HAMMOND, Louisiana, Dec. 8 (TNSPer) -- Southeastern Louisiana University issued the following news release: Southeastern Louisiana University Associate Professor of Education Gerlinde Beckers has been appointed by Governor John Bel Edwards to serve on the Governor's Advisory Council on Disability Affairs. Beckers will serve on the education, legislation and accessibility sub-committees. The council was established by the Governor's Office to educate, address and resolve issues relative to the  more PR

CURTIS, Nebraska, Dec. 9 (TNSAwa) -- The Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture issued the following news release: Dan Stehlik is a lifelong learner and educator. The Dorchester, Nebraska native and Curtis resident has taken what he's learned as a farmer, livestock producer and teacher in Kansas and Nebraska, and applied his "learning by doing" philosophy to 29 years of high school and college agricultural programs. Stehlik approaches academic instruction with a 'we' attitude in that 'we a more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 9 (TNSRes) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: The Greater New Orleans Foundation announced the release of a new study, The State of Nonprofits in Southeast Louisiana 2021 - Adaptability And Racial Equity in Year One of the COVID-19 Pandemic, conducted by the University of New Orleans Department of Political Science. The study found that nonprofits successfully adapted to meet the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and th more PR

RUSTON, Louisiana, Dec. 7 (TNSPro) -- Louisiana Tech University issued the following news: Louisiana Tech University will soon offer a new graduate program: a master's degree in Communication Technologies. The program is not only the first of its kind in Louisiana, but it exists among only a handful of similar ones worldwide. For Communications Research Chair Dr. Robert W. Gehl, implementing the graduate program felt timely and crucial. "Many of us engage with communication technologies: phon more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 7 (TNSPro) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Jobs based on computer science and math skills are projected to see the largest 10-year growth among all professions in Louisiana. And yet, many students don't get a chance to study computer science, or even learn about such careers, until college. This is something the LSU team behind BRBytes is working to change by developing introductory courses, training teachers, and partnering with Lou more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 3 (TNSRes) -- The Louisiana State University Ag Center issued the following news: By Heather Kirk-Ballard LSU AgCenter Horticulturist If you've noticed the sudden explosion of beautiful rose-pink flowers dotting the landscapes these past few weeks, you have witnessed one of the top-performing shrubs for Louisiana landscapes: ShiShi Gashira. This plant is often listed as Camellia sasanqua in the trade, but it is actually part of the Camellia hiemalis species. Name more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 8 -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Madan Bhasin, adjunct professor in the LSU Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. The NAI Fellows Program highlights academic inventors who have demonstrated a spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society. Ele more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 11 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2021: The tiny, pale surf clam about the size of a fingernail that most people have seen and collected on beaches around the world holds clues in its shell to Earth's past. For the first time, researchers have been able to identify the monthly, and even weekly, ocean temperatures recorded in these smooth clam shells. Because ancient civilizations consumed these ubiquitous clams a more PR

THIBODAUX, Louisiana, Dec. 9 (TNSPar) -- Nicholls State University issued the following news release: * * * Nicholls State University, William Carey Sign Agreement for Preferred Pharmacy Admissions Nicholls State University and William Carey University are partnering to create an efficient path for students seeking to enroll in the William Carey School of Pharmacy. The preferred admissions program is effective immediately and will benefit any Nicholls student that holds a minimum 3.5 GPA in  more PR

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 10 (TNSOps) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: Martin Sustainable Resources L.L.C. and Martco L.L.C. d.b.a. RoyOMartin and LSU alumni Roy O. Martin III and Kathy Kilpatrick Martin have committed $3.5 million to advance top capital priorities on three LSU campuses: LSU of Alexandria's Student Success Center, the LSU Interdisciplinary Science Building on the flagship campus in Baton Rouge and LSU Health Shreveport's Center for Medical Edu more PR

COMMERCE, Texas, Dec. 11 (TNSBook) -- Texas A&M University's Commerce Campus issued the following news on Dec. 10, 2021: Professor Tracy B. Henley in the Department of Psychology and Special Education at A&M-Commerce, and Matt J. Rossano, professor of psychology at Southeastern Louisiana University are co-editors of a new book, "Psychology and Cognitive Archaeology: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Study of the Human Mind." According to the publisher, the edited volume explores archaeologi more PR

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 9 (TNSPar) -- The University of New Orleans issued the following news release: * * * University of New Orleans Collaborates With Orleans Justice Center on Job Skills Program for Incarcerated People The University of New Orleans has collaborated with the Orleans Justice Center to teach important jobs preparedness skills to incarcerated people who are nearing release. It is called P.R.E.P--Pre-Release Education Program--and program graduates earn a certificate in Pr more PR