NATCHITOCHES – Matthew Elliott, a graduating senior from Central High School in Baton Rouge, has signed with the Northwestern State University Fishing Team. On the front row are Elliot, center, with his parents Denise and Steve Elliott. Standing are Director of Recruiting Van Erickson and Baton Rouge area recruiter Emily Miller. Elliott plans to major […]
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University students participated in V.L. Roy Service Day April 9 to give back to the university and the City of Natchitoches. The student-led event included approximately 80 NSU students working on volunteer projects that included city and campus clean-up, planting trees and providing free manpower.
On the NSU campus, students pitched in […]
Northwestern State University students from the Department of New Media, Journalism, and Communication Arts were recognized with a finalist award for Television In-Depth Reporting by the Society of Professional Journalists with a 2020 Mark of Excellence (MOE) Award.
The award is for the student newscast “News from Our Rooms: Election Special” that was produced by students […]
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University formally named a new multipurpose meeting space in the Friedman Student Union after long-time administrator Lucile Mertz Hendrick (1909-2003) and unveiled a portrait of Hendrick created by NSU graduate student Edgar Cano Lopez that will hang outside the room. The space, Room 121, is the site of the former campus […]
NATCHITOCHES – Third grade students at Zwolle Elementary School participating in the Leader In Me program selected the Northwestern State University Food Pantry as the focus of a community service project. The students hosted a cereal drive and collected 129 boxes of cereal for the Pantry, which is free to NSU and BPCC@NSU students.
“Leader in […]
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of Fine and Graphic Art will present Art Camp 2021 this summer.
Dates are June 7-11 for ages 5-11, June 14-18 for ages 5-11 and June 21-25 for ages 12-18.
For details email Corbin Covher at covherc@nsula.edu. Updates will be posted on social media @NSUARTCAMP.
NATCHITOCHES – The James C. White Memorial Scholarship at Northwestern State University is now fully endowed at the $10,000 level thanks to the efforts of family and friends. The final donation of $1,370 from the St. Mary’s Cooking for a Cause Club pushed the scholarship to the endowed level. SMS students joined the White family […]
Dear NSU Faculty, Staff, Students, Alumni and Friends:
Earlier today, I notified University of Louisiana System President Dr. Jim Henderson of my plan to retire from Northwestern State University on June 30, 2021.
This is a decision that was made during prayerful deliberation with my family and was based entirely on considerations of our family’s future plans […]
NATCHITOCHES—Northwestern State president Dr. Chris Maggio announced Friday that he will retire from the university effective July 1, 2021. He has served as president since January of 2017 and has been a member of NSU’s faculty, staff and administration for 33 years.
“This is a decision that was made during prayerful deliberation with my family and […]
NATCHITOCHES – Wanelle Lowe began playing piano at age three, before her feet could touch the pedals, and by the time she was 12, she was the pianist at her church in Rochelle, Texas. She spent her life teaching, performing and accompanying choirs and vocalists and, along with her husband, sharing her musical gifts with […]
