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Date: Monday, Aug. 7, 1 - 4 p.m.
Location: Reaud Honors Building, Executive Room

You are invited to join the 2023 S.U.R.F. Symposium. Fourteen fellows of the 2023 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program will conclude their experience, offering talks at the showcase. The symposium is also available to (passcode is 88888).

Date: Monday, Aug. 14, 8 - 10 a.m.
Location: Montagne Center

Help us restock our Cardinal Pantry for the fall semester. Please bring snacks and shelf-stable items to the President's Convocation for faculty and staff. Staff council members will be at the entrance next to the Cardinal Club at the Montagne Center collecting your donations. More information is available.

The Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 ends on August 31, 2023. Financial Services has established the following deadlines for processing transactions against current FY23 funds to ensure the university’s business is conducted in full compliance with state laws and policies. This also helps establish purchase orders/contracts/payments/travel/payroll/inventory applications for the start of FY24. These deadlines are established to enable staff to better manage the increased year-end workload. We ask that departments adhere to the deadlines to the best of their ability.

Tune in Sunday, July 23, for an encore of Bayoulands, the KVLU radio series. The episode includes a conversation with historian Judith Linsley about ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ leaders from the past century, along with a feature on Port Arthur's Pleasure Island and conservation efforts at Shangri La Gardens.

Check out the Bayoulands TALKS podcast to hear historian Judith Linsley and KVLU's Jason Miller discuss the many leaders who have led ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ over the past century. We hope you enjoy this Lamar Centennial story. The podcast is .

The parking office has updated its policy regarding gate request and reserve spaces for events. All gate request and reserve spaces can be done through the Event Request Form. Please request gate access or reserve parking spaces at least three days in advance.

Special collections of the Mary and John Gray Library received a collection from Mary Barrett, who's the geology professor emeiti of Centenary College and an oilfield historian. Barrett's papers include meticulous research on the lives of Blacks in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas who worked in the oil fields. Barrett is an alumnus of Stephen F. Austin and Johns Hopkins and has also written 16 articles published in journals about the impact oil field waste has on the environment.

Are you interested in serving as an on-campus advisor to one of LU's student organizations? We'd love to hear from you. See our requirements on the and give us a call.

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Dr. Phillip Cole secures over $300,000 in grant funding

Collegiate 100 of ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ win big at C100 Leadership and Career Institute Conference

Dishman School of Nursing receives $90,000 from Baptist Hospitals of SETX Innovation Fund