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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.

NSU Lab School, Physical Plant get hand sanitizer donation

NATCHITOCHES – Richard Armstrong, owner of Trace Reliability, donated more than 20 gallons of hand sanitizer and 8 oz. purple spray bottles to Northwestern State University’s Elementary and Middle Lab schools and the NSU Physical Plant for use around campus.  Trace Reliability is an industrial reliability solutions company that supplies products, including Luceda products, in Louisiana, […]

Pete Gregory begins 60th year at NSU, discusses Williamson Museum’s centennial

NATCHITOCHES – Dr. Hiram “Pete” Gregory begins his 60th year on faculty at Northwestern State University this fall.  Gregory began teaching at NSU Sept. 15, 1961, when he arrived as a 23-year-old temporary instructor.  When a permanent position teaching anthropology and geography opened up, he decided to stay. He is the longest-serving employee in NSU’s […]

UL System announces NSU Presidential Search Committee, initial meeting

NATCHITOCHES – The Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System Chair James Carter announced the Northwestern State University Presidential Search Committee. The group is responsible for reviewing applications, interviewing candidates and recommending finalists for the presidency. The finalists will ultimately be interviewed and a president selected by the full UL System Board of […]

Hotter ‘N Hell closing reception Aug. 27.

Phyllis Lear

NSU Hotter ‘N Hell, Director/Coordinator

learp@nsula.edu

985.438.1532

 

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University Art Demons turned up the heat this summer with a juried exhibition of pyrotechnical art by collegiate artists from across the United States. Students, faculty, staff and the general public are invited to a closing reception for the 2021 Hotter ‘N Hell Collegiate Art […]

Demon Days are here! Fall semester will be masked but exciting

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University will kick off the Fall semester with Demon Days, a series of events that being with Move-In Day, Saturday, Aug. 14.  Demon Days is a series of fun and free events designed to welcome new and returning students with opportunities to explore Northwestern State, connect with other students and get […]

NSU preparing for Move-In Day, start of fall semester

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University is preparing to welcome students back to campus for the Fall 2021 semester with athletes, spirit groups and student leaders already arriving prior to the university’s official move-in days Aug. 12-14.

University Housing and Residential Life staff have notified residential students that move-in days will be similar to the past two […]

Faculty member announces leave, intention to retire

NATCHITOCHES—Northwestern State University faculty member Dr. Holly Stave has requested and been granted a leave of absence from her position for the fall semester and has announced that she will retire when the leave period expires in December.

Dr. Greg Handel, Provost and Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Northwestern, acknowledged that Dr. Stave has requested leave […]

Horton earns national Kappa Sigma honors

NATCHITOCHES – Dr. Steve Horton, alumnus adviser for Northwestern State University’s Kappa Sigma Fraternity chapter (Theta Mu), was awarded Alumnus Advisor of the Year for the Northern Louisiana District and also was awarded the Outstanding Alumnus Adviser Award for the national fraternity, both as part of Kappa Sigma’s 73rd Biennial Grand Conclave that was held […]

Natchitoches couple, emblems of faith and service, give back to NSU

NATCHITOCHES – Inspired by an important mentor and their love for Northwestern State University, a Natchitoches couple established a scholarship through the NSU Foundation that will give preference to a student from Anacoco High School majoring in early childhood education.

Hyland and Sophie Packard began creating the scholarship in 2019 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in […]

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