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“The supportive professors and the initiative to involve undergraduates in research are my favorite parts about the biology program. The entire department truly encourages and provides many opportunities for undergraduates to increase their repertoire of skills and critical thinking abilities by engaging in research.”

“My passion for reading and writing has fueled my interest in English education, and I hope to inspire a similar sense of passion in my future students. I am excited to begin using my love for reading and writing to instill literacy skills that will assist my students in reaching their full potential.” 

“I do feel like I’m getting a more personal education here, especially in the geology program. Our professors know us all personally by name. I really feel at home with them.”

“Everything I have learned in the program has helped me in my internships and will help me in my career. Plus, the program sends a group of students to the largest petroleum exposition in North America, and it’s a great opportunity for students to network with industry people.” 

“Financial aid has taken a lot of stress off of me. Knowing that my college is paid for — and then some — has really helped. I’m going to college, well equipped with everything I need.”

“Coming to UL Lafayette is one of the best decisions I ever made. It was a choice that I will never regret. I knew this was the place I needed to be, and the best education I could get in visual arts, so I took the leap.”

“I’m passionate about working with adults who have experienced strokes or traumatic brain injuries. The opportunity to walk alongside a patient and their family on their road to recovery, helping them regain their ability to communicate, is an experience unlike any other.”

“I was a kid in a candy store, from a mechanical engineering side. I was really lucky to be able to see all of that equipment opened up, learning about those large rotating pieces of equipment that kept the plant up and running.”

"There are a lot of labs in geology, and as you get into minerology and petrology, you get to hold the minerals and learn how to identify them. It’s so hands-on that it makes sense. Once you see it in person, it sticks!”

“My first semester of my freshman year I was in the first Arabic class at UL Lafayette – quite an honor, I might say – and I just fell in love with it immediately.”