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Students sign to participate in AMT

Through the AMT program, students work as a paid employee in their sponsoring manufacturing facility three days per week and attend intensive classes at CLTCC two days per week with both CLTCC and NSU faculty.

Holli’ Conway will make Broadway debut this fall

Holli´ Conway, Miss Louisiana 2018, will make her Broadway debut this fall in “Tina – The Tina Turner Musical” set to open in the Lunt Fontanne Theatre.

‘Haynesville Football’ book launch, signing Saturday

Northwestern State University alum Hunter Bower has published a book about one of Louisiana’s most talked-about high school football programs. “Haynesville Football: A History of Louisiana’s Winningest High School Football Program” details the history of the program from its humble beginnings in 1907 to its powerhouse teams of today.

ADVANCE students participate in hands-on electronics workshop

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s ADVANCE Program for Young Scholars (ADVANCE) had the unique opportunity to host an electronics themed maker space led by David Sproles last month.

Sproles (BSME, 1977) was an engineer in manufacturing for chemicals and consumer products for 37 years. Since his retirement, he has taught STEM workshops at Maker Faires in […]

Maggios read during NPL Back to School Story Hour

Northwestern State University First Lady Jennifer Maggio and President Dr. Chris Maggio were special guests at Natchitoches Parish Library Tuesday where they were invited to read to children during Back to School Story Hour. While youngsters colored pictures related to going back to school, the Maggios read “Click, Clack Quack to School!” and “The Pout-Pout […]

Scholars reflect on influence of Toni Morrison

NATCHITOCHES – “She opened doors others could not have opened. What a gift to the world she was,” said Dr. Holly Stave referring to Toni Morrison, the venerated novelist, editor and professor, who died Tuesday at age 88. Stave, a professor of English in the Louisiana Scholars’ College at Northwestern State University, is a preeminent […]