Nicholls State University News

Super Bowl champion quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning are back in Louisiana for the Manning Passing Academy at Nicholls State University.

Those who look upon Louisiana's state-funded colleges and universities as a burden on taxpayers should be reminded that each of these institutions brings money into its region - money that does not come from the state's budget, but from spending by individuals and businesses who have relationships with the institution.

NOCCA teens get cooking tips from the pros Tuesday, June 23, 2009 Sheila Stroup For teenagers who love to cook, NOCCA's summer culinary arts session is a dreamy way to spend three weeks in June.

An organization advocating academic freedom has censured Nicholls State University for giving only one day's notice when it refused to rehire a mathematics teacher who had a reputation for doling out failing grades.

Delegates to the Ninety-fifth Annual Meeting of the American Association of University Professors voted on June 14 to place Cedarville University , Nicholls State University , North Idaho College , and Stillman College on the AAUPa s list of censured administrations.

Craig Scott, a survivor of the Columbine High School massacre that left 15 dead and more than 20 wounded, will serve as keynote speaker at the Louisiana Girls' Leadership Academy.

Take a dozen chefs from India. Mix in spices from the sub-continent and Louisiana ingredients, and you can get alligator masala.

State Supreme Court Justice John Weimer has created award-winning images of south Louisiana that have helped raise money in local charity auctions.

Craig Scott, a survivor of the Columbine High School shooting in Colorado that left 15 people dead and more than 20 wounded, will give the keynote address at the Louisiana Girls' Leadership Academy at Nicholls State University on June 18.

Shreveport's Office of the City Engineer has announced street inconveniences and closures for the week.

Franchesca LaTrice Gibson was named to the honor roll at the NSU's John Folse Culinary Institute.

Advocate staff photo by RICHARD ALAN HANNON/ Houma resident, Web designer and recent Nicholls State University graduate Emmalee Antill discusses her Web design for The Greater Baton Rouge Postal Customers Council during an unveiling of the site at the Baton Rouge General Mail Facility.

A former Nicholls State University student-athlete was charged Friday in connection with online threats to terrorize the school.

A federal judge in Pennsylvania returns to her alma mater Saturday to deliver a commencement address at Nicholls State University.

Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Davis, Jr. are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Lynn Davis to Jason Brett Webb, son of Mr.

Surrounded by family and colleagues of Louisiana police officers killed or disabled in the line of duty, Sen.

BATON ROUGE - Students at LSUS and other public colleges in Louisiana will see their tuition go up by 5 percent this year, after the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget approved the increase Monday.

Nicholls State University students protest proposed cuts in higher education Monday before the opening of the 2009 regular legislative session at the state Capitol in Baton Rouge.

In light of the budget cuts to higher education, students from surrounding institutions will be protesting on the Capitol steps in Baton Rouge.

Under orders to cut nearly $67 million from its next budget, the University of Louisiana System today issued a report depicting the eight-college network as a system that issues a big return on Louisiana's investment, pumping billions of dollars into the state's economy and creating tens of thousands of jobs throughout the state.