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Nicholls completes record-breaking year
Download graduate list here. THIBODAUX – Nicholls State University held commencement exercises Saturday, May 12, awarding 599 degrees to students who completed coursework during the spring semester.
Nicholls facing $7.7 million cut
THIBODAUX – If the budget bill (HB1) currently moving through the Louisiana Legislature is not amended, Nicholls State University is slated to lose $7.7 million in state appropriations. This will bring Nicholls’ total state funding reductions since fiscal year 2008-2009, to $19.9 million. That would be a 56-percent reduction in state appropriation. As the current [...]
Nicholls student leaders elected, awarded
THIBODAUX – The student body of Nicholls State University has elected Student Government Association officers, senators, justices and election commission members for the coming academic year.
Nicholls police issued state-of-the-art body armor
THIBODAUX – All police officers at Nicholls State University were issued custom-fitted body armor vests on Monday, May 14.
Nicholls student leader elected to state Board of Regents
THIBODAUX – Matthew Jewell, senior business administration major from Luling and 2012-13 president of the Nicholls State University Student Government Association, was elected by fellow SGA presidents from throughout the state on Monday, May 14, to serve on the Board of Regents as a student member.
Nicholls to host 2014 academic summit
THIBODAUX – Nicholls State University has been selected to host the third annual University of Louisiana System Academic Summit in 2014. Inaugurated at McNeese State University this year, the summit features undergraduate research, a juried art competition and faculty service-learning presentations from throughout the nine-university system.
Nicholls petroleum services program to receive more than $300,000
THIBODAUX – Tellus Operating Group LLC, a Mississippi-based oil and gas company, has finalized the first installment of a multiple-source endowment that will fund new petroleum services labs at Nicholls State University. The total endowment is expected to exceed $300,000.
Women’s Night Out generates more than $50,000 for Nicholls women’s athletics
DoBee Plaisance, head women’s basketball coach at Nicholls State University, leads 130 women in a dance to Jimmy Buffett’s “Fins” during the 13th annual Women’s Night Out benefit, held Thursday, May 3, at Cypress Columns in Gray.
Nicholls breaks ‘beyond economic impact’
THIBODAUX – Nicholls State University is featured alongside its eight sister institutions in a University of Louisiana System publication issued this week titled “Beyond Economic Impact” – a companion publication to the system’s 2008-09 community and economic impact report.
Nicholls to host ‘Estate and Business Planning Institute’
THIBODAUX – Attorneys, certified public accountants, insurance agents, business owners and other financial professionals are invited to attend The Estate and Business Planning Institute, sponsored by the Nicholls State University College of Business Administration and slated for Wednesday, May 23, in the Powell Hall auditorium.