Keep Nicholls Beautiful is dedicated to promoting environmental sustainability and preserving the natural beauty of Nicholls State University and the surrounding community. Their mission is to engage students, faculty, staff, and local residents in efforts to keep our campus and community clean, green, and healthy. Members of the organization on...

Nicholls State University welcomed its new men’s basketball head coach Tuesday, and he is a familiar face. Tevon Saddler was introduced in a press conference on Tuesday at the Boucvalt Athletic Complex. He will succeed former head coach Austin Claunch, who recently joined the Alabama Crimson Tide as an assistant coach. This is the first time Saddler...

The Nicholls State University record holder in the women’s 3000-meter and 5000-meter races has received another accolade. Elsa Rijpstra is this week’s Genesis Player of the Week. Rijpstra is a senior distance runner on the Track & Field and Cross Country team. Rijpstra received this award for her performance at the Strawberry Relays....

Nicholls State University Athletics is welcoming back a familiar face. Athletic Director Johnathan “J.T.” Terrell announced the hiring of Justin Payne as the Nicholls women’s basketball head coach. The announcement comes on the heels of former head coach DoBee Plaisance stepping down from the position. Plaisance left the team after 15...

Amanda Fremin, assistant to the vice president for student affairs, said that there will be a new food pantry open in a few weeks on campus. The new food pantry will be located outside of Colonel Closet in the Brady apartment building. It is run by an organization called Mom’s Pantry. The mission of Mom’s Pantry is to provide assistance to...

On March 31 and April 1, University Baptist Church in Thibodaux put on a resurrection play.  The play was called “From Graves to Gardens”. “We call it From Graves to Gardens and obviously the meaning there is twofold,” said Pastor J.P. Cox. “Jesus went from a grave to rising from the dead in a garden tomb but then there’s a spiritual...