NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s ROTC program donated new flags to the NSU Elementary Lab School and hosted a workshop for students to learn about flag etiquette, including the proper way to handle, fold and raise the American flag. Cadets formally presented the flags to 4-H Club officers, who raised the new flags and recited […]
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Homecoming parade is returning in 2021. This year’s theme is “Rock ‘Em Demons.” The parade will begin at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22 and will include spirit groups, athletes and the Homecoming Honor Court throwing candy and other goodies along the route to downtown Natchitoches. Registered student organizations will be […]
NATCHITOCHES – Six distinguished Northwestern State University alumni who were named to NSU’s Alumni Hall of Distinction, the Long Purple Line, in 2020 will be honored Oct. 22, the program having been postponed twice due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Check-in will begin at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 22 at the Natchitoches Events Center, followed by a noon […]
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University will kick off Homecoming festivities with the dedication of the Seven Oaks Stage beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21. The event will involve a land acknowledgement, a Centennial Showcase featuring the National Pan-Hellenic Council Fraternities and Sororities, remarks from a 1965 alumni representative and a stage dedication and plaque […]
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University will celebrate Homecoming Festivities Thursday, Oct. 21-Saturday, Oct. 23. Events will include several induction programs, tailgating and a half-time presentation of the Homecoming Honor Court. This year’s theme is “Rock ‘Em Demons.”
The celebration will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21 with the Seven Oaks Stage Dedication at Iberville Green. […]
NATCHITOCHES – Dr. Michelle Brunson, Northwestern State University’s Early Childhood Education program coordinator, was recently awarded a Central Louisiana Community Foundation (CLCF) grant to purchase books and school supplies to make family literacy bags for preschool children in Natchitoches Parish. These family literacy bags are a primary component of the NSU Early Childhood Education service […]
NATCHITOCHES – Jacob Norris of Monterey was named recipient of a $1,000 Focus on the Future Scholarship presented by Brookshire Grocery Co. (BGC), an award created last year in partnership with more than 40 colleges and universities in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, including Northwestern State University. The Focus on the Future program is designed to […]
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of Criminal Justice, History and Social Sciences is introducing new minors of study that will complement existing programs and offer more in-depth understanding of the experiences, histories, cultures and scholarship of Black and Indigenous peoples. Beginning with the Spring 2022 semester, students can select courses that will apply towards […]
NATCHITOCHES – Students at Northwestern State University loaded a U-Haul truck last week bound for Cut Off, the Lafourche Parish community that suffered massive damage from Hurricane Ida last month. Students in Alpha Lambda Delta, Presidential Leadership Program, Greek Life, Baptist Collegiate Ministry and NSU Ambassadors participated in a massive effort to collect hurricane relief […]
NATCHITOCHES – Janet Martin Darfus of Natchitoches was Northwestern State University’s Honorary Captain at the Demons’ Oct. 2 football game, continuing the university’s tradition of honoring those who served or are serving in the U.S. military.
Hailing from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Darfus received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University. She was commissioned through […]
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