ULM POINTS OF PRIDE Under the direction of President Dr. Nick J. Bruno Ph.D., the University of Louisiana at Monroe strives to ensure that students, faculty and staff are given the best opportunity to succeed. Dr. Bruno is proud to share the numerous and prestigious awards and accomplishments of the university as a whole, and of those who make ULM a premier and desired institution for higher education. Research and Partnerships - Department of Defense U.S. Army Corps of Engineers funds a toxicology professor’s work, which ensures the safety of clean-up crews at retired military bases. - Pennington Biomedical Research Center collaborates with ULM pharmacy and gerontology faculty to research Alzheimer’s and other life-threatening health issues. - The Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience, a grant-funding agency in Japan, supports the breast cancer research concept of a ULM pharmacy professor. Yong-Yu Liu, M.D., Ph.D., submitted a grant proposal to the foundation and was one of 16 funded proposals; 150 proposals were submitted from 27 countries. - Louisiana Board of Regents awards ULM a grant to help establish a carbon dioxide - water vapor flux monitoring tower in a bottomland hardwood forest in the Russell Sage Wildlife Management Area. - Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality awards a $564,496 grant to ULM faculty for their research of water quality data at Bayou Lafourche and Turkey Creek in the Boeuf River Sub-Basin. - Governor’s Office of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness invests in a $3 Million Doppler radar system at ULM; atmospheric sciences faculty and students will provide crucial data to the state. - ULM and the LSU AgCenter enter into an agreement establishing important research projects between the two institutions. ULM and LSU AgCenter researchers will explore compounds used to treat diseases based on natural products found in plants. Innovative New Programs - ULM’s College of Pharmacy develops a new degree—Bachelor of Science in Pharmaceutical Sciences—which will provide a competitive advantage to students who choose to work in pharmaceutical sales, government regulatory affairs, and more. - Accounting and auditing will be among the fastest-growing occupations by 2018, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. To meet that need, ULM’s - College of Business launches a new program—Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Accounting—which will empower professionals to benefit from these expanding fields. - Both Louisiana Delta Community College and North Central Technical College in Wisconsin sign online articulation agreements with ULM.
occupational health—ULM’s Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Occupational Health, Safety, and Toxicology. - Hanbat National University President in South Korea enters into an exchange program with ULM—a university he considers to be “one of the most advanced universities in the United States.” - Joined by Fortune 500 companies, leaders at ULM unveil the ULM President’s Academy—a new career-oriented summer program for high-ability high school juniors and seniors throughout Louisiana, and regions of Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi. First-rate facilities - ULM’s Human Performance Lab moves to a newly-renovated facility outfitted with equipment to gauge such health-related issues as aerobic fitness, muscular fitness and flexibility, along with total body composition. ULM’s kinesiology graduate degree is one of only six accredited master programs in the U.S. and the only American College of Sports Medicine endorsed program in Louisiana. Open to ULM faculty, staff, students, and the external community, the lab is also the exclusive testing facility for firefighters from Monroe, West Monroe and Ouachita Parish. - Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler recognizes ULM’s Museum of Natural History for outstanding quality, inducting the museum into Louisiana’s Heroes and Heritage Trail. - ULM, the City of Monroe, and the Monroe-West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau collaborate on the $1 million University Park softball complex. The complex is used year-round by area youth who compete in baseball, softball and football; the park is also used for tournaments that attract families from all over the country. - ULM’s beautiful campus is recognized by the Monroe Garden Study League, a member of The Garden Club of America. The Conservation Committee of the Garden Club of America awarded ULM the Club Civic Improvement Commendation. Student Success - ULM’s Water Ski Team dominates at the World University Championships held in Los Morros, Chile, January 2012. ULM has the most competitors and the greatest number of medal winners of any university in the world. - ULM Warhawk baseball team claims the 2012 Sun Belt Tournament Championship, making its fifth appearance in the NCAA Tournament. - Students within the College of Health Sciences earn a consistent 100% passage rate on national licensure examinations or scores that were significantly higher than the national average. - ULM student-athletes graduate at the highest single year rate of any Louisiana university according to NCAA’s Federal Graduation Report. - ULM’s Biology Department scores three first place wins at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences in Alexandria, competing against participants from 32 institutions.
- ULM’s Department of Toxicology develops a new certification program focused on - A ULM toxicology graduate student receives first place for a poster he presented at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences in Alexandria.
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