Nicholls State University administrators officially rededicated the fully refurbished, 40-year-old Calecas Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 14. With around 80 attendees, including community leaders and family members of the residence hall’s late namesake – Dr. Raymond Jerome Calecas – the campus ceremony was one of a decade-long series of similar events as Nicholls continues to modernize campus facilities.

Karen Calecas Raynal, Dr. Calecas’ daughter, addresses attendees.

Resident assistants Samantha Neale, multinational business senior from Holden, and Jacob Foret, nursing junior from Houma, lead a tour of the renovated hall for Kathleen Gros, sister-in-law of Dr. Calecas, her husband Ridley Gros, and family friend Judy Danos.