ULM hosts UL System conference on campus
Loryn Kykendall, [email protected]
February 3, 2020
As In the past, the University of Louisiana schools were somewhat rivals, all competing to be the best in the state. Now, thanks to the For Our Future conference, they are becoming united. The conference is an annual event for UL faculty, staff and administrators. It’s held at a different school ever...
Mock trial maroon team places 3rd at competition
Alfonzo Galvan, [email protected]
February 3, 2020
The ULM Mock Trial team is prepping for regionals. They recently attended the Kangaroo Brawl competition in Sherman, Texas on Jan. 25-26 and took home a nice reminder of what they’re capable of. Out of the three teams representing ULM, one, the maroon team, finished third place. They also had Sie...
Food pantry to open in Activity Center
Siddharth Gaulee, [email protected]
February 3, 2020
After a year in planning, a food pantry is set to open in ULM’s Activity Center to help fight food insecurity among students. While attending the UL System conference last January, ULM staff members learned how food insecurity among college students was an issue that needed to be addressed, accordi...
Some online courses adopt proctoring service
Uchechi Owunna, [email protected]
January 27, 2020
If you take online classes through ULM, you might see some additional fees that haven’t been there during previous courses. At the beginning of the semester, some online students discovered they had to pay out of pocket for a new testing feature, ProctorU. ULM partnered with ProctorU so the university...
Campus museum renovations underway
Alfonzo Galvan, [email protected]
January 27, 2020
One day it was a group of senior citizens from a nursing home. The next, it was hundreds of kids from a local elementary school. Both groups were on campus last week and both had the same destination—ULM’s Museum of Natural History. The museum on campus has been changing recently. In fact, these next c...
ULM, Delta unite to volunteer on MLK day of Service
January 27, 2020
Strauss Hall was buzzing with ULM athletes, several students and faculty packaging and loading the donations that were collected for Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service last Monday morning For a decade, ULM and Louisiana Delta Community College have partnered on MLK Day of Service to address a need...
Cheer makes ‘a hit’ at national competitions
Alfonzo Galvan, [email protected]
January 27, 2020
ULM now has World Cup champions on the bayou. The university’s cheer team placed first during the University World Cup Championship for cheerleading. The team competed at the Universal Cheerleading Association National Championship on Jan. 17-19 in Orlando, Florida. According to Patience Talley, ULM Chee...
President Bruno to retire in 2020
Kaitlin Maness, [email protected]
January 27, 2020
Dr. Nick Bruno surprised ULM students and faculty when he announced his plan to retire on Jan. 14. Until a new president is chosen, he has agreed to keep his position through June 30. However, Bruno’s decision to retire was not made in the spur of the moment even though it appears that way. ...
Students can increase their money by investing
Uchechi Owunna, [email protected]
January 27, 2020
For most students, the words “investment” and “savings” seem impossible because every penny counts when you are living proof of the stereotype “broke college student.” However, investing can actually help a student defy said stereotype. Dr. Arturo Rodriguez, the director of the School of A...
Proposed amphitheater still coming to bayou
Kaitlin Maness, [email protected]
January 21, 2020
Last February, the Student Government Association voted in favor of an amphitheater being built on the bayou near Starbucks. However, as the one year anniversary of SGA’s decision approaches, it appears as if the project has been forgotten. According to Camile Currier, the vice president of Student A...
Wi-Fi authentication process changed
Kaitlin Maness, [email protected]
January 21, 2020
Before the semester started, the ULM Wi-Fi was changed. To keep your Wi-Fi connection secure from hackers, the Information Technology Department decided to adopt a new servicing system for students and faculty to connect to at ULM called “eduroam,” short for education roaming. Eduroam is only offered to ...
ID services improved for Warhawks
Uchechi Owunna, [email protected]
January 21, 2020
Warhawk ID Services underwent upgrades during winter break to improve the features and accessibility of the Student ID. For ULM’s administration to catch up with trends in the education and marketing industry, the changes were necessary, according to Chance Eppinette, the ULM Information Technology...
