Lamar University News

Back at the Red Room to get ready for the second ceremony, President Jimmy Simmons, right, gets help from Brenda Nichols, left, Dean of Arts and Sciences, as he gets dressed again.

Galveston College has maintained a long standing Articulation Agreement with the UTMB School of Nursing and many Associate Degree Nurses have taken full advantage of transitioning from RN to BSN at the UTMB School of Nursing.

Lamar President Jimmy Simmons last Commencement ceremony Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise.

Simmons congratulates Lamar class of 2013 with farewell speech Beaumont Enterprise Copyright 2013 Beaumont Enterprise.

Standout senior soccer players from the area will get to show their stuff one last time before graduation on Thursday, May 16 at the Senior Showcase Game.

Robert Simonson , for being hired as the first paid fire chief in Lumberton. Simonson, 53, will step into the role May 13 after about 30 years in the fire service.

Plummer was a founder of the Beaumont Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

An associate vice president of finance at Lamar University filed a lawsuit Thursday against Lamar University and its president, James Simmons , contending the university retaliated against her for trying to report financial impropriety.

SimmonsFace.jpg Lamar University is scheduled to confer a record 1,619 degrees at spring commencement Saturday, May 18, in the Montagne Center.

LU logo 2.jpg Lamar University invites students of all ages to a variety of summer camps to be held on campus this summer.

HOUSTON: Fieldhouse Media Group, which publishes VYPE Magazine in the Greater Houston area, will be launching its third publication to cover the southeast Texas market.

In the wake of tragedies in West and Boston that left the nation reeling in disbelief, a Beaumont man didn't want those he knew personally fighting battles from events at home to be forgotten.