ULM'sÌýThe Pursuit, the university's premier event, will be 6-9 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 14 at the new Bayou Pointe Student Event Center, 1 Warhawk Way.Ìý
The event is sponsored by BancorpSouth.
This year's special guest host isÌýFOX Sports personality Tim Brando. Brando is a long-time sports announcer who joinedÌýFOX in 2014. In 2017 he signed a multi-year extensionÌýto announce college football and basketball on FOX.Ìý
Guests can enjoy food from Catfish Cabin, Fieldhouse Bar & Grill and Waterfront Grill with beverages from Marsala Beverages and Glazer.
The program starts atÌý6 p.m.ÌýPresident Nick J. Bruno will be givingÌýa preview of the upcoming year and a glance back at the year gone by. Director of Athletics Nick Floyd will talk about the 2018-19 athletic season and Coach Matt Viator will give insights on the Warhawks football season.Ìý
Tickets are $60 per person, $750 for a table and are available atÌýÌýulm.edu/thepursuit,Ìý. For tickets and information, visit ulm.edu/thepursuit,Ìýor contactÌýRaeChelle Leiken at 318-342-3579Ìýor by email atÌýleiken@ulm.edu.
The event benefits the Warhawk Club, formerly the ULM Athletic Foundation.Ìý
The Pursuit is named after the Curtis P-40 “Warhawk� fighter planes flown by Gen. Claire Lee Chennault’s Flying Tigers during World War II. The ULM Warhawk mascot takes its name from the planes, which are iconic with the noses painted with an open shark’s mouth with jagged teeth.