Northwestern State University is providing a Financial Hardship Waiver intended to ease the burden of an increase in student tuition.  The waiver will cover the additional costs that resulted in the 10 percent tuition increase that began with the current semester.

To be eligible for the Financial Hardship Waiver, a student must be a Louisiana resident with full-time enrollment status and must apply for and be deemed eligible to received Federal Financial Aid. In addition, the student’s cost of attendance (COA) less expected family contribution (EFC) less subsidized loans plus all other types of aid must be greater than zero. [Read More...]

The Natchitoches-Northwestern Symphony Orchestra announces seven performances for the 2010-11 concert season, including music varying from popular film score selections to Brahms.

The season will open with a Pops concert performance at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. [Read More...]

Northwestern State University honored selected faculty with two awards for excellence in advising and introduced a new award to recognize information literacy.  Recognition took place during the university’s Faculty Institute. 

Recipients of the Excellence in Faculty Advising Award are Jody Biscoe and Dr. Kim McAlister, based on student nomination. [Read More...]

     Nineteen Northwestern State University faculty members have received tenure and 29 faculty members have earned a promotion in rank effective with the start of the 2010-2011 academic year, according to Provost and Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs Dr. Lisa Abney.

     Faculty receiving tenure were: Dr. Larry Short of the School of Business, Pia Wyatt, Dr. [Read More...]

A report released by Louisiana’s Board of Regents indicates that graduates of teacher preparation programs at Northwestern State University meet or exceed expectations in student performance for new teachers. 

The study is based on grades 4-9 and measured student achievement in five content areas over a four-year period. Northwestern’s alternate certification programs performed at Level 1 in science, indicating that students taught by new teachers outperformed students taught by experienced teachers.  NSU’s alternate certification program performed at Level 2 in language arts and reading, indicating the students taught by new teachers performed as well as those taught by experienced teachers; and at Level 3 in math, in which students performed on par with other students taught by new teachers. [Read More...]

Dale Bernard of Lake Charles has honored his two sisters with a gift of $10,000 to the Northwestern State University Foundation to endow a scholarship to benefit a student pursuing a degree in education. Bernard, who graduated from Northwestern in 1953, established the scholarship to honor his sisters, Melba Bernard Allison of Plano, Texas, and the late Esther Bernard Reed. The donation will be matched with a $1,500 grant from State Farm Insurance. 

The recipient must be a Louisiana resident and maintain a GPA of 2. [Read More...]

     Frances Conine, executive director of Student Services and Conduct at Northwestern State University recently received the Air National Guard’s Center of Influence Award for the work she did to assist the family of colleague Jeffrey Mathews.

     Members of the Air National Guard who have served more than 30 days in Southwest Asia since Sept. 11, 2001, were given the Hometown Hero Award.  Those who received this award were authorized to present the Air National Guard’s “Center of Influence” award to a person that was a positive influence or on them or their family during the deployment. [Read More...]

     Northwestern State University’s Delta Theta chapter of Beta Beta Beta, the national honor society for biological sciences, unveiled a renovated campus monument in front of Bienvenu Hall. Funding for the project was provided by several donors and a grant from the NSU Student Government Association, which covered the cost of landscaping around the monument.

     According to Dr. Francene Lemoine, the original triangular cement monument was created by NSU students in 1964 and placed in front of Williamson Hall. [Read More...]

     Northwestern State University has selected members of its 2010-11 spirit groups.

     The 2010-11 cheerleading squad includes Samuel Starr of Monroe, Ruth Fruge of Kinder, Stephen Lawson, Kristen Triggs and Lizzy DeBlieux of Natchitoches, Amy Dodson of Ragley, Catie Reeves of Minden and Justin Price of Greenwood.

     Also named to the cheerleading squad were Shannon Byrd of Waskom, Texas, Gregory Spencer of Crowley, Kiley Bell of Oakdale, Ryan George of New Orleans, Alleigh Leger of Hessmer and Jackson Mahaffey of Dry Creek and Chase Stepp of Haughton. Ryan Owens of New Orleans is Vic the Demon. [Read More...]

     Dr. Susan Thorson-Barnett has been named head of the Department of Psychology at Northwestern State University. She has served as acting department head for the past year.

     She has been a member of Northwestern’s faculty since 1995. [Read More...]

     Six members of the Northwestern State University faculty were recognized with Excellence in Teaching Awards in recognition of their scholarship, leadership and service to their respective colleges.  The awards were presented during the annual Faculty Institute, held just prior to the start of the Fall semester. Recipients were selected by their peers for the award.

     Honored were Dr. [Read More...]

     Laramie Lemon of Leonville, a biology major and graduating senior at Northwestern State University, spent her summer participating in a prestigious summer research fellowship at the University of California-Berkeley.  

     Lemon was one of 26 students selected from a national pool of more than 700 applicants to participate in the Amgen Scholars program which promotes studies in science and technology, including biology, chemistry and engineering. Amgen is an international biotechnology company and funding for the Amgen Scholars program is provided through the company’s foundation.  Each participant was paired with a researcher for 10 weeks of laboratory research. [Read More...]

     Morgan Bollich of St. Edmund Catholic School in Eunice has been named the winner of the 2010 Northwestern State University Louisiana High School Essay Contest. Bollich won the honor for her essay, “Inspiration: The Beauty Within.” Savannah Kate Bridges from Riverfield Academy in Rayville won second place with “Tabasco Veins, Zydeco Heartbeat,” and Chuhyun Kim of Natchitoches Central High School won third place for “Louisiana: My Inspiration. [Read More...]

     Northwestern State University’s Department of Engineering Technology and Computer Information systems hosted its final summer training session for high school teachers who will be teaching Project Lead the Way classes this fall.  

     Led by master teacher Peter Grimm of Minneapolis, Minn., the class worked on several projects they will repeat with their students this fall.  The two-week boot camp   included group projects, homework and individual study. [Read More...]

     The project to construct a new Student Services Center at Northwestern State University took a major step forward as a bid has been awarded for construction of the facility.

     Don M. Barron Contractor Inc. of Farmerville was the low bidder at $5,986,000. [Read More...]

Northwestern State University’s Cammie G. Henry Research Center will host a “Workshop on Practical and Cost-Effective Practices to Care and Maintain Archival, Manuscript and Book Collections.”  The workshop will address challenges in the maintenance, care and handling of records, documents, manuscripts, maps and photographic and book collections.  

The session will be held from 9 a. [Read More...]

     Excitement is building for the 2010 Northwestern State University Demon football season and the opening game against Air Force in Colorado Springs.

     The NSU Alumni Association will be traveling with the team and holding special events in Colorado Springs in conjunction with the game, beginning with a reception from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. [Read More...]

Chili’s in Natchitoches is supporting the Mrs. H.D. Dear Sr. [Read More...]

     Registration for the Fall 2010 semester at Northwestern State University will continue through Friday, Aug. 20.
 
     Students can sign up for classes on the Leesville/Fort Polk campus Tuesday, Aug. 17 and on the Shreveport campus Wednesday, Aug. [Read More...]

Northwestern State University, along with seven other schools in the University of Louisiana System, was recognized during the UL-System Conference on Service-Learning for achievements in service-learning over the past four years.  The Aug. 9 awards program was part of a capstone conference in Baton Rouge celebrating the end of a $1.2 million federal grant. [Read More...]

Northwestern State University’s Fall 2010 “Move-In Day” will be from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. [Read More...]

A Northwestern State University tutoring program is seeking community support to continue a free peer tutoring and mentoring service that matches college students with high school and middle school students in need of academic assistance. The NSU Tutors program is designed not only for at-risk students from local and regional schools, but any student in need of assistance.

During the last academic year, NSU Tutors served students from several area schools in English, mathematics, science and other subjects. The tutors are NSU students who volunteer their time from 3:30-5 p. [Read More...]

Funding for a Northwestern State University program that helps disadvantaged students has been re-awarded for the next five years.  Administrators in NSU’s Student Support Services program received notice of the renewal from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Federal TRIO Programs. [Read More...]

     Matthew Dranguet thought he knew a lot about Northwestern State University until he took part in Freshman Connection. Dranguet, an incoming freshman from Natchitoches, was one of 800 participants in the annual program that assists incoming freshman with the transition to university life. While on campus, participants met with an academic advisor, registered for classes, learned about campus resources and met future classmates.

     “I thought I knew a lot about Northwestern, but I found out there was a lot I didn’t know,” said Dranguet, a graduate of St. [Read More...]

     Northwestern State University students will have a way to cut the costs of textbooks beginning this fall through a new rental program offered by the NSU Bookstore.

     The rental program will allow students to rent their textbooks for less than 50 percent of the cost of a new book. Students will be able to rent their books either in the store or from the store’s website, http://nsula.bncollege. [Read More...]