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Date: Thursday, Sept. 21 - Saturday, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 24, 2 p.m.
Location: LU Studio Theatre

Mary Wallace and Athena are teenage fencers training for the Junior Olympics. They practice together, they compete against each other, they spend their lives together. They wish they were friends. Come join the LU Department of Theatre and Dance for a 75-minute comedy about friendship, competition, and embracing one’s true self.

Date: Thursday, Sept. 21, 12:45 - 1:45 p.m.
Location: LU Galloway Business Building, Landes Auditorium

Dr. Patricia Poli, the national rresident-elect of Beta Alpha Psi, associate professor emerita of accounting at the Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University, and seasoned accounting professional, will give a special presentation entitled "Your Transformation" on Thursday, Sept 21.

Date: Sunday, Sept. 24, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Location: 91.3 KVLU Public Radio (virtual)

Tune in to 91.3 and kvlu.org on Sept. 24 at 5 p.m. for an encore of the  radio show featuring stories about the people and places of Southeast Texas. This special interview will include a conversation between Dishman Art Museum Director Dennis Kiel and renowned photographer Keith Carter.

Date: Monday, Sept. 25, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Social and Behavioral Sciences Building, Suite 200

The LU Psychology Department is offering a six-week series of group therapy sessions to address life stress specifically related to COVID-19. Space is limited, so interested individuals are encouraged to call the clinic at (409) 880-7783 to reserve a spot.

Date: Monday, Sept. 25 - Wednesday, Nov. 8, Mondays & Wednesdays, 10 - 11 a.m.
Location: LU Speech and Hearing Sciences Building

Are you or someone you love living with a dementia diagnosis? The LU Speech-Language Pathology clinic is offering free group cognitive stimulation therapy this fall. Pre-screening is required. Please call our clinic for details about inclusion criteria, dates, and times at (409) 880-8171.

Date: Tuesday, Sept. 26, 12:40 - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Science & Technology Building, Room 203

The LU Center for Resiliency will host another Brown Bag Lecture featuring Dr. Clark & Dr. Sujung Cho from the Department of Music, addressing resiliency through the life and music of Beethoven. Also featured, Robert McGonagle will discuss the mystery of wildfire in Southeast Texas. For more information, contact Teressa Robertson at teressa.robertson@lamar.edu.

Date: Thursday, Sept. 28, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Location: Dishman Art Museum

Amazon best-selling author Monica Walters, the Queen of "Country Hood" Love Stories, will sit down for an interview, read from her work, and answer audience questions. A reception with refreshments will take place at 4:30 p.m. in the Dishman 1st floor gallery. The author event will take place at 5:00 pm in the Dishman Auditorium.

Date: Friday, Sept. 29 & Saturday, Sept. 30
Location: LU Music Building, Rothwell Recital Hall

Join the Mary Morgan Moore Department of Music for the Lamar Piano Festival on Friday Sept. 29 and Saturday, Sept. 30. Schedule of events can be found below:

Sept. 29, 12:40 p.m. Masterclass featuring Duo Mundi George & Guli; 7:30 p.m. Lamar Piano Faculty Recital
Sept. 30, 9:00 a.m. Masterclass for pre-college students; 1:00 p.m. Pre-college student recital; 3:00 p.m.  Piano studio recital; 7:30 p.m. Guest recital: Duo Mundi George & Guli

Date: Monday, Oct. 2, 1:00 p.m.
Location: 91.3 KVLU Public Radio (virtual)

KVLU will host Asian View, a five-minute news feature each weekday at 1 p.m., beginning Monday, Oct. 2. From NHK World-Japan Radio, Asian View features the latest geopolitical, business and cultural news from Japan and the rest of Asia. Listen on 91.3 FM or online at kvlu.org.

Date: Friday, Oct. 13, 1:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Mary & John Gray Library, 8th floor

Join us for Honors Scholars Day, and come explore what our honors students have created during their time at LU. Refreshments will be provided, and drop-ins are encouraged. Booths and panel presentations will be set up for attendees.

Come join us this week for . Don't forget that you can also watch the LU Cardinals on the road on ESPN+. Go Big Red!

This week on the , we sit down with Roy West, ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ alumnus and current mayor of the City of Beaumont. Listen in as Mayor West discusses the relationship between ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ and the Beaumont community.

Tune in to this week's episode or past episodes of the LU Moment on , or wherever you get your podcasts.

Beginning October 12, access to Blackboard courses created in 2019 or earlier will no longer be available. This means that any courses, materials and content associated with these older courses will be archived and no longer accessible through the Blackboard platform. 

For faculty, this change means that you must ensure that any course materials and resources you plan to use in the future are located in your current Blackboard courses or saved to a local drive. NOTE: This process will not impact course templates -- only previously completed course sections with actual student enrollments. 

Questions? Please contact Blackboard Support at (409) 880-2222 or email blackboard@lamar.edu.

Date: Friday, Sept. 1 - Saturday, Sept. 30

The request for proposals for fiscal year 2024 LU projects is now open. Lamar projects prioritize interdisciplinary or university-wide research on disaster resilience, and projects include combinations of research, education and outreach. Themes include resilience education and universal accessibility.

Date: Thursday, Aug. 17 - Wednesday, Sept. 27

Students in their final thesis or dissertation course are required by the College of Graduate Studies to register for a workshop and participate in editing a final document for ProQuest upload with graduate editing staff.

Deadline: Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 11:59 p.m.

Entries accepted through Submit your abstract for research papers and posters as noted in the Current Events on the College of Graduate Studies webpage. Acceptance is competitive, with several regional universities also attending. The conference will be held here at ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ on March 28 and 29, 2024.

Have something to share?  (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.

Dr. Chiung-Fang Chang receives grant funding to collaborate on environmental health concerns

LU’s Dr. Stinson, Dr. White selected for BBB of Southeast Texas Women of Integrity award

Beaumont City Council declares September 17 as “ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ Day”

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ alumni, faculty dominate Southeast Texas 40 Under 40 2023 honoree list

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ announces $100,000 in scholarships for Southeast Texas high school students

ËÄ»¢Ó°ÊÓ alumnus Dylan Newton transforms into renowned cyberpunk photographer

Chemical engineering professor Dr. Helen Lou receives Grant from National Science Foundation