November 26, 2024
NATCHITOCHES – Peyton Fuller, a junior from Deville, grew up around animals and aspired from a very young age to become a veterinarian, but her early life in an unstable home placed many obstacles in her path. As the first person in her family to attend college, Peyton speaks […]
NATCHITOCHES – Emma Cockrum began her college career under the cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that experience encouraged her and her classmates to be resilient in the face of obstacles. Cockrum graduated valedictorian at East Ascension High School in Prairieville in 2020 and was one of several student leaders from across the […]
Natchitoches – Abby Williams of Natchitoches took her love for cheering from childhood to college and is channeling her aptitude for making connections into valuable experience in marketing. A senior and Dean’s List student at Northwestern State University, Williams is currently serving as president of Phi Mu while completing an internship with BOM […]
NATCHITOCHES – Chance Newman is ready to play football.
The Daphne, Alabama, native will play his last season on the gridiron following a college career that began with two years at Virginia Military Institute and a year at Jacksonville State before he landed at Northwestern State University in 2022. A concussion in […]
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 – Natalie Mangandi of Shreveport, a senior at Northwestern State University, will graduate in May with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, but through her involvement with many campus organizations, realized that the career path she is most suited for is helping others navigate their academic challenges. After graduation, she plans to pursue a graduate […]
NATCHITOCHES – Emily Miller, Northwestern State University’s assistant director of Recruiting for Transfer and Graduate Students, has personal perspective and understanding of the students she helps enroll at NSU. As a graduate student herself, she, too, faces the challenges in balancing a full-time job with pursuing academic goals.
Miller, a Stonewall native, earned a degree in […]
NATCHITOCHES – As a student-athlete and aspiring nurse Maygan Shaw is blazing a trail at Northwestern State University. The junior sprinter from Pineville finished ninth out of 71 participants with a time of 54.63 in the 400-meter dash and, along with teammates, recorded another personal best (24.08) in the 200-meter at the Jarvis Scott Open […]
NATCHITOCHES – Chris James, 20, is not your typical transfer student. This spring the junior communications major is only in his second semester at Northwestern State University, but he is already well-known around campus and has set high goals for himself.
Chris was born in Dallas, but his mother served in the military, and he graduated […]
NATCHITOCHES – Trevor Williams is a Natchitoches native who will graduate from Northwestern State University in December after studying communications in the Department of New Media, Journalism and Communication Arts with a concentration in broadcasting and a minor in English. In addition to his expertise in filming, editing, reporting and multimedia production, his interest in […]
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