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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.

Watson Library rededication set for April 24

NATCHITOCHES – University Libraries at Northwestern State University will hold a rededication ceremony to close a year-long commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the opening of Eugene P. Watson Memorial Library on the school’s main campus in Natchitoches. The rededication will take place at 2 p.m. Monday, April 24.  The public is invited.

The rededication is […]

Walter Porter Experience connects business students with industry partners

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s College of Business and Technology hosted the Walter Porter Experience April 11-14 week with a series of speakers and events designed to bridge the gap between the college campus and real business experience.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana human resources experts […]

NSU, LCTCS sign transfer agreement

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University and the Louisiana Community and Technical College System signed an agreement that will allow students who earn specific associate degrees at an LCTCS college to transfer into NSU with junior level status to pursue bachelor’s degrees in business or allied health. The articulation agreement cuts through red tape and creates […]

NSU-TV News Service professor, students lauded for local news coverage

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University Professor of New Media, Journalism and Communication Arts Dr. Nick Taylor is one of 33 faculty leaders from colleges across the United States to be named a Faculty Champion for his role in encouraging students to produce and share community news in their local news outlets.  The distinction comes with […]

Nominations open for Long Purple Line

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University is seeking nominations for inductees into the Long Purple Line, the university’s alumni hall of distinction.

The Long Purple Line was established to provide recognition and appreciation to individuals whose career accomplishments or service to their fellow man have enhanced the reputation and prestige of Northwestern State.  Selection may be based […]

NSU, SUSLA partner on transfer agreement for Engineering Technology

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University and Southern University at Shreveport formalized a memorandum of understanding that will facilitate the transfer of an Associate of Applied Science degree from SUSLA towards a Bachelor of Science degree from NSU.  The agreement makes it easier for students with an associate degree to continue on towards earning a four-year […]

Alum Ryan Owens speaks on business etiquette

Ryan Owens, a 2013 Northwestern State University graduate, was featured speaker at an etiquette luncheon for student leaders hosted by the NSU College of Business and Technology April 11.  Owens, a senior data analyst for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, spoke about the dos and don’ts of the social side of business networking. […]

HSJA podcast features Perez-Mira interview

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Hispanic Student Journalist Association (HSJA) produced the third installment “Latino Living,” a HSJA-produced podcast that is recorded in the New Media, Journalism and Communications Arts Podcast Studio under the guidance of Assistant Professor Dr. Nick Taylor.

This installment features an interview with Dr. Begona Perez-Mira, a professor in NSU’s Computer Information […]

NSU will host Research Day April 13

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s 36th annual Research Day will return to a face-to-face format after two years of virtual conferences on Thursday, April 13.  Students will make synchronous oral presentations on research in many academic disciplines culminating as an awards program.

“We will have 30 oral presentations plus three brief, five-minute presentations and eight posters,” […]

NSU will host Nursing & Allied Health Open House in Cenla

NATCHITOCHES – Individuals from central Louisiana interested in high demand healthcare careers are invited to attend a Nursing and Allied Health open house at Northwestern State University’s Cenla campus from 3-6 p.m. Tuesday, April 11 and Wednesday, April 12.

NSU’s Cenla campus is located at England Airpark.  More information and registration is available at https://nsu.la/OpenHouseCENLA.

Those […]

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