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About Leah Jackson

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.

NSU queens compete at LAFF

NATCHITOCHES – Five Northwestern State University students participated in the Louisiana Association for Fairs and Festival’s annual convention Feb. 8 and were among 66 festival queens from around the state who competed for the LAFF Queen title.

 

Students were Sheridan Duet, Miss Louisiana Gumbo Festival Queen XLVIII; Shelbi Rials, Miss Queen Cotton LXVI; Autumn Wyatt, Miss […]

ISRC open house Feb. 11 for students interested in studying abroad

By Ruben Smith, International Student Resource Center

 

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s International Student Resource Center will share information about studying abroad during an open house from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11 in the Student Union Lobby.

“Seeing how people from another country live, work and study is life changing,” according to Telba Espinoza-Contreras, director of […]

NSU, Universidad Veracruzana sign dual enrollment agreement

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University and the Universidad Veracruzana, a public university in Veracruz, Mexico, formalized a dual degree program that will allow students to transfer from one university to the other and meet graduation requirements for bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from the host university.  The initial degree available will be in business administration […]

BOM sponsoring Flavor of Louisiana, NSU Dragon Boat Races

BOM Bank is a Louisiana Sponsor of Flavor of Louisiana, Northwestern State University’s spring seafood festival that raises funds for student scholarships. Flavor of Louisiana will take place Friday, April 3 in Prather Coliseum and will feature seafood offerings prepared by chefs from around the state.  From left are BOM and NSU staff Dewayne Chelette, […]

NSU hosts area high schools for Art Expo

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University and Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) hosted an art expo for high school students engaged in the Louisiana GEAR UP program.  About 100 students form Negreet, Red River, Florien, Converse, Many and Pleasant Hill high schools met students and faculty from NSU’s Department of Fine and Graphic Art […]

Honor Roll students for Fall 2019 listed

NATCHITOCHES – One thousand and seventy-three  undergraduate students at Northwestern State University were named to the Honor List for the Fall 2019 semester.  Students on the Honor Roll must be enrolled full-time at Northwestern State and have a grade point average of between 3.0 and 3.49.  Students named to the Honor List, listed by hometown, […]

Dean’s List for Fall 2019 announced

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University announced the names of 1143 students named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2019 semester.  Students on the Dean’s List must be enrolled fulltime at NSU and have a grade point average of between 3.5 and 3.99.  Students by hometown are as follows.

APO – Melaina Willis;

Abbeville – Annemarie Broussard, […]

NSU announces Fall 2019 President’s List

NATCHITOCHES – Six hundred and twenty-seven students were named to the Fall 2019 President’s List at Northwestern State University. Students on the list earned a grade point average of 4.0. Those named to the President’s List listed by hometown are as follows.

Abbeville — Kayla  Marceaux;

Alexandria — Zoe Barton, ArMarion Baylor,  Alexis Flowers, Leslie Ford, Lara […]

Columns Cafe will serve Valentine’s/Mardi Gras dinner Feb. 13

NATCHITOCHES – The Columns Café at Northwestern State University will serve  dinner from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 in Room 225 of the Family and Consumer Sciences Building, 342 Caspari St.

The menu theme will be Louisiana, Valentine’s Day and Mardi Gras beginning with a duck and house-made andouille gumbo and a mixed green salad with […]

Dragon Boat Races set for April 4

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Office of First Year Experience will host the fifth annual Dragon Boat Races Saturday, April 4 on the riverbank in downtown Natchitoches. Races will begin at 9 a.m. and will run through about 4 p.m. Spectator admission is free and open to the public.

 

Each dragon boat team consists of 20 […]

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