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About Leah Jackson

Leah Jackson is Northwestern State University's Director of Public Information and Media Relations. She is a 1994 and 2011 graduate of NSU and has been on staff since 2004.

Destination Science Camp kicks off

Destination Science Campers Brennan Dromm, Mason Jones and Aaron Blanchard, from left, donned white coats and did cheek swabs in a biology lab Monday as Northwestern State University’s School of STEM kicked off the week-long science camp Monday.  Campers learned to look for bacteria under a microscope, plate the bacteria and study epidemiology.  Later, they […]

Folk Festival needs volunteers

NATCHITOCHES – The Natchitoches-Northwestern State University Folk Festival is seeking volunteers to join the fun and experience the festival from within.  The festival relies on volunteers to help with the various components of the event such as security and other positions as needed.

Volunteers will work inside air-conditioned Prather Coliseum and will be needed from 6 […]

Middle schoolers learn about healthcare careers at Camp Fast Forward

Seventh and eighth grade students from Natchitoches Magnet, Provencal, NSU Middle Lab and St. Mary’s participated in Camp Fast Forward this week, an Area Health Education Center (AHEC) summer program funded by the Rapides Foundation and hosted by Northwestern State University to create awareness of careers in healthcare.  Students learned about nursing, first aid, ultrasound, […]

‘From Pine to Palm’ exhibit celebrates Louisiana travel

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Eugene P. Watson Memorial Library will host “From Pine to Palm and Places in Between” June 26-August 26.  The exhibit is in the Cammie G. Henry Research Center, Room 301. Hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 9 a.m.-noon Friday.

“Since summer is the traditional time for travel and recreation, this […]

Three incoming anglers awarded Poche scholarships

NATCHITOCHES – Three incoming Northwestern State University freshmen who will be part of the university’s bass fishing team were named recipients of Dylan Kyle Poche Memorial Scholarships. Ross Miller of Rayne, Cole Pickett of Many and Drake Wadsworth of Stonewall will be awarded a combined $20,500 from Burt and Shelley Poche.  All three students will […]

ET students win undergraduate research competition

NATCHITOCHES – Three graduates of Northwestern State University’s Department of Engineering Technology were recognized for research submitted to Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society International.

Work by Matthew Lovelady of Zwolle and Nicholas Tramel and Tanner Funderburk, both of Noble, won first place in the research competition sponsored by IEOM and announced at a conference last […]

Theta Chi president earns fraternity honor

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University student Jairus Killings was named a Resolute Man by Theta Chi Fraternity while attending the fraternity’s Initiative Academy in Bloomington, Indiana. Killings, a theatre major from Alexandria, is president of NSU’s Theta Chi chapter.

The Resolute Man is a set of standards defining membership in Theta Chi through which the chapters […]

Linemen get housing, meals at NSU

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University is providing accommodations in a campus residence hall to house 170 linemen supporting SWEPCO and resources from AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power, Indiana & Michigan Power and Kentucky Power this week as crews work to restore electricity to the Shreveport metro area. Through cooperation with Sodexo and Campus Living […]

NSU combines programs into School of STEM

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University has reorganized academic units within the College of Arts and Sciences to create the School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The School will include the Department of Biology and Microbiology, the Department of Engineering Technology, Division of Mathematics, Department of Physical Sciences and the Department of Veterinary Technology.

The […]

Moreau family establishes scholarship for pre-physical therapy students

NATCHITOCHES – A Baton Rouge family honored the family patriarch by establishing a scholarship in his honor at Northwestern State University.  The Al Moreau Jr. Scholarship will put priority on students in pre-physical therapy.

Moreau, of Zachary, is a 1966 graduate of NSU, earned All-Gulf States Conference honors as a member of the Demon football team. […]

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