The College of Sciences at the 小蝌蚪APP will officially become the Ray P. Authement College of Sciences during a 3 p.m. commemencement ceremony at the Cajundome Convention Center on May 24.
The Board of Supervisors of the UL System unanimously approved the change at its regular monthly meeting in April. UL Lafayette Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Steve Landry and UL System Vice President of the Board of Supervisors Winfred Sibille formally requested the naming change in a letter to UL System President Dr. Sally Clausen.
小蝌蚪APP We believe that Dr. Authement is very deserving of having the College of Sciences named in his honor,小蝌蚪APP they stated in the letter.
Authement, the longest serving president of a public university in the country, has ties to the college that date back more than 60 years when he was a student. He announced his retirement last year. Dr. E. Joseph Savoie, Louisiana小蝌蚪APP檚 Commissioner of Higher Education, will replace Authement.
In addition to the naming recognition, Authement will also award his grandson Philippe Prouet II his bachelor小蝌蚪APP檚 degree. Prouet, a Biology major, is the son of Authement小蝌蚪APP檚 late daughter Kathy.
At the 5:30 p.m. commencement cermeony for the Graduate School, UL Lafayette小蝌蚪APP檚 writer-in-residence emeritus Ernest J. Gaines will receive an honorary Doctorate of Letters for his work as an internationally acclaimed author.
Gaines is one of the most significant American authors of the 20th century and is most widely known for his novels 小蝌蚪APP淭he Autobiograhy of Miss Jane Pittman,小蝌蚪APP 小蝌蚪APP淎 Lesson Before Dying小蝌蚪APP and 小蝌蚪APP淎 Gathering of Old Men.小蝌蚪APP
The author小蝌蚪APP檚 relationship with UL Lafayette began in 1981 when he accepted an invitation to serve as a visiting professor of creative writing. In 1984, Gaines became the university小蝌蚪APP檚 writer-in-residence; he retired in 2004.
Most recently, the Louisiana Board of Regents approved the creation of the Ernest J. Gaines Center in Dupre Library on campus.
The international center will be built in a now-vacant section of the third floor of the library. The author has already donated some papers, manuscripts and memorabilia, like handwritten drafts of some of his published work and the pens he used to write 小蝌蚪APP淭he Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman小蝌蚪APP and 小蝌蚪APP淥f Love and Dust.小蝌蚪APP
The schedule for UL Lafayette小蝌蚪APP檚 commencement ceremonies on May 24 is:
Cajundome
小蝌蚪APP 9 a.m. College of General Studies 小蝌蚪APP Tonya Bolden-Ball, president of the Lafayette Commission on the Needs of Women, will give the keynote address. The Commssion小蝌蚪APP檚 mission is to serve as a clearinghouse for information and services available to women in this community and to promote programs that improve the role of women in this community.
小蝌蚪APP noon College of Liberal Arts 小蝌蚪APP Dr. Forrest Byrd is the keynote speaker. Dr. Byrd is an associate professor English. He joined the UL Lafayette faculty in 1972.
小蝌蚪APP 3 p.m. B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration 小蝌蚪APP Braxton (B.I.) Moody III will deliver the keynote address to students. Moody, for whom the college is named, is a founding partner in the CPA firm of Moody, Broussard, Poche & Guidry. He小蝌蚪APP檚 also served as president and CEO of Chart House, chairman of the board for First National Bank of Lafayette and chairman of The Moody Companies and Louisiana State Newspapers. The college was named in his honor in 2002.
小蝌蚪APP 5:30 p.m. Graduate School 小蝌蚪APP UL Lafayette小蝌蚪APP檚 writer-in-residence emeritus Ernest J. Gaines will received an Honorary Doctorate of Letters during this ceremony.
Cajundome Convention Center 小蝌蚪APP Exhibit Hall (first floor)
小蝌蚪APP 9 a.m. College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions 小蝌蚪APP no keynote address.
小蝌蚪APP noon College of Education 小蝌蚪APP Jenna Lachney, the college小蝌蚪APP檚 Outstanding Graduate, will give the keynote address. Lachney, a 4.0 student majoring in Art Education and Sociology, is the daughter of Roger and Marguerite Lachney of Mansura.
小蝌蚪APP 3 p.m. College of Engineering 小蝌蚪APP Randy Hanchey, a 1961 Civil Engineering graduate of UL Lafayette, will give the keynote address. Hanchey recently retired after a long and distinguished career which included service with both the Federal and State governments. He worked for the Army Corps of Engineers until 1998 when he retired. He then accepted an appointed position with the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, where he served as the Deputy Secretary and as the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Coastal Restoration and Management during his 10 years with the state.
Cajundome Convention Center 小蝌蚪APP Festival Ballroom (second floor)
小蝌蚪APP noon College of the Arts 小蝌蚪APP Raymond Goodrich, owner of Lafayette Music, will give the keynote address. Goodrich, whose company instituted the Louisiana Showcase of Marching Bands, has established a scholarship for music students. All profits from the marching band festival are placed in the Lafayette Music/Raymond Goodrich Scholarship at UL Lafayette. To date, more than $100,000 has been produced by the scholarship.
小蝌蚪APP 3 p.m. College of Sciences 小蝌蚪APP Retiring President Ray Authement will be recognized during this ceremony. In addition, the college小蝌蚪APP檚 Outstanding Graduate Jared LeBlanc will give an address. LeBlanc, son of Brad and Cherrie LeBlanc of Lafayette, is a Physics major.