Groups

Mission
The Cardinal Communities program provides a supportive community in which students engage in meaningful relationships that empower them to thrive in their lives at Lamar University and beyond.

Membership Benefits
Social Events, Peer and Faculty/Staff Mentorship

(1 Year)

Membership will end on 31 May

Select Mary & John Gray Library's group. Select the group and click on the Join button at the bottom of the page to register for this group

Mary & John Gray Library

Departments - Social

Mission

Mission
The Mary and John Gray Library cultivates student learning, supports individual and collaborative scholarship and contributes to academic and professional achievement.

Membership Benefits

Lifetime membership

Select New Student Orientation's group. Select the group and click on the Join button at the bottom of the page to register for this group

New Student Orientation

Departments - Pre-Professional, Social, Leadership

Mission

Mission
Lamar University Orientation serves as a campus leader in facilitating the transition process for new undergraduate students. We develop and promote a foundational sense of belonging through collaborative programming and serve as a resources for students throughout their first year at Lamar University.

Membership Benefits

Lifetime membership

Select Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum's group. Select the group and click on the Join button at the bottom of the page to register for this group

Spindletop-Gladys City Boomtown Museum

Departments

Mission

Contact: Email group officers

Mission
Originally envisioned by Patillo Higgins, treasurer and general manager of the Gladys City Oil, Gas and Manufacturing Company, which was founded in 1892, the town of Gladys City was to be a perfect industrial city, featuring factories, schools, churches, homes, parks and businesses. When the Lucas Gusher blew in on January 10, 1901, there was no more time to be perfect. Quickly, the Gladys City Company began leasing land to businessmen (and some women) who built quick, clapboard buildings to sell goods and services to oilfield workers and their families.

By the early 1970s, nothing much remained of the original Gladys City. In 1975, the re-created Gladys City Boomtown was built on lands once owned by the Gladys City Oil, Gas & Manufacturing Company as a Bicentennial project and in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Lucas Gusher. Once completed, the new Gladys City was given to the State of Texas and is governed by Lamar University. Through a self-guided tour, visitors to Gladys City experience 15 replica buildings filled with objects from the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries that depict life during the first Spindletop oil boom. From a saloon and post office to a general store and livery stable, visitors get a glimpse of what it might have been like to work and live in the historic Spindletop oilfield.

Museum Hours
Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday: 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Last admission time is 4:20 pm. Gift Shop closes at 4:30 pm.
Closed Mondays and most major holidays.
Phone number: (409) 880-1750 Email: gladyscityinfo@gmail.com

See our calendar of events.

Admission
Adults $5
Seniors 60+ $3
Children Ages 6-12 $2
Children 5 & younger Free
UNIVERSITY DISCOUNT: Students, faculty, staff, retirees and alumni of Lamar University or LIT are admitted free, w/valid ID.

MILITARY DISCOUNT: Active military personnel, including Reservists & National Guard members, receive free admission year-round with a current military ID. During the annual Blue Star Museums program (Memorial Day to Labor Day) sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the immediate families of active duty military also receive free admission.

Though there is much outdoors to our museum, we do not allow pets except for service animals.

Tours
Gladys City is available for tours for groups of 10 or more on Tuesday through Friday between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.; Saturday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. and Sunday between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Guided tours are given when a tour guide is available; otherwise, it is a self-guided tour.

Special rates for adult groups are $3 each for Adults, $2 each for Adults 60+. Much of the museum complex is wheelchair accessible and benches are provided on the porches of several buildings.

For youth tours, including public and private schools, home school groups, and scout troops, during the regular school year (September-May), admission is free for all youth and one chaperone for every ten students. Additional chaperones pay the regular adult tour admission fee of $3. Admission for youth tours during the summer (June-August) is $1 per person, including youth and adults.

Tour prices for adults, Senior Citizens and youth apply to groups of 10 or more and have called the museum at least 2 weeks in advance. Due to the nature of our events, regular admission prices will apply to event days.

Gladys City can accommodate up to 150 children in one tour. It is requested that large groups have at least one chaperone for every ten children.

To book your tour, call 409-880-1750 or use this easy, online form.

Ask about the "Lucas Gusher Re-enactment" when booking your tour! (Please note: The Lucas Gusher Re-enactment is not always available on weekends.)

Location & Directions
Gladys City is located on the Lamar University campus at 5550 Jimmy Simmons Blvd (formerly University Drive), Beaumont, Texas 77705 (Jimmy Simmons Blvd & E. Cardinal Drive along Hwy. 69N).

Membership Benefits

Lifetime membership

Staff Council

Departments - Community Service, Governing, Mutual Interest, Social, Leadership

Contact: Email group officers

Mission

Membership Benefits

Lifetime membership

Select Student Tutoring and Retention Services's group. Select the group and click on the Join button at the bottom of the page to register for this group

Student Tutoring and Retention Services

Departments

Mission

Contact: Email group officers

Mission
Welcome to Lamar University's Student Tutoring And Retention (STAR) Services. We invite you to explore our website and learn more about our programs and the people who are working every day to improve student experiences and student success at Lamar University. Feel free to call us at (409) 880-7201 or stop by our office in the Communication Building, Suite 109, to meet us!

https://www.lamar.edu/student-tutoring-and-retention/index.html

Membership Benefits

Lifetime membership

Select Study Abroad's group. Select the group and click on the Join button at the bottom of the page to register for this group

Study Abroad

Departments

Mission

Mission
The possibilities here are endless with programs that quite literally span the seas from Waterford, Ireland to Calabash Caye off the coast of Belize. Each study abroad program varies in length, allowing you to choose between spending a week abroad during spring break, two or more weeks abroad during the summer, or an entire semester abroad.

Whether a Lamar student chooses to study at the University of Salamanca, Spain's oldest and most historic institution, or Seoul National University of Science and Technology, one of Korea's best national universities, the outcome is often the same—a life-changing academic experience that will have a profound impact on your personal and professional future.

Membership Benefits

Lifetime membership

Select University Police's group. Select the group and click on the Join button at the bottom of the page to register for this group

University Police

Departments

Mission

Contact: Email group officers

Mission
The Lamar University Police Department (LUPD) is on campus to serve you in the protection of your person, your property, and the university's property.

The LUPD is charged with the enforcement of university and systems regulations and all state, local and federal laws. Officers working for the university are licensed peace officers for the state of Texas. They have county-wide jurisdiction per the Texas Education Code Section 51.203.

Membership Benefits

Lifetime membership

Select University Press's group. Select the group and click on the Join button at the bottom of the page to register for this group

University Press

Departments

Mission

Membership Benefits

Lifetime membership

Select Welcome Center's group. Select the group and click on the Join button at the bottom of the page to register for this group

Welcome Center

Departments

Contact: Email group officers

Mission

Membership Benefits

Lifetime membership

Select Writing Center's group. Select the group and click on the Join button at the bottom of the page to register for this group

Writing Center

Departments

Mission Membership Benefits

Mission
The University Writing Center is an academic support service that provides all students with free face-to-face or online writing consultations. With two locations - one on the first floor of the Mary and John Gray Library and the other on the first floor of Morris Hall - and staff who are both graduate and undergraduate students, the Writing Center assists students with their writing for any course by guiding students through the entire writing process.

The Writing Center provides personalized consulting in the following areas: understanding the assignment, brainstorming, organizing ideas, revising, editing, and interpreting the graded paper. Our writing conferences actively engage students in identifying and addressing their writing needs so that students improve their composition practices and skills and learn to apply them to various writing tasks and purposes.

In the interest of academic integrity, consultants neither edit nor in any other way correct students' papers for them. Students may seek assistance with non-academic writing as well, such as graduate school applications and scholarship letters.

Our consulting service is beneficial to students of all writing abilities, as any writer can benefit from the collaborative activity of a peer writing conference.

To schedule an appointment, students can visit the Writing Center Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/lamaruniversitywc or the main website at www.lamar.edu/writingcenter.

The Writing Center seeks to encourage scholarly activity across campus and provides both independent and in-class workshops each semester in support of such activity. Both writing centers are equipped with Macs and PCs and assistive technology for student use.

Contact information for students: (409) 880-8571, UWC@lamar.edu.

Contact information for faculty and staff: (409) 880-8587, jennifer.ravey@lamar.edu.

Membership Benefits
Keep up with Writing Center news and events!

Lifetime membership

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