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Lamar State College Port Arthur
2017-2018 Catalog
38,000 subscriptions in both paper and electronic
formats. Special areas feature a law collection, a
textbook collection, a career collection, a children’s
collection, a Texana collection, a rare book collection
and a best-seller collection.
training and technical assistance to owners and
managers of new and existing small businesses.
The center offers confidential consulting on a variety
of topics, including business plan preparation,
finance sources, marketing, personnel actions, taxes
and regulations. The center’s library provides
additional information about many business fields.
Since its inception, the SBDC has created 2,340 jobs,
assisted in obtaining more than $81 million in
loans/equity, helped start 307 new business, held
505 business training classes and assisted 3,440
clients.
The SBDC, 1401 Procter St., works in association
with Lamar State College-Port Arthur, the
University of Houston and the U.S. Small Business
Administration.
The Gates Library is a member of AMIGOS
Bibliographic Council, which provides inter-library
loan services to more than 400 libraries statewide
and 20,000 libraries worldwide. Other affiliations
included the Consortium of Academic Libraries and
Learning.
Resources and TexShare, which provides on-site
borrowing services for LSCPA students and faculty
at most academic libraries statewide. Students also
may use their student ID to check out materials at
Lamar University, Lamar Institute of Technology,
Lamar State College-Orange and the Port Arthur
Public Library.
Student Success Center
The Student Success Center (SSC) provides help for
students needing assistance with study skills or
remediation in the areas of math, English and
reading. Computer-aided tutorial programs and
teacher certified tutors are available to students.
The Student Success Center houses a testing center
and administers approved tests for TSI purposes
and other diagnostic tests.
Small Business Development Center
The Small Business Development Center supports
economic development in Port Arthur, Groves,
Nederland and Port Neches by providing counseling,
Port Arthur Higher Education
Foundation
Far sighted leaders formed the Port Arthur Higher
Education Foundation as a 501(c)(3) non-profit
organization in 1973. Its purpose is to promote the
arts, sciences and programs of Port Arthur College,
which later became Lamar State College Port
Arthur.
The Foundation’s early role included assisting the
College in acquiring property surrounding the
campus and in making special contributions, such as
providing $125,000 to purchase books for the Gates
Memorial Library after city voters donated the
library to the College.
The Foundation’s current primary purpose is to
administer more than five million dollars in
permanently endowed scholarships for Lamar State
College Port Arthur students. The awards bear the
names of longtime community members, celebrities
and local social and civic clubs, including Robert
Rauschenberg, H.S. and Bernice B. Anderson, Lloyd
and Joe Hayes, Sydalise Fredeman, G.W. Bailey and
the Port Arthur Rotary Club.
Lamar State College Port Arthur receives
applications for the foundation’s scholarships, which
may be awarded based on academic merit, financial
need or both.
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