The University of Louisiana Monroe celebrated the successes of its faculty and staff at the annual Foundation Awards for Excellence on Thursday, May 5, at Bayou Pointe Event Center. The University bestowed emeriti status to one retiring professor, honored five faculty and staff with Awards of Excellence and promoted 19 faculty to full professor, associate professor or tenure.
More than 50 University of Louisiana Monroe faculty and staff volunteered for two days of intense training on assisting law enforcement, first responders, and government officials in the wake of a disaster.
ULM is the first and only university in Louisiana to provide the Community Emergency Response Team Program. FEMA started CERT in 1986, and more than 600,000 have completed the training. The CERT training at ULM was geared for emergencies on campus but can be used when needed in the community.
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