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White family establishes $25K endowed scholarship for ULM RMI program ULM Office of Marketing and Communications Barry and Denita White of West Monroe have established the $25,000 Barry O. White Endowed Scholarship for the Risk Management Insurance Program at the University of Louisiana Monroe.

Twenty-nine women will be competing for the Miss Louisiana 2019 Crown. Seven of them are ULM Students.

The contest will begin at 7:30pm Thursday June 20, Friday June 21, and Saturday June 22 at 8:00pm at the Jack Howard Theatre at the Monroe Civic Center in Monroe.

The event will be televised on KNOE-TV 8 from 8-10pm.

The seven ULM students are:

•Miss ULM Monica Whitman – Whitman is a P1 pharmacy student. The Tioga native’s talent will be a lyrical dance. Her social impact is Making Healthy a Habit. 

The new ULM Safe app is the latest addition to the University of Louisiana Monroe’s commitment to campus safety.

The app launched Monday, June 3, timed to be available to the first group of incoming freshmen who arrive this week for PREP.

90.3 KEDM Public Radio debuts a new music format this Memorial Day Weekend.  The new format is called The Boot, a reference to the nickname for the shape of Louisiana. 

"The Boot" features Louisiana artists and regional favorites.  It's a Southern gumbo made up of blues, soul, funk, zydeco, and swamp favorites.  Local favorite bands are also part of the mix.  

It’s time for the University of Louisiana Monroe’s annual Spring Fever Week, Monday, April 8 through Friday, April 12. The week of activities, games, contests, food and performances is sponsored by the ULM Campus Activities Board.

A highlight of Spring Fever Week will be the live comedy performance of DeRay Davis and Jay Pharoah at 7 p.m., Thursday, April 11 at Fant-Ewing Coliseum. Tickets are: students — $10 general admission, $15 floor seating and for the public — $20 general admission, $25 floor seating. Tickets can be purchased at ulm.edu/concert.

The University of Louisiana Monroe announced Tuesday, April 2, 2019, that it would provide healthcare screenings and education events to citizens in Union, Morehouse, Richland, East Carroll, West Carroll, Tensas, Madison and Bienville parishes for the next three years thanks to a $96,679 grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation.

The University of Louisiana Monroe FemHawks and the Sexual Assault Response Team of Ouachita Parish will sponsor the annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes on Wednesday, April 10. The 1-mile walk’s purpose is to bring awareness to sexual assault and domestic violence while creating gender solidarity. Registration is at 3:30 p.m. in the quad and the walk starts at 4 p.m.  Walk a Mile in Her Shoes is an international men’s march to advocate against sexual violence.