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Baton Rouge business leader Lela Mae Wilkes to receive honorary doctorate

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University will award an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities to Lela Mae Wilkes during spring commencement ceremonies. Wilkes will be honored along with graduates of the School of Business and Technology on Wednesday, May 11 at 2 p.m. in Prather Coliseum.

Spring commencement will be held May 11-12 in Prather Coliseum. Graduates for […]

Danielle Antoon Cobb named director of Alumni Affairs at Northwestern State

NATCHITOCHES – Danielle Antoon Cobb has been named director of Alumni Affairs at Northwestern State University. Her appointment has been approved by the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System.

Cobb has been associate director of alumni affairs since 2019. Her duties have included enhancing participation from both alumni and non-alumni supporters in the […]

Theatre-Dance Scene Shop to be named for Phil Kidd

NATCHITOCHES – The Northwestern State University Theatre-Dance Scene Shop in the A.A. Fredericks Fine Arts Building will be named the Phil Kidd Scene Shop to honor the long-time assistant professor and director of technical theatre. The proposal to name the facility was approved by the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System.

Kidd was […]

NSU Comm class to release student magazine ‘UNFRAMED’

NATCHITOCHES – After a semester of writing stories with topics from video games to sports to mental health, students in Professor Melody Gilbert’s COMM4230 class at Northwestern State University are ready to share UNFRAMED Magazine with the NSU and Natchitoches community.

Students in the class will be handing out the print version of the magazine in […]

Faculty, Natchitoches defender present Cradle to College information for governor

NATCHITOCHES – Natchitoches District Defender Brett Brunson, J.D., and Northwestern State University School of Education Professors Dr. Michelle Fazio-Brunson and Dr. Christy Hornsby met with Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Children’s Cabinet in Baton Rouge Tuesday. Brunson, Fazio-Brunson and Hornsby shared the collaborative NSU Early Childhood Education and Natchitoches District Defender’s Office service learning project to remap the Cradle to Prison Pipeline to a […]

NSU Strings Studio to bring chamber music to Watson Library April 27

NATCHITOCHES – The NSU Strings Studio will present “An Afternoon of Chamber Music” Wednesday, April 27 at 5 p.m. in the Thomas-D’Amato Reading Room on the second floor of Watson Library. Admission is free and open to the public.

The program will be performed by Ana Corrales, Meredith Corrales, Gabriela Forero and Aura Hernandez on violin, […]

Campus events and activities for April 17 – 23

NATCHITOCHES – Here is a look at the week of April 17-23 at Northwestern State University.

April 17-23 – Registration for summer, fall semesters

April 19 – Baseball, NSU vs. LSU-Alexandria, Brown-Stroud Field, 6 p.m.

April 19 – NSU Lyrica, Men’s Chorus, Cane River Singers, Magale Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. #

April 19-23 – NSU Theatre and Dance presents […]

New Media Showcase reception April 20

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of New Media, Journalism and Communication Arts invites the public to attend a reception for the closing of the 2022 New Media Showcase.  The reception will take place from 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Varnado Hall Ballroom on Wednesday, April 20.

The New Media Showcase features a showcase of student photography […]

All NSU campuses will close at noon today

NATCHITOCHES – All Northwestern State University campuses will close at noon Wednesday, April 13 due to the threat of severe weather sweeping through the region. Thunderstorms are predicted for the afternoon with the possibility of damaging winds, hail and possible tornadoes in the area.

Administrators will continue to monitor weather condition over the next several hours. […]

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