NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University is accepting nominations for the 2022 class of inductees into the Alumni Hall of Distinction, the Long Purple Line.

Nominations will be closed April 28. The nomination form is available at https://northwesternstatealumni.com/lpl/.

According to Associate Director of Alumni Affairs Danielle Antoon Cobb, the Long Purple Line is the highest recognition an alumnus of NSU can receive. Induction is based upon past or continuing achievements in the individual’s career, exemplary and extraordinary service to community, state, and nation or both career accomplishments and service to mankind including service to their alma mater. A total of 143 individuals have been inducted out of more than 78,000 alumni.

These individuals will be formally inducted into the Long Purple Line on October 21 as part of homecoming festivities.