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Tim Brando is guest host at ۽ֱ's The Pursuit

Published July 17, 2018

۽ֱ'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.

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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 atulm.edu/thepursuit,. 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.