LSUA Engaged Teaching and Learning

05/27/2026

Looking to gain valuable leadership experience assisting a professor in a class? Consider applying to be an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant! 🧑‍🏫✏️

To apply, you:
- Must have received permission from the course instructor
- Must have passed the course you wish to UTA for with a B or better
- Must enroll for CORE 3001, a three-credit hour course that involves one weekly class meeting with other UTAs for professional development and required attendance for all class meetings for the course you wish to UTA for

Find the application link in our bio!📲

05/09/2026

On Thursday, we had the honor of celebrating all of our graduates who participated in one or more of our Engaged Teaching and Learning programs - Honors Experience, Interdisciplinary Pre-Med Program, and Command Your Career.

Graduates, we know that you will all go on to do wonderful things in the future, and we hope you know that your faculty/staff mentors in Engaged Teaching and Learning will always be here to support you in this next chapter. We love you!

Honors Experience Graduates -
Rin Campo (not pictured)
Camorie Lewis
Arron Pentz

Command Your Career Four-Star Graduates
Sierra Alford
Kimberly Brown
Madison Brown
Haley Fontenot
Sajida Issa
Donalyn White

Interdisciplinary Pre-Med Program Graduates —
Judge Boudreaux
Gage Colligan
Lakelyn Donaghey
Garret Hayes
Camorie Lewis
Dillon McTernan
Robert Rollins

05/01/2026

Congratulations, Dr. Beard!

LSU System President Wade Rousse has announced the appointment of Elizabeth Beard, Ph.D., as the next Chancellor of Louisiana State University of Alexandria, following a national search to identify the university’s new leader.

Beard currently serves as Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at LSUA and brings more than two decades of leadership experience in higher education.

The LSUA community looks forward to her leadership as the university continues its growth and commitment to student success.

www.lsua.edu/news/

05/01/2026

Awesome work, School of Education!

05/01/2026

Love our LSUA Tutoring Center crew!

05/01/2026

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves! 🌟

As we approach the end of the Spring 2026 semester, we want to take a moment to recognize the amazing team we have here with LSUA Engaged Teaching and Learning. Our Engaged Teaching and Learning programs would be lost without the contributions and leaderships by these hard-working faculty and staff members.

Geaux Generals, and Geaux LSUA ETL!

04/30/2026

Scholar Day 2026 ✅

Congratulations to all of the students who participated in poster, oral, virtual, and art presentations for Scholar Day this year! We are so impressed in the level of scholarship, professionalism, and expertise represented. Special congrats to all of our award winners:

Overall Scholar: Madison Edmond; Mentors Dr. Catherine Cormier and Matthew Farley
Overall Presenter: Karen Slatten; Mentor Dr. Cheryl Bardales
Overall Poster: Aliceah Kirkendall; Mentor Krista Redmond
Presenting Excellence: Devon Salmon; Mentor Dr. Julie Gill
Creative Excellence: Garret Hayes; Mentor Dr. Jessica Ringo
Overall Virtual Presentation: Amber Michaelis; Mentor Dr. Ahmed Shaffie
Overall Artistic Presentation: Delaney Merriman; Mentor WangLing Chou

We are so proud to offer undergraduate research opportunities through our Center of Opportunity, Research, and Experiential Learning. Special thanks to our CORE Director, Alisha Trisler, our Administrative Specialist for Engaged Teaching and Learning Allison Brossett, and the rockstar team of faculty who made this event such a success.

04/10/2026

On Monday, our Career Champions Institute welcomed five CENLA leaders for a panel discussion about how we can apply leadership principles to better shape our students into competent working professionals!

We are so thankful for our panelists Dr. Jimmy Sawtelle, Taylor Hinson, MBA, BSN, CEN, TCRN, CFRN from , Randy Alford from the , Chris Maxwell from the Rapides Parish District Attorney's Office, and Christy Pennison, LPC-S from Be Inspired Counseling & Consulting for their invaluable insights and contributions to our discussion about our group read of “Leaders Eat Last” by Simon Sinek and embedding career readiness initiatives in the classroom.

The Career Champions Institute is proudly supported by the LSUA Foundation through the E.F. Mulder Center for Teaching Excellence. We are honored to provide this professional development for our faculty as we become more intentional about the importance of career readiness in the classroom.