UPDATE:
After an article appeared in the Summer 2023 edition of Alumni Columns magazine, NSU alum Marcus Norwood reached out to share a video piece he created about the life of Nonco Pelafigue, a Northwestern State alumnus whose cause for sainthood advanced to Rome this past May.
Norwood’s video about Nonco Pelafigue can be viewed here: […]
NATCHITOCHES – Kylan Williams of Lafayette, an incoming freshman at Northwestern State University, has already made a name for himself as a speaker and performer. The Comeaux High School graduate won the National Speech and Debate Association’s 2023 national championship tournament in dramatic interpretation held June 20 in Phoenix, Arizona, with 2,863 schools from eight […]
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University student Kacy Young of Shreveport is the recipient of a Jo Anne Trow Scholarship awarded by Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society for First-Year Academic Success. Selection is based on maintaining a 3.5 grade point average, academic records, participation in Alpha Lambda Delta activities, campus and community service and the applicant’s […]
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s College of Business and Technology will host two upcoming training seminars for human resources professionals.
Dr. Elizabeth Prejean will present Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) “Essentials of Human Resource Management.” Prejean, DBA, is a SHRM Essentials Certified Teacher and SHRM Education Partner coordinator for the Essentials class. Prejean has many […]
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy spoke to about 500 young men attending Louisiana Boys State this week where he discussed leadership and problem-solving and offered advice about how to get involved in government. Louisiana Boys State is a program for rising high school seniors in which they learn about government and how city, parish and state […]
NATCHITOCHES – After 31 years serving her alma mater, Jana Parker Lucky is retiring from Northwestern State University this summer. To celebrate Lucky’s retirement, her sisters, Jill Parker Bankston and Amy Parker Gleason, along with their mother, Janet Parker, announced The Parker Sisters Scholarship that will be awarded to a female student serving as the […]
Destination Science Campers Brennan Dromm, Mason Jones and Aaron Blanchard, from left, donned white coats and did cheek swabs in a biology lab Monday as Northwestern State University’s School of STEM kicked off the week-long science camp Monday. Campers learned to look for bacteria under a microscope, plate the bacteria and study epidemiology. Later, they […]
NATCHITOCHES – The Natchitoches-Northwestern State University Folk Festival is seeking volunteers to join the fun and experience the festival from within. The festival relies on volunteers to help with the various components of the event such as security and other positions as needed.
Volunteers will work inside air-conditioned Prather Coliseum and will be needed from 6 […]
Seventh and eighth grade students from Natchitoches Magnet, Provencal, NSU Middle Lab and St. Mary’s participated in Camp Fast Forward this week, an Area Health Education Center (AHEC) summer program funded by the Rapides Foundation and hosted by Northwestern State University to create awareness of careers in healthcare. Students learned about nursing, first aid, ultrasound, […]
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Eugene P. Watson Memorial Library will host “From Pine to Palm and Places in Between” June 26-August 26. The exhibit is in the Cammie G. Henry Research Center, Room 301. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 9 a.m.-noon Friday.
“Since summer is the traditional time for travel and recreation, this […]
