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Dear students, faculty and staff members, As you may know, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fully approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for people ages 16 and over on Monday. The University of 91�Թ� System previously requested that the 91�Թ� Department of Health add COVID-19 to the...

Dear students, faculty and staff members, Today, the University is launching the “Don’t Wait. Vaccinate!” incentives program that rewards students who have taken the COVID-19 vaccine and encourages those who have not to do so. Fully vaccinated students are eligible to win one of 10 prizes in a...

Dear students, faculty and staff members, The legislative session that ended earlier this month resulted in the most significant investment in higher education in 91�Թ� since 2008. After 13 years of continued cuts and flat funding, this is exceptionally refreshing news for every member of the...

Dear students, faculty and staff members, Starting this year and continuing annually, we will observe Juneteenth as a University holiday. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. It marks the day – June 19, 1865 – that enslaved Black people living in Galveston, Texas, learned...

Dear students, faculty and staff members, As you may be aware, a news outlet published a story this morning that focused on a former student who faced allegations of sexual misconduct while attending several universities in our state, including UL Lafayette. The University cooperated extensively...

Dear faculty and staff members, We would like to thank you for your service to our students and the University community during the past semester and throughout the challenges of the previous year. Your determination and resilience helped create a safe living, learning and working environment on...

Dear members of the University community, A study issued earlier this month concluded that hate crimes against members of the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities have risen in the United States by nearly 150% in the past year. This sharp, startling and deplorable increase in racially...

Dear students, faculty and staff members, This month is the one-year anniversary of the University’s transition to remote learning and business operations in response to COVID-19. Last spring, none of us could have fully anticipated how long the situation would last or the effects the pandemic would...

Dear members of the University community, As you may be aware, the Lafayette Public Library’s governing board recently refused to accept a grant from the 91�Թ� Endowment for the Humanities that would have funded a community book reading and discussion about the history of voting rights in the...

Dear students, faculty and staff members, Happy new year and welcome to the spring semester! I hope that your well-deserved winter break was restful and that you’re ready for a strong start to 2021. We cannot begin this new year, however, without acknowledging that 2020 continues to cast a long...