NATCHITOCHES – A candlelight vigil for suicide awareness and prevention has been postponed and the location changed due to expected inclement weather. Northwestern State University’s Office of Counseling & Career Services has rescheduled the Suicide Prevention and Awareness Candlelight Vigil for Monday, Sept. 20 at Collins Pavilion.
The event will begin at 7:30 p.m. and is […]
Remembering those that were lost and those who ran into the chaos.
By Sid Hall, Military Affairs Coordinator / ROTC Program Manager
NATCHITOCHES – With Interim President Dr. Marcus Jones and the Mayor of Natchitoches, the Honorable Ronnie Williams, Jr., looking on, the colors of the 72nd Demon Battalion of Northwestern State University’s Reserve Officers’ Training Corps were unfurled during the Battalion’s annual Activation Ceremony on Thursday, August […]
NATCHITOCHES – September is Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month.
Northwestern State University’s Office of Counseling & Career Services will host a Suicide Prevention and Awareness Candlelight Vigil from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 20 at Collins Pavilion. The event is being held in memory of those lost to suicide and those who loved them. The event is […]
NATCHITOCHES – The children of Dr. Gloria Ebarb Durr announced an endowed scholarship in her honor that will benefit incoming freshman at Northwestern State University. The Dr. Gloria Ebarb Durr Endowed Scholarship for Academic Excellence will assist any major for one year. Recipients must maintain a 3.5 or better grade point average. Preference will be […]
NATCHITOCHES – Brianna Benfer has always wanted to work in the medical field but struggled to decide her area of specialization. Supporting her young sister through a difficult breast cancer diagnosis, Benfer was inspired to combine the compassion from her personal experience with the resiliency of being a military spouse and study nursing at Northwestern […]
NATCHITOCHES – Residential Life staff from Northwestern State University traveled to the University of New Orleans this week to assist with the evacuation of on-campus students.
“We left Natchitoches at 4 a.m. with 50 gallons of gasoline, three ice chests of cold drinks, food and other supplies and headed south,” said Hunter Horton, director of Leasing. […]
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Center for Positivity, Well-Being and Hope will host guest speaker Melissa Ruiz who will discuss “Power of Positivity” from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 22 in the Student Union Ballroom. The discussion is open to all NSU students, faculty and staff and the Natchitoches community.
Ruiz will discuss how chronic stress affects […]
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority and Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity will hold a Chunk Your Change for Hurricane Relief from 11 am.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8 in front of the Student Union at the corner of Caspari Street and Sam Sibley Drive. All proceeds will go towards hygiene products, water and canned goods for those affected […]
Story and Photos by Monica Velasquez
Courtesy of TWILA and Farm Bureau of Louisiana
NATCHITOCHES – Lisa Wiggins, teacher and librarian at Northwestern State University Elementary Lab School, was named this year’s Louisiana Ag in the Classroom Teacher of the Year, her second time to win the award.
The award recognizes a Louisiana teacher for achievements and efforts […]
