'sThe 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.
The event is sponsored by BancorpSouth.
This year's special guest host isFOX Sports personality Tim Brando. Brando is a long-time sports announcer who joinedFOX in 2014. In 2017 he signed a multi-year extensionto announce college football and basketball on FOX.
Guests can enjoy food from Catfish Cabin, Fieldhouse Bar & Grill and Waterfront Grill with beverages from Marsala Beverages and Glazer.
The program starts at6 p.m.President Nick J. Bruno will be givinga 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.
Tickets are $60 per person, $750 for a table and are available atEventbrite,ulm.edu/thepursuit, Athletic Foundation/Facebook. For tickets and information, visit ulm.edu/thepursuit,or contactRaeChelle Leiken at 318-342-3579or by email atleiken@ulm.edu.
The event benefits the Warhawk Club, formerly the Athletic Foundation.
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 Warhawk mascot takes its name from the planes, which are iconic with the noses painted with an open shark’s mouth with jagged teeth.