2020 Enrollment

[HelmutVII]

Traffic on University at 9:30 on Friday night. It's almost feels normal. We shall see what Saturday and Sunday bring.

[LaCajunsFan]

Traffic on University at 9:30 on Friday night. It's almost feels normal. We shall see what Saturday and Sunday bring.

Looked like a bunch of check ins going on this morning.

[CajunVic]

All I was consulted about was writing the check.

[BeauCajun]

Looked like a bunch of check ins going on this morning.

I was involved This morning in the COVID screening check ins at the Girard Circle Garage. We had a constant stream of students checking in. I’ll be volunteering there again tomorrow morning.

GEAUX CAJUNS

[billbeck451]

All I was consulted about was writing the check.

check? I thought all of that was done through student portals and on line now

[CajunVic]

check? I thought all of that was done through student portals and on line now

I’m not sure how the money got there all I know is that it is no longer in my account. So for me, I wrote the check.

[JMV JustMyView]

I’m not sure how the money got there all I know is that it is no longer in my account. So for me, I wrote the check.

Vic probably has an account set on monthly autopay

[CajunVic]

Vic probably has an account set on monthly autopay

I didn’t say 1/12th of the money, but it’s par for the course for you to pay attention that way.

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University of Louisiana at Lafayette Political Science major Michael Jayden King is among 300 recipients of the Gates Scholarship, which is supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Michael Jayden King is among 300 recipients of the Gates Scholarship, which is supported through a grant from the foundation. The scholarship is awarded to outstanding minority high school seniors.

King, who graduated from Pineville High School in May, is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in political science at Louisiana. He learned about the Gates Scholarship from his high school guidance counselor.

“I applied because it was such a great opportunity. It is so gratifying to receive the award. Being one of 300 is astounding to me – I still do not think I fully grasp it. It finally feels like keeping my eyes in the books the entirety of high school is paying off,” King said.

His counselor at Pineville High was Vallery T. Albritton. She is a 1986 graduate of Louisiana.

Albritton said she first met King when he transferred to Pineville High at the start of his junior year from the Louisiana School for Math, Sciences and the Arts, a magnet high school in Natchitoches for academically gifted students.

“He fit right in with our students and faculty. He just has this aura about him that says, ‘Get to know me and you'll love me!’ He came to us with an outstanding GPA, and continued his academic success in the challenging classes we placed him in.”

Albritton continued: “Jayden is a go-getter. I’m surprised that he sleeps – if he does. He was all over the place at school, worked after he left school, and came back for whatever extracurricular events he could fit in. He also volunteered countless hours at the local library. He does all this because he genuinely cares about people and knows that he can make a positive impact.”

King said he’s looking forward to a similarly busy schedule at UL. Though he had other options, he said he chose the University because he “felt at home on the campus. The faculty and staff I met made me believe it is the place for me. No other school did that.”

“I’m looking forward to focusing in on my major, but also to branching out and experiencing everything college has to offer, such as maybe studying abroad or working on research with professors,” he added.

And, King is already looking beyond the next four years. “After college, I definitely want to go into the public administration field, with hopes of one day being a congressman or maybe something ever higher.”

King is the son of Tamara King of Pineville.

The Gates Scholarship was first presented in 2018. It is awarded to 300 students per year and is administered by the Hispanic Scholarship Fund.

In addition to tuition support, the scholarship ensures students “have access to resources and services they may need, from their first to last day of classes, through graduation and the transition into their chosen careers,” according to a Gates Foundation press release.

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The University of Louisianaat Lafayette has been named a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education by the National League for Nursing.

Louisiana’s nursing program is among 17 to receive the designation this year. Honorees include colleges and universities as well as teaching hospitals and clinical sites.

“Designation as a National League for Nursing Center of Excellence in Nursing Education is acknowledgement of the long-standing excellence of the bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral nursing programs at UL,” said Dr. Melinda Oberleitner, dean of the College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions.

“Recognition as a Center of Excellence is evidence of our commitment to sustained and substantive innovation in nursing education and positions the University among the nation’s elite nursing programs,” she added.

The National League for Nursing has offered its Center of Excellence stamp since 2004.

The 17 programs recognized this year fall into three categories: those that promote the pedagogical expertise of faculty; those that enhance student learning and professional development; and those that create workplace environments that promote the academic progression of nurses.

Louisiana’s nursing program was recognized for faculty teaching expertise. It shares the category with Chamberlain University in Illinois; Francis Marion University, South Carolina; Rutgers University, New Jersey; and the University of Texas at Arlington.

Honorees in the two remaining categories include Duquesne University, Pennsylvania; Texas A&M University; and the universities of Kentucky, Cincinnati and South Carolina.

Dr. Lisa Broussard is associate dean of the College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions.

She noted that the University’s recognition as a Center of Excellence comes in 2020, the bicentennial of the birth of Florence Nightingale, considered the founder of modern nursing. The World Health Organization designated 2020 as the Year of the Nurse and Midwife to celebrate Nightingale’s legacy.

“It is truly an honor to join this group of prestigious nursing schools as a Center of Excellence designee. Our nursing programs have a long history of providing the best nursing education at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and we are very excited to receive this recognition,” Broussard said.

Louisiana and other honorees will be recognized during the annual National League for Nursing Education Summit, which will be held virtually in September.

The league offers professional development, networking opportunities, testing services, nursing research grants, and public policy initiatives to its 40,000 individual and 1,200 institutional members. It was founded in 1893.

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