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As Jana Parker Lucky retires, Parker Sisters establish scholarship

NATCHITOCHES – After 31 years serving her alma mater, Jana Parker Lucky is retiring from Northwestern State University this summer.  To celebrate Lucky’s retirement, her sisters, Jill Parker Bankston and Amy Parker Gleason, along with their mother, Janet Parker, announced The Parker Sisters Scholarship that will be awarded to a female student serving as the […]

P.E.O. Chapter AG awards scholarship to Natchitoches student

NATCHITOCHES – P.E.O Chapter AG awarded a scholarship to Madelyn Spillman of Natchitoches.  The organization presents one scholarship per semester to a Northwestern State University female student from Natchitoches Parish who qualifies by exhibiting excellence in leadership, academics, extracurricular activities, community service and potential for future success. Spillman, a general studies major and Demon cheerleader, […]

Father of NSU Provost honored with memorial scholarship

NATCHITOCHES – The Kenneth Johannes Handel Endowed Scholarship has been established at Northwestern State University. The scholarship was created by friends and colleagues of Dr. Greg Handel, NSU’s Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School, to honor his father, who passed away April 28 at his home in Freeman, […]

Natchitoches teacher, mentor Edwina M. Lewis honored with scholarship

NATCHITOCHES – Alumnae and current members of Iota Mu Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated have created the Edwina M. Lewis Future Educator Award to honor a woman who has positively impacted her community for decades as an educator and mentor.  Iota Mu surprised Lewis by announcing a donation of over $14,000 to the […]

Tri Sigmas, Pi Kapps awarded Morgan Scholarships

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Alpha Zeta chapter of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority and Beta Omicron chapter of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity hosted a program to recognize students earning Morgan Extra Mile Scholarships March 20.

David Morgan, a 1973 NSU graduate and alumnus of NSU’s Beta Omicron Chapter, established the “Extra Mile” Scholarship in 2008 to […]

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 […]

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