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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-TV News Service professor, students lauded for local news coverage

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University Professor of New Media, Journalism and Communication Arts Dr. Nick Taylor is one of 33 faculty leaders from colleges across the United States to be named a Faculty Champion for his role in encouraging students to produce and share community news in their local news outlets.  The distinction comes with […]

Nominations open for Long Purple Line

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University is seeking nominations for inductees into the Long Purple Line, the university’s alumni hall of distinction.

The Long Purple Line was established to provide recognition and appreciation to individuals whose career accomplishments or service to their fellow man have enhanced the reputation and prestige of Northwestern State.  Selection may be based […]

NSU, SUSLA partner on transfer agreement for Engineering Technology

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University and Southern University at Shreveport formalized a memorandum of understanding that will facilitate the transfer of an Associate of Applied Science degree from SUSLA towards a Bachelor of Science degree from NSU.  The agreement makes it easier for students with an associate degree to continue on towards earning a four-year […]

Alum Ryan Owens speaks on business etiquette

Ryan Owens, a 2013 Northwestern State University graduate, was featured speaker at an etiquette luncheon for student leaders hosted by the NSU College of Business and Technology April 11.  Owens, a senior data analyst for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, spoke about the dos and don’ts of the social side of business networking. […]

HSJA podcast features Perez-Mira interview

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Hispanic Student Journalist Association (HSJA) produced the third installment “Latino Living,” a HSJA-produced podcast that is recorded in the New Media, Journalism and Communications Arts Podcast Studio under the guidance of Assistant Professor Dr. Nick Taylor.

This installment features an interview with Dr. Begona Perez-Mira, a professor in NSU’s Computer Information […]

College of Business & Technology will host Walter Porter Experience

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s College of Business and Technology will host the Walter Porter Experience Thursday, April 13 in Russell Hall.  The event, previously the J. Walter Porter Forum, is presented annually by the College and brings business executives to the NSU campus to speak about best practices, ethics and emerging trends in business.

This […]

NSU will host Research Day April 13

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s 36th annual Research Day will return to a face-to-face format after two years of virtual conferences on Thursday, April 13.  Students will make synchronous oral presentations on research in many academic disciplines culminating as an awards program.

“We will have 30 oral presentations plus three brief, five-minute presentations and eight posters,” […]

NSU will host Nursing & Allied Health Open House in Cenla

NATCHITOCHES – Individuals from central Louisiana interested in high demand healthcare careers are invited to attend a Nursing and Allied Health open house at Northwestern State University’s Cenla campus from 3-6 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 and Wednesday, April 12.

NSU’s Cenla campus is located at England Airpark.  More information and registration is available at https://nsu.la/OpenHouseCENLA.

Those […]

Poche Fishing Tournament supports scholarship, NSU anglers

NATCHITOCHES – Burt and Shelley Poche presented proceeds from the 7th annual Dylan Kyle Poche Memorial Bass Fishing Tournament to the NSU Foundation, a $40,000 donation that will support the Dylan Kyle Poche Memorial Scholarship and the NSU Fishing Team.  The tournament drew 260 boats from throughout Louisiana and Texas to Toledo Bend and included […]

NSU hosts deNSU Early College Access Summit

NATCHITOCHES – Mary Anna Scruggs, a graduating communications major from Natchitoches, spoke to area high school guidance counselors, graduate coaches and principals at Northwestern State University’s deNSU Early College Access Summit March 30.  Scruggs discussed her experience as a high schooler taking dual enrollment courses at NSU, which she said better prepared her for college […]

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