 四虎影视 as Living Legends in honor of their extraordinary contributions to their life profession.
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Phi Beta Delta Panel Lunch: Talking About Race and Gender
Date: Thursday, Feb. 16, 12-1:30 p.m.
Location: Mary and John Gray Library, room 702
Join our guests -- Dr. Chiung-Fang Chang, Dr. Ginger Gummelt and Dr. Stuart Wright -- for a discussion about diversity, equity, and inclusion in higher education and the language we use around race and gender in a society seeking to move beyond tolerance toward true acceptance.
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Be the Match
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 15-16, 11 a.m. -1:30 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center Atrium
Be the Match donation registry will be on campus at a table in the Setzer Student Center Feb. 15 and Feb. 16 from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. to educate students on bone marrow donation, and sign up interested students for the national bone marrow registry.
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Cardinal Bootcamp: Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship
Date: Thursday, Feb. 16, 1:30-6 p.m.; Feb. 17, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: CICE Building, room 113
Get an intensive crash course in entrepreneurship and hear valuable founder insights from 四虎影视 alumni entrepreneurs on Thursday Feb. 16 from 1-6 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 17 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Speakers: Dr. Jack Gill, Anthony George and Fred Vernon.
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Build A Basic Budget
Date: Thursday, Feb. 16, 1-2 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center, Neches room 120
Money Management Program is hosting an in-person workshop along with Ashlynn Lalonde from Mobiloil Credit Union. Build A Basic Budget : College students must budget for textbooks, housing, and a social life. We’ll help you plan for these expenses and keep spending in check.
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Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center Live Oak Ballroom
The Civilian Response to Active Shooter Events (CRASE) course, designed and built on the Avoid, Deny, Defend strategy developed by ALERRT in 2004, provides strategies, guidance and a proven plan for surviving an active shooter event.
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Investing
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 12-1 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center, room 120
Join Money Management Program with Laura Landry of Education First FCU for a in-person presentation and answer any questions that you may have about investing. Learn how to start small and what your investing options are. From Money Market Account to Cryptocurrency, IRA and 401ks.
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The Heidi Chronicles
Date: Thursday, Feb. 23-25, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Location: University Theatre
Winner: Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award. We follow Heidi Holland and her friends on a comedic and poignant journey from the 1960s through the 1980s as they try to navigate careers, sex, children, relationships and the role of women in a rapidly changing world.
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Out of the Darkness Walk - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Date: Saturday, Feb. 25, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center Atrium
The "" is a journey of remembrance, hope and support. It unites our communities and provides an opportunity to acknowledge the ways in which suicide and mental health conditions have affected our lives and the lives of those we love and care about.
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Center for Resiliency presents "Brown Bag Talk"
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 28, 12:40-2 p.m.
Location: Science & Technology Building, room 203
At these informal gatherings, volunteers of the research community are invited to share 15-minute presentations of the progress and outcomes of their research. Bring a lunch and enjoy the learning and fellowship!
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Faculty Appreciation Breakfast
Date: Thursday, March 2, 8-11 a.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center Live Oak Ballroom
Unwind from your busy schedule and connect with your fellow educators over a breakfast buffet complete with pancakes, eggs, and assorted breakfast meats and pastries. Discover the resources available to help bring your academic
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National Stuttering Association Beaumont/LU Chapter Meeting
Date: Thursday, March 2, 8-11 a.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center Live Oak Ballroom
If you stutter, you're not alone! It’s estimated that 1% of adults stutter which equals 160 LU faculty, students and staff sharing the common experience of stuttering. Come join us either in person or via Zoom. The NSA plays a vital role in bringing people who stutter together.
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS
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LU Mail Center closed on Presidents Day
The LU campus Post Office sales window will be closed in observance of Presidents Day Feb. 20. No metered mail, personal stamped mail or packages would go out that day. The package distribution window will remain open for pickup of departmental and student packages.
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Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Majors from all academic areas are invited to apply for a Summer Undergraduate Fellowship by Feb. 20. Please contact Dr. Cristian Bahrim, program director, by Feb. 15 at cbahrim@lamar.edu with an email of intent to apply.
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Applications Accepted for Fall 2023 Admission to the BSN Program Open
Students now have until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 1, to apply for Fall 2023 admission to the BSN program. Be sure to check in with your pre-nursing advisor and visit lamar.edu/nursing to find our application and more information.
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Hiring for Academic Coaching
LU Success is hiring for Peer Success Partners. We are seeking dedicated and collaborative undergraduate students who aspire to guide their peers in achieving academic goals through personalized approaches to learning. Pay starts at $12/hr. Vist .
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Call for Submissions: LamarStrong - A Resiliency Reader
TELL US YOUR STORY! This volume will feature original works from students, staff, faculty and alumni from the broader Lamar community (LU, LSCO, LSCPA and LIT). Various genres accepted: poetry, short fiction, nonfiction, scholarly writing, and visual art. Awards for five outstanding submissions in each category.
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Apply for the Ann Shaw Leadership Award
The Ann Shaw Award recognizes a junior or senior student who makes significant contributions to the LU community through teamwork, leadership, ethics and integrity. Students may apply or be nominated by a student, faculty or staff. The winner receives $1,000 and special LU recognition.
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Cardinal View Table Registration and Decoration Competition
Cardinal View table registration is now live! Calling all academic programs, campus resources and student organizations to take part in LU's largest prospective student open house event! Register, learn more and see the theme for this year's table decoration competition on our website.
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Texas Business Hall of Fame Scholarship Applications Now Open
scholarship applications are now open for Texas-based students who are entrepreneurs and business leaders.
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Join CO Team - Be an Orientation Leader!
Do you have tons of Cardinal Pride? Make your mark at LU and apply to be an Orientation Leader on our Cardinal Orientation Team! OL's greet new students at each summer orientation and teach them all about life at LU. Get more details and apply at lamar.edu/coteam. New deadline: Feb. 24 at 5pm.
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University Professors/ Merit Award Call for Nominations
四虎影视 Provost office is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2023 University Professor and University Merit Award. Nominations are due by Feb. 3. Please see guidelines for nominations.
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LU Ambassadors Program Now Accepting Applications
Pick up your application for the LU Ambassadors in the Office of Alumni Affairs, room 102 of the Rudy Williams Building on the 四虎影视 campus. Application packets will be available until March 3.
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LU Moment: Cardinals taking flight - Allaina and Isabel | S5 Ep. 10
This week on the , LU crew members Allaina Melancon and Isabel Martinez discuss student development, their roles at the 四虎影视 Welcome Center and their recent student conference in Denver, Colorado.
Tune in to this week's episode or past episodes of the LU Moment on and all podcast platforms.
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This Week in Rec Sports
This week in sports:
- Have you ever worked out on a trampoline? Trampo-Lean class is every Wednesday, 12:40-1:20 p.m. in the Fitness Studio.
- Swim at the heated Indoor Pool!
- Rent FREE camping equipment from the Rec!
- Badminton Tournament 4-8 pm Tue-Wed-Thu. Sign up onsite!
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LU Athletics Weekly Calendar
Come join us this week for LU Athletics events! Join us for home basketball games as well as opening weekend for Cardinal Baseball!
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EAP Interface Behavioral Health
四虎影视 provides an benefit that is available to employees, spouse, and dependents at no cost. The EAP provides support with personal issues, planning life events, and/or work related concerns.
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Covid Boosters Available at Student Health Center
The Student Health Center has the Pfizer Bivalent booster shot available to all students, faculty, and staff who have completed the initial vaccination series regardless of who manufactured the initial series. Please call 409.880.8466 for an appointment.
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Get Publicity!
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.
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