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 54th 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 […]
Power has been restored at all Northwestern State University campuses, including our Leesville-Fort Polk campus. All classes, face-to-face and online, will resume tomorrow, Tuesday, Sept. 8.
Students should plan to attend in person classes or log in to online classes as usual beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8. Computer labs on all NSU campuses will be open and […]
Update: Sept. 4, 2020
It is my sincere hope that you and your families are safe and healthy and beginning to experience some sense of normalcy after the devastation created by Hurricane Laura.
Our university campuses sustained extensive wind damage, power outages, disruption in internet and telephone services and other storm-related difficulties, but we are now prepared […]
NATCHITOCHES – Natchitoches Mayor Ronnie Williams spoke at a joint press conference hosted by the city of Natchitoches and Natchitoches Parish Government Friday at Northwestern State University where officials discussed ongoing hurricane recovery efforts in the region, including the restoration of power and other services. The press conference took place near a temporary basecamp, visible […]
