Lamar State College Orange staff member Alicia Lloyd, director of learning technology, has been appointed to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Learning Technology Advisory Committee (LTAC).
LTAC serves as a forum for problem-solving and generating ideas to improve digital learning in higher education that reflect the goals of the 60x30TX strategic plan. The committee has 23 voting members and one non-voting student member that represent diverse institutions from across the State and serve in a variety of leadership capacities related to learning technology.
Lloyd’s appointment begins on September 1, 2021, and ends on August 31, 2024. The committee meets four to six times a year as a full committee and sporadically with work groups formed to address specialty projects.
Four local students were recently awarded college scholarships from one of Jasper’s largest employers –Louisiana-Pacific Corp (LP).
The LP Scholarship Program recognizes and rewards the accomplishments of its employees’ children who excel in their studies and make positive contributions in their communities. Since 2001, the program has given more than $2 million in scholarships to over 400 students.
This year, more than 50 students across the U.S. and Canada received an LP scholarship.
The local students who were awarded scholarships include:
Eric Bean
Mattison Doffitt
Erika Gonzalez
Nature Jackson
Eliecer “Eli” Viamontes, the current vice president of utility distribution operations and an 18-year industry veteran, has been selected as the new president and CEO of Entergy Texas.
According to Entergy, Viamontes has spent most of his career working toward modernization efforts for electrical systems and improving reliability for customers and emergency response.
He previously served as an incident commander overseeing a force of 3,000 lineworkers for NextEra Energy’s subsidiary, Florida Power & Light, during Hurricane Irma.
During Viamontes’ nearly 17 years at FPL, his experience included reliability engineering, operations and vegetation management, customer and employee experience, enterprise strategic initiatives, and key and governmental accounts.
Prior to joining Entergy, he served as NextEra Energy’s senior director of labor relations and corporate safety.
“I’ve become very familiar with our Texas territory and the men and women of Entergy who work in the Lone Star State,” Viamontes said in a statement. “I look forward to partnering with them and all of our stakeholders to build on the progress started by Sallie to improve the lives of our Texas customers through safety, reliability, philanthropic and economic development programs.”
Viamontes joined Entergy at the beginning of 2020 and led a team of 2,300 employees in Entergy’s five utility companies, including during storm restoration efforts through last year’s record-setting hurricane season.
Viamontes has a Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering and a Master’s Degree of business administration from Florida International University. He also attended the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.
Viamontes and his family will reside in The Woodlands.
A replacement for Viamontes’ current position will be named at a future date, according to the company.
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