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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 will offer After School Art Camp

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of Fine and Graphic Art will host After School Art Camp for youngsters age 6-12.  Ten sessions will take place from 4-5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Sept. 7, 14, 21 and 28, Oct. 5, 12, 19 and 26 and Nov. 2 and 9.

Limited openings are available and early registration is […]

La. Studies Conference will be held virtually, focus on ‘Heroes, Saints and Outlaws’

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University will host the 13th annual Louisiana Studies Conference in a virtual format Saturday, Sept. 25.  The virtual conference will be hosted via Microsoft Teams and is free and open to the public.

This year’s conference theme is “Heroes, Saints and Outlaws.”

For more information, visit https://www.nsula.edu/folklife/louisianastudies or call the Louisiana Folklife […]

NSU will be closed Monday, Aug. 30 due to threat of severe weather

NATCHITOCHES – All Northwestern State University campuses will be closed and classes cancelled Monday, Aug. 30, due to the possibility of flooding and other threats from a projected major hurricane aimed at the South Louisiana coast.

The National Weather Service reported Friday that Tropical Storm Ida is likely to become a Category 3 hurricane before coming […]

Cane River student inaugural recipient of Mary Gunn Johnston Scholarship

NATCHITOCHES – Chadwick J. Nelson of Natchez is the first recipient of the Mary Gunn Johnston Magnolia Endowed Scholarship.  The Mary Gunn Johnston Magnolia Endowed Scholarship was established in July 2021 through the Northwestern State University Foundation as the university’s first scholarship designed specifically to assist Black students attending NSU.  The fund was established by […]

MISTER participant awarded scholarship

NATCHITOCHES – Kyle Scott of Bossier City is this year’s recipient of the Big Al’s Rock It Scholarship. An education major at Northwestern State University, Scott is vice president of the Call Me MISTER program, which aims to increase the pool of available teachers from a broader and more diverse background, shortening the percentage of […]

UL System sets timeline for presidential search

NATCHITOCHES – A new president for Northwestern State University could be named as soon as Nov. 8 with that individual taking office in January 2022.

The tentative timeline for the search and interview process was set forth during a Presidential Search Committee meeting Aug. 24 hosted by the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana […]

NSU announces on-campus vaccination clinics

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University has scheduled upcoming vaccinations for students to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.  The clinics are being held in tandem with Gov. John Bel Edwards’ Shot for 100 vaccine incentive program that will give $100 to the first 75,000 college students who get their COVID-19 vaccine at participating institutions of higher education. NSU […]

Presidential Search Committee will meet Aug. 24

NATCHITOCHES – The Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana System have appointed a Presidential Search Committee for Northwestern State University that will host a meeting and public forum at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 24 in Magale Recital Hall.

The agenda will include roll call and introductions, charge to the committee, discussion of the search process and […]

Friends/colleagues DeFord and Yankowski are bonded for life

NATCHITOCHES –Two Northwestern State University art professors are bonded for life after Matt DeFord donated a kidney to his long-time friend and mentor Michael Yankowski, a gift that both agreed was sanctioned by divine intervention.

The two have been friends since DeFord joined the faculty at NSU in 2005.  The surgeries took place at the John […]

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