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Nicholls receives its fourth Steinway
Casey Haynes, staff accompanist for the Division of Music at Nicholls State University, performs on the university’s new Steinway piano – a nine-foot concert grand priced at $110,000. Funded via the Nicholls Foundation; the Mary and Al Danos Family Foundation; Benny Cenac of Houma; and proceeds from the Monster Piano Concert conducted at Nicholls in [...]
Donations Sought for Book Sale
The Friends of Ellender Memorial Library at Nicholls State University is seeking donations of hardback and paperback books, CDs, DVDs and cassette and VHS tapes for its used book sale. Donations can be dropped off weekdays from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the multimedia room on the first floor of the library on the [...]
Leonard J. Chabert Weight Room Upgrades
Celebrating equipment upgrades to the Leonard J. Chabert weight room at Nicholls State University are Greg Stock, chief executive officer of Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, and Stephen Hulbert, university president.  The new equipment was donated by TRMC and is valued at $150,000.
Nicholls Recognizes Faculty Service To Students
THIBODAUX – The Nicholls State University Division of Student Affairs honored outstanding faculty service to students with the annual Apple Awards program at Faculty Institute conducted Aug. 21.
Nursing Students Take a Walk in Geriatric Patients’ Shoes
THIBODAUX – Thirteen nursing seniors are taking to the highways of Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes to spread empathy for the elderly through the “Take a Walk in My Shoes†project.
Employers to Meet Nicholls Students, Alumni for Career Day
THIBODAUX – The Nicholls Office of Career Services will host its annual Career Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 9, in the Donald G. Bollinger Memorial Student Union Cotillion Ballroom.
Nicholls Releases Fall Enrollment Statistics
THIBODAUX – Official Nicholls State University fall enrollment statistics show “we have turned the corner” since becoming a selective admissions institution because the enrollment is stable and ACT scores continue to rise, President Stephen Hulbert announced. The fall enrollment totals 6,797 compared to 6,814 a year ago, a difference of only 17. The number of [...]
Nicholls State University to Study Athletics Program
THIBODAUX – For the past year Nicholls State University has been engaged in a campus-wide effort to study its athletics program as part of the NCAA Division I athletics certification program. Specific areas studied were academic integrity, governance and commitment to rules compliance, as well as a commitment to equity and student-athlete welfare. The committee [...]
Nicholls Honors Meritorious Faculty Work
THIBODAUX – Nicholls State University recently rewarded some of its outstanding faculty members during Faculty Institute, the first faculty meeting of the 2007-2008 academic year.
Nicholls Receives $160,000 from Board of Regents for Endowments
THIBODAUX – At the recent Faculty Institute, Nicholls State University received $160,000 from the Louisiana Board of Regents to complete the funding for four $100,000 endowed professorships and announced the selection of eight eminent scholars to fill existing professorships.