School of Social Sciences and Applied Programs

Blanket ceremony honors guest speakers for sharing tribal knowledge

April 24, 2025

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University honored two visiting alumni with a blanket ceremony as part of the inaugural NSU Indigenous Studies Minor Award, following a lecture they presented on April 23.

Historian Dr. Robert B. Caldwell Jr. and writer Thomas Parrie were recognized for contributions to American Indian […]

Conservation Club focuses on conservation, beautification and wildlife management

Northwestern State University’s Conservation Club, along with other student group volunteers, participated in Earth Day and Keep Louisiana Beautiful’s Love the Boot Week by hosting cleanups and distributing water bottles to the university community.

Under the director of faculty sponsor JD Cox, the NSU Conservation Club distributed no-cost refillable water bottles to raise awareness of their […]

NSU announces results of Region IV Social Studies Fair

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s School of Social Sciences and Applied Programs hosted students from schools in surrounding parishes for the 58th annual Region IV Social Studies Fair Feb. 3.  Students exhibited almost 70 individual and group projects in a wide variety of fields, including anthropology, economics, geography, history, Louisiana history, political science and sociology.  […]

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