Dr. Michael Chiasson, head of the Department of Accounting, Finance and Information Systems at Nicholls State University, was awarded the Presidential Award for Academic Administrator Excellence – the highest honor a Nicholls administrator can receive – at the first faculty meeting of the fall 2012 semester, held Thursday, Aug. 16.

Nicholls State University administrators officially rededicated the fully refurbished, 40-year-old Calecas Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 14. With around 80 attendees, including community leaders and family members of the residence hall’s late namesake – Dr. Raymond Jerome Calecas – the campus ceremony was one of a decade-long series of similar events as Nicholls continues to modernize [...]

Nicholls State University resident assistants watch as fellow RAs Shane Smith, elementary education senior from New Orleans, and Palash Tiwari, athletic training junior from Delhi, India, scale a climbing wall on Friday, Aug. 10.

President outlines funding sources, emphasizes necessity for recruitment THIBODAUX – Despite four years of state budget cuts, Nicholls State University has been able to move forward with several campus construction projects funded by self-assessed student fees, restricted state allocations and targeted donations – funds that, by state policy, cannot be used to offset budget reductions.