In 2006, Dr. Allyse Ferrara and Dr. Quenton Fontenot initiated a collaboration between Nicholls State University and the Louisiana Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).  This collaboration involved the two entities working together to farm trees in an effort to improve Louisiana’s receding coastline. Recently, the project has focused...

I have a terrible relationship with the non-fiction genre. As someone with a short attention-span and an imagination that is always running wild, reality could never compare to fiction. Non-fictional films were especially boring to me before I recently started watching documentaries. I was so obsessed with documentaries earlier last year that I was...

On Jan. 22, it was announced that after 16 years in the NFL, Eli Manning was officially going to retire. Manning started his NFL career in 2004 when he was drafted by the Chargers. He was later traded to the New York Giants.  With the Giants, Manning accumulated 57,023 yards, 366 touchdown passes, 125 victories and 236 regular-season games played....

On January 8, 2020, Lindsey McKaskle was named the interim athletics director, taking over for Matt Roan. McKaskle has been at Nicholls since June of 2017. Her title is “Executive Associate Athletics Director for Internal Affairs,” and she also serves as a senior woman administrator. Her duties include overseeing internal affairs including...

The Nicholls State University men’s basketball team secured their first victory of the new semester with their win over Houston Baptist on Jan. 22. This victory puts the team’s record at 13-7, as the men upkeep their Southland Conference ranking of second. Head Coach Austin Claunch believes the key to maintaining the winning ways are preparation...

As the winter break comes to an end, that means students must once again return to school and begin the daily routine of attending their lectures and studies.  Of course, before classes start, the professors must return to the campus, and with their return comes the University Convocation, delivered by University President Dr. Jay Clune.  This...