By Elizabeth Clarke, LCU News PINEVILLE, La. (LCU News) - Freshman Journi Singleton has been named the Clarence and Rosa Fields Emerging Black Leader Scholarship recipient for 2024. Singleton, a member of the women's basketball team, is a history major from Sulphur. Her goal is to become a defense attorney, advocating for the wrongfully convicted. She has a 3.79 GPA and is a Dean’s List scholar. The award includes a full tuition and room and board scholarship given to a deserving Black student who demonstrates scholarship, Christian leadership and promise for the future. “I am honored and very grateful to be the recipient of the Clarence and Rosa Fields Emerging Black Leader Scholarship,” Singleton said. “This scholarship embodies academic excellence, Christian values and leadership qualities, all of which I greatly aspire to possess. I want to extend great thanks to my professors, the judging panel and my parents for all believing in me. I am excited to get to know Mr. and Mrs. Fields and further expand my academic journey. Mr. and Mrs. Fields are truly an inspiration.” Singleton graduated from Hamilton Christian School in Lake Charles, where she was the Class of 2023 valedictorian, Beta Club president, Student … [Read more...]

By Elizabeth Clarke, LCU News PINEVILLE, La. (LCU News) - Michael Zigarelli, a professor of leadership and strategy at Messiah University in Pennsylvania, spoke March 11 at Louisiana Christian University’s 9th annual God in the Workplace series, addressing what makes companies stand out in the marketplace. Offering numerous real-world examples from Chick-fil-A and other fast-food chains to illustrate his points, Zigarelli said a company’s customer success and brand boils down to hiring people of integrity to be who they already are. “There’s no company policy (at Chick-fil-A) making them go the extra mile,” Zigarelli said. “It’s from the employees, their world view, their core values. In the workplace, what’s on the inside of us will ultimately show up on the outside of us, guaranteed.” He said the starting point for faith at work is faith within. “That’s the real secret recipe for success at Chick-fil-A,” Zigarelli said. “We live from the inside out, so we work from the inside out.” An employee’s behavior doesn’t happen out of nowhere, he emphasized. “External behaviors are manifestations of an internal reality,” he said. This is why it is paramount for companies to care about who they are hiring — and why … [Read more...]