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Nicholls fans are encouraged to visit\u00a0the University Bookstore, Wal-Mart, Three Stitches and other retail outlets\u00a0to browse merchandise featuring the new logo.<\/p>\nTHIBODAUX \u2014 After five years with a faceless Colonel, Nicholls State University\u00a0is introducing a new, updated Colonel mascot. In concert with the\u00a0start of the Fall 2009 semester, new athletics logos featuring\u00a0Col. Tillou will be unveiled at\u00a0Thibodaux retailers as early as Saturday, Aug. 1.<\/p>\n
Nicholls fans are encouraged to visit\u00a0the University Bookstore, Wal-Mart, Three Stitches and other retail outlets\u00a0to browse merchandise featuring the new logo.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are so\u00a0excited to unveil the new Col. Tillou,\u201d Renee Piper, director of university relations said.\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s contemporary\u00a0looking\u00a0and much\u00a0fiercer than his predecessor.\u00a0It was a year-long\u00a0process that incorporated\u00a0ideas and input\u00a0from\u00a0a host of\u00a0Nicholls constituents, and I\u2019m proud of the results.\u201d<\/p>\n
In 2004, Nicholls President Stephen Hulbert retired the 42-year-old Colonel caricature, known as Tillou, and the bearded mascot costume. Although the Colonel remained the official mascot designation for Nicholls, and the name \u201cTillou\u201d was not retired, the university has been without a visual representation of the Colonel since that time.<\/p>\n
No longer. Ohio-based Rickabaugh Graphics, a nationally recognized\u00a0mascot design company, was contracted by the university in June 2008 to develop the new\u00a0Colonel image. For a five-month period, Rickabaugh met with university focus groups composed of community members, Nicholls students, alumni, faculty and staff to discuss ideas and concerns regarding the mascot \u2013 the goal being to create a new athletics visual identity program, including a new look for Colonel Tillou.<\/p>\n
The designs were finalized earlier this year, but university officials kept the new costume and logos under\u00a0wraps,\u00a0awaiting\u00a0the big reveal.<\/p>\n
The Col. Tillou costumed mascot is scheduled to make his public debut at the university’s annual Welcome Back Day celebration. The event is open to the public and slated for Thursday, Aug. 27, in the university Quadrangle. The three-hour ceremony will kick off at 11 a.m., with Col. Tillou making his entrance\u00a0around 11:30 a.m.<\/p>\n
The new athletics logos and mascot will become part of the Nicholls family of trademarked logos that includes the highly recognizable large, red letter \u201cN.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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