{"id":87,"date":"2019-07-29T21:40:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T21:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2025-10-07T18:18:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T18:18:12","slug":"liberal-arts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"87\" class=\"elementor elementor-87\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ab1ffa elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"5ab1ffa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" 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University.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5842f4f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5842f4f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our College is home to seven academic departments; Art, Chef John Folse Culinary Institute, History &amp; Geography, English, Modern Languages, &amp; Cultural Studies including Interdisciplinary Studies, Mass Communication, Music and Social Sciences. The outstanding faculty in each of these programs are dedicated to providing all students with the instruction, high-impact practices and research experiences to reach their full potential and to develop their intellect and creativity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d34145\" data-id=\"3d34145\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b4653a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4b4653a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/ViveWebHeader-scaled-e1755526735899-1024x295.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-536\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/ViveWebHeader-scaled-e1755526735899-1024x295.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/ViveWebHeader-scaled-e1755526735899-400x115.png 400w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/ViveWebHeader-scaled-e1755526735899-768x221.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/ViveWebHeader-scaled-e1755526735899-1536x442.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/08\/ViveWebHeader-scaled-e1755526735899.png 1613w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ba11bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8ba11bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0;--tw-border-spacing-y: 0;--tw-translate-x: 0;--tw-translate-y: 0;--tw-rotate: 0;--tw-skew-x: 0;--tw-skew-y: 0;--tw-scale-x: 1;--tw-scale-y: 1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px;--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff;--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;font-size: 17px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;text-align: center\">Join us for\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0;--tw-border-spacing-y: 0;--tw-translate-x: 0;--tw-translate-y: 0;--tw-rotate: 0;--tw-skew-x: 0;--tw-skew-y: 0;--tw-scale-x: 1;--tw-scale-y: 1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px;--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff;--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;font-size: 17px;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold;text-align: center\"><i style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0;--tw-border-spacing-y: 0;--tw-translate-x: 0;--tw-translate-y: 0;--tw-rotate: 0;--tw-skew-x: 0;--tw-skew-y: 0;--tw-scale-x: 1;--tw-scale-y: 1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px;--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff;--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000\">Vive Les Arts<\/i><\/span><span style=\"--tw-border-spacing-x: 0;--tw-border-spacing-y: 0;--tw-translate-x: 0;--tw-translate-y: 0;--tw-rotate: 0;--tw-skew-x: 0;--tw-skew-y: 0;--tw-scale-x: 1;--tw-scale-y: 1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width: 0px;--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff;--tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000;font-size: 17px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;text-align: center\">, a vibrant new performing arts series presented by the College of Liberal Arts at Nicholls State University. Celebrate creativity, culture, and community with unforgettable performances from the season opener with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra to a grand finale showcasing our talented students and faculty over an elegant dinner. Each event promises to inspire and delight.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff5ecbd elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ff5ecbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/vive-les-arts\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION!<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-edb0e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"edb0e9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6fbbdc9f\" data-id=\"6fbbdc9f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46c3ce39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46c3ce39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ABOUT THE COLLEGE<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66e1ca2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66e1ca2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">MISSION:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43a9a1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43a9a1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>The College of Liberal Arts provides students across the university broad foundational knowledge through in-depth study of the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The college is committed to creating critical thinkers and engaged citizens within a free society and to preserving and enriching the culture of the region.<\/b><\/p><p>The College of Liberal Arts supports the University mission by offering accredited degree programs in the arts, humanities, and social sciences and by providing students across campus with many of the general education requirements common to all degree programs. The College of Liberal Arts provides a challenging and supportive environment that promotes a comprehensive understanding of chosen major disciplines and the development of students\u2019 innate talents and creativity.<\/p><p>An outstanding faculty shapes the teaching, research, creative work, and service of the college. The goal of members is to be:\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>caring mentors and positive role models for students;<\/li><li>motivated to foster learning, disseminate research, and implement innovations in the classroom;\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li>generous with time, talent, and resources to support the academic and economic development of the region, state, and global communities.<\/li><\/ul><p>Several programs in the College have specialized National Accreditations. The Department of Art is accredited by The National Association of Schools of Art and Design, the Department of Music is accredited by The National Association of Schools of Music, and the Mass Communication Department is accredited by The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-066de6d elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"066de6d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a803a1\" data-id=\"6a803a1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13564a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13564a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Faculty Spotlights<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9e2287 elementor-testimonial--skin-bubble elementor-testimonial--layout-image_left elementor-testimonial--align-left elementor-arrows-yes elementor-pagination-type-bullets elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial-carousel\" data-id=\"e9e2287\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_per_view&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;show_arrows&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pagination&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;space_between&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-main-swiper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Slides\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cMy goal is to make my classes relatable to all students. History can be interesting to everyone if we find the right type of history for them to study. I love to explore a variety of topics in my American history classes which is why I strive to create a variety of internships with numerous institutions in our community. Doing history can sometimes be the best way to learn it.\u201d <br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">Mr. Jared Wells is an Instructor of History and the recipient of the College of Liberal Arts 2022 Academic Affairs Award for Teaching Excellence.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/0816-jared-wells-20171-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"Jared Wells\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Jared Wells<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of History <\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cWhen I teach, I want students to get beyond the idea that politics is just campaigns and elections. If a student walks through the doors of my classroom, I want them to be able to see how politics is in the entire world around them and in all parts of their lives. I love being at Nicholls because it really gives me a chance to get to know students as more than a face in the classroom, so that we can explore politics together.\u201d<br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">\nDr. Gilley is an Assistant Professor focused on International Politics. He focuses on sovereignty, technology, institutional construction, and the politics of Outer Space. He is the author of \"Space Civilization: an inquiry into the social questions of humans living in space\".<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/james-gilley-267x400.webp\" alt=\"James Gilley\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">James Gilley<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of Political Science<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"My overall goal as a teacher of communication is to create a comfortable classroom community that fosters the free expression of ideas.\" <br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">Anna Broussard, Assistant Professor of Speech and Theatre, presented \"A Free Spinster: Jo March's Asexual Possibility\" at the 108th National Communication Association Convention, meriting honors as one of the top papers in the Theatre, Film, and New Multi-Media Division. She has published a book review in Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies and presented at several national and regional conferences. Additionally, she performed in Thibodaux Playhouse's production of Little Shop of Horrors as the principal role of Mrs. Mushnik, earning her the Joel Champagne Trouper Award. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/broussard_anna-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Broussard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Anna Broussard<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of Mass Communication <\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"As a professor I try to instill in my students the importance of developing a lifelong passion for music. By the time a student has been in my band for four years, they will have performed a wide range of pieces, from classics to brand new works. Nothing brings me more joy than to hear my students singing the pieces we have just played in class.\" <br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">Jason S. Ladd, Assistant Professor of Music and Wind Ensemble Director, conducted the Nicholls Wind Ensemble at the 2022 Southern Division CBDNA Conference, hosted by the University of South Carolina, in \"New Music for Flexible Ensemble.\" He also presented \"The Divergent Trends in Programming by High School and College Bands in the United States\" at the International Society for Research and Promotion of Wind Music's 24th International Conference on Wind Band Music, in Bolzano, Italy, in July 2022. <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/0518-jason-ladd-2021-1365x2048-1-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"Jason Ladd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Jason Ladd<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of Music<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cI want every student to leave my class with the confidence to make a difference in the world. The Department of Social Sciences allows me to combine my passion for social work, my love of academics, and my desire to serve our community. Through service learning and other outreach programs, I can introduce students to real world social issues and provide them with an opportunity to develop and implement a helping plan. The Department of Social Sciences not only offers a wide range of courses, but a wide range of life experiences. I enjoy bringing community members into the classroom so that they can share their stories, expertise, and wisdom with my students.\u201d <br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">Rebecca Picou is an Instructor of Sociology. She focuses on social work, child welfare, medical sociology, and service learning. She is the founder of the Little Colonels Closet and also serves as the Marketing Liaison for the Department of Social Sciences.<\/span> \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/unnamed-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"Rebecca Picou\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Rebecca Picou<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of Social Sciences<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cFrom politics to spirituality, popular culture to identity, art can serve as a conduit for students to explore the past, the present, and themselves.  In my courses, I place particular emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches to understanding artistic movements.  My classes aim not only to help students understand images and objects within this greater cultural context but also to explore how such work may impact their own creative output.\u201d <br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">Dr. Ashley Busby, Assistant Professor of Art History, is a member of the Honors Faculty at Nicholls and currently serves as the Recording Secretary for the Faculty Senate.  Her recent scholarship focuses on the work of post-war American abstract painter Dorothy Fratt.  She was recently appointed as the Louisiana State Director on the board for SECAC, a professional organization for educators in the visual arts and art history.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/0116-ashley-busby-2019-360x540-1-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"Ashley Busby\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Ashley Busby<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of Art History<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"I strive to help my students discover their voice in their writing. I challenge them to write outside of their comfort zones and engage with the writing of their peers through writing workshops and revisions.\" <br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">Dr. Katherine Conner is an Associate Professor of English and was recently awarded the Belle and Leonard Toups Endowed Professorship in Writing. Her short stories have appeared in several literary magazines. Her collection of short stories, The Hanged Man, was named a finalist for the 2022 Hudson Prize from Black Lawrence Press, a finalist for the Flannery O\u2019Connor Award for Short Fiction (University of Georgia Press), and a semifinalist for the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction (Sarabande Books). She has just completed her first novel.<br><br> <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/0831-kathy-conner-2017-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"Kathy Conner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Kathy Conner<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of English<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cThere is more to a college education than just memorizing the specific subject matter. Nicholls\u2019 students have been through a lot in the past few years with COVID and hurricanes. It is our job as faculty to treat them as individuals and not just empty vessels that obtain information.\u201d <br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">Dr. Andrew Simoncelli is an Associate Professor of Mass Communication, the Director of Distance Education, and the John Brady Jr. Endowed Professor of Liberal Arts.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/0120-andrew-simoncelli-20211-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Simoncelli\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Andrew Simoncelli<\/span><span 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elementor-testimonial--layout-image_stacked elementor-testimonial--align-left elementor-testimonial--mobile-align-left elementor-pagination-type-bullets elementor-widget elementor-widget-testimonial-carousel\" data-id=\"fb0ecb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_per_view&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;lazyload&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;space_between_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;7&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;pagination&quot;:&quot;bullets&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;space_between&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;space_between_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:10,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"testimonial-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-main-swiper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Slides\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cMy goal is to make my classes relatable to all students. History can be interesting to everyone if we find the right type of history for them to study. I love to explore a variety of topics in my American history classes which is why I strive to create a variety of internships with numerous institutions in our community. Doing history can sometimes be the best way to learn it.\u201d<br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">Mr. Jared Wells is an Instructor of History and the recipient of the College of Liberal Arts 2022 Academic Affairs Award for Teaching Excellence.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/0816-jared-wells-20171-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"Jared Wells\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Jared Wells<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of History <\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cThrough the use of virtual reality and augmented reality, my study focuses on gender equity and social change. I incorporate new media into my creative practice to empower and inspire the audience and employ emerging technology as a medium.\u201d <br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">Marjan Khatibi, Assistant Professor of Art, presented \u201cEnhancing Digital Empowerment through Extended Reality\u201d at the Broadcast Educators Association Conference in 2022. Her virtual reality animation \"Afghanistan Crisis\u201d won the Outstanding Achievement Award and the 2D animated short film \"A Girl Who Asked Why\" won Best Student Film at ANMTN - An International Animation Film Festival.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/0825-marjan-khatibi-2021-1-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"Marjan Khatibi\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Marjan Khatibi<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of Art<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cWhen I teach, I want students to get beyond the idea that politics is just campaigns and elections. If a student walks through the doors of my classroom, I want them to be able to see how politics is in the entire world around them and in all parts of their lives. I love being at Nicholls because it really gives me a chance to get to know students as more than a face in the classroom, so that we can explore politics together.\u201d<br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">\nDr. Gilley is an Assistant Professor focused on International Politics. He focuses on sovereignty, technology, institutional construction, and the politics of Outer Space. He is the author of \"Space Civilization: an inquiry into the social questions of humans living in space\".<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/james-gilley-267x400.webp\" alt=\"James Gilley\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">James Gilley<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of Political Science<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"My overall goal as a teacher of communication is to create a comfortable classroom community that fosters the free expression of ideas.\" <br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">Anna Broussard, Assistant Professor of Speech and Theatre, presented \"A Free Spinster: Jo March's Asexual Possibility\" at the 108th National Communication Association Convention, meriting honors as one of the top papers in the Theatre, Film, and New Multi-Media Division. She has published a book review in Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies and presented at several national and regional conferences. Additionally, she performed in Thibodaux Playhouse's production of Little Shop of Horrors as the principal role of Mrs. Mushnik, earning her the Joel Champagne Trouper Award. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/broussard_anna-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"Anna Broussard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Anna Broussard<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of Mass Communication <\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"As a professor I try to instill in my students the importance of developing a lifelong passion for music. By the time a student has been in my band for four years, they will have performed a wide range of pieces, from classics to brand new works. Nothing brings me more joy than to hear my students singing the pieces we have just played in class.\" <br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">Jason S. Ladd, Assistant Professor of Music and Wind Ensemble Director, conducted the Nicholls Wind Ensemble at the 2022 Southern Division CBDNA Conference, hosted by the University of South Carolina, in \"New Music for Flexible Ensemble.\" He also presented \"The Divergent Trends in Programming by High School and College Bands in the United States\" at the International Society for Research and Promotion of Wind Music's 24th International Conference on Wind Band Music, in Bolzano, Italy, in July 2022. <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/0518-jason-ladd-2021-1365x2048-1-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"Jason Ladd\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Jason Ladd<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of Music<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"We who live and work in the Bayou Region have a special obligation to make sure that future generations experience its land, waterways, and cultures. Dramatic land loss has been matched by cultures washing away. Maybe we need to think, 'What will our great-great-grandchildren wish that we had done?'\" <br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">Dr. Shana Walton, Belle and Leonard Toups Professor of Cultural Studies and faculty affiliate with the Nicholls Center for Bayou Studies, is the co-author of the forthcoming book Bayou Harvest: Subsistence and Community in Coastal Louisiana (available 2023). She is co-founder of the Bayou Cultural Collaborative, a cross-disciplinary, statewide effort to address the human dimension of coastal land loss, and is a principal investigator and project manager for Digital Curation, a cooperative project of the Nicholls Coastal Center, the Center for Bayou Studies, and the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. <\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/Dr-Shana-Walton-267x400.webp\" alt=\"Shana Walton\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Shana Walton<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of English<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cI want every student to leave my class with the confidence to make a difference in the world. The Department of Social Sciences allows me to combine my passion for social work, my love of academics, and my desire to serve our community. Through service learning and other outreach programs, I can introduce students to real world social issues and provide them with an opportunity to develop and implement a helping plan. The Department of Social Sciences not only offers a wide range of courses, but a wide range of life experiences. I enjoy bringing community members into the classroom so that they can share their stories, expertise, and wisdom with my students.\u201d <br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">Rebecca Picou is an Instructor of Sociology. She focuses on social work, child welfare, medical sociology, and service learning. She is the founder of the Little Colonels Closet and also serves as the Marketing Liaison for the Department of Social Sciences. <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/unnamed-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"Rebecca Picou\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Rebecca Picou<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of Social Sciences<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cFrom politics to spirituality, popular culture to identity, art can serve as a conduit for students to explore the past, the present, and themselves.  In my courses, I place particular emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches to understanding artistic movements. My classes aim not only to help students understand images and objects within this greater cultural context but also to explore how such work may impact their own creative output.\u201d <br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">Dr. Ashley Busby, Assistant Professor of Art History, is a member of the Honors Faculty at Nicholls and currently serves as the Recording Secretary for the Faculty Senate.  Her recent scholarship focuses on the work of post-war American abstract painter Dorothy Fratt.  She was recently appointed as the Louisiana State Director on the board for SECAC, a professional organization for educators in the visual arts and art history.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/0116-ashley-busby-2019-360x540-1-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"Ashley Busby\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Ashley Busby<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of Art History<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"I strive to help my students discover their voice in their writing. I challenge them to write outside of their comfort zones and engage with the writing of their peers through writing workshops and revisions.\" <br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">Dr. Katherine Conner is an Associate Professor of English and was recently awarded the Belle and Leonard Toups Endowed Professorship in Writing. Her short stories have appeared in several literary magazines. Her collection of short stories, The Hanged Man, was named a finalist for the 2022 Hudson Prize from Black Lawrence Press, a finalist for the Flannery O\u2019Connor Award for Short Fiction (University of Georgia Press), and a semifinalist for the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction (Sarabande Books). She has just completed her first novel.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/0831-kathy-conner-2017-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"Kathy Conner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Kathy Conner<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of English<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\u201cThere is more to a college education than just memorizing the specific subject matter. Nicholls\u2019 students have been through a lot in the past few years with COVID and hurricanes. It is our job as faculty to treat them as individuals and not just empty vessels that obtain information.\u201d <br><br> <span style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: .8em\">Dr. Andrew Simoncelli is an Associate Professor of Mass Communication, the Director of Distance Education, and the John Brady Jr. Endowed Professor of Liberal Arts.<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__footer\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-testimonial__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"swiper-lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2023\/01\/0120-andrew-simoncelli-20211-267x400.jpg\" alt=\"Andrew Simoncelli\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-lazy-preloader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"elementor-testimonial__cite\"><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__name\">Andrew Simoncelli<\/span><span class=\"elementor-testimonial__title\">Instructor of Mass Communications<\/span><\/cite>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eea11b elementor-section-content-middle elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eea11b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4faa3636\" data-id=\"4faa3636\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ea3c436 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2ea3c436\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"708\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0815-nicki-boudreaux-2018-web2-768x708.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-248 lazyload\" alt=\"faculty spotlight\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0815-nicki-boudreaux-2018-web2-768x708.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0815-nicki-boudreaux-2018-web2-400x369.png 400w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0815-nicki-boudreaux-2018-web2.png 775w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/708;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a25478\" data-id=\"3a25478\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bb034ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bb034ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cI embrace the idea that students learn more from doing than from listening. Through the use of lively class discussion, real world projects and critical thinking activities, students in my classes learn more than what they can read in a textbook. Although the text is important, it is sometimes the impromptu class discussion that leads a student to greater understanding of real world problems and issues.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b408bdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b408bdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ms. Nicki Boudreaux<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-457f143f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"457f143f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"nicholls-fs-title\"><em>Instructor of Mass Communication<\/em><\/div><div class=\"nicholls-fs-email\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05429cd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05429cd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47c266e\" data-id=\"47c266e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebba495 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebba495\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FACULTY\/STAFF<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69baf4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69baf4a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13ccd3e\" data-id=\"13ccd3e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0ea036 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d0ea036\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/10\/0825-michele-theriot-2021-267x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-487 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/10\/0825-michele-theriot-2021-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/10\/0825-michele-theriot-2021-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/10\/0825-michele-theriot-2021-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/10\/0825-michele-theriot-2021.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 267px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 267\/400;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d14cb4a\" data-id=\"d14cb4a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-585d37c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"585d37c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Michele Theriot, Interim Dean<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4d9d01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4d9d01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\">Michele Theriot holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, an M.A. in English from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and a B.A. in English from Nicholls State.&nbsp;&nbsp;She joined the Nicholls faculty in 1995 and currently serves as an Associate Professor of English and Interim Dean for the College of Liberal Arts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\">She has taught a variety of courses ranging from freshman composition to graduate-level independent study.&nbsp;&nbsp;Her research interests focus on 18<span style=\"line-height: 0\">th<\/span>&nbsp;British Literature, 19<span style=\"line-height: 0\">th<\/span>&nbsp;and 20<span style=\"line-height: 0\">th<\/span>&nbsp;century American literature, and gender issues.&nbsp;&nbsp;She has published and presented on Henry Fielding, Sylvia Plath, and Joyce Carol Oates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">In addition to teaching, Dr. Theriot has served as&nbsp;<\/span>Associate Department Head for the Department of English, Modern Languages, and Cultural Studies and Assistant Dean for the College of Liberal Arts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">In 2017, she was presented the Woman of Achievement Award and the Presidential Award for Teaching Excellence.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d16cf1c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"d16cf1c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;triangle-asymmetrical&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom_negative&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M737.9,94.7L0,0v100h1000V0L737.9,94.7z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f72bc44\" data-id=\"f72bc44\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ac44ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ac44ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ee17aa\" data-id=\"9ee17aa\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce4606d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ce4606d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a47ddc0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a47ddc0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6802e3f5\" data-id=\"6802e3f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73f7aa28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73f7aa28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LIBERAL ARTS DEPARTMENTS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-868385a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"868385a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea462cb\" data-id=\"ea462cb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d64a96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3d64a96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/art\">Art<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b0da03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6b0da03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/art\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0823-welcome-back-day-2018-114-400x267.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-239 lazyload\" alt=\"student doing ceramics\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0823-welcome-back-day-2018-114-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0823-welcome-back-day-2018-114-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0823-welcome-back-day-2018-114-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0823-welcome-back-day-2018-114.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e08304c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e08304c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Bachelor of Fine Arts.<\/b> The Nicholls State University Department of Art is much more than just an art program\u2014it\u2019s a well rounded, creative family waiting for students like you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-101060f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"101060f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/art\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">LEARN MORE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0436c3b\" data-id=\"0436c3b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47620ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47620ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/culinary\/\">Chef John Folse Culinary Institute<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79e8fa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"79e8fa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/culinary\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/culinary.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57299b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57299b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Bachelor of Culinary Arts.<\/b> Nestled in the heart of Louisiana\u2019s Bayou Region, the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute invites aspiring chefs with an adventurous palate and an insatiable desire to work in the food and service industries to pursue a Bachelor of Science or Associate of Science degree in culinary arts at Nicholls, currently the only post-secondary institution in Louisiana offering a four-year culinary degree.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c1baa2 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5c1baa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/culinary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">LEARN MORE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1595661\" data-id=\"1595661\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5735da9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5735da9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/history\/\">History &amp; Geography<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55e7723 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"55e7723\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/history\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/01\/nicholls-europe11-768x515-1-400x268.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-389 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/01\/nicholls-europe11-768x515-1-400x268.png 400w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/01\/nicholls-europe11-768x515-1.png 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/268;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56e5808 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56e5808\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Bachelor of Arts. <\/b>The history program is especially strong in modern history, military history, and Louisiana history.\u00a0 The history program promotes awareness of state and local history and culture, especially the history of the bayou region, and faculty are involved in a variety of community events.\u00a0 <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d958cdf elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d958cdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/history\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">LEARN MORE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-85914c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"85914c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b38f52\" data-id=\"1b38f52\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-298ae243 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"298ae243\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/language\/\">English, Modern Languages and Cultural Studies<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e03c9b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7e03c9b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/language\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/0820-richmond-eustis-outdoor-literature-class-fall-2020-010-400x267.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-390 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/0820-richmond-eustis-outdoor-literature-class-fall-2020-010-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/0820-richmond-eustis-outdoor-literature-class-fall-2020-010-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/0820-richmond-eustis-outdoor-literature-class-fall-2020-010-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/0820-richmond-eustis-outdoor-literature-class-fall-2020-010.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-314bbe7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"314bbe7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Bachelor of Arts.<\/b>The English program offers courses in five areas of concentration (children\u2019s and young adult literature, creative writing, film studies, literary studies, and rhetoric\/professional writing) that lead to a four-year Bachelor of Arts degree.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4180648 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4180648\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/language\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">LEARN MORE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cb02e28\" data-id=\"cb02e28\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61651aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61651aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/maco\/\">Mass Communication<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7639715 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7639715\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/maco\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/maco-TVPhoto-1-400x267.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-245 lazyload\" alt=\"maco student\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/maco-TVPhoto-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/maco-TVPhoto-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/maco-TVPhoto-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/maco-TVPhoto-1.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/267;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61bc6bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"61bc6bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Bachelor of Arts. <\/b>Come study in a nationally accredited department that offers an intense and culturally diverse learning environment where you can dig down deep and discover your full potential. Come and be part of an education with a strong emphasis on the applying classroom skills and learning to be a professional. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ce863d elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5ce863d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/maco\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">LEARN MORE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c8f4858\" data-id=\"c8f4858\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf0174d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cf0174d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/music\/\">Music<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb7e5e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb7e5e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/music\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0927-mary-and-al-danos-theater-grand-re-opening-2016-121-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-238 lazyload\" alt=\"musician playing the chello\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0927-mary-and-al-danos-theater-grand-re-opening-2016-121-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0927-mary-and-al-danos-theater-grand-re-opening-2016-121-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0927-mary-and-al-danos-theater-grand-re-opening-2016-121-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0927-mary-and-al-danos-theater-grand-re-opening-2016-121.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/512;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dec0e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dec0e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Bachelor of Arts.<\/b> The Nicholls Department of Music offers musical performances for the entire campus and community throughout the year. Highlights include a celebration of Beethoven\u2019s 250th birthday with a series of his piano sonatas featuring our faculty as well as guest artists, world premieres performed by the Nicholls Concert Choir and Nicholls Wind Ensemble, and a stellar season for the Pride of Nicholls.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdc5450 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"fdc5450\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/music\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">LEARN MORE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f212a6c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f212a6c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0307640\" data-id=\"0307640\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-934feab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"934feab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/social-sciences\/\">Social Sciences<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-043e302 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"043e302\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/social-sciences\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"271\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/01\/socialsciences-400x271.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-387 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/01\/socialsciences-400x271.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/01\/socialsciences.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/271;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e88c33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e88c33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Bachelor of Arts.<\/b>The\u00a0Political Science program\u00a0is designed to give the students\u00a0 a comprehensive understanding of the essential aspects of politics. The\u00a0Sociology program\u00a0is designed to provide a sound education in sociological content, theory, and methodology in order to prepare students for employment or for further study. Bachelor of Science. The\u00a0Criminal Justice program\u00a0is designed to address the bayou\/coastal region\u2019s current and future needs in the area of law enforcement and security.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a81b792 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a81b792\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/social-sciences\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">LEARN MORE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a0814f elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile\" data-id=\"7a0814f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f844736 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f844736\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/interdisciplinary-studies\/\">Interdisciplinary Studies<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fbf11b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0fbf11b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/interdisciplinary-studies\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0309-chemistry-stock-2017-069-400x267.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-241 lazyload\" alt=\"student in class\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0309-chemistry-stock-2017-069-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/0309-chemistry-stock-2017-069-768x512.jpg 768w, 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a13e4ed\" data-id=\"a13e4ed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42ac474 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42ac474\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Nicholls Department of Art conducts its annual European Study Abroad summer program in a different area of Europe each June. College students of all majors, high school juniors and seniors, and interested community members are eligible to participate. Each trip concentrates on the art, culture and history of one to three European countries. Up to six hours of credit may be earned in various courses by undergraduate and graduate students as well as high school juniors and seniors.<\/p><p><strong>CONTACT<\/strong><br \/>Jean Donegan, M.F.A.<br \/><em>Distinguished Service Professor,<\/em><br \/><em>Lorio Endowed Professor of Fine Arts,<\/em><br \/><em>Director Nicholls Study Abroad<\/em><a href=\"mailto:jean.donegan@nicholls.edu\"><br \/>jean.donegan@nicholls.edu<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dee9b46 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"dee9b46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" 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class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-16940d72\" data-id=\"16940d72\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-576e8338 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"576e8338\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"136\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/cropped-Full-Logo_Small-400x136.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-258 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/cropped-Full-Logo_Small-400x136.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/cropped-Full-Logo_Small.jpg 450w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/136;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dc09d7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6dc09d7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong>Department of Mass Communication<\/strong> is accredited by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acejmc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6eb9788b\" data-id=\"6eb9788b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33a54c35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"33a54c35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"102\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/NASAD-logo-400x102.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-259 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/NASAD-logo-400x102.png 400w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/08\/NASAD-logo.png 570w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 400px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 400\/102;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d5b2c06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d5b2c06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The <strong>Division of Art<\/strong> is an accredited institutional member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/nasad.arts-accredit.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Association of Schools of Art and Design<\/a>, which has fully approved its degree program in Art.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8fd414c\" data-id=\"8fd414c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6949612f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6949612f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"114\" 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elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67e7d2b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-54504fd5\" data-id=\"54504fd5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66df8a0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"66df8a0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e08edc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e08edc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>American Criminal Justice Association<\/li><li>American Institute of Graphic Arts<\/li><li>Art Club<\/li><li>Association for Computing Machinery<\/li><li>Ceramics Club<\/li><li>CLIO-History Club<\/li><li>College Republicans<\/li><li>English Society<\/li><li>Grupo Cervantes<\/li><li>Kappa Pi, Zeta Alpha Zeta chapter (honorary \u2014 art)<\/li><li>Kappa Tau Alpha (honorary \u2014 mass communication)<\/li><li>La table fran\u00e7aise (the French table)<\/li><li>Law Club<\/li><li>Nicholls Players (theater)<\/li><li>Phi Alpha Theta (honorary \u2014 history)<\/li><li>Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (honorary \u2014 music)<\/li><li>Pi Sigma Alpha (honorary \u2014 political science)<\/li><li>Public Relations Student Society of America<\/li><li>Radio-Television News Directors Association<\/li><li>Sigma Alpha Iota (honorary \u2014 music)<\/li><li>Sigma Tau Delta, Alpha Theta chapter (honorary \u2014 English)<\/li><li>Society of Professional Journalists<\/li><li>Sociology Club<\/li><li>Students of Languages<\/li><li>Upsilon Pi Epsilon (honorary \u2014 computer science)<\/li><li>Young Democrats<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a90856 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a90856\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36310a3\" data-id=\"36310a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0ab456f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0ab456f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f2062b9\" data-id=\"f2062b9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97ac480 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"97ac480\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CONTACT INFORMATION:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-645dd82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"645dd82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Michele D. Theriot, Ph.D.<br \/><\/strong>Associate Professor of English<br \/>Interim Dean of the College of Liberal Arts<br \/><strong>Office:<\/strong> 127 Peltier Hall<br \/><strong>Phone:<\/strong> 985-448-4388<br \/><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:ciara.stegall@nicholls.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Administrative Assistant<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7369a17\" data-id=\"7369a17\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba4222 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ba4222\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CAMPUS LOCATION:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d89c26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0d89c26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/09\/Nicholls-Map-Rev-PELTIERwebp.webp\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Nicholls Map Rev PELTIERwebp\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjQ2OSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93d3cubmljaG9sbHMuZWR1XC9saWJlcmFsLWFydHNcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcL3NpdGVzXC8xOVwvMjAyMlwvMDlcL05pY2hvbGxzLU1hcC1SZXYtUEVMVElFUndlYnAud2VicCJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"610\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/09\/Nicholls-Map-Rev-PELTIERwebp-768x610.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-469 lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/09\/Nicholls-Map-Rev-PELTIERwebp-768x610.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/09\/Nicholls-Map-Rev-PELTIERwebp-400x318.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/09\/Nicholls-Map-Rev-PELTIERwebp-1024x814.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/liberal-arts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2022\/09\/Nicholls-Map-Rev-PELTIERwebp.webp 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/610;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS APPLY FOR ADMISSION TOUR OUR CAMPUS REQUEST INFORMATION FOLLOW US FOR NEWS &amp; EVENTS: Facebook Instagram Welcome to the College of Liberal Arts at Nicholls State University. 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