![Wayne Toups To Autograph UL Lafayette Vessel Bearing His Name](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2015/03/UL-Sign-630x472.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Wayne Toups To Autograph UL Lafayette Vessel Bearing His Name
Grammy-Award winning Acadiana musician Wayne Toups will "christen" a watercraft designed by the UL Lafayette Civil Engineering Department Sunday.
The SS Wayne Toups, a concrete canoe, will set sail in Oxford, Miss. on Friday, March 20 where the team of civil engineering students who designed the vessel will compete in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) National Concrete Canoe Competition.
The public is invited to support the civil engineering students and supporters who will meet this Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Madison Hall parking lot where Toups will autograph the canoe bearing his name.
The Unvivesity of Mississipp (Ole Miss) will host the annual ASCE Deep South Conference where the Ragin Cajuns' Civil Engineering team will put the SS Wayne Toups to the test in a series of races demonstrating the students' concrete canoe design. Other universities competing will include LSU, Alabama, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Louisiana Tech, and UNO.
More From News Talk 96.5 KPEL
![University of Louisiana Police Investigating Student’s Allegations Following Apparent Suicide on Campus](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2024/04/attachment-Untitled-design-2024-04-15T145049.185.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![SCHOOL CLOSURES: South Louisiana Districts Closing Due to Severe Weather](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2023/02/attachment-clay-leconey-ErHviR29b7s-unsplash1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![$1,000 Louisiana Stipend Program Aims to Boost New Teachers Numbers](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2024/03/attachment-Untitled-design-58.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Louisiana Reporter and UL Grad Trades in His Microphone for a Submarine](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2024/02/attachment-Untitled-design-22.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![4 Louisiana Football Players Will Suit Up for Super Bowl LVIII](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2024/02/attachment-Untitled-design-8.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Louisiana Catholics Building Beautiful New Our Lady of Wisdom Church on UL Campus](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2024/01/attachment-Untitled-design-91.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![UL? USL? Signs You’re a Ragin’ Cajun Alum](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2023/09/attachment-LICENSE-PLATE-ALUMNI-ASSN.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![8 Christmas Songs From Louisiana Artists](http://townsquare.media/site/33/files/2022/12/attachment-Vince-Vance-and-The-Valiants-.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![UL Lafayette Receives High Marks in U.S. News and World Report Rankings](http://townsquare.media/site/36/files/2016/10/UL-Lafayette-Quad-Facebook-Photo1.jpg?w=980&q=75)