May 9, 2025
NATCHITOCHES – Rep. Cleo Fields issued congressional commendations May 8 to acknowledge the role that Northwestern State University’s College of Nursing and School of Allied have impacted public health over the past several decades.
Colson Fontenot, a representative of Fields’ office who has family ties to Natchitoches and Cane River, presented the proclamations to NSU President James Genovese and Dr. Aimee Badeaux, dean of NSU’s College of Nursing and School of Allied Health, during a reception at NSU’s Cenla campus in England Industrial Park, Alexandria.
NSU is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the College of Nursing and the 55th anniversary of the School of Allied Health. Northwestern State admitted its first baccalaureate nursing students in 1949 and introduced the Bachelor of Science in Radiologic Technology in 1968.
NSU’s Cenla campus accommodates associate and bachelor degree programs that align with regional workforce needs in healthcare, manufacturing, construction and administrative services. After an extensive upgrade and expansion last year, the 65,000-square-foot Cenla campus features state-of-the-art classrooms, STEM facilities, computer labs, clinical labs and faculty offices as well as areas for workshops and seminars, all of which support NSU’s mission to offer diverse and dynamic learning experiences in central Louisiana. Enrollment at the CENLA campus has increased nearly 60 percent in recent years. The Cenla campus supports both face-to-face and online learning platforms with a suite of support services to help students in Rapides and surrounding parishes.
Information on degree programs offered through NSU’s College of Nursing and School of Allied Health is available at https://www.nsula.edu/nursing/. Information on NSU’s CENLA campus is available at https://www.nsula.edu/CENLA/.
