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Leah Jackson is Northwestern State University's Director of Public Information and Media Relations. She is a 1994 and 2011 graduate of NSU and has been on staff since 2004.

Girard will speak to genealogy group about prehistoric canoe

NATCHITOCHES – Archaeologist Jeff Girard will be guest speaker at the Jan. 28 meeting of the Natchitoches Genealogical and Historical Association.  Girard will talk about finding a prehistoric dugout canoe on Red River, its excavation and preservation and putting it in context of the archaeology/prehistory of northwest Louisiana.

 

The group will meet Tuesday, Jan. 28 at […]

Phi Beta Delta will host Chinese, Hindu language and culture sessions

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s chapter of Phi Beta Delta, the honor society for international scholars, will host a Chinese and Hindu language and culture lecture series in February.  The series will offer insights into the Chinese and Hindu greetings, language and culture.  Lecturers will be Dr. Weiwen Liao, assistant professor in NSU’s School of […]

Gilbert, Minneapolis news team win duPont award for documentary

NATCHITOCHES – A documentary film produced by a member of Northwestern State University’s New Media faculty won an Alfred I. duPont Award and will be featured on the The Today Show on Monday, Jan. 20.  The film, “Love Them First,” tells the story of Mauri Melander Friestleben, principal at Lucy Laney Elementary, an underperforming public […]

Suicide awareness workshop Jan. 31

NATCHITOCHES – The Pi Delta Chapter of the Phi Alpha Honor Society at Northwestern State University, the Louisiana Association on Compulsive Gambling and the NSU Department of Social Work will sponsor a suicide awareness workshop from 1-4 p.m. Friday Jan. 31 in the NSU TV Studio, Kyser Hall Room 142.

 

This event is open to students, […]

Vintage photo collection on loan at Watson Library

NATCHITOCHES – The Cammie G. Henry Research Center at Northwestern State University will host an exhibition of photographs on loan from NSU alum Ed Chopin of Shreveport.  The collection is a glimpse of Shreveport from 1918 that shows the commercial and industrial side of the city more than a century ago.  The exhibit will open […]

NSU thanks University Police on Law Enforcement Appreciation Day

On behalf of Northwestern State University, Dr. Marcus Jones, executive vice president for University & Business Affairs, treated the officers and staff at University Police to lunch as part of Law Enforcement Appreciation Day Jan. 9.  On the front row from left are Jones, Officer Tonya Masson, Captain Wesley Harrell and Donna Motter.  On the […]

CHC collects items for NSU Food Pantry

The Creole Heritage Center at Northwestern State University collected non-perishable food items and toiletries for the NSU Food Pantry during the last weeks of the fall semester.  Students, faculty and staff donated breakfast foods, soups, snacks and other items to be distributed to students in need.  From left are Loletta Wynder, CHC director, and Dr. […]

Science Showcase set for Feb. 14

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s School of Biological and Physical Sciences will host the annual spring Science Showcase from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14. The event for high school junior and seniors will include tours, demonstrations, a question and answer panel with science majors and more. There is no cost to participate.

 

Students and teachers can […]

Fall phlebotomy class graduates; spring Cenla class begins March 16

NATCHITOCHES – A cohort of students from central Louisiana graduated Dec. 18 from the fall phlebotomy technician training course held at Northwestern State University’s Cenla Campus in Alexandria.

 

Graduates were Tiffany Pinckard and Valedictorian Haley Sylvester of Natchitoches, Taylor Jackson, Jasmyne Jakson and Sharesse Hood of Pineville, Salutatorian DjQuala Blue of Alexandria and Rochelle Austin of […]

NSU remembers Carley McCord with memorial scholarship

NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State University family came together in grief following the tragic loss of alumna Carley McCord, a well-known sports journalist and digital media reporter who was one of five people killed in a plane crash in Lafayette Saturday, Dec. 28.  Friends remembered McCord as a remarkable and involved student who stayed in […]

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