The College of Business and Social Sciences gained a new school on Tuesday when ULM unveiled the William D. Hoover School of Accounting, Financial and Information Services. The announcement for the school was made in 2019, along with an endowment scholarship of the same name, but on Tuesday the school officially unveiled its place in.
The University of Louisiana Monroe Master of Occupational Therapy Program was recently granted full accreditation by the Accreditation Council on Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) during its December 2022 meeting. The accreditation comes after a year-long self-study process and an on-site review by ACOTE in August 2022. The ULM MOT program received the maximum accreditation level of 10 years, indicating that the program showed “no areas of noncompliance” and “demonstrated exceptional educational quality.”
St. Louis police identified 34-year-old Ronald Berry as the hit-and-run suspect they are now looking for. Berry faces involuntary manslaughter charges.
The University of Louisiana Monroe has received approval for federal funding for two projects that will make a positive impact for citizens of Louisiana. The amount for both projects totals $2,505,000, which will be funded by the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill recently passed in the U.S. House and Senate. The projects were supported by Louisiana’s federal legislators after originating in the form of Community Project Funding (CPF) requests.
The University of Louisiana Monroe signed a memorandum of understanding with The Chennault Aviation and Military Museum on December 9. ULM Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Mark Arant and Chennault Museum President Nell Calloway spoke at the ceremony announcing the agreement.