ULM News

KEDM Public Radio 90.3 FM will host a Director's Gala on opening night of the University of Louisiana at Monroe's production of "Guys and Dolls," from 5-7 p.m., on Thursday, April 18.

The University of Louisiana at Monroe has embarked on its 2013 Strategic Planning process, which includes a drafted document that highlights the current state of the university and its goals.

Students in the University of Louisiana at Monroe’s Speech-Language Pathology master's degree program earned a third consecutive 100 percent passage rate on the spring 2013 Praxis exit exam.

Computer Information Systems faculty members at the University of Louisiana at Monroe recently joined the Academic Initiative provided by IBM, one of the world's most recognized and respected technology firms.

Faculty, staff and students from the University of Louisiana System's nine universities will come together Friday and Saturday, April 12 and 13, on the University of Louisiana at Monroe campus for the system's second annual Academic Summit.

The University of Louisiana at Monroe Fishing Team is now ranked first nationally, after competing in fishing tournaments sanctioned by the Association of Collegiate Anglers. The ACA School of the Year standings currently includes hundreds of collegiate fishing teams from across the country, ranked on a point system.

At 11 a.m. on Friday, April 12, University of Louisiana at Monroe and community officials will celebrate the dedication of "Kitty DeGree Hall." The public is encouraged to attend. The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors approved renaming the university's nursing building in honor of philanthropist Kitty DeGree, on Feb. 26, following a formal request from ULM.

Michael Davis, assistant director for housing at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, received a Service Award from the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers (SEAHO) during their annual conference in Atlanta, Ga., in early March.

Kim Whorton, assistant professor Dental Hygiene at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, presented a poster at the American Dental Educator's Meeting in Seattle, Wash., in March.

Students from The University of Louisiana at Monroe Honors Program attended the annual meeting of the Louisiana Collegiate Honors Council at Delgado Community College New Orleans at the end of February.

The National Cancer Institute awarded $310,045 to Yong-Yu Liu, an associate professor of pharmacology at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. The grant will fund his "critically important" breast cancer research.

The University of Louisiana at Monroe School of Visual and Performing Arts announces its rendition of the celebrated musical "Guys and Dolls" in ULM's Brown Theatre. One showing will be given every day from April 18-21. Each evening's performance will begin at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday's showing at 2 p.m.

University of Louisiana at Monroe graduates Lindsey Eickman (BS, '10), Amelia Mixon (BS, '12), and Helen Portman (BS, '11) share the unique position of working in the construction industry, a field typically dominated by men.

lightPath, the University of Louisiana at Monroe's online advising system is now available to be downloaded and used by "universities from Kansas to Kenya," as remarked by its lead programmer, ULM Web Application Programmer, Richard Peacock.

ULM associate athletic director for internal operations Phil Shaw has been named the recipient of the annual Southeast Athletic Trainer's Association's (SEATA) College/University Athletic Trainer Award.

The University of Louisiana at Monroe College of Education and Human Development Culture Connection and the Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum have partnered to present a week of events, April 8-12.

The newest work by faculty in the University of Louisiana at Monroe's Marriage and Family Therapy program has been called "a page-packed monument to unscripted change." Dr. Hillary Keeney, adjunct faculty in ULM's Marriage and Family Therapy program, and Dr. Bradford Keeney, professor and Hanna Spyker Eminent Scholars Chair in Education, published "Creative Therapeutic Technique: Skills for the Art of Bringing Forth Change."

Emily Williamson, instructor in Curriculum, Instruction and Leadership, was a guest panelist at The Children's Coalition for Northeast Louisiana's first annual "What Works: Birth to Adolescence" Conference this month.

Johntavious Hampton, a senior medical laboratory science student at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, attended the 2013 American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science Legislative Symposium Day in Washington D.C., March 18-19.

A memorial service for ULM Professor Dr. Horace Perry "H.P." Jones will be held at 5 p.m., Sunday, March 24, at Parkview Baptist Church, located at 1001 Forsythe Avenue in Monroe. A visitation and reception will follow the service.