Date(s): Monday, Sept. 29 through Friday, Oct. 3, Noon - 2 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center, Food Court

Get ready to taste what’s new! 🎉 All week long we’ll be sampling delicious items, sharing special offers, and running exciting promotions.

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: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: KVLU Studio, 2nd floor of LU Theatre Annex

Lamar staff and faculty are invited to visit the studios of KVLU 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 LU'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 51³Ô¹ÏProfaculty, 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: Friday, Oct. 3, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center, Atrium

Friday is World Smile Day! We're teaming up with campus and community organizations plus the LIT Dental Hygiene Clinic to educate students about dental health and learn how to make an appointment with LIT's .

Date: Friday, Oct. 3, 2 - 3 p.m.
Location: Science & Technology Building, Room ST203

The LU Beneficial Use of Dredge Material (BUDM) Advancement Coalition invites everyone to an open forum on their research, public communications (media and art), and education programming on coastal restoration projects to build resilience of community and natural environment to natural hazards.

Date: Friday, Oct. 3, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Location, Galloway, Room 243

Join us to learn effective strategies for finding, evaluating, and organizing sources that will strengthen your literature review and support your research goals. This workshop is going to help you in producing a successful proposal for the URG program. More information? Contact cbahrim@lamar.edu.

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 8, Noon - 3 p.m.
Location: Mamie McFaddin Ward Health Sciences Building

JoAnne Gay Dishman School of Nursing would like to invite all Pre-Nursing Students to a Fall 2025 Open House for an exciting afternoon of discovery and connection. Learn about our undergraduate program, meet faculty and current students, tour our resources, and get answers to your questions about admissions criteria and scholarships.

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: Friday, Oct. 10, Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Setzer Student Center, Atrium

World Mental Health Day is an international day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy against social stigma. There will be campus and community resources available to help understand the scale of the problem and need for care. Please wear something green to show your support.

Date: Tuesday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Maes Building, Room 212B

Hands-on workshop to build skills in detecting and defending against Wi-Fi cybersecurity threats, combining theory with practical exercises. Lamar Desktop will be provided—no laptop needed. More information? Email aloucks@lamar.edu.

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, Lamar University'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 LU.

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 LU 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 51³Ô¹ÏProCheer Team. For the full transcription of this episode, click here. 
Tune in to this week's episode or of the LU Moment on , or wherever you get your podcasts.

Deadline to register: Friday, Oct. 10, 5 p.m.

Please remember to sign up to table at our Fall 2025 Cardinal View event. Registration is now open and it will close on Friday, Oct. 10. Please for more information.

Make dining on campus simple and stress-free. Faculty and staff meal plans are designed with convenience and value in mind—whether you’re grabbing a quick lunch between classes or enjoying a break with colleagues. Plans are available , or you can scan the QR code to explore more options and purchase today.

51³Ô¹ÏProhas 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.

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 give: Monday, Nov. 10, 6 p.m.

The KVLU Fall Giving Campaign begins on Nov. 3, but you can ensure its success and the enduring legacy of KVLU today. All gifts received now through Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. will qualify for automatic entry into our fall giveaway of a stunning 15"x7" pigment print by art photographer Cathy Spence.

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 LU 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.

Last year, 51³Ô¹ÏProfaculty led a complete overhaul of the Faculty Handbook. We invite faculty and other Lamar community members to review the draft handbook and share feedback. Your input is essential to shaping a handbook that reflects our shared values and supports our academic community.

Feeling overwhelmed? STAR Services is offering workshops featuring the tools and strategies to retain study info and manage time and stress. Discover what a 30-minute power session can do for you by joining us at our upcoming workshop from 1:00 to 1:30 p.m. in the Morris Hall Media Room. Learn more and see full listing here.

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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.

51³Ô¹ÏProjoins elite company as a 2025 Great College to Work For

ASSP conference to be held at Lamar University

51³Ô¹ÏProcelebrates inaugural Study Abroad Week with student, faculty reflections