ULM News

Matthew S. Stevens, a University of Louisiana at Monroe graduate, has contracted to lead a state-funded program in Maryland that will equip new minority business owners with the essentials of running a construction company.

Joel Willer, general manager of ULM's student-operated radio station KXUL-FM, was quoted in a recent New York Times article about logs that show listeners from as far away as Sri Lanka and Australia have found KXUL on the Internet.

ULM President Dr. James E. Cofer Sr. has announced the University of Louisiana at Monroe’s Fall 2008 semester President’s List and Honor Roll.

University of Louisiana at Monroe assistant professor of geosciences Boniface J. Mills will present at the 89th national convention of the American Meteorological Society.

This week, several staff members of the Clark M. Williams Student Success Center (SSC) at ULM created an entire Christmas Village - complete with a perfect replica of the ULM Library.

Several University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Pharmacy faculty members in the Department of Clinical and Administrative Sciences received their board certification in pharmacotherapy in December.

Members of the ULM Opera Studio have been invited to Washington D.C. Friday, Jan. 9, to present the premiere of a children's opera about the environment titled "The Greenest Story Ever Told."

The holiday season served as the perfect backdrop to the spirit of giving, which was the keynote message delivered to 404 ULM graduates on Saturday by ULS President Randy Moffett.

The Louisiana Small Business Development Center State Office, located at ULM, will administer nearly $2.3 million to assist small businesses throughout Louisiana impacted by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike earlier this year.

Lisa C. Colvin, interim dean of ULM’s Graduate School, will serve as statewide chair of the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Council of Graduate Deans. The Council is a consortium of Deans in Louisiana who meet annually to discuss significant items of interest affecting graduate schools at the state and national level.

More than 60 supporters of the University of Louisiana at Monroe Museum of Natural History gathered last week to celebrate the museum’s impressive displays and improvements on the third floor of Sandel Hall.

The University of Louisiana at Monroe’s Office of Career Connections and Experiential Education will host an On-Campus Job Expo, Wednesday, Jan. 14, from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the top floor of the Student Union Building.

The University of Louisiana at Monroe welcomes Dinah H. Williams as its new assistant dean of the ULM Library. Most recently, she served as assistant professor and coordinator of public services at the university library, from 2003-2008.

The University of Louisiana at Monroe intramural flag football team, considered one of the top teams in America, will travel to New Orleans Dec. 28-31 to compete in the 2008 Slingbox American Collegiate Intramural Sports Football National Championships, the largest collegiate football program in the nation.

Public radio station KEDM 90.3 FM’s Community Advisory Board has elected new board members and officers for the upcoming calendar year.

The University of Louisiana at Monroe School of Visual and Performing Arts, in partnership with Ecoutez Press, will welcome Imani Winds, a renowned quintet of flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon, and French horn.

Michael Beutner, associate professor of instructional technology at ULM, has been selected as the 2008 Louisiana Post Secondary Teacher of the Year for his efforts to guide, broaden and enhance educational technology practice in schools.

The University of Louisiana System announced grant awards through the Corporation for National and Community Service's Learn and Serve America Program on Friday, including more than $12,000 for two separate ULM projects during academic year 2009-10.

Dr. William Bourn, long-time dean of ULM’s College of Health Sciences and current director of development for the College of Pharmacy, will retire at the end of the year following more than three decades of service.

Dr. Jeffrey Cass, dean of the University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Arts and Sciences, has three new publications.