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Category: Cadence Magazine

  • Finding Purpose in Mentorship

    After a successful career in law and teaching at ΒιΆΉΣ³»­ for more than 35 years, College of Business professor Marleen Swerdlow found fulfillment in supporting her students through scholarship funds and mentorship.

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  • Data Speak: Boling’s Journey from LU to Disney

    Chelsea Boling shares how Lamar helped guide her and her journey to where she is now.

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  • After Homelessness | Hope and Place

    Freshman students Quinton Haynes and Elie Germain never saw themselves attending a university. Now, having overcome homelessness and poverty, their determination and work ethic remind us what it is to be a Cardinal, and why We Are LU.

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  • Dean Spotlight: Lynn Maurer

    With a background in political science, Lynn Maurer, new dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, is focused on working to empower LU's underserved populations. β€œI’m dedicated to the idea of inclusive excellence in the diversity of education, by recognizing varying financial needs and helping students at-risk academically,” Maurer says.

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  • Making the Possible Achievable

    As a faculty member of Washington State University, Associate Professor Ashwini Kucknoor had a desire to mentor students far more than possible at such a large institution. The search for greater student interaction led to her coming to ΒιΆΉΣ³»­. β€œAt LU, we professors get to teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels,” she says. β€œThis allows me to develop relationships with my students that last for years."

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  • We Are LU | A Catalyst for Change

    In 2017, Hyattye Simmons received one of three LU Distinguished Alumni Awards for mentorship of at-risk students and his work towards keeping them on the path to graduation. He enrolled at ΒιΆΉΣ³»­ in 1977, just two weeks after making history as the first African-American male valedictorian to graduate Burkeville High School. He credits LU as β€œthe bridge that helped him prepare for the outside world.”

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  • Memories and Coffee

    Natalie Sfeir, 2016 Beck Fellowship recipient, has researched an innovative solution to the difficult outings for those with dementia and their family. It’s called a Memory CafΓ©.

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  • From Potato Chips to Pipelines

    Inspired by an LU physics class, FuelTrax is the #1 marine fuel management product in the world.

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  • ΒιΆΉΣ³»­ Alumni Open Local Brewery

    What started as a love for brewing beer became a business for Class of '07 students Tyler Blount and David Pool.

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