By LCU News PINEVILLE, La. (LCU Media) --Laura Aime, a senior history major, of Baton Rouge, has been awarded this year’s Kimberly S. Hanger Prize at the Phi Alpha Theta Regional History Conference. Aime, along with a student from Loyola University, each received the honor of having the best undergraduate history papers submitted to the conference, held on March 22 in New Orleans. Aime's paper was titled "Reaching the Hearts and Minds of the American Colonists: American Clergy, Their Sermons, and the American Revolution."  In the paper, she analyzed numerous 18th-century sermons, arguing that pastors were a potent force in persuading their congregants to support the Patriot cause by drawing parallels between biblical texts and the American fight for liberty from British tyranny in their sermons. “It was such an honor to be recognized as a co-winner for the Kimberly S. Hanger prize this year,” Aime said. This is the second year in a row a student from LCU has won the Hanger Prize.   … [Read more...]

By Elizabeth Clarke, LCU News PINEVILLE, La. (LCU News) - Louisiana Christian University has been awarded more than $448,000 to develop its Responsive Nursing Technology in Education program from the Delta Regional Authority. These funds will allow LCU’s nursing program to respond to the evolving demands of the healthcare industry and address the healthcare shortage in Louisiana. This grant will pay for: An Anatomage Table for Simulated Cadaver Dissection that will better prepare graduates for nursing practice and medical school. The PTA program will be able to use a new Anatomage Table Alpha which is one of the most innovative 3D anatomy learning solutions for advanced  PTA anatomy and biology lessons.  Stemming from the world-renowned Anatomage Table, the Alpha offers the same interactive dissection experience to explore real human and animal anatomy but in an instructional lab experience. The CAE LearningSpace management platform for the LCU nursing simulation lab. This control center will provide audiovisual, scheduling management and assessment software with the right tools curated for teaching nursing students best practices. The “Victoria” Birthing Simulator provides state-of-the-art simulation of … [Read more...]