Three undergrads named inaugural recipients of Advance English Scholarships

August 27, 2025

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State University’s Department of English, Languages and Cultural Studies awarded the endowed Advance English Scholarship to the inaugural three recipients. They are Koby Brevelle of Marksville, Kayden Snell of Lake Charles and Madison Swift of Bossier City.

The scholarship is available to full-time undergraduate students currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Arts in English program. Recipients will be selected by committee recommendation and the discretion of the head of the Department of English, Languages and Cultural Studies.

Brevelle is a junior English major with a concentration in Film Studies and a minor in Creative Writing.  He graduated from the Louisiana School for the Agricultural Sciences in Bunkie in 2023.

Snell is a freshman English major and a recent graduate of Sam Houston High School.

Swift is a freshman English major and a recent graduate of Parkway High School.

Supporters can contribute to the scholarship by visiting  https://northwesternstatealumni.com/advance-scholarship/. 

Information on NSU’s Department of English, Languages and Cultural Studies is available at https://www.nsula.edu/english/.

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NSU’s Department of English, Languages and Cultural Studies named three students the first recipients of the Department’s Advance English Scholarships.  From left are Department Head Dr. Thomas Reynolds, honorees Koby Brevelle, Madison Swift and Kayden Snell and Dr. Francene Lemoine, dean of NSU’s College of Arts and Sciences.