SW LA. STUDENTS NAMED TO HONORS LIST
HAMMOND — Several Southwest Louisiana students were among 3,768 named to fall semester honors lists at Southeastern Louisiana University.
To be named to the president’s list, students must have earned a 3.5 or better gradepoint average.
Local students who achieved the honor: JASMINE J. FRANCIS and ALEXANDER B. MURRAY, both of Lake Charles; SAVANNAH M. PATTON of Sulphur; and WHITNEY D. ADAMS of Vinton.
Students on the honor roll have earned a 3.0-3.19 GPA. Local students named to Southeastern’s honor roll are TIMOTHY W. DAVIS and ALEXIS M. JONES, both of Lake Charles, and KARYN L. DENBOER of Sulphur.
ENGINEERING STUDENTS
WIN SCHOLARSHIPS
McNeese State University civil engineering students TRENT HARGRAVE of Lake Arthur and MATTHEW MIXON of Moss Bluff have been awarded $1,000 scholarships by the state Department of Transportation and Development.
“These future transportation leaders represent some of the best and brightest of Louisiana in the civil engineering field at six state universities, and we hope these scholarships inspire them to achieve new heights,” said DOTD Secretary Shawn D. Wilson.
The awards are made possible by a scholarship program funded by the Southeastern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in conjunction with the DOTD and the Louisiana Transportation Research Center.
SASHTO scholarships are given each year to juniors and seniors in civil engineering in Louisiana universities with a professed interest in the transportation field.
ARDIZZONE WINS
POSTER AWARD
McNeese State University biology senior CALEB ARDIZZONE recently received the Best Undergraduate Student Poster award at the American Society for Microbiology South Central Branch’s annual meeting at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Other biology students who presented posters were SARAH DEEB, ZAHAAN ESWANI, KALEB MCDADE and TAMYLLES SOUZA DA COSTA.
Ardizzone and DAKOTA JOHNSON also participated in the 25th International Congress of Entomology in Orlando, Fla.
MCNEESE CHEMISTRY STUDENTS RECOGNIZED
Two McNeese State University forensic chemistry students, KELSEY BROUSSARD and SABRINA BONILLA, were selected to participate in a recent Young Forensic Toxicologist Student Enrichment Program at the Society of Forensic Toxicologists meeting in Dallas.
The program promotes education, networking and interaction among forensic toxicology practitioners and students.
McNeese was the first university in the state to offer a concentration in forensics chemistry.
NURSING STUDENTS MAKE PRESENTATIONS
Two nursing graduate students at McNeese State University made poster presentations during a recent one-day research conference hosted by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Sigma Theta Tau International Delta Eta Chapter. The conference was titled “Leading Change: Advancing Evidence-Based Practice Through Nursing Scholarship.”
JAIME ELDER presented “Unveiling the Rationales for Undiagnosed COPD.” NOOR DEEB presented “Assessment of Sexually Transmitted Disease Knowledge in College Students.”
LOCALS HONORED AT
NORTHWESTERN STATE
NATCHITOCHES — Six hundred fifty-three students were named to the fall 2016 president’s list at Northwestern State University. Students on the list earned a gradepoint average of 4.0. Those named to the list:
DeQuincy: Daniel Killian. DeRidder: Marcel Bilbo, Sara Bishop, Karli Chambers, John Ham, Amanda Krygowski, Jessica McManus, Kristina Pfantz, Shynikia Roberson, Claudia Rouleau, Jacqueline Rushford, Mikalyn Russell, Matthew Stevenson and Desiree Whitaker. Fort Polk: Brittany Chadwick, Robyn Foxworth, Shaunda Gordon, Yaimara Narito and Sandra Valdez. Jennings: Emily Benoit, Wesley Simien and Lydia Williams. Lake Charles: Jamila Daniel, Paula DeJean, Landon Dore, Joshua Fontenot, Karley Hebert, Rebekah Keller and Jason Perry. Leesville: Destin Bennett, Katherine Benson, Michael Cain, Charlotte Cassin, Carter Coriell, Connor Dillon, Katlynn Dillon, Morgan Hall, Leila Hardy, Katarina Haymon, Emily Jackson, Brandon Judd, Zachary Keeton, Reagan Koury, Jessica Mango, Karl Marzahl, Miranda Mize, Hannah Scott, Kasci Toups, Tabitha Vasquez and Matthew Ward. Oakdale: Katelyn Johnson. Oberlin: Jonathon Villareal. Pitkin: Mattie Stewart. Sulphur: Taylor Morris. Vinton: Emily Walter.
ALMATAR NAMED
TO DEAN’S LIST
DUBUQUE, Iowa — ROQIAH ALMATAR of Lake Charles has been named to the fall semester academic dean’s list at the University of Dubuque.
To be named to the dean’s list, a student must earn a grade-point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale for that semester.
STUMP ON NOTRE
DAME DEAN’S LIST
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — ZACHARY R. STUMP of Lake Charles has been named to the dean’s list in the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business for outstanding scholarship during the fall 2016 semester.
Students who achieve dean’s honors at Notre Dame represent the top 30 percent of students in their college.
Zachary is a 2015 graduate of Barbe High School and the son of Don and Renee Stump. He is also a member of the Notre Dame men’s swim team.