Bayou Park is the setting for the unveiling of the Black Lives Matter public artwork at 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 25. The 16 letters stand individually to spell Black Lives Matter. Each 4-by-8-foot painted letter is a different artist's interpretation of the BLM social justice movement.

University of Louisiana Monroe President Ronald Berry, D.B.A., extended sympathies following the death of ULM Assistant Professor Joshua Comer, Ph.D., on Sunday, Jan. 17.

The Louisiana National Guard and Louisiana Department of Health are providing free COVID-19 testing beginning Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the University of Louisiana Monroe. Testing will be ongoing. Testing is available for ULM students, faculty, staff, and Louisiana residents ages 5 and up.

On Monday, Jan. 18 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - the University of Louisiana Monroe and Louisiana Delta Community College continues the tradition of volunteering together on MLK Day of Service. For more than 10 years, ULM and LDCC have partnered to assist a local community agency on MLK Day of Service.

University of Louisiana Monroe President Ronald Berry, D.B.A., announces the appointment of Pamela Higgins Saulsberry, Ph.D., LCSW-BACS, as executive director of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

The University of Louisiana Monroe announces the students on the President's and Dean's List for the Fall 2020 semester. Full-time, undergraduate students must be enrolled full-time and complete a minimum of 12 semester hours to be eligible. President's List students (denoted with *) earned at least a 3.9 GPA. Students on the Dean's List earned at least a 3.5 GPA.

The University of Louisiana Monroe will move to virtual operations Monday, Jan. 11 and Tuesday, Jan. 12, due to winter weather. All face-to-face and hybrid/hyflex courses will meet virtually Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 11-12 and will resume normally on Wednesday, Jan 13. Online courses will continue as scheduled.

To help students and their families with registration details for spring 2021, the University of Louisiana Monroe's Sandel Hall will have extended hours from 5-8 p.m. for "Late 'til 8" on Tuesday, Jan. 5.

In honor of February as Black History Month and recognizing the power of creative expression, the University of Louisiana Monroe is hosting the Art for All Showcase.

The University of Louisiana Monroe summer and fall 2020 graduates will have the opportunity to wear their caps and gowns to receive their diplomas at "walk-through" commencement ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 19, in the auditorium of Kitty DeGree Hall.

University of Louisiana Monroe alumnus Sheldon Jones, Richland Parish Superintendent of Schools, has received the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents highest honor, being named the 2021 Louisiana Superintendent of the Year. The award was announced at the association's fall conference in November in Baton Rouge.

The University of Louisiana Monroe and Louisiana Delta Community College are again partnering to assist a local community agency on MLK Day of Service on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. ULM and LDCC are collecting items for the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana.

An innovative program designed by the University of Louisiana Monroe School of Education to meet the critical shortage of K-12 teachers is going statewide after being adopted by the Louisiana State Workforce Commission Workforce Investment Council on Dec. 2.