{"id":9864,"date":"2025-02-07T10:07:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T16:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/?p=9864"},"modified":"2025-02-07T10:07:48","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T16:07:48","slug":"nicholls-to-host-second-annual-gala-and-awards-for-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/07\/nicholls-to-host-second-annual-gala-and-awards-for-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicholls to Host Second Annual Gala and Awards for Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 The second annual Nicholls State University <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/one.bidpal.net\/nichollsgala\/welcome\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gala and Awards for Excellence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is set to take place on Friday, March 21, 2025, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Bollinger Memorial Student Union Cotillion Ballroom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The evening celebrates the achievements of Nicholls\u2019 distinguished alumni and supports the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nichollsfoundation.org\/nicholls-general-scholarship-fund\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nicholls Scholarship Fund<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, providing outstanding students with the resources needed to further their education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLast year\u2019s Gala and Awards for Excellence was a tremendous success, bringing together our alumni, supporters and community to celebrate 75 years of excellence and achievement. We\u2019ve taken valuable feedback from attendees to enhance the experience this year. The event will be more social and engaging, introducing a refreshed dining service and shifting to cocktail attire for a more relaxed yet elegant atmosphere. We\u2019re excited to welcome everyone back for an unforgettable evening celebrating the accomplishments of the Nicholls family.\u201d said Paige Pierce, director of Nicholls Alumni Federation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The cocktail-attire event will begin with drinks, chef-inspired stations featuring heavy hors d&#8217;oeuvres, and a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/one.bidpal.net\/nichollsgala\/browse\/all\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">silent auction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Then at 7:30 p.m., the Awards for Excellence Ceremony begins, with the night concluding at 9 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Individual tickets are $125 each and include complimentary cocktails and hors d&#8217;oeuvres. Nicholls Alumni Federation Members can purchase individual tickets at a discounted rate of $100 each. Please call <\/span><b>985-448-4111<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to donate auction items, ask questions or to receive the Alumni Federation Member discount code.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sponsorships for the event are available, with a range of amenities from thank you gifts, reserved Gala parking and tables, to sideline or President\u2019s Suite passes for Nicholls home football games. Each sponsor will be featured on all promotional materials for the Gala. The deadline for sponsorships is March 1. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To learn more about the event and sponsorship opportunities, contact <\/span><a href=\"mailto:paige.thomas@nicholls.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">paige.thomas@nicholls.edu<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Nicholls Alumni Federation<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Nicholls State University Alumni Federation seeks to foster and promote the University and strengthen the ties between its alumni. The Federation strives to retain and increase alumni involvement, to gather support for the institution and to raise community awareness of the University\u2019s achievements, events and goals. To learn more, visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nichollsalumni.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nichollsalumni.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Nicholls Foundation<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Nicholls Foundation, an independent 501(c)3 corporation, exists to support the mission of Nicholls State University by seeking gifts and grants and by managing those funds and other assets to support Nicholls through endowed chairs, professorships, scholarships and other <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">enhancement efforts. To learn more about donating to Nicholls, visit<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/nichollsfoundation.org\/ways-to-give\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">nichollsfoundation.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friday, February 7, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA CONTACT: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Payton Suire<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Media Relations &amp; Publications Coordinator,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">985.448.4141<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><a href=\"mailto:payton.suire@nicholls.edu\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">payton.suire@nicholls.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THIBODAUX, La. \u2013 The second annual Nicholls State University Gala and Awards for Excellence is set to take place on Friday, March 21, 2025, from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Bollinger Memorial Student Union Cotillion Ballroom.\u00a0 The evening celebrates the achievements of Nicholls\u2019 distinguished alumni and supports the Nicholls Scholarship Fund, providing outstanding students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":9865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,8,48,11],"tags":[925,511,926],"class_list":["post-9864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-feature","category-foundation","category-news","tag-gala-and-awards-for-excellence","tag-nicholls-alumni-federation","tag-scholarship-fund"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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