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Acadian brown cotton weaves past and future together

ARNAUDVILLE — This season’s first picking of Acadian brown cotton yielded about 65 pounds from a 1/2-acre patch outside Arnaudville last weekend, where a group of friends defied the summer heat to harvest the cotton by hand.

“It’s hot but fun with everyone,” said Jerry Hale, a descendant of cotton farmers who has become an ambassador […]

Sports suspended until spring

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State’s fall sports schedules are moving to the spring of 2021.

The Southland Conference announced Thursday the league will postpone fall sports conference competitions in football, volleyball, soccer and cross country with the intent of playing in the spring semester.

The league’s fall sports teams are allowed to keep contracted non-conference games, if they so choose, and can schedule additional games, as well. NSU has chosen not to participate […]

Student media editors named for 2020-21

NATCHITOCHES – Four Northwestern State University students have been selected as student media leaders for 2020-21. Named were Allie Atkinson of Berwick, editor in chief of Argus, the university’s annual literary magazine, Haleigh Gates of Moss Bluff, editor of Potpourri, the university yearbook, Tifphany McClinton of Shreveport, general manager of KNWD, NSU’s student radio […]

Campus events and activities for Aug. 9-15

NATCHITOCHES – Here is a look at the week of Aug. 9-15 at Northwestern State University.

Aug. 9-15 – Registration for fall 2020 semester

Aug. 10-16 — Move-in Week for campus residence halls

Aug. 11 – Virtual Professional Development Series:  Networking/LinkedIn Session, 4 p.m.

Aug. 12 – Academic advising for Cenla, Leesville/Fort Polk and […]

Kindergarten student donates to NSU Food Pantry

NATCHITOCHES – Davis McDaniel, 5, delivered bags of food to the Northwestern State University Food Pantry Thursday.

“It started a long time ago when I was going to get vegetables and fruits for my neighbor,” Davis said. “In the virus, not much students can go to restaurants, so I decided to get food from the supermarket […]

ADVANCE 2020 held virtually

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State’s ADVANCE Program for Young Scholars (ADVANCE), an annual program designed to academically engage gifted, honors and talented students, celebrated its 32nd year virtually.  Students from Louisiana and Texas enrolled in the challenging fast-paced academic program and completed their online courses during three weeks of July.  Staff members from previous programs volunteered […]

Lions Club supports NSU Food Pantry

The Natchitoches Lions Club delivered several boxes of non-perishable food items to the Northwestern State University Food Pantry this week.  Pictured are Lions Club members Josh Pierson, left, and Heather Fredieu, right, with Dr. Denise Bailey, assistant professor of social work and Food Pantry sponsor.  The Food Pantry has remained open this summer, with a […]

Louisiana Folklife Center receives NEA grant

NATCHITOCHES –National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $84 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2020. Included in this announcement is an Art Works award of $10,000 to the Louisiana Folklife Center at Northwestern State University for […]

Northwestern welcomes 32 members into Blue Key Honor Society

NATCHITOCHES – 32 Northwestern State University students have named to the Blue Key Honor Society for the 2020-21 academic year.

The Blue Key Honor Society is a premiere honor society that recognizes college students at senior institutions of higher education for balanced and all-around excellence in scholarship, leadership, and service.  Blue Key Honor Society bases its […]

Ceramics class to begin Aug. 20

NATCHITOCHES – A beginning ceramics class, “Playing in the Mud,” will be offered through Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic Learning & Global Engagement starting Aug. 20. The class will be offered on Thursday from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. through Sept. 10 In Room 113 of the Fine Arts Annex.

The fee is $99 plus […]

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