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LCU freshman named Clarence & Rosa Fields’ Scholarship recipient

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...]

Zigarelli addresses living out faith in the marketplace

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...]

LCU hosts high schoolers interested in healthcare careers

By Elizabeth Clarke, LCU News PINEVILLE, La. (LCU News) - Louisiana Christian University welcomed 35 high school students from around central Louisiana, March 8, to its first Healthcare Heroes Expedition to learn from educators and experts about different career opportunities. Attending the event were students from Alexandria Senior High School, Pineville High School, Grace Christian School and Georgetown High School in Grant Parish. The event was held in cooperation with the Central Louisiana Area Health Education Center. The event featured LCU alumni Ryan Riche, the director of physical therapy at Rapides Regional Medical Center, and Jonathan Hunter, a family practice physician at Cenla Associates in The Clinics, shared information and answered questions from the interested teens. Students rotated through different hands-on activities conducted by LCU faculty and students: a CPR simulation, a heart/EKG simulation, nursing demonstrations and physical therapy assistant spine board transfers. More information about LCU’s Department of Natural Sciences and all the academic programs in healthcare fields, including physical therapy assistant, nursing and exercise science, can be found at lcuniversity.edu. … [Read more...]

Faculty focus on service learning for student engagement, community partnerships

By Elizabeth Clarke, LCU News PINEVILLE, La. (LCU News) - Louisiana Christian University welcomed two service-learning scholars from Tulane University to its March faculty meeting to train professors in creative ways to incorporate this initiative into the classroom. Jelagat Cheruiyot, a senior professor, teaches two to three of her courses with service learning each semester, teaching first-year students to seniors, as well as other community-engaged projects involving student mentees. Her service-learning students work with several community partners locally and regionally on different projects from community gardens, restoration, recycling (materials and nutrient), insect sampling and preservation as well as attending and participating appropriately in different cultural events. Additionally, Cheruiyot facilitated Tulane Center for Public Service’s semesterly faculty seminar on service learning from fall 2021-fall 2023, guiding dozens of faculty through service-learning course conceptualization and design. Bridget Smith, assistant director for Academic Community Engagement, has been with Tulane’s Center for Public Service, working at the nexus of community and higher ed for the past 15 years. She leads Tulane’s … [Read more...]