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The Student Programming Association will sponsor Halloween Breakfast from 9 to 11 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 29, in Galliano Dining Hall. (more…)

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PREPARATORY EVENTS

Wednesday, October 8 —– Display Contest and Parade Meeting for Participating Organization Representatives, 3:00 p.m., Bowie Room in the Bollinger Memorial Student Union. (more…)

Get an insider’s view on what it takes to be successful in today’s business world!

The College of Business Administration’s JPMorgan Chase Management Excellence Series will present William Beach, Director of the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Data Analysis. Beach will provide an insider’s view on how pending energy legislation such as climate change and CO2 reduction policies, as well as efforts by the US government to expand domestic energy supplies, will impact the Louisiana economy, on Thursday, Nov. 6, at Envie Restaurant on Highway 308 in Thibodaux.

The luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. The $25 registration fee includes lunch, and registrations should be received in the college office by Friday, Oct. 31. Visit the JPMorgan Chase Management Excellence Series Web page to download the brochure and registration form. For more information, call 985.448.4171.

Support applied sciences students while enjoying delicious cuisine!

The Manufacturing Engineering Technology program will host a fundraising dinner at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in the Plantation Room of the Bollinger Memorial Student Union.

The menu selections include grilled jerk chicken; pecan crusted chicken; pork tenderloin with caramelized onion chutney; and grilled flat iron steak seasoned with roasted garlic and rosemary.

For additional details – or to RSVP with meal selections – contact Dr. Henry Foust, assistant professor of manufacturing engineering technology, at Ext. 4693 or henry.foust@nicholls.edu.

Suggested donations are $50 per plate.

FINE DINING, AUCTIONS FEATURED AT BITE OF THE ARTS

The 12th annual Bite of the Arts gala, Nicholls State University’s premier fundraising event for the John Folse Culinary Institute, is slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21, at Cypress Columns in Gray, La.

This year’s celebration is themed “Double Down” to highlight the John Folse Culinary Institute’s phenomenal growth. (more…)

For the first time in a decade, the Student Programming Association of Nicholls State University is sponsoring a concert by a major performing artist. On Thursday, Nov. 13, Nicholls students and the community will have the opportunity to enjoy two national artists, Yellowcard and The Dream.
The event is billed “The Concert of the Year – One Night, One Band and One Dream.” It will take place at the Warren J. Harang Jr. Municipal Auditorium in Thibodaux, formerly called the Thibodaux Civic Center. Doors open at 6 p.m. Trey Lockerbie, an alternative rock artist from Nashville, Tenn., will open the show at 7 p.m., followed by Yellowcard and The Dream.
Yellowcard, from Jacksonville, Fla., have sold more than 3 million albums featuring their distinctive blend of rock and pop. The band debuted on Capitol Records in 2003 with “Ocean Avenue.”
Terius “The Dream” Nash is stepping from behind the scenes to perform center stage. The Atlanta, Ga., native wrote the song “Umbrella,” a number-one hit single by Rihanna. The Dream’s debut album on Def Jam records, “Love Hate,” features hits such as “Shawty is a Ten” and “Falsetto.”
Tickets are on sale now. The public can purchase tickets through Ticketmaster outlets, online at ticketmaster.com and at the Warren J. Harang Jr. Auditorium Box Office for $28. Nicholls students can purchase discounted tickets for $12 on campus at Barker Hall. All tickets are general admission.
For more information contact Allie Johnson in the Student Programming Association office at (985) 448-4533.

Nicholls raffle offers chance to “Bring Down the House”

Call Ext. 4951 to order your commemorative T-shirt today. Quantities are limited. S-XL $10, 2XL $12 and 3XL $13.

A landmark building on the campus of Nicholls State University will soon fade into the Thibodaux institution’s 60-year history. Huey P. Long Hall, a residence hall for several generations of Nicholls students since the late 1960s, is scheduled to be imploded at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 22.

Extending the influence of Long Hall on the university community, Nicholls officials have decided to create a new Huey P. Long Hall Endowed Memorial Scholarship, to be awarded to a student living in on-campus housing.

To fund the new scholarship, raffle tickets will be sold to the public for $10 each beginning Monday, Oct. 13. After a drawing at 10:30 a.m. Nov. 22, the individual who purchases the winning raffle ticket-and is present for the drawing-will press the button setting off the explosive charges that will bring Long Hall’s tons of steel, bricks and concrete to the ground in a cloud of dust.

The event has been dubbed “Bringing Down the House.” It will be a prelude to the Nicholls vs. Southeastern Louisiana football game in Guidry Stadium at 1 p.m. on Nov. 22.

“An event of this magnitude in the history of Nicholls really deserves to be commemorated, and what better way to do that than to endow a new scholarship fund with the proceeds of this raffle,” said Mike Davis, assistant vice president for administration.

“We invite the public to join us in this effort to improve the Nicholls campus environment in two significant ways, physically and intellectually,” Davis said.

Long Hall will be the fourth and final obsolete residence hall to be demolished at Nicholls this fall. The university is also demolishing Meade, Millet and Zeringue residence halls and plans to have those projects completed by the end of the semester.

“The four outdated buildings have been replaced with top-of-the line student housing facilities that offer 21^st century amenities and services to our students,” Davis said. “While we are a bit wistful at seeing these older facilities disappear, we are overjoyed about the prospects for our current and future students to experience one of the very best on-campus living environments available at any college or university in our state-or the nation.”

Ticket orders are now being accepted by four campus offices: the Office of Alumni Affairs, (985) 448-4111; Department of Athletics, 448-4792; Office of Development, 448-4009; and Office of Institutional Advancement, 448-4005. Sales will continue until just prior to the implosion event.

WAL-MART AND NICHOLLS UNITE TO PROMOTE COLONEL PRIDE

The entire community is invited to a 5 p.m. pep rally at the Thibodaux Wal-Mart on Friday, Oct. 17, to help kick off Nicholls State University’s first home football game of the season—slated for Saturday, Oct. 18, at 2 p.m.

Featuring remarks from Dr. Stephen T. Hulbert, university president, and Jay Thomas, head football coach, the pep rally will begin near the corner of the ladies clothing and jewelry departments.

The festivity will also include a performance by the Nicholls cheerleaders. Student athletes and coaches will be on hand to meet the public and distribute schedule cards and posters. The football, baseball and men’s and women’s basketball teams are scheduled to attend, and refreshments will be available.

For additional information about the pep rally, call the Office of University Relations at Ext. 4143.

Nicholls State University alumnus Ken Wells, author of the novel “The Good Pirates of the Forgotten Bayous: Fighting to Save a Way of Life in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina,” will be on campus at 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, in the Nicholls bookstore to sign copies of his book.