2020 Enrollment

[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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Researchers at the University of Louisiana will develop and analyze new 3-D printing materials and processes as part of a five-university project funded by a $20 million National Science Foundation grant.

The grant established the Louisiana Material Design Alliance, a consortium comprised of UL, LSU, and Louisiana Tech, Southern and Tulane universities. The universities will conduct research that will be shared with federal agencies and industry to address a growing reliance on 3-D printing in manufacturing. UL’s portion of the grant is $2.7 million.

“LAMDA provides a framework for research that will include opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students,” said Dr. Miao Jin, an associate professor in UL’s School of Computing and Informatics. Jin is leading the University’s research for the project.

“LAMDA was also created to help universities enhance curriculums and hire faculty members to educate and train students who will help fill workforce needs. It’s a comprehensive, balanced approach designed to benefit the entire state,” she added.

3-D printing, which is also known as additive manufacturing, involves creating an object from a three-dimensional digital model by “laying down” many thin layers of a material, such as metal or plastic.

The process was developed in the 1980s, and became common in industrial manufacturing the following decade. It is becoming popular in many industries now, said Dr. Jonathan Raush, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

3-D printing is used to make everything from prosthetics and jewelry, to automobile parts and computer components. It is increasingly being implemented for biomedical, energy and aerospace applications.

“Accompanying the growth of 3-D printing is a need to develop materials with a broader range of compositions and properties that make them more durable, or lighter, or otherwise tailored to specific products and applications,” Raush explained.

UL researchers will do that by integrating elements of computer science and engineering.

Researchers will design and analyze complex alloys and polymers. Complex alloys are created by combining two or more metallic elements. All plastics are comprised of polymers, which are long chains of bonded molecules. Not all polymers, however, are plastics.

Researchers will also test materials to see how they react to factors such as heat and pressure to gauge “fatigue” limits, or the highest level of stress a material can withstand.

The process of discovering optimal processes and new materials for specific functions will be guided by machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence, Jin explained.

Machine learning models are capable of “learning” from data and making predictions – about which 3-D printing processes or new materials are best suited for a particular application, for example.

Researchers in the School of Computing and Informatics will develop machine learning models based on information gleaned from research into 3-D printing processes and materials.

“Components can be manufactured with more complicated shapes at much lower weights with 3-D printing than with traditional manufacturing methods. The problem is a lack of existing 3-D printing materials that provide a desired fatigue life. Data analysis and machine learning will guide us to new materials or processes that are optimal for specific applications,” Jin said.

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[Turbine]

"Dr. Jonathan Raush, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering."

I don't know how many people there are named Jonathan Raush, so I am going to go out on a limb.

1999 football signing class at Louisiana.

From TE recruit, to O-Line, to a NFL free agent, to former Louisiana assistant football coach, to professor.

Not to shabby.

[Boomer]

"Dr. Jonathan Raush, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering."

I don't know how many people there are named Jonathan Raush, so I am going to go out on a limb.

1999 football signing class at Louisiana.

From TE recruit, to O-Line, to a NFL free agent, to former Louisiana assistant football coach, to professor.

Not to shabby.

.........Former UL off tackle.....got his doc and he and his wife love the Cajuns....Anne is a former cheerleader and now ST Farm agent in Youngsville......have a bunch of lil Cajuns that they take to UL events!

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The Princeton Review has placed UL among the top 19 percent of the nation’s four-year colleges for undergraduate education.

Editors of the guidebook for prospective college students examined more than 2,000 public and private colleges and universities in the U.S. to compile its 2021 edition of “The Best 386 Colleges.”

The guide does not rank schools from 1 to 386. It evaluated academic programs and life on college campuses based on results of surveys of more than 143,000 students. Profiles of each school are also included.

"Since 1992, our goal in publishing college rankings – and our ongoing mission at The Princeton Review – is to help students find, get accepted to, and thrive at the colleges best for them,” said Robert Franek, the guidebook’s editor-in-chief.

Dr. DeWayne Bowie, UL's vice president for Enrollment Management, said the resource is “especially valuable for people making decisions about where to attend college because the information is provided by students.”

“Their assessments give prospective students advice from a distinctive group of voices – others who recently faced similar choices in determining where to enroll,” Bowie said.

Survey respondents cited academic offerings and diligent faculty members, and the quality of campus and community life among reasons they chose Louisiana.

The importance the University places on community service, extracurricular activities, inclusion and diversity, and access to cultural events such as Festival Acadiens et Créoles and Festival International de Louisiane were also key considerations.

The Princeton Review is an educational services company known for its tutoring, test-prep courses, books, and other student resources. It is not affiliated with Princeton University.

This is the 29th edition of its “Best Colleges” guide.
View a complete list of school profiles and rankings at
https://www.princetonreview.com/coll...t-386-colleges

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