Archive for April 2024

Louisiana Christian University Psychology Club students presented Neighborhood Baptist Church in Alexandria with a check for $700 on April 21 to go toward the church’s outreach in the community. The club held a Color Run in March and half the proceeds were donated to NBC. “The Psychology Club has formed a partnership at this time…

Louisiana Christian University welcomed nationally acclaimed Christian entrepreneurs and best-selling authors the Benham Brothers as keynote speakers at Thursday’s 2nd annual Dr. Maggie Martin Marketplace Leadership Summit. Former professional baseball players turned entrepreneurs, identical twins David and Jason Benham have started dozens of businesses and hosted “Flip It Forward,” a 2012 reality show slated for…

Disc golf is Greek to Justin Langford. Of course, Langford has a Ph.D. in Greek… Langford, dean of the School of Ministry and Performing Arts, started teaching at Louisiana Christian University in 2013. He also started playing disc golf that same year when a student introduced him to it. He fell in love with the…

Louisiana Christian University welcomes back Byron McGee as director of development and alumni. McGee retired at the end of 2018 after a 35-year career at the university, having worked in the admissions office and alumni relations, and concluding his tenure as vice president for Institutional Advancement. McGee is also a 1979 graduate of the college.…

Louisiana Christian University announces the students who earned placement on the Dean’s and President’s List for the fall 2023 semester. The students were recognized in a ceremony on Tuesday, April 16, in which they were able to recognize their parents, along with faculty and staff who had supported them in their academic pursuits. The Dean’s/President’s…

Louisiana Christian University held its 63rd Annual Honors Convocation Tuesday, recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of students in academics and athletics. Student awards and recipients are listed below by department, including hometowns. Parishes are in parentheses.:   Art Central Louisiana Ad Club Scholarship Award Lena Cogghe, of Temse, Belgium Grady Harper Scholarship Award Abby Johnson, of…

Louisiana Christian University hosted the Louisiana Science Olympiad state finals on Saturday, April 13, with middle and high school students from 16 schools across the state competing for a chance to represent Louisiana at the national finals in May. More than 200 students competed in the event. This is the first time LCU has hosted…

Louisiana Christian University honors students presented research at the 4th Annual C.S. Lewis Honors Forum on Friday afternoon. Four students presented at this year’s dinner forum. Laura Aime, a senior history major with an English minor, from Baton Rouge, presented “Religious Rhetoric of the American Revolution: Jeremiads, Ad Hominem Attacks, and the Holy War Ideology.”…

If you can’t get enough of Broadway show tunes, Louisiana Christian University has an exciting evening for you. The Lyric Theatre Production class presents “To: Love, Wherever I May Find You” on Friday, April 19 at 7 p.m., and Saturday, April 20 at 2 p.m. in the Martin Performing Arts Center. The event is a…

Laura Aime, a senior history major, of Baton Rouge, has been awarded this year’s Kimberly S. Hanger Prize at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional History Conference. Aime, along with a student from Loyola University, each received the honor of having the best undergraduate history papers submitted to the conference, held on March 22 in New…