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Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball 2009-10 university of louisiana the MARTIN HALL Alumni Center LAGNIAPPE LOUISIANA’S RECENT NOTEWORTHY ACCOMPLISHMENTS Louisiana’s Mathematics Department is one of the Top 100 university math departments in the nation, according to the National Science Foundation. The University’s Computer Science Department is among the top 60 university computer science departments. The National Incident Management Systems and Advanced Technologies Institute, which is using supercomputers and visualization technologies to try to improve disaster management by public and private sectors, was established in October 2007. NIMSAT’s Business Emergency Operations Center will be housed in Abdalla Hall. Cypress Swamp UL is the only university in Louisiana that has a simulated neonatal, pediatric and labor delivery unit. Its Maternal/Child Life Skills laboratory is in Wharton Hall. There, senior nursing students in the College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions use sophisticated computerized simulators that can mimic real-world hospital situations. The Ernest J. Gaines Center in Dupré Library will house the only complete collection of Gaines’ scholarship in the world. It will be built on the library’s third floor. Gaines, author of “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” and “A Lesson Before Dying,” is writer-in-residence emeritus. He was presented with an honorary doctorate from Louisiana in May 2008. A group of UL students participating in the Cajun Advanced Picosatellite Experiment (CAPE) built a small artificial satellite, 88 known as a CubeSat, and sucessfully launched the State of Louisiana’s first university student-bulit satellite into orbit from the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2007. Lee Hall The University of Louisiana is one of the most affordable universities in the nation, thanks to comprehensive scholarship and financial aid programs, including out-of-state fee waivers to qualified students. The University was among 20 teams chosen worldwide to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon. The teams had to design, build and operate a small energy-efficient house that’s powered entirely by the sun. UL’s Beausoleil Team represents collaboration among the School of Architecture and Design, College of Engineering and the B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration. In March 2008, the University activated First Call, an interactive communications network that uses voice, e-mail and text to alert registered users to emergencies on campus. In 2004, students and faculty produced CajunBot, one of 25 autonomous vehicles that competed in the U.S. Department of Defense DARPA Grand Challenge. CajunBot, which was featured on CNN, uses artificial intelligence and GPS positioning to navigate a designated route while detecting and avoiding obstacles. LOUISIANA BASKETBALL 2009-10 Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball 2009-10 the university of louisiana STEPHENS HALL SPIRE CAMPUS ACADEMICS IMPACT LOUISIANA The University of Louisiana owns a total of about 1,400 100 percent of all undergraduate programs at UL that The University of Louisiana employs nearly 2,000 people acres. Its main campus consists of 137 acres; the athletic are eligible for accreditation by professional agencies are and through spending, helps sustain more than 7,500 complex and Cajundome sit on 243 acres; University accredited. jobs in the Lafayette area. Research Park has 148 acres; the Center for Ecology and Environmental Technology has 51 acres; and the Equine UL is a member of the Southeastern Universities Research If it were a private business, the University would be the Center is comprised of 100 acres. Association, which is composed of members from more largest private businesses in Lafayette Parish. than a dozen southeastern states and the District of UL has a 600-acre farm/renewable resources laboratory Columbia. Other members include Duke, Vanderbilt and Louisiana’s total spending impact exceeds $750 million with a 30-acre pond for crawfish and catfish culture in Auburn universities. each year, with over $725 million of that total spending Cade, La. impact felt in Acadiana. The Carnegie Foundation has designated Louisiana- It also owns the 100-acre New Iberia Research Center in Lafayette as a “Research University with High Research UL’s economic development centers helped increase New Iberia, La., which is one of the largest private non- Activity.” That puts UL in the same category as Clemson, client revenue by over $1 billion in the last year and human, primate breeding colonies in the world. Auburn and Baylor universities. The only other Louisiana created or retained nearly 23,000 jobs for businesses. institution in the same category is the University of New UL maintains more than 261 campus buildings that have Orleans. If the University were a city, it would be the 17th largest a total of about 4.2 million square feet. in the State of Louisiana. The University of Louisiana is accredited by the The CAJUNDOME is a 12,800-seat multipurpose arena. Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of The University of Louisiana pays more than $65 million in 89 There is an adjacent $13 million convention center. Colleges and Schools. salaries and wages each year. Edith Garland Dupré Library is one of the most Louisiana offers 80 undergraduate degree programs. Students are responsible for over $125 million in direct technologically advanced university libraries in Louisiana. spending annually. There are 29 master’s degree programs and one post University Research Park tenants include: master’s certificate program. The University injects about $150 million of direct, • Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) unrestricted spending into the local economy per year. • Center for Business and Information Technologies Doctor of Philosophy degrees are offered in applied • Lafayette Economic Development Authority language and speech sciences, biology, cognitive science, The city of Lafayette is ranked 14th Best Performing • Lafayette Primary Care Facility English, Francophone studies, mathematics, computer (Large Metro) City in the nation citing job growth, salary • Hilton Garden Inn science and computer engineering. A joint doctor of growth and high-tech GDP as key indicators according to • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers education degree is offered in educational leadership by Milken Institute/Greenstreet Real Estate Partners. • U.S. Department of Agriculture Louisiana and Southeastern Louisiana University. • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services • U.S. Geological Survey About 1,200 students are graduated each fall and spring. • U.S. Geological Survey National Wetlands Research Center www.RAGINCAJUNS.com Ragin’ Cajuns Men’s Basketball 2009-10 The University of Louisiana, a selective admissions university, offers 80 COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS undergraduate and 29 master’s degree programs in 10 colleges and schools: Dean: Dr. David Barry | Phone: 337.482.6219 | E-mail: [email protected] College offers a broad view of the world, so it provides excellent preparation for graduate schools and careers in a wide variety of fields COLLEGE OF ARTS Liberal Arts sharpen a student’s mind by teaching him or her to reason, to analyze information Dean: H. Gordon Brooks, II | Phone: 337.482.6224 | E-mail: [email protected] critically and to communicate Only Louisiana university that has a center for all the arts Two writers-in-residence, Abdelhak Serhane and Rikki Ducornet, are internationally renowned for The College of Arts has impressive resources, such as a stereoscopic virtual reality lab that lets their creative works students display their architectural, interior design, industrial design and animation models in Public Relations program has been ranked in the top 25 in the nation 3-D of louisiana Majors: Anthropology, Child and Family Studies, Criminal Justice, English, History, Interpersonal Also the only Louisiana university that offers a bachelor’s degree in industrial design and Public Communications, Mass Communications (concentrations in Broadcasting, Journalism School of Music students can make professional-quality 24-track recordings in an updated and Media Advertising), Modern Languages (concentrations in French, Francophone Studies and studio and can also utilize a post-production studio for video editing, surround sound mixing Spanish), Philosophy, Political Science (concentrations in Pre-Law and International Relations), and authoring DVDs Psychology, Public Relations, Sociology, Speech Pathology and Audiology Majors: Architectural Studies, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Fashion Design and Merchandising, Music (concentrations in Music Business, Composition, Instrumental, Jazz Studies, Music Media, Piano Pedagogy, Performance, Strings, Theory/Composition, Vocal), COLLEGE OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS colleges Performing Arts (emphasis in Theater or Dance, Visual Arts (emphasis in Art History, Ceramics, Dean: Gail Poirrier, RN DNS | Phone: 337.482.6808 | E-mail: [email protected] Computer Art and Animation, Drawing, Graphic Design, Media Art, Metalwork and Jewelry, Department of Nursing is one of the largest traditional nursing programs in the nation Painting, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture) Consistently, the percentage of UL graduating seniors who pass the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses on the first try far exceeds state and national averages The Department of Nursing is one of 10 nursing programs in the nation to be awarded the B.I. 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