System Announcements

• Cybersecurity Tips (Friday, January 31, 2025)
  

  There has been an increase in attempted scam messages via email and texts.  The most popular scams include urgent messages warning users that they will lose account access due to not providing/confirming login information, personal information, or completing tasks (ex: filling out a form, purchase gift cards, etc.). 

   

  Remember the following tips to protect your account and personal information:

   

  • Do not click on any email links or complete forms sent by unexpected sources you don’t know or recognize.  When in doubt, validate the authenticity of suspicious messages by sending it to servicedesk@lamar.edu
  • No outside company can disable your school account.  Delete any such email or text messages.
  • Always verify with the Service Desk before responding to any email or text claiming to deactivate your Lamar account.
  • Never share your account login information with anyone via phone call, email, online form, text message, or social media.
  • Lamar University departments and outside companies do not need your passwords, or your Duo access codes.
  • Job opportunities for students are not promoted through faculty, staff, or students' personal email addresses.

   

  If you have provided login information to an email or text, have received an unsolicited Duo push/Text message, or have reported a Duo push as fraudulent, please take the following steps:

   

  • Contact the Service Desk for assistance in resetting your LEA password and verifying your Duo-authorized devices.

   

  If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact the Service Desk at 409.880.2222 or email servicedesk@lamar.edu

• Blackboard Course Enrollment & Availability Overview (Wednesday, November 13, 2024)
  

  Students will be automatically enrolled in courses 24 hours after completing registration.  Students should not expect to see courses listed in Blackboard until two weekdays before the course start date. New students will not have access to Blackboard LU Learn until two weekdays before their first course begins.

• Preferred Name Display (Monday, August 26, 2024)
  

  In accordance with Lamar University policy, users who have a preferred name recorded in Self-Service Banner will have their Blackboard username displayed as such. If your display name in Blackboard does not appear to be correct, please check your personal information in Banner and update your Preferred First Name. For more details on this policy, please refer to Records and Registration. To access your personal information, navigate to LU Connect and click "Banner Self-Service."

• Attendance verification (Thursday, January 16, 2020)
  

  Regular class attendance/participation is important to the attainment of educational objectives. The University must abide by federal guidelines to verify attendance in each course for which a student is enrolled. In addition, eligibility for federal financial aid awards, is dependent on a student’s attendance in class. Therefore, if a student does not attend class, their awards may be reduced or completely cancelled. Beginning in Fall 2019, verification of attendance in all LU courses, both online and on campus, will be accomplished through the use of an attendance assignment in each Blackboard course. Students will have until the census date for each course to complete this assignment. Students who fail to complete this assignment for each course they are enrolled in will have their financial aid awards adjusted or cancelled. Questions may be directed to financialaid@lamar.edu