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Date: Wednesday, Sept. 13, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center

Improve your physical and mental health this semester by visiting the LU Health and Wellness Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 13. Come meet our partners from local and on-campus health and wellness organizations. You could win great prizes for attending.

Date: Thursday, Sept. 14, 12:45 - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Mary and John Gray Library 6th floor, or

If one skill promotes career success and interpersonal development above the others, it is active listening. Join Dr. Jim Mann to learn the essentials of active listening and related communication skills to help build rapport and trust, reduce conflict, and increase problem-solving skills. More information is available.

Date: Friday, Sept. 15, 1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Reaud Building, IT Training Room 214

EPAF sessions are being offered that aid in preventing EPAFs from being returned for correction. Click here to view the session schedule and email payroll@lamar.edu with your name, L#, and which class you would like to attend, and an event invite will be sent to you with more information.

Date: Thursday, Sept. 21 - Saturday, Sept. 23, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 24, 2 p.m.
Location: LU Studio Theatre

Mary Wallace and Athena are teenage fencers training for the Junior Olympics. They practice together, they compete against each other, they spend their lives together. They wish they were friends. Come join the LU Department of Theatre and Dance for a 75-minute comedy about friendship, competition, and embracing one’s true self.

Date: Monday, Sept. 25 - Wednesday, Nov. 8, Mondays & Wednesdays, 10 - 11 a.m.
Location: LU Speech and Hearing Sciences Building

Are you or someone you love living with a dementia diagnosis? The LU Speech-Language Pathology clinic is offering free group cognitive stimulation therapy this fall. Pre-screening is required. Please call our clinic for details about inclusion criteria, dates, and times at (409) 880-8171.

Date: Monday, Sept. 23, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Location: Social and Behavioral Sciences Building, Suite 200

The LU Psychology Department is offering a six-week series of group therapy sessions to address life stress specifically related to COVID-19. Space is limited, so interested individuals are encouraged to call the clinic at (409) 880-7783 to reserve a spot.

Come join us this week for . Don't forget that you can also watch the LU Cardinals on the road on ESPN+. Go Big Red!

³ÉÈËVRӰƬ will host the 3rd annual Red Day virtual giving campaign on Sept. 14 and 15. The university is “Rolling Out the Red Carpet for 100 Years” in celebration of this special centennial fundraising event. for more information.

This week on the , Dr. Golden Wright, dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication at LU, sits down with us to discuss ³ÉÈËVRӰƬ's upcoming 100th birthday celebration, CentennialFest, scheduled for Sunday, September 17 at 4 p.m.

Tune in to this week's episode or past episodes of the LU Moment on , or wherever you get your podcasts.

Date: Friday, Sept. 1 - Saturday, Sept. 30

The request for proposals for fiscal year 2024 LU projects is now open. Lamar projects prioritize interdisciplinary or university-wide research on disaster resilience, and projects include combinations of research, education and outreach. Themes include resilience education and universal accessibility.

Date: Thursday, Aug. 17 - Wednesday, Sept. 27

Students in their final thesis or dissertation course are required by the College of Graduate Studies to register for a workshop and participate in editing a final document for ProQuest upload with graduate editing staff.

Start date: Friday, Sept. 1
Location: Virtual

This ³ÉÈËVRӰƬ policy aims to promote fair, efficient, and equitable solutions for problems arising out of the employment relationship and to meet the requirements of State and federal law. and the reporting form will facilitate the process for submitting employee grievances.

Start date: Sept. 1
Deadline: Sept. 30

The Center for Resiliency is excited to open the request for proposals for FY24 LU projects. Lamar projects prioritize interdisciplinary or university-wide disaster resilience, and projects include combinations of research, education and outreach. Themes include resilience education and universal accessibility.

On the latest episode of the podcast , KVLU is sharing a delightful conversation between Dishman Art Museum director and KVLU show host, Dennis Kiel, and renowned photographer and ³ÉÈËVRӰƬ Walles Chair of Fine Arts, Keith Carter, which originally aired on the most recent episode of the Bayoulands radio show. You can find Bayoulands TALKS on the major podcast platforms.

Deadline: Friday, Sept. 15, 5 p.m.

The 2024 Minnie Stevens Piper Professor Award application is available for faculty and staff members on .

Are you interested in serving as an on-campus advisor to one of LU's student organizations? We'd love to hear from you. on the Advisor Interest Form or give us a call at (409) 880-8727.

The research team would like to invite faculty and staff members to participate in a study titled, "Experiences with Publications Before and After Graduation." We are seeking participants who are over 18 years old, have received a doctorate degree and are a full-time faculty member. Fill out the now.

Creative writers from the Department of English and Modern Languages recently won three of six categories awarded to students by the Texas Association of Creative Writing Teachers. These authors will read at the TACWT conference in September, and they will be published in the conference journal, "Writing Texas," edited by John Schulze. The published work will be, “Feed the Baby, Fold the Laundry” by Reilly Smith, “Lupus,” by Tiffany Charleston and “Gaslight” by Mak F. Campbell

The ³ÉÈËVRӰƬ Ombuds office is your first step to resolving workplace conflicts and disagreements. The Ombuds serves as an impartial third party that is independent of the chain of command and seeks to informally resolve disputes related to faculty and staff. Meeting with Ombuds is strictly confidential. Contact the Ombuds office at (409) 880-8039 or visit our website for more information.

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All approved announcements must be received by Thursday at 3 p.m. to be included in the following week's campus update.

Dr. Golden Wright named dean of College of Fine Arts and Communication

Asian Business Student Association bridges cultural gap

LU Alumnus Christopher Bates named Constable of the Year

EIDS Shares Energy System Microbe Database with CMMS