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NSU honors 2023 class of Distinguished Communications Professionals

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of New Media, Journalism and Communication Arts honored several individuals as Distinguished Communications Professionals March 17.   This year’s honorees were Gary Fields, Robert Gentry, Doug Ireland, the late Carley McCord, Dan McDonald, Jim Mustian, Denise Lewis Patrick, the late Jerry Pierce and Tom Whitehead.  Created in 2021, the Distinguished […]

NSU Mazda art car project, will be featured at Barksdale Air Show

NATCHITOCHES – Anna Kent of Shreveport is winner of the 2023 Mazda STEAM Art Car competition at Northwestern State University.  In addition to winning a $500 scholarship from the School of Creative and Performing Arts, her design, “Fired Up,” will be featured on a Mazda RX-8 with paint work currently underway.

“My design theme is centered […]

Anonymous donor honors Towry family with $100,000 gift to NSU Foundation

NATCHITOCHES – An anonymous donor contributed $100,000 to the Northwestern State University Foundation to create a scholarship honoring a former business professor and his wife.

The H.N. and Inez C. Towry Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to a female undergraduate in the amount of $5,000 per year for four years through graduation.  The student must maintain […]

Students and faculty attend international writing conference

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University students from the staff of Argus, the campus literary publication, and Demon Writers Guild, the creative writing student organization, recently attended the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference in Seattle. The annual conference gave Northwestern State students the opportunity to attend panels and readings with major writers, […]

Math Department announces Demon Math Classic winners

NATCHITOCHES – Sixteen teams from 10 area schools competed in the Demon Math Classic at Northwestern State University Friday, March 10.  The annual quiz bowl-style competition is hosted by NSU’s Department of Mathematics and sponsored by Sabine State Bank.

Students competed as teams and individuals. Winners of the Individual competition each receive a trophy, a TI-Nspire […]

Jefferson Highway marker will be installed at Watson Library, site of 1922 tourist camp

NATCHITOCHES – A new sign will be installed in front of Northwestern State University’s Eugene P. Watson Memorial Library, where a tourist camp on the Jefferson Highway was established 101 years ago. The University partnered with the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Jefferson Highway Association, an organization that identifies, preserves, interprets and improves […]

Tickets are still available for Flavor of Louisiana

Northwestern State University’s spring seafood festival and spring fund raiser. The event is presented in partnership with the Louisiana Seafood Board and the Northwestern State University Foundation to raise money for student scholarships.  Door will open at 6 p.m. Friday, March 17 in Prather Coliseum.

Guests will be able to visit dozens of vendors to taste […]

P.E.O. awards Continuing Education Grant to NSU student Melanie Wright

NATCHITOCHES – Melanie Wright, a senior business administration major at Northwestern State University from Haughton, was awarded a Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) Program for Continuing Education Grant from the P.E.O. Sisterhood. She was sponsored by P.E.O. Chapter BG of Natchitoches,  

The P.E.O. Program for Continuing Education was established in 1973 to provide need-based […]

Public servant, federal administrator Ted James speaks to students on leadership

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University hosted a lecture by Ted James, a Louisiana politician who was appointed last year by President Joe Biden to serve as regional administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration.  James spoke to students from the Presidential Leadership Program and the School of Business in a talk titled “Leadership for the […]

Governor and first lady announce Linda B. Day Memorial Scholarship

NATCHITOCHES – Gov. John Bel Edwards, First Lady Donna Edwards and friends of the late Linda B. Day planted a tree in her memory on the campus of Northwestern State University Tuesday and announced the creation of the Linda B. Day Memorial Scholarship that will support students preparing for a career in education by pursuing […]

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