The membership campaign for the 20^th season of the Banners Cultural Series at McNeese State University is in full swing. Twenty events will take place between Feb. 26 and May 12, and will range from a Bollywood style of belly dancing to singing the blues.

The McNeese State University Department of Performing Arts will present a guest artist recital featuring pianist Dr. Susan Tang at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, in the Shearman Fine Arts Theatre.

A seminar titled "How to Be a Smarter Insurance Consumer” will be offered from 10 a.m.-noon Friday, Feb. 10, in the second floor conference room at the Calcasieu Parish Central Library.

Dr. Wendy Whelan, McNeese assistant professor of American literature and women studies, has received her doctorate in English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her dissertation is titled, "Transformational Theories: North American Women Writers and Their Revisions of Homeric Epic.”

McNeese State University faculty Dr. Kiran Boggavarapu, assistant professor of chemistry, and Dr. Anil K. Kandalam, assistant professor of physics, have once again collaborated with research colleagues from Johns Hopkins University in Maryland to discover something new – lead sulfide (PbS) baby crystals.

The theme of this spring's McNeese State University Senior Adult Group Encounter program is "Louisiana Potpourri.” SAGE offers a series of topics for area adults age 50 and over on Mondays from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in Room 103 of Hardtner Hall or Room 207 of the Shearman Fine Arts Annex.

Six McNeese State University students received the Summa Cum Laude (3.90-4.00) designations in fall commencement ceremonies held Saturday, Dec. 17, at Burton Coliseum.

A Notary Public Exam Prep course will be offered by the McNeese State University Electronic Learning Officeand the Louisiana State University-Shreveport Continuing Education Department through compressed video from 1-5 p.m. Saturdays, March 3 – May 5, excluding March 31 and April 7, on McNeese's campus.

McNeese State University will offer an online baccalaureate degree in management this spring through the Center for Adult Learning in Louisiana (CALL) program. The McNeese CALL program already offers three online degree programs— sociology, sociology with a concentration in family and child studies, and a criminal justice degree in a 2+2 program with Louisiana State University-Eunice.

McNeese People Briefs highlight the accomplishments of MSU students, faculty and staff.

The McNeese State University Department of Performing Arts will present Jae Oh, a music performance major from the Republic of Korea, in a free senior clarinet recital at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 in Ralph Squires Recital Hall in the Shearman Fine Arts Building.

The McNeese State University Department of Performing Arts will present Patricia Wilson Wiley, a Lake Charles vocal music education major, in a free senior recital at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 1 in Ralph Squires Recital Hall in the Shearman Fine Arts Building.

Thirty-one McNeese State University senior nursing students enrolled in a public health course this fall learned how to "piece together a healthy community” hundreds of miles away without ever leaving their classroom in Hardtner Hall.

Dr. Joe Cash, retired chair of the Department of English and Foreign Languages at McNeese State University, was recently honored by the university with Professor Emeritus status.

Conducting research, tagging wildlife and hanging art exhibits—these types of internships allow McNeese State University students to connect their classroom knowledge with on-the-job applications.

The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans recently honored William J. Doré with the 2011 Horatio Alger Norman Vincent Peale Award in Washington D.C.

Those wishing to contribute to the Anita and Joe Tritico Theatre effort by purchasing a theatre seat in the new Shearman Fine Arts Annex with your name, your business name or the name of a loved one may click here to download the donation card.