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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’s HHP Dept. will host Sport Agility & Nutrition Camp

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of Health and Human Performance will host a Sport Agility and Nutrition Camp July 15-17.  Hours will be 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

The camp is open to athletes 11-18 who want to improve their sport performance through strength, speed and agility testing, along with individual nutrition evaluation. […]

NSU will close July 4-5

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University will be closed Thursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5, in observance of Independence Day.  Offices will resume normal hours on Monday, July 8.

The university’s Alexandria, Leesville, and Shreveport campuses will observe the same holiday/closure schedule.

Artist’s reception for Brother Michael David set for Friday, costumes encouraged

NATCHITOCHES – A collection of paintings and drawings by Natchitoches artist Brother Michael David Elvestrom will be on exhibit at Northwestern State University’s Orville Hanchey Gallery through mid-July.  The well-known Natchitoches artist will be honored with a reception at the gallery from 5-7 p.m. Friday, June 28.  The public is invited, and guests […]

NSU alum Lane Luckie earns German media prize for international reporting

NATCHITOCHES – KLTV (Tyler, Texas) News Anchor Lane Luckie (2008) was honored as a recipient of a RIAS Media Prize award for his reports from Germany last September. The 32nd annual awards are presented by the RIAS Berlin Commission and celebrates some of the best of transatlantic broadcast journalism, including radio, television and […]

Grad student Christopher Doney earns Fulbright, will serve in Uzbekistan

NATCHITOCHES – A Northwestern State University graduate student in the Department of English, Languages and Cultural Studies has been awarded a 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student Award to serve in the Republic of Uzbekistan in Central Asia.  Christopher Doney of Alexandria plans to arrive in Uzbekistan Sept. 7 and serve there for nine months […]

Students completing summer internships at RoyOMartin

NATCHITOCHES – Two Northwestern State University students were selected for internships with RoyOMartin this summer. Paige Hedrick, an accounting major from Pollock, and Karii Gautreaux-Gribanov, an industrial engineering technology major from Lafayette, joined other college students from around the state at RoyOMartin, where they are gaining professional experience with the company, a leading […]

NSU hosts KLB regional affiliate meeting

NATCHITOCHES – Cabell Mouton, community engagement and affiliate services director for Keep Louisiana Beautiful, center, opened a regional affiliate meeting at Northwestern State University June 18 that included media training in social media marketing, press release writing and media interview training skills for affiliates in the central/northwest Louisiana region. Keep Louisiana Beautiful is […]

NSU Rock Camp underway

NATCHITOCHES – Collier Hyams, right, led a group of aspiring guitarists in practicing “Seven Nation Army” during Rock Camp taking place this week at Northwestern State University where students are learning electric guitar, bass, drums, keyboard and vocals. From left are Brennan Dromm, Callie Mangum, Madeleine Byles, Autumn Downs, Ainsley McLaren and grad […]

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