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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.

Phi Beta Delta annual international conference May 23-24

NATCHITOCHES – Several Northwestern State University faculty will be presenters as the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars presents its 36th annual conference Monday, May 23-Tuesday, May 24 and several have been involved in planning the virtual conference.  The theme is “Collaborative Resilience: Recreating Global Pathways.”

Associate Professor of Music Education Dr. Sharon Joy […]

Street upgrades to Sam Sibley Drive begin today

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University is in the beginning stages of an overlay project of Sam Sibley Drive.  Regional Construction has begun mobilization and placed barricades in front of the Dr. Randall J. Webb Wellness, Recreation and Activities Center and Caspari Hall.  The campus community can expect workers and construction equipment from the corner of […]

DemonSats cleared for space balloon launch at noon today

NATCHITOCHES –A team of Northwestern State University students presented their Flight Readiness Review (FRR) before the Louisiana Space Grant Consortium (LaSPACE) Monday, earning permission to launch their payload into space via sounding balloon.  The DemonSats-3 team of Derek Dupre of Houma, Jordan Sensat of Pineville and Arianna Jackson of Mandeville, a student at Louisiana […]

Laughter, tears and celebration as NSU grads collect diplomas

NATCHITOCHES – Anne Fruge of Kinder, 67, left college at 18 to marry her husband of 48 years, but returned to earn a degree in general studies with a minor in social sciences to fulfill a promise she made to her father that she would finish her degree. Fruge also has Parkinson’s disease, but she […]

NSU awards honorary doctorate to Lela Mae Wilkes

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities to Lela Mae Wilkes, seated, during spring commencement ceremonies. NSU President Dr. Marcus Jones presided over the honors. Wilkes was honored along with graduates of the School of Business and Technology. Wilkes, a 1968 graduate of NSU, is owner and chief executive officer of […]

NSU awards Spring 2022 diplomas

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University awarded 1,025 degrees to 991 graduates during spring commencement May 11-12.  Graduates collected diplomas for associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral degrees, post-baccalaureate certificates and post-master’s degrees.  An honorary doctor of humanities was awarded to Baton Rouge businesswoman and 1968 NSU alumna Lela Mae Wilkes.

Graduates listed by hometown are as follows.

Abbeville – […]

NSU honors international student graduates

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s International Student Resource Center hosted a recognition program for graduating international students May 10.  The graduates were recognized for their academic achievements and participated in a panel discussion about their experiences at NSU, followed by a sash ceremony.

Students shared many common challenges attending college in a foreign country, struggling with […]

Department of English, Foreign Languages and Cultural Studies hosts writing, coloring contests

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of English, Foreign Languages and Cultural Studies organized two writing contests for youngsters this spring. A St. Patrick’s Day writing contest for junior high students throughout Natchitoches Parish took place in March followed by an Easter writing and coloring contest for kindergardeners-third graders and fourth-fifth graders in April.

St. Pat’s […]

Nursing students earn CHEN scholarships

NATCHITOCHES – Two Northwestern State University nursing students earned summer scholarships from the Community Healthcare Education Network.

Anna Hooper of Stonewall and Kenya Mahoney of Shreveport were surprised with summer scholarship during the CHEN Spring Event.  The two were chosen from among 40 applicants with the scholarship committee selecting them on the basis of personal essays […]

Author pens romance series set in ‘Cypress Bayou,’ i.e Natchitoches

NATCHITOCHES – Author and Northwestern State University alumna Susan Sands is releasing a series of Southern romantic novels this year with three set in the fictional town of Cypress Bayou, Louisiana, a thinly disguised stand-in for Natchitoches.  The first of the Bayou books, “Home to Cypress Bayou” will be released May 31 followed by “Secrets […]

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