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�Ӱɴ�ý to Host 2023 Fletcher Lecture Series Featuring Award-Winning Novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin

Payton Suire — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 13:40:13 +0000

THIBODAUX, La. – Award-winning novelist Maurice Carlos Ruffin will be the guest lecturer for the 2023 Fletcher Lecture Series set to take place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 12, in �Ӱɴ�ý’s Gouaux Hall Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. The 2023 recipients of the Linda Stanga Award for […]

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�Ӱɴ�ý Students’ Fairy Tales Published in Contes Merveilleux

Payton Suire — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 20:32:30 +0000

THIBODAUX, La. – In fall of 2022, �Ӱɴ�ý students Katherine Dean, creative writing major, Amber Robichaux, psychology major, and Annelle Fletcher, business major, wrote fairy tales in Dr. Robin White’s French 201 course. The three students entered their fairy tales in a Louisiana fairy tales contest sponsored by Centenary College, Les Editions Tintamarre, and the […]

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�Ӱɴ�ý Named Top School for Online Bachelor’s in English

Jerad David — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 21:58:05 +0000

THIBODAUX, La. — �Ӱɴ�ý’s online English bachelor’s was ranked in the top 25 by University Headquarters. �Ӱɴ�ý ranked No. 25 out of the 50 schools selected and second in Louisiana. To create the rankings, UniversityHQ considers cost of tuition, retention rate, graduation rate, graduating salary and diplomas awarded. The �Ӱɴ�ý online English program […]

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�Ӱɴ�ý Art Professor Wins International Film Award for Animated Short on Women’s Rights

Jacob Batte — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000

THIBODAUX, La. — �Ӱɴ�ý Assistant Professor of Art Marjan Khatibi won an ANMTN for an animation she created as a master’s student at the University of California in Santa Cruz. Khatibi received the Best Student Film Award from the ANMTN! The International Animation Film Festival earlier this year for her film titled, “A […]

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�Ӱɴ�ý Art Professor to Give Presentation on Virtual Reality, Empowerment at Las Vegas Conference

Jacob Batte — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 19:17:38 +0000

THIBODAUX, La. — What is the potential of using virtual reality for personal empowerment? That is a question that �Ӱɴ�ý Assistant Professor of Art Marjan Khatibi will explore as a panelist at the 2022 Broadcast Education Association Conference this month. The BEA Conference will be held April 23-26 in Las Vegas. The panel […]

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James Beard Nominated Author, Filmmaker to Visit �Ӱɴ�ý Campus

Jacob Batte — Wed, 16 Feb 2022 22:30:00 +0000

THIBODAUX, La. — New Orleans historian and filmmaker Justin Nystrom will offer a unique look into the culture of the Big Easy with a film screening and book reading at �Ӱɴ�ý on Thursday, March 10. Nystrom is the Peter J. Cangelosi/BEGGARS Distinguished Professor of History, director of the Center for the Study of […]

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Water Institute, CPRA Award �Ӱɴ�ý Nearly $500,000 for Coastal Research

Jacob Batte — Mon, 26 Jul 2021 17:30:00 +0000

THIBODAUX, La. — �Ӱɴ�ý will receive $495,368 from the Restore Act Center of Excellence for Louisiana to help coastal scientists better understand coastal ridges. Researchers will use the grant money to categorize the ecological attributes of the ridges to help coastal scientists design future ridge restoration and management projects. The Coastal Protection and […]

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�Ӱɴ�ý Online English Degree Named Top 15

Jacob Batte — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:00:00 +0000

THIBODAUX, La. — College Cliffs named �Ӱɴ�ý’s online English degree as one of the 15 best undergraduate English and writing programs in the country. The website released the list of 15 programs representing the top programs from the most prestigious schools. The list includes only two schools from Louisiana: �Ӱɴ�ý and LSU. “Our […]

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�Ӱɴ�ý Online English Program Ranked by Study.com

Jacob Batte — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 13:00:00 +0000

THIBODAUX, La. — Study.com has ranked �Ӱɴ�ý No. 8 in the country for its online English degree. �Ӱɴ�ý was the only school in Louisiana to make the list. “Our classes are primarily taught by our full-time faculty, who are experienced online teachers and accomplished in their fields of specialty,” said Dr. Robert Allen […]

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�Ӱɴ�ý, Federal Government to Develop Coastal Research Database

Jacob Batte — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 14:00:00 +0000

THIBODAUX, La. — �Ӱɴ�ý is partnering with the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to develop a database of Bayou Region and Gulf Coast research. The 4-year, $400,000 project titled “Digital Curation: Streamlining Access to Research Across Gulf of Mexico Communities,” will create a database and repository of resources for scholars, agency officials […]

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