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UL Lafayette to award honorary doctorate to alum James Garland
UL Lafayette
Posted at 1:45 PM, May 11, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-11 14:45:57-04
An internationally renowned designer of water features will receive an honorary doctorate of arts from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during Spring 2021 Commencement ceremonies.
James A. âJimâ Garland, an expert in water design, architecture and urbanism, founded Fluidity Design Consultants Inc., a Los Angeles-based water feature design and engineering firm. He earned a bachelorâs degree in architecture from the University in 1982. He also graduated from UCLAâs Master of Architecture degree program.
UL Lafayette will award Garland an honorary doctorate Friday during the College of the Artsâ Commencement. The ceremony will begin at 8 a.m. at the Cajundome Convention Center.
Acadiana brown cotton: Local plant ties past, present
VICTORIA DODGE, The Daily Advertiser
March 13, 2021
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LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) Colastie Hebert LeBlanc, known as Tante Colastie by family and friends, was one of the few women still making brown cotton trousseau a dowry for new brides. But she had 108 blankets.
When asked to sell one of her blankets LeBlanc responded with, “Oh no! Madamoiselle! I can’t let you have any of those. I have made them for my children.”
But with so many extra blankets, people were confused with how many children she had.
“Nine,” she would tell them. “I have completed my supply, that is one dozen for each. Now I’ll be able to make blankets for others and my friends who need them.”
Colastie Hebert LeBlanc, known as Tante Colastie by family and friends, was one of the few women still making brown cotton trousseau a dowry for new brides. But she had 108 blankets.
When asked to sell one of her blankets LeBlanc responded with, Oh no! Madamoiselle! I can t let you have any of those. I have made them for my children.
But with so many extra blankets, people were confused with how many children she had. Nine, she would tell them. I have completed my supply, that is one dozen for each. Now I’ll be able to make blankets for others and my friends who need them.