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NSU, EAP team up to prepare students to be entrepreneurs in Louisiana

NATCHITOCHES – Hot ideas just won students some cool cash in this year’s Inferno Pitch Business Model Competition. The competition was presented by Northwestern State University’s School of Business, College of Business and Technology and BRF’s Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP), which provides services to innovative startups and works to stimulate entrepreneurship opportunities in North Louisiana.

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Natchitoches-NSU Multicultural Christmas Concert to be held Dec. 7

NATCHITOCHES – The 13th Annual Natchitoches-NSU Multicultural Christmas Concert will be held on Tuesday Dec. 7 at 6 p.m. at the Treen Auditorium located on the campus of the Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts. The concert is a benefit for Cane River Children’s Services. The concert is free and open to the general […]

NSU will relax mask mandate on all campuses

NATCHITOCHES – Following new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing several weeks of sustained improvement to low/moderate transmission of COVID-19 in Natchitoches Parish, Northwestern State University has relaxed its indoor mask mandate effective immediately in public spaces on all campuses for all fully-vaccinated individuals. For those who are not yet fully […]

Fine and Graphic Art will host Maker’s Faire next week

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of Fine and Graphic Art will host the annual Maker’s Faire in Orville Hanchey Gallery next week.  Dates and times are 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 9 and 10 am.-5:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 10.

Students and faculty from the department host the sale each […]

Jazz for Pups concert to be held Dec. 8

NATCHITOCHES – The NSU Jazz Combos will present a “Jazz for Pups” Concert on Wednesday, Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public but donations to benefit Natchitoches Hope for Paws including dog foods, treats or toys along with monetary donations will be accepted. Hope for […]

NSU alumna creates scholarship honoring grandmother, a long-time Avoyelles educator

NATCHITOCHES – A Northwestern State University alumna established a scholarship in memory of her grandmother, also an NSU graduate, who was a teacher, wife, mother, granny and friend to all.  Candace Lemoine, a 2000 graduate, created the Candace Lemoine Honorary Scholarship in Memory of Ruth Carmen Courtney McNabb that will be presented to an undergraduate […]

CDC cuts ribbon on new trike track

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Marie Shaw Dunn Child Development Center hosted a ribbon cutting for the school’s new trike track and track naming ceremony Nov. 19.  Members of the CDC family, administrators and community officials were present for the event.

The Taylor Starnes family ticket was drawn from a hopper in the inaugural track naming […]

American Indian Crafts Day is cancelled

NATCHITOCHES – The annual American Indian Crafts Day scheduled for Saturday Dec. 4 at the Williamson Museum on the Northwestern State University campus has been cancelled.

NSU Professor of Anthropology Dr. Pete Gregory, who organizes the event, said COVID restraints and travel difficulties prevented large numbers of craftspeople from participating. Gregory said he plans to hold […]

CDC director selected for Louisiana Early Leaders Academy

NATCHITOCHES – Faith Stanfield, director of the Child Development Center at Northwestern State University, was one of 24 early childhood directors from across Louisiana named to the third cohort of Louisiana Early Leaders Academy.  The Louisiana Early Leaders Academy was created by the Louisiana Department of Education to strengthen leaders in the field of early […]

Campus events and activities for Nov. 28 – Dec. 4

NATCHITOCHES – Here is a look at the week of Nov. 28 – Dec. 4 at Northwestern State University.

Nov. 21 – January 9, 2022 – Registration for Spring 2022 semester

Nov. 28 – Men’s basketball vs. Stephen F. Austin, Prather Coliseum, 3 p.m.

Nov. 29 – University reopens after Thanksgiving break

Dec. 1-3 – 33rd Annual Christmas Gala, […]

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