Spotlight Archives - Northwestern State University

NSU student-produced magazine AFK: Away From the Keyboard released and available online

By Melody Gilbert, Associate Professor and Documentary Filmmaker,

Department of New Media, Journalism and Communication Arts

NATCHITOCHES – After a semester spent writing stories about gaming, Northwestern State University students in Professor Melody Gilbert’s COMM4230 class are ready to share AFK: Away from the Keyboard magazine with NSU Demons and the Natchitoches community.

On Thursday, Dec 1 students […]

Students participate in RockOn! workshop

A student and faculty team from Northwestern State University participated in a research event hosted by NASA earlier this summer at Wallops Flight Facility on the eastern shore of Virginia.

Student focuses on Cradle to Prison Intervention

India Gurley, Child and Family Studies major at NSU, initiated a service project to benefit local preschool and kindergarten students.

Coleman earns ALD Scholarship

The Jo Anne J. Trow Scholarship has been awarded to Elizabeth Coleman of Napoleonville, a student at NSU.

Alum earns USAF promotion, appointment

Stephen Hernandez, a 1995 and 2001 graduate of NSU, was promoted to the rank of Colonel in the U. S. Air Force Reserve.

Mayeux named to National Intercollegiate Band

NSU student Dean Mayeux of Alexandria has been selected to perform with the 2019 National Intercollegiate Band this July in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Paper co-authored by Hossain wins award

A paper co-authored by Md Shahriar Jahan Hossain won the Best Track Paper Award from the Third European International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.

Veteran will graduate 50+ years after leaving NSU

More than half a century after he left Northwestern State University to serve his country, Robert Monroe “Johnny” Hays of Keithville will walk across the stage at Prather Coliseum to receive his associate degree in general studies.