May 13, 2025
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University School of Education faculty Dr. Michelle Brunson, Dr. Debra Jo Hailey and Dr. April Giddens collaborated with Brett Brunson, Natchitoches Parish District Defender, and University of Louisiana Monroe faculty member Dr. Amy Weems to publish a chapter in Southern Early Childhood Association’s Voices of […]
NATCHITOCHES – In support of Northwestern State University School of Education’s service learning and experiential learning initiatives, the NSU Adult Learning and Development and NSU Educational Leadership programs continue to partner with the Early Childhood Education program to support family literacy programs in Louisiana. Faculty in both programs donated resources to increase the […]
October 29, 2024
NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s School of Education Director Dr. Katrina Jordan and Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate students Lane Alford and Diego Almanza donated resources and made and distributed family literacy bags with items purchased with International Paper Foundation funds to preschool children enrolled at the NSU Marie […]
NATCHITOCHES – The International Paper Foundation presented a literacy grant of $1,000 to the Cradle to College service-learning initiative at Northwestern State University. Funds will be used to purchase materials for literacy bags that are given to at-risk children in the Natchitoches area. The Cradle to College initiative provides youngsters and their families […]
NATCHITOCHES – Jalen Wilson, an education major at Northwestern State University, is focused on a career path in which he can be a role model for elementary age students. Wilson, a Natchitoches native, is part of the Call Me MISTER program, which recruits minority males to become leaders in education. MISTER is an acronym for […]
NATCHITOCHES – The Natchitoches Central High School Beta Club, sponsored by Anne Stultz, collected books and school supplies to donate to NSU’s Early Childhood Education Cradle to College service-learning project. The books and school supplies they collected will be compiled into family literacy bags and donated to local preschool through 12th grade students. “Sustaining this […]
NATCHITOCHES – The Youth of Natchitoches First United Methodist Church, led by Colby and Lindsey Session and NSU FUMC interns Phillip Coleman, Rachael Smith and Garrett Wells visited the Northwestern State University Teacher Education Center recently to engage in a service learning project and tour the building. Following a discussion of how literacy impacts school […]
Northwestern State University’s Early Childhood Education program provided Natchitoches Magnet preschool children and their families with literacy activities, resources and support so they can engage in reading and play activities at home. The donation was made possible by a grant from the International Paper Foundation to support the Cradle to College initiative.
Dr. Michelle Brunson started […]
