Lamar University

Protégé on display

Join artists, supporters and fans for a student competition exhibition and awards ceremony at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas (AMSET), 500 Main Street in downtown Beaumont, on Tuesday, March 8, from 6 - 7:30 p.m.

Alumni appreciation

All Lamar University Alumni are invited to support LU Athletics and celebrate Alumni Appreciation Day as the Cards’ men’s basketball team takes on the Abilene Christian Wildcats on Saturday, Jan. 29. Tip-off is at the Montagne Center, 4401 S MLK Jr. Pkwy. in Beaumont, at 3 p.m.

Trailblazers use late surge to defeat LU

Senior Lincoln Smith scored a team-high 14 points and classmate C.J. Roberts added 12, but the story of the game was the late surge by Dixie State to hold off Lamar University, 71-55, Thursday evening from Burns Arena.   The Cardinals finished the night shooting 20-of-65 (.

LU men’s basketball reigns in new year with COVID struggles

Lamar University men’s basketball began the new year with COVID and other illnesses affecting their ability to fairly compete in WAC conference play. In a statement by Lamar Athletics on Jan. 20, the LU men’s basketball program “continues to battle through the WAC.

Sports Shorts: December 9, 2021

Racquetball Southeast Texas natives David Malain of Beaumont and Glen Childers Jr. of Orangefield won the 2021 Winter Splat Racquetball Tournament held in McKinney, Texas. Malain and Childers won five matches to earn the first-place medals.

Get to know LU at Cardinal 'Boo'

Lamar University, which is now home to more than 17,000, students, was founded in 1923, just a few blocks from its current location and known as “South Park Junior College” and enrolled only 125 students.

Funds for students at LU

The U.S. Department of Education has released guidelines for Lamar University to distribute $11.5 million in emergency grants to eligible students during the 2021-22 academic year.

Lamar leader leaves

Alumni and community stakeholders are invited to join Lamar University in bidding farewell to outgoing university president Dr. Ken Evans on Friday, June 4, from 4:30 - 6 p.m. in the Sheila Umphrey Recreational Center - McDonald Gym, 4405 Jimmy Simmons Blvd. in Beaumont.

DA wants bond raised for ex university employee arrested on campus with cache of weapons, ammo

Jefferson County District Attorney Bob Wortham advises that a bond hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Monday, April 5, for a terminated Lamar University employee who was arrested last week with a bevy of firearms and ammunition near the college.

Lamar University switching to online classes

Lamar University notified students that classes will be solely online following Spring Break. In a notice sent to students, LU President Ken Evans announced: The global impact of COVID-19, also called coronavirus, continues to grow as we work to keep our students, faculty and staff safe.