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By Dr. Elizabeth Christian Pineville, LA (LC News) — Louisiana College will host the Boys & Girls Club’s Youth Legislature on campus Wednesday in Granberry Student Center. About 50 middle-schoolers from north and central Louisiana will be on campus between 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. participating in this annual mock legislative session. “I’m excited about…

By Dr. Elizabeth Christian Pineville, LA (LC News) — Louisiana College will hold two events as part of its spring C3 Christ Church Culture Lecture Series beginning Tuesday, March 9 with a timely presentation on “Religious Rights and COVID-19.” Dana Harris, the regional alliance director for the Alliance for Defending Freedom, will address how important…

By Dr. Elizabeth Christian Pineville, LA (LC News) – One need only do a quick Google search to see how important completing an internship is to today’s college student. A growing number of employers across industries want to hire graduates who have had real-world experience prior to hiring them. Louisiana College has been partnering with…

Kylei Cornelison and Victoria Watson, Wildcats Media Louisiana College hosted a panel discussion on diversity Tuesday, Feb. 2 to kick off Black History Month to celebrate diversity, specifically diversity on campus. LC was recently recognized as the second most diverse college in Louisiana by niche.com. Guest panelists were all LC professors who represented five different…

By Dr. Elizabeth Christian Pineville, LA (LC News) – Louisiana College held its annual Smith Scholarship competition Saturday, January 30, with 15 entrants. Pineville High School senior Leanna Lanford took the top award: a scholarship to LC that includes tuition, books, room and board. Lanford said, in her acceptance of the award, that she had…

Louisiana College Wildcat Debate Team has the best novice debater in the state. By Dr. Elizabeth Christian Pineville, LA (LC News) – Shelby Cumpton, a freshman history major from Quitman, was named the Louisiana Champion Novice Debater at the Annual Southern Forensics Championship Tournament, hosted virtually this year by the University of Central Arkansas. “All…

By Dr. Elizabeth Christian Pineville, LA (LC News) – Except for the fewer number of trees, one would never know – driving on Louisiana College’s campus—that the school had been hard hit by a tornado and a hurricane in the last two years.  The grounds—and the residence halls—have received major upgrades, thanks to generous donor…

By Sierra Boudreaux, Wildcats Media Service to others comes in many forms. Allison Dean thought her journey would include being a pastry chef and nourishing the appetites of customers. Instead, her love for her grandmother fed her own soul and led her down a completely different pathway. When Dean didn’t get accepted into the pastry…

By Dr. Elizabeth Christian Pineville, LA (LC News) – Theatre Louisiana College (tlc) and the Louisiana College Department of Music will present the popular Broadway musical “The Wiz” beginning Jan. 22 after a nearly year-long delay due to COVID-19. “The Wiz” infuses L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” with a wonderful array of…