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On the Cover

Sociology students spent a semester investigating the history of a deserted Chackbay church and its long-gone congregation.

In this issue:

• To the Point
  New and renovated student housing, university and program accreditations and emergency police drills top campus news.
• The Bottom Line
  Enrollment, retention, minority recruitment and student quality are thriving at Nicholls.
• Chefs du Jour
  Sample the flavor of success with these culinary alumni.
• The Classroom of Life
  Service learning has real power to inspire, despite clichés that often accompany the new education catchphrase.
• From Bitten Ears to Battlefield Letters
  Library archives preserve treasures from Audubon, Shakespeare and the Bayou Region’s past.
• The Forgotten People of a Forgotten Time
  Age-old Louisiana traditions are as much in peril as the land in which they’re embedded. One piece at a time, Nicholls is trying to keep the Louisiana of legend alive.
• Fruits of Labor
  Ag faculty lend a hand to citrus growers.
• ‘I Launched My Own Corporation’ (or ‘What I Did Last Semester’) Student Kelsi Guidry dreams of making it big in the Internet business, with a little help from the Entré Lab.
• Beyond Finger Painting
  Learning to be a teacher means learning to work with children and their parents.
• Trying on Old Age
  New technologies help nurses experience the world of the elderly.
• The Freshman Connection
  University College is reaching out to freshmen with a Facebook/MySpace-inspired web site to help them through the first year of college.
• One Man, Two Stars, Many Hats
  Alumnus Hunt Downer rises to the highest ranks of the Louisiana Army National Guard and state government.
• Leveling the Playing Field
  Sports facilities are receiving $1.6 million in upgrades.
• Duty Calls … Again
  Jim Hunter has answered the call of duty to Vietnam, tennis and now Nicholls.
• Just Plain Barb
  Reliable and soft-spoken, Barbara Naquin becomes the first woman inducted into the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame.