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NSU encourages future educators at regional Ed Rising Conference

NATCHITOCHES – Former Northwestern State University Head Men’s Basketball Coach Mike McConathy opened NSU’s School of Education’s 2024 Regional Educators Rising Regional Conference Feb. 7.  McConathy spoke about the importance of education and the meaningful impact that individual teachers have on students. More than 200 middle school and high school students from throughout the region […]

Taylor Swift tribute concert to be presented at NSU Feb. 15

NATCHITOCHES – The University Programming Council and The Dear School of Creative and Performing Arts at Northwestern State University will present a Taylor Swift Tribute concert featuring NSU alumna Sarah Jessica Rhodes on Thursday, Feb.15 at 6 p.m. in the A.A. Fredericks Auditorium. NSU students are admitted free with a current student I.D. Tickets for […]

Notary class to begin Feb. 27

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic Learning & Global Engagement will offer a Notary Public Exam Prep Course starting Tuesday, Feb. 27. Class time is 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday until May 23. The early bird fee is $430 until Feb. 21 and $450 after that date. 

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Get Down and Clean Up – NSU library has clean-up kits available for check-out

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Eugene P. Watson Memorial Library is joining libraries from around the state in a program to encourage litter abatement in Louisiana.  Students and faculty with a campus ID can check out clean-up kits with vests, litter grabbers, trash bags and instructions to clean up litter.

The program, presented by Keep Louisiana […]

NSU recognizes service during Military Appreciation Day

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University Athletics and Department of Military Science honored members of the U.S. Armed Services with Military Appreciation Day during the basketball doubleheader Feb. 3.  Select honorees were Ted Duggan, his son Ted Duggan II and Staff Sgt. Richard Spikes.

After commissioning through NSU’s ROTC Program in 1957, Ted Duggan Sr. was an […]

Campus events and activities for Feb. 4-10

NATCHITOCHES – Here is a look at the week of Feb. 4-10 at Northwestern State University. 

Feb. 1 – May 10 — “Wunderkammer: A Celebration of Mary Linn Wernet Exhibit,” Cammie G. Henry Research Center, Watson Library 

Feb. 1-29 – Faculty Art Exhibition, Orville Hanchey Gallery 

Feb. 4 – Tennis vs. […]

NSU leaders focus on strategic partnerships during Capitol Hill visit

NATCHITOCHES – Leadership from Northwestern State University met with Louisiana’s congressional delegation and other officials in Washington, D.C., last week to underscore the pivotal role that higher education plays in preparing Louisiana’s future workforce.

NSU President Dr. Marcus Jones, Vice President of External Affairs Dr. Drake Owens, and Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. […]

Retention rates show positive measures

NATCHITOCHES – Fall to spring retention rates for first-time freshman rose to 87.8 percent at Northwestern State University this semester with some departments reporting as high as 90 percent retention of freshmen from Fall 2023 to Spring 2024.

NSU President Dr. Marcus Jones said the increase is a result of a better understanding of incoming students […]

Magnet Pre-K, Kindergarten students get literacy bags

Northwestern State University’s Early Childhood Education program provided Natchitoches Magnet preschool children and their families with literacy activities, resources and support so they can engage in reading and play activities at home. The donation was made possible by a grant from the International Paper Foundation to support the Cradle to College initiative.

Dr. Michelle Brunson started […]

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