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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.

Phi Beta Delta inducts 17 new members

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Eta Mu Chapter of Phi Beta Delta hosted a program to induct new members April 24.  Phi Beta Delta is the Honor Society for International Scholars.  Chapter President Dr. Marcia Hardy presided over the meeting.

Faculty and staff inductees were Dr. Brian Gabrial, New Media; Melody Gilbert, New Media; Dr. Debra […]

Art students recognized with Borders scholarship, awards

NATCHITOCHES – Caroline Shepherd of Frisco, Texas, is the 2022 recipient of the Lisa Chesser Borders Endowed Scholarship and Meraki Award, established in 2019 by Natchitoches artist James Borders to honor his late wife. Shepherd is a senior in the Louisiana Scholars’ College at Northwestern State University and will graduate in May with a 4.0 […]

NSU alumna pens sequel to successful debut novel

NATCHITOCHES –  After Northwestern State University graduate Emily A. Myers published her first novel, “The Truth About Unspeakable Things” last year, the novel went on to become a finalist in the Chanticleer International Book Awards Clue Award contest (2021) for thriller and suspense fiction and a semi-finalist for the Chatelaine Award (2021) for romantic fiction […]

NSU’s Theta Delta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi celebrating 50 years in 2022

NATCHITOCHES – Members and alumni of Northwestern State University’s Theta Delta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity will celebrate their chapter’s 50th anniversary this year, dedicating the celebration to the Rev. Brother G. Stanley Lewis, founder, and advisor.

In the Fall of 1971, the District Representative of the Ninth District visited Natchitoches and impressed upon college […]

Jim Croce film will be among original student documentaries screened Monday

NATCHITOCHES – The public is invited to a documentary showcase featuring short films by Northwestern State University COMM4240 students and new work by Professor Melody Gilbert.

Screenings will begin at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 25 in the Varnado Hall Ballroom.  Free pizza will be provided.

The student filmmakers are Zachary Desselles of Pineville, Anna Duplantis of Madisonville, Colie Plaster of Gibsonville, […]

NSU Comm class to release student magazine ‘UNFRAMED’

NATCHITOCHES – After a semester of writing stories with topics from video games to sports to mental health, students in Professor Melody Gilbert’s COMM4230 class at Northwestern State University are ready to share UNFRAMED Magazine with the NSU and Natchitoches community.

Students in the class will be handing out the print version of the magazine in […]

Faculty, Natchitoches defender present Cradle to College information for governor

NATCHITOCHES – Natchitoches District Defender Brett Brunson, J.D., and Northwestern State University School of Education Professors Dr. Michelle Fazio-Brunson and Dr. Christy Hornsby met with Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Children’s Cabinet in Baton Rouge Tuesday. Brunson, Fazio-Brunson and Hornsby shared the collaborative NSU Early Childhood Education and Natchitoches District Defender’s Office service learning project to remap the Cradle to Prison Pipeline to a […]

New Media Showcase reception April 20

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of New Media, Journalism and Communication Arts invites the public to attend a reception for the closing of the 2022 New Media Showcase.  The reception will take place from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Varnado Hall Ballroom on Wednesday, April 20.

The New Media Showcase features a showcase of student photography […]

All NSU campuses will close at noon today

NATCHITOCHES – All Northwestern State University campuses will close at noon Wednesday, April 13 due to the threat of severe weather sweeping through the region. Thunderstorms are predicted for the afternoon with the possibility of damaging winds, hail and possible tornadoes in the area.

Administrators will continue to monitor weather condition over the next several hours. […]

Golden Jubilee for Class of 1972 set for May 6-7

NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State University Alumni Association will host a Golden Jubilee to honor the Class of 1972 on May 6-7.  All graduates of that year are invited to attend and participate in a ceremony to receive their 50-year diploma.

“NSU will welcome back the Class of 1972 for two enjoyable days of laughter, memories […]

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