literature to business writing. She won the 2007 Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society Faulkner-Wisdom Award and made the shortlist for, a novel in progress, The Lost Books, and a finished novel, Fire Exhausted respectively. She also holds a master’s degree from New York University. Sarah Schram (2008 BACH BUS, 2010 MBA) has been named as director of the Office of Corporate Relations and Economic Development for the College of Engineering. Schram was formerly an assistant director in the college and previously served as a graduate assistant for the corporate and foundation relations.
Kasy M. Delapasse Page (2007 BACH HSS) recently completed U.S.Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill. The eight-week program included classroom study and practical instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefighting, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety. The capstone event of boot camp is “Battle Stations,” an exercise that gives recruits the skills and confidence they need to succeed in the fleet, and its distinctly ‘’Navy’’ flavor is designed to take into account what it means to be a sailor.
Chais L. Sweat (2002 BACH HSS, 2007 JD) has joined Dykema Gossett PLLC in the firm’s business and commercial practice in Dallas. He focuses his practice in the area of general commercial litigation, hospitality law, and consumer financial services. Prior to joining Dykema, Sweat was an attorney with the law firm Sweat & Associates, PLLC. In law school, Sweat was a member of the school’s Trial Advocacy Board and the ATLA (AAJ) National Trial Advocacy Competition Team. He earned distinction as a member of the first-place team and was named the Top Overall Advocate in the Ira S. Flory Trial Competition. He also spent a semester as an extern with the Louisiana Department of Revenue.
BABY
BENGALS
Lee and Alicia Dugas, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, announce the birth of triplets Jackson Traverse, Shelby Mae, and Marlee Grace on May 3, their mom’s birthday! The babies arrived thirteen weeks early – each a minute apart and each weighing just over two pounds. “The children spent seventy days in NICU and were released on July 11, all on the same day,” says Alicia. “Immediately after the babies were born Lee had to come up with a family password for the NICU – something we had to say each and every time we went to visit them. Without even a moment’s hesitation it came out: "Geaux Tigers," though it was spelled “Go Tigers” here in the North. For seventy days, sometimes five times a day we said, “Geaux Tigers.” Lee Dugas attended LSU in 1984-85 and was president of the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill Chapter of the LSU Alumni Association while the couple lived in North Carolina before moving to Ohio.
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