McNeese State University News

Each year in the United States, just 650 physicians complete orthopedic residency training.

The Rapides Symphony Orchestra's holiday concert, "Heralding the Holidays," will be an afternoon of family and friends starting at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center at 1202 Third St.

Jennifer G. Yerdon and Charles N. LeJeune are engaged to marry July 10 in Morgantown, W.Va., where the couple lives.

You could hardly hear the auctioneers over the excited rumble of the crowd and the occasional bellow of animals Wednesday in the livestock barn at the Louisiana State Fair in Shreveport.

The war against the H1N1 virus is underway by health officials. President Obama officially declared it a national emergency and this week, one of the most at-risk groups for contracting the virus in Louisiana is getting its hands on the vaccine.

When Xavier Allen arrived at the Vidalia Riverfront Convention Center on Wednesday for the Concordia Parish School Board's College Day, he already had a plan for his future.

LAKE CHARLES - McNeese State University is hosting a marching band festival this month.

BATON ROUGE - A full-time job, an 18-month-old baby and keeping house for her family weren't enough to stop Christina Broussard from pursuing a university degree.

People love to see black and white but hate to see grey, according to Darek Jackson.

Back to school pressures of new classes and new people are at the top of the list of college stressors - and this year, the threat of swine flu is giving students something else to worry about.

All Zachary High School students and their parents are invited to attend the school's first "College Fair" at 6 p.m. today for information on college admissions, academic programs, financial aid and scholarships and campus life.

The University of Louisiana at Monroe will likely end its cattle breeding and fattening programs at the end of the calendar year following the sale of 114 cows last week.

'As expected, the H1N1 influenza is making a comeback as PreK-12 and college students return to schools and campuses,' said Toby Osburn, McNeese State University's dean of student services, . 'Just as seasonal flu, this virus is spread by human-to-human contact through coughing and sneezing.

The atmosphere on Saturday nights at Cowboy Stadium is being improved by McNeese State University.

Assistant Superintendent John Turpin got all of the figures together from the State, and the news was pretty good at Monday night's Mexia School Board meeting.

Whether it's being away from home for the first time or the freedom over food choices, the first year of college can be brutal to freshmen waistlines.

Shaw University, deeply indebted and aggressively seeking donors, has hired a vice president who was successfully sued for sexual harassment and a dean dismissed from the only other administrative job on his résumé. The vice president, Lee Monroe, a Shaw alumnus, was hired this summer after his 2007 departure as president of Voorhees ...

Katie Erin Barilleaux and Dane Steven Burleigh were united in marriage on August 1, 2009, during a ceremony at St.

Two experienced prosecutors, one from Ruston, have been recommended for the job of U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana by U.S. Sen.

LOUISIANA WOMEN: THEIR LIVES AND TIMES Edited by Janet Allured and Judith F. Gentry University of Georgia Press, $24.95 "Louisiana Women: Their Life and Times," edited by Janet Allured of McNeese State University and Judith Gentry of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, was inspired by a colleague's question of her students.