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NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s School of Business will host an October Virtual Business Seminar that will focus on governmental and non-governmental agencies that support business activity locally and globally.  Featured guest will be Laura Lyles, president of the Natchitoches Area Chamber of Commerce, an organization that aids business students as well as community members […]

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Cane River Reading Series will present Leigh Camacho Rourks for a virtual read via Zoom beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, followed by a question and answer session.

Rourks is a Cuban American author who lives and works in central Florida where she is an assistant professor of English and […]

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University has joined the City of Natchitoches in Turn the Town Teal, a national campaign to promote awareness of ovarian cancer, its subtle symptoms and risk factors.  During September, National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, volunteers call attention to the disease by tying teal ribbons in visible locations around towns, neighborhoods, businesses […]

NATCHITOCHES – Students at Northwstern State University are launching the Cowboy Collection, a supply drive to help the McNeese State University community, a sister school in the University of Louisiana System, and those who lost their homes and possessions in Hurricane Laura.

“The McNeese State campus was severely damaged, and many faculty, staff and students lost […]

NATCHITOCHES – Free COVID-19 testing will be available Monday, Sept. 21-Thursday, Sept. 24 and Monday, Sept. 28-Thursday, Oct. 1 at the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts gymnasium on Caspari Street on the campus of Northwestern State University. Free testing will be available from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. each day.  There will be no […]

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s School of Business will present the 54^th annual J. Walter Porter Forum beginning at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 15.  This year’s forum will be presented virtually due to COVID-19 safety protocols.  Participants can log onto http://bit.ly/2020JWPF to join the forum, which is free and open to the public.

This year […]

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Office of Electronic Learning & Global Engagement will offer a Pick Up Your Brush painting class on Thursday, Sept. 17 and 24 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. on the second floor of South Hall. The fee is $45 per session.

In the class, participants will learn the art of painting […]

NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State University Foundation created a Hurricane Laura Relief Fund to help NSU students, faculty and staff with financial assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Laura, which struck central Louisiana as a Category 2 storm Aug. 27.

“Similar to our efforts to help members of the NSU family during the COVID-19 pandemic, the […]

Katie Anderson, a member of the Louisiana 4-H Food and Fitness Board, donated 57 healthful meals to the Northwestern State University Food Pantry. Anderson attended the national 4-H Healthy Living Summit in February, where she co-wrote a grant to help feed local students who are in a “food desert.” Since Covid-19 halted her plans […]