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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.

Chadick Professorship near fulfillment

NATCHITOCHES – A professorship honoring the memory of Dr. Stan Chadick, a member of the Northwestern State University faculty for 37 years, has almost reached fulfillment, according to faculty in NSU’s Department of Mathematics.

 

Chadick’s colleagues in the department, who established the professorship last year to honor the memory of an outstanding teacher, mentor and friend, […]

Pikes for a Cure will honor brother battling cancer

NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State University chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha (Pike) Fraternity is holding a philanthropy dinner to support one of their own and benefit the American Cancer Society.  Pikes for a Cure, a dinner with live music and raffles, will take place from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13 at Cane River Brewing Company, […]

Brunson appointed to census committee

NATCHITOCHES – Dr. Michelle Fazzio Brunson, professor of early childhood education at Northwestern State University, has been appointed by Gov. John Bel Edwards to the Louisiana Complete Committee (LCCC) created to help raise awareness of the 2020 census.  According to the Governor’s Office, the advisory panel is made up of community, government and business leaders […]

Students could win trip to Microsoft headquarters

Ron Martin, CEO of Consullition, LLC, and member of The International Organization of Black Security Executives (IOBSE) will visit Northwestern State University’s College of Business and Technology at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14 in Russell Hall Room 213.   Martin will give a guest lecture and interview any interested sophomores and juniors from various disciplines for a chance […]

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 […]

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