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NATCHITOCHES – Five aspiring entrepreneurs have been named finalists in Northwestern State University’s Inferno Pitch, a business model competition intended to provide students with practical experience in entrepreneurship and increase innovation commercialization in the region. Students submitted business models, attended business development workshops and will finally pitch their concept to a panel of judges at […]

NATCHITOCHES – Alyssa Taylor of Charleston, Tennessee, and Kolton Splettstosser of Jasper, Texas, are this year’s recipients of the Dylan Kyle Poche Memorial Fishing Scholarship.  Taylor, who is pursuing a degree in nursing, is the first female angler to receive the scholarship. Splettstosser is pursuing a degree in mass communications.

The students were recognized by the […]

NATCHITOCHES – Earline Hart Andrews, NSU’s oldest living graduate, celebrates her 110^th birthday this week.  Though her hearing and eyesight are poor and she uses a walker for mobility, Andrews’ memory and intellect are as sharp as ever. Andrews graduated from Louisiana Normal, as NSU was then known, in 1931, and spent 43 years teaching […]

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program volunteered at the 2020 Drive Thru Flu Clinic earlier this month.  The clinic took place from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Rapides Parish Health Unit where students assisted with more then 450 flu injections.  On the front row from left are […]

NATCHITOCHES – The 71^st Demon Battalion at Northwestern State University was activated for Fall 2020 through a short and socially distanced formation during lab at the beginning of the semester.

The Battalion leadership includes the following.

Cadet Lieutenant Colonel MacKenzie Buie-Grace, a senior at LSU Shreveport, a partnership school, took command of the Demon Battalion at the start […]

NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State University Foundation has been able to help students affected by Hurricanes Laura and Delta by distributing relief funds to address a number of expenses related to the impact of the category 2 storm that struck the state in August, followed by Hurricane Delta in September. The Hurricane Relief Fund garnered […]

NATCHITOCHES – Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC) announced the establishment of the Focus on the Future scholarship program in partnership with more than 40 college and universities in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, including Northwestern State University. The company is disbursing more than $1 million to represent “BGC’s dedication to education and giving back to those who […]

NATCHITOCHES – The Bridge Church of Natchitoches dropped of donations of food items to the Northwestern State University Food Pantry to help students who struggle with food insecurity.  From left are senior level nursing student volunteers Trayvon Snow and Sarah Makin with church representatives Justin and Heather LaGrange. The church plans to engage its congregation […]

NATCHITOCHES – Rob Robertson, a 2000 graduate of Northwestern State University’s School of Business, has been appointed senior vice president, divisional territory executive for mortgage with PNC Bank, a position he began Sept. 30.

Robertson joined the PNC Bank team as a territory senior executive covering North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Texas.  He has […]

NATCHITOCHES – Waskom, Brown and Associates donated non-perishable food and other items to the Northwestern State University Food Pantry, which stocks food, personal hygiene items, toiletries and cleaning supplies to NSU and BPCC@NSU students.  The company has been a long-time supporter of the NSU Food Pantry, making monthly donations to help those in the university […]