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The 51±¬ÁÏ Student Health Center, in collaboration with CVS Health, is pleased to offer two on-campus flu vaccine clinics this month, open to 51±¬ÁÏ and LIT. These clinics provide a convenient opportunity to protect your health ahead of flu season.

Clinic Date:
• Tuesday, September 23

Location:
• Setzer Student Center, Room 120

Advance registration is required. CVS Health will bill your insurance following registration. To reserve an appointment, visit lamar.edu/flu.

Can't make it on those dates? Flu vaccines are also available at the 51±¬ÁÏ Student Health Center for students, faculty, and staff. Vaccines are $30, which can be charged to your Banner account. Call 409-880-8466 for an appointment.

Thank you for prioritizing your health and wellness!

Dates: Monday, Sept. 22 through Tuesday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center or Wimberly Room 117

🌍 Explore the World During Study Abroad Week! ✈️ Ready to take your education global? Join us for Study Abroad Week — a full lineup of events to help you start your international journey. More info can be found here. Email kriley1@lamar.edu for more information.

Date: Monday, Sept. 22, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center Atrium

🌍 Explore the World with 51±¬ÁÏ! ✈️ Join us at the Study Abroad Fair and discover exciting opportunities to study around the globe. Discover upcoming programs – from summer sessions to semester exchanges. Win prize raffles or learn about study abroad funding! Email kriley1@lamar.edu for more information.

Date: Tuesday, Sept. 23, 12:45 - 1:45 p.m.
Location: Galloway, Landes Auditorium (Room 101)

Learn how to build a standout personal brand using LinkedIn and other tools. Juliana Davila with the Beaumont Convention & Visitors Bureau will share insights and practical strategies to craft a compelling profile, align your brand with career goals, and make meaningful professional connections. Join us!

Date: Tuesday, Sept. 23, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: Plummer Building, Room 102

You have access to a local Voya Financial Professional through your employer’s retirement program. Angela Bryant will be on campus to help with your retirement plan, including reviewing your goals and providing ongoing assistance. You don't need to be a Voya participant to use these services.

Date: Thursday, Sept. 25, 4:30 - 5:15 p.m.
Location: Galloway, Room 108

If you are preparing a U.R.G. proposal, please join the panel hosted by our grant winners Natalie Bean, Jenny Tu, and Mahima Verma to get inspired on how to write your own successful proposal. The Beck fellowship application process will be reviewed by Mahima, who is a Beck 2024 fellow.

Date(s): Thursday, Sept. 25 through Sunday, Sept. 28 (times vary)
Location: 51±¬ÁÏ Studio Theatre

Jess Knox returns to her Florida hometown with severe burns after three U.S. Army tours in Afghanistan. She uses virtual reality therapy to aid recovery, but the more challenging task is adjusting to the realities of the hometown as it stands now in comparison to the one she left behind. today!

Date: Thursday, Sept. 25, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Location: Galloway, Room 108

Join us for a hands-on writing workshop designed to help undergraduate researchers transform their ideas into compelling, elegant narratives. More information? Contact cbahrim@lamar.edu.

Date: Thursday, Sept. 25, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center, Neches Room 120

Come get a new passport or renew an expired one at Study Abroad's Passport Day—just in time for your dream destination. Don’t forget to bring all required documents and the correct forms of payment.

Date: Sunday, Sept. 28, 5 - 6 p.m.
Location: KV51±¬ÁÏ

An encore of the most recent episode of Bayoulands will air Sept. 28 at 5 p.m. The show includes several 51±¬ÁÏ connections including alumni: photographer Cathy Spence and victims’ advocate Misty Craver, 51±¬ÁÏ instructor Amy Elizabeth and the late sculptor David Cargill whose work is featured on campus.

Date: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: KV51±¬ÁÏ Studio, 2nd floor of 51±¬ÁÏ Theatre Annex

Lamar staff and faculty are invited to visit the studios of KV51±¬ÁÏ for coffee and cookies and a tour of the station.

Date: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 11 a.m. - Noon
Location: Reaud Adminstration Building, Room 214

Are you on track for retirement? Find out at this interactive, hands-on workshop given by 51±¬ÁÏ's VOYA representative, Angela Bryant. You do not have to be enrolled with VOYA to attend. Space is limited, so register today. Visit the link  for more information.

Date: Thursday, Oct. 2, 9 a.m. - Noon & 1 - 4 p.m.
Location: Reaud Executive Event Space

The Office of Marketing Communications will be offering free professional headshots for all faculty and staff on Thursday, Oct. 2 from 9 a.m to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. in the Executive Event Space on the first floor of the Wayne A. Reaud Building. No appointment is necessary.

Date: Thursday, Oct. 2, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Virtual on

If you stutter, you are not alone. It’s estimated that over 160 51±¬ÁÏ faculty, students and staff share the common experience of stuttering. Come join our support group, a proven way to build self-confidence, practice speaking, and explore ways to cope with stuttering.

Date(s): Wednesday, Oct. 8 and Friday, Oct. 10, 1 - 2 p.m.
Location: Oct. 8 - Science & Technology, Room 103; Oct. 10 - Virtual

These workshops includes an overview of the Mental Measurements Yearbook and how it can help you locate testing instruments for your research needs. Register at: lamar.edu/cardinalcrashcourses.

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 15, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Montagne Center, Neches FCU Arena

Connect with diverse employers at the . Explore career paths, gain insights, and network across industries. Professional dress required—showcase your best self and take the next step in your career journey.

Date: Saturday, Oct. 25, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location: Sheila Umphrey Recreational Sports Center & Student Setzer Center

Join us for Cardinal View, 51±¬ÁÏ's biggest open house event. You and your family are invited to campus to learn about academic majors, financial aid, scholarship opportunities, student organizations, campus resources, and what life looks like at 51±¬ÁÏ.

Date: Thursday, Nov. 13, 1 - 5 p.m.
Location: Wayne A. Reaud Building, Executive Event Space 120

This event gives students an opportunity to pitch their business ideas to fellow students, faculty, and community members. There is an opportunity to earn cash prizes. Apply today.

Come join us this week for . Don't forget that you can also watch the 51±¬ÁÏ Cardinals on the road on ESPN+. Go Big Red!

Listen in to this week's  as we sit down with Megan Thompson to hear more about the 51±¬ÁÏ Cheer Team. For the full transcription of this episode, click here. 
Tune in to this week's episode or of the 51±¬ÁÏ Moment on , or wherever you get your podcasts.

51±¬ÁÏ has appointed Dr. Chunda Chen as its new Ombudsman, effective Sept. 1, 2025. The Ombudsman will act as an independent resource to address concerns, resolve complaints, and promote fairness across the university.

51±¬ÁÏ offers , a free 24/7 virtual health and wellbeing platform for students. Remind your students to use TimelyCare when they feel stressed or overwhelmed. TimelyCare also offers Faculty Support. Call 833-4-TIMELY, ext. 2 for guidance on how to support students in need.

The Excellence in Assessment Grant enters its second year, offering three awards of up to $5,000 each to support innovative, student-centered projects that strengthen learning, enhance assessment practices, and advance institutional priorities. Faculty and staff are encouraged to submit proposals.

Construction continues on the library, but all library resources and services are still available. Check out the library website for our service locations, and the latest updates and information.

Deadline to apply: Jan. 15, 2026, 5 p.m.

The 2026 David J. Beck Fellowship application is now open. Faculty and staff are encouraged to inspire and support students to apply for this prestigious fellowship. Visit the website for application requirements and award information. Students may submit their application through MyScholarhsips.

Public awareness and support are vital yet often undervalued for scientific advancement. How can the manipulation of the stimulative levels (agenda, knowledge, attitude, and behavioral intention) and factors (sidedness, conclusiveness, and gain or loss-framing) of a single message help promote public knowledge, attitudes, and behavioral intention toward science and environmental issues? 

Studies in this book, published by a 51±¬ÁÏ faculty member, tested these levels and factors with a single-message-stimulus survey experiment on a relatively representative sample of American college students from hundreds of universities or colleges on the relatively new topic, the Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus, which has little audience predisposition. The results confirm the positive associations between levels in the hierarchy of audience responses and the immediate message effects on objective knowledge and long-term effects at all four levels. One-sided messages are more persuasive overall, and conclusive messages seem to be more effective. The gain-frame shows more effectiveness in increasing subjective knowledge, while the loss-frame is more persuasive in increasing attitudes when confounders are controlled. These factors’ interactions are also discussed. The book also reports American college students’ science literacy, attitude, and behavioral intention toward the WEF nexus and environmental protection, as well as their demographic and socio-economic factors that have an influence.

American college students’ average score of science literacy, measured with the short test developed by the National Science Board for its annual S&E Indicator, according to the book, is B (80.7%).

The book targets readers who are interested in 1) understanding the persuasiveness of these message factors and levels and the hierarchy of audience responses, 2) communicating critical environmental issues, particularly the concept of the WEF nexus, and 3) learning more about American college students’ knowledge and attitudes toward science and environmental issues. 

Please explore the book's webpage for more information.

STARS is back this fall with in-person workshops to provide tools and techniques to stay focused, organized, stress management and succeed from day one until finals. Starting August 28, join us every Thursday from 12:30 -1:30 p.m. in the Morris Hall Media Room. Learn more and see full listing here.

Have something to share?  (e.g., events, publications, faculty research, awards, departmental congratulations, grants, etc.) and the Office of Marketing Communications will get the word out through emails, web, social media and more. 

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

Dr. Shannon Jordan named associate dean of Reaud Honors College

College of Education and Human Development introduces student ambassador program

51±¬ÁÏ joins elite company as a 2025 Great College to Work For