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Update: May 1, 2020 – Maggio addresses phased opening of campus

Update from NSU President Dr. Chris Maggio, Friday, May 1, 2020:

It is hard to believe that April is over, and our virtual spring commencement program is one week away.  Generally during this time of year we would be enjoying award banquets, end-of-semester events and recognition ceremonies. Instead, we are planning and preparing for a safe […]

NSU science, technology students, faculty use biomedical, software skills during pandemic

NATCHITOCHES – Science and engineering technology students and faculty at Northwestern State University are lending their expertise to help healthcare providers and the community during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Anna Dugas, an assistant professor of physics, created a COVID-19 face shield and requested permission to use university’s Lutzbot Taz 6 3-D FDM printer to print 28 face […]

Update: April 28, 2020 – Virtual commencement and thank you to health care workers

Update, April 28, 2020

Dear Faculty, Staff and Students:

As this extraordinary Spring, 2020, semester comes to a close, work is nearing completion on the first Virtual Commencement Ceremony in the university’s 136-year history.

The purpose of the program, obviously, is to honor the hundreds of Northwestern students who have completed their studies, but the ceremony will be […]

Provisional enrollment available for MAT students

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s School of Education will provisionally enroll graduate students pursuing teacher certification with either a certification only (PREP) program or a Master of Arts in Teaching program for Summer 2020.

Approval for enrollment has been granted for all candidates who applied for the MAT in Spring 2020 and meet all other admission […]

Thesis project examines misinformation about COVID-19 virus

NATCHITOCHES – Jared Parks thought he had a good topic for his senior thesis project in the Louisiana Scholars’ College at Northwestern State University. But as a scientific inquiry major with plans to earn a Ph.D. in neuroscience, pharmacology and toxicology, he was worried about misinformation he saw about the Novel Coronavirus.

Parks’ new topic “The […]

Business students helping local restaurants with marketing advice

NATCHITOCHES – Management 4300 students at Northwestern State University have helped provide valuable assistance to three local businesses dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 virus that should help the businesses as the economy recovers. Management 4300 is a capstone class in strategic management required for seniors.

“Students in the class visit the company and do […]

Update: A Message to Faculty & Staff from ULS President Dr. Jim Henderson

Dear faculty and staff,

It is hard to believe that only five weeks have passed since you managed the herculean task of shifting university operations online. Most of you are only a couple of weeks away from winding down your Spring semester or quarter and moving into a summer of more distance instruction, research, or perhaps […]

PLP garden project blossoms into victory gardens for E-Lab students

NATCHITOCHES – A service project begun by a group of Northwestern State University students in the Presidential Leadership Program blossomed into a victory garden learning experience for NSU Elementary Lab School students.

Earlier in the semester, PLP students worked with Dr. Michelle Morris, professor of educational psychology, to create a vegetable garden to serve university students.  […]

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