- JULY 2004
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- "Envision 2004" Scheduled for September 9
- Mark your calendar and
spread the news! Envision 2004, a
special event to celebrate
ULM
, is scheduled for
September 9, 2004
, at the
Monroe
Civic
Center
from
6:00 p.m.
to
9 p.m. This community event will
be the kick-off of the 75th anniversary celebration of the
university, which will be held in 2006... [Read More]
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- ULM
Officials Receive Flags From War
- Jerry
Hurst, an officer with the University Police Department at
ULM
was sent to
Afghanistan
in December of 2003 along with three other UPD
officers. Shortly afterwards,
Hurst
received a package from his colleagues at the
UPD. It contained the usual things: shampoo, deodorant, sunscreen, baby
wipes, and cookies. But, the package, put together by UPD’s Lt. Peter
Lindsey, also contained a
ULM
bandana and a
ULM
flag... [Read More]
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- Smart Classrooms
Available On Campus
- This summer, twenty-two
classrooms were made over into “smart classrooms.” “Smart
classrooms” are lecture rooms and lecture halls equipped with computers,
DVD and VCR players, a sound system, Internet connections, and document
cameras. Dr. Eric Pani, Associate
Provost, says the classrooms will be very appealing to today’s
technology-savvy students and will help the faculty reach more students
because of the additional resources available to them... [Read
More]
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- Bayou Farewell: The
Rich Life and Tragic Death of
Louisiana
's
Cajun
Coast
by Mike Tidwell, is making an impact in
northeast
Louisiana
. The book chronicles the condition of the disappearing
Louisiana
coastline. The author hopes to make public, in his own words, “The
greatest untold story about the biggest calamity in the nation right
now.” KEDM, 90.3 F.M., the
public radio station housed on campus, is offering some help in getting
that story told. Every Saturday morning at
10 a.m.
you can hear community volunteers read excerpts from the book... [Read
More]
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- The
School
of
Visual
and Performing Arts is pleased to announce the inclusion of a Dance Minor
at
ULM
in the fall semester of 2004. The Dance Minor for the Bachelor of Arts
degree is intended to provide students majoring in other academic fields
with a concentration in dance... [Read More]
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- Virtual Reality Art
Gallery Now Open
- Glancing through an art
gallery to view exceptional student art without even leaving your computer
is now available online! Student artwork can be seen either one-by-one or
by navigating through a virtual reality tour of the campus' Bry Gallery
with the touch of a computer mouse. It can be found at
www.ulm.edu/art/vrgallery/ ... [Read
More]
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- Faculty
Member and Students Provide Instruction and Humanitarian Aid in
Ukraine
- Dr. Charles Pryor, Head
of Educational Leadership and Counseling, and two
ULM
students, Steve Traxler, a construction major and Stuart Traxler, a
criminal justice major, joined a team of ten volunteers who traveled to
eastern
Ukraine
from June 17 to June 27 to provide instruction and humanitarian aid in a
children’s camp there. In addition to the camp work, the team served as
consultants to an orphanage recently established to provide a home for up
to twenty-nine homeless Ukrainian children... [Read
More]
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