NATCHITOCHES – New Orleans native Edward Buckles is coming to Natchitoches to screen his award-winning documentary “Katrina Babies” at Northwestern State University. The ground-breaking director, who won two awards at the Tribeca Film Festival and was recently featured on the digital cover of TIME magazine, takes an intimate look at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and […]
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University has named Lia Henton manager of the university’s Cenla campus in Alexandria. Henton will work closely with students, faculty, staff and Cenla Campus Executive Director Jason Parks to continue the collaborative work taking place within the Cenla community and beyond.
“Our campus is excited to have Ms. Henton join the NSU […]
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University ROTC Cadet Dylan H. Trueblood of Natchitoches took the oath of a commissioned officer of the U.S. Army Thursday in conjunction with commencement exercises. Trueblood earned a Bachelor of General Studies with a major concentration in computer and natural science and double minors in military leadership and computer information systems.
After […]
Northwestern State University awarded 646 degrees to 636 graduates during Fall 2022 Commencement Dec. 15-16. NSU also awarded 428 degrees to 420 Summer 2022 graduates.
NATCHITOCHES – Work by retiring Northwestern State University Professor of Art Michael Yankowski will be featured in a retrospective exhibition Jan. 17-Feb. 21 in Orville Hanchey Gallery.
An artist’s reception will take place from 5-8 pm. Saturday, Jan. 28.
Gallery Hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m.-noon Friday.
NATCHITOCHES – The Mrs. H.D. Dear Sr. and Alice E. D. Dear School of Creative and Performing Arts at Northwestern State University honored three individuals with induction into the CAPA Hall of Fame Dec. 7. Honored were long-time School of Creative Performing Arts Administrative Assistant Ladell Conley, Executive Director of the Louisiana School for Math, […]
NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State University Alumni Association is offering limited edition collectible Santas for sale this holiday season.
The commemorative NSU tabletop Santas appear every December and honor selected programs or organization, ROTC in 2019 ($20), Nursing and Allied Health in 2020 ($25), Greek life 2021 ($30) and this year’s 2022 championship-winning women’s soccer team […]
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of Engineering Technology hosted its annual Robotics Competition and Smart Structures Show (RC&S3), drawing about 75 middle schoolers to campus to put their skills in science, technology, engineering and mathematics to the test.
Winning teams were, Caddo Middle Magnet, first place; North DoSoto Middle School, second place, and Donnie Bickham […]
By Melody Gilbert, Associate Professor and Documentary Filmmaker,
Department of New Media, Journalism and Communication Arts
NATCHITOCHES – After a semester spent writing stories about gaming, Northwestern State University students in Professor Melody Gilbert’s COMM4230 class are ready to share AFK: Away from the Keyboard magazine with NSU Demons and the Natchitoches community.
On Thursday, Dec 1 students […]
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University was named one of four recipients awarded Healthcare Occupations Program grants from The Rapides Foundation to help meet the healthcare workforce needs of employers in Central Louisiana.
Northwestern State University received a $719,600 grant in September to increase the number of Bachelor of Science Nursing (BSN) clinical students admitted to its […]
