Freshman Life
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A new course will help first-time freshmen become more familiar with campus resources. It’s intended to help them achieve greater academic success and to prepare them for life after college. The mandatory course will be phased in over the next few years. By 2014, it will be taught to all first-time freshmen. |
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Sporting a New Look
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| Planned improvements at the Alfred and Helen Lamson Ragin' Cajuns Softball Park will double its seating capacity by moving existing bleachers beyond the outfield. Plans call for a wider concourse and expanded concession areas. |
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Several sports venues for Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns are getting makeovers. Improvements are planned for the softball park, the soccer and track complex and the baseball field. The improvements are part of the Athletic Department's continual efforts to provide top-notch environments for student-athletes and Ragin' Cajuns fans.
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| F.Y.I. |
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| One-person Spacecraft |
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 Kelly Guiberteau, a senior mechanical engineering student at UL Lafayette, was sporting a new fashion recently – a bright orange spacesuit worn by NASA astronauts. As part of a co-op program, Guiberteau worked for United Space Alliance. The co-op allowed her to work on spacesuits with the company while maintaining her student status. She also got the chance to land the space shuttle – virtually. |
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| Boudin King |
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 On weekdays, Dr. Bob Carriker is head of the History, Geography and Philosophy Department. On weekends, he is everything boudin. The professor travels across Acadiana sampling the best (and worst) the area has to offer. He writes about his travels on his website – www.boudinlink.com. He also organizes a boudin cookoff each October in Lafayette. He does it all for the love of boudin.
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