LEH to honor Dr. Pete Gregory for Lifetime Contribution to the

The Louisiana Endowment for the

Humanities (LEH), in partnership with

Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser, has

selected anthropologist, archaeologist and

Northwestern State University professor

Dr. Hiram F. “Pete” Gregory as the

winner of the 2019 Lifetime Contribution

to the Humanities Award. The award,

which has been given annually since

1992, is part of the state humanities

council’s effort to honor individuals

and organizations who have made

signicant contributions to the study and

understanding of the humanities. Gregory

and the other award winners will be

honored on April 4 at the 2019 LEH Bright

Lights Awards Dinner in Lafayette.

“I was surprised to receive this honor

and am very appreciative,” said Gregory.

“I feel as if I am being honored for doing

what I have always enjoyed.”

Gregory is academic advisor of the

Louisiana Creole Heritage Center and the

curator for NSU’s Williamson Museum,

which houses a collection of over 100,000

artifacts, including arts and crafts from

41 different tribes of the southeastern

United States. In 2016, Nungesser and the

Louisiana Ofce of Cultural Development

recognized him as Louisiana’s

Archaeologist of the Year.

Gregory is in his 58

year as a

member of Northwestern State’s faculty.

He is believed to be the longest-serving

employee in Northwestern’s 134-year

history, working at the institution for more

than 40 percent of its tenure. Gregory has

taught thousands of Northwestern students

who have gone on to be anthropologists,

archeologists, nurses, teachers,

businesspeople and professionals.

Among the many groups and projects

he has worked with for many years are

the Jena Band of Choctaws on a language

project, a group in the Breda Town

section of Natchitoches to preserve the

Breda Town cemetery and the Tunica-

Biloxi as they became the rst tribe to

gain federal recognition under rewritten

federal regulations. Gregory also helped

people in the Robeline area who were

interested in preserving Los Adaes, the

rst colonial capital of Texas. He has also

worked extensively with the Caddo Nation

in Oklahoma to preserve and promote the

tribe’s heritage.

“Whenever I encounter an aspect

of Louisiana culture with which I am

unfamiliar, whether it concerns people,

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PEOPLE

Associate Professor

of English Dr. Thomas

Reynolds presented

a paper, “Reframing

Shared Governance for

Institutional Change:

A Case Study,” at the

University of Louisiana

System For Our Future

Conference. The event

was held Feb. 14-15 at the

University of Louisiana at

Lafayette.

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LEH to honor Dr. Pete Gregory for

Lifetime Contribution to the Humanies

Northwestern State

University’s third annual

LitCon will take place April

12-13 in Natchitoches.

The event will be hosted

by the Creative Writing

Faculty in the Department of

English, Foreign Languages

and Cultural Studies,

and will be held in The

Orville J. Hanchey Gallery

on Northwestern’s main

campus.

“LitCon seeks to bring

the energy and atmosphere

of pop culture conventions

to the realm of humanities

festivals and academic

conferences, creating a

hybrid experience centered

NSU LitCon

March 12-13

Next Publication:

May 2012

Deadline for

Entries:

Thursday,

April 26

Please submit news

to:

Leah Jackson,

News Bureau,

Prather Coliseum,

FAX 5905 or e-mail

[email protected].

For more information,

call Ext. 6466.

NSU News is a news-

letter published by the

NSU News Bureau.

NSU News serves the

faculty and sta of

Northwestern State

University. Personnel

on all campuses are

encouraged to submit

information regard-

ing their professional

accomplishments as

well as their personal

milestones.

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MARCH 2019

Northwestern

State University does

not discriminate on

the basis of race,

color, gender, religion,

sexual orientation, na-

tional origin, disability,

genetic information,

age, pregnancy or

parenting status, and

veteran or retirement

status in its programs

and activities and

provides equal access

to the Boy Scouts

and other designated

youth groups.

The following

have been des-

ignated to handle

inquiries regarding

non-discrimination

policies (i.e., Title IX):

Employees/Potential

Employees - Veronica

M. Biscoe, EEO Of-

cer (318-357-6359)

or Students - Frances

Conine, Dean of

Students (318-357-

5286).

For Americans

with Disabilities Act

(ADA) concerns,

contact the Disability

Support and Tutoring

Director, Catherine

Faucheaux, at 318-

357-4460.

*Inquiries regard-

ing employment

applications should

call Business Aairs

(318-357-5446).

Pete Gregory ... Continued from Page 1

places, art, history, technology-

-you name it, I know that Pete

will have some familiarity

and in many cases detailed

expertise, and he will take the

time to share his knowledge,”

said Jeffrey Girard, one of

Gregory’s former colleagues at

NSU and the 2015 Louisiana

Archaeologist of the Year.

Gregory received the

President’s Distinguished

Service Award from NSU in

1999. The Creole Heritage

Center presented him with a

Lifetime Achievement Award

last year.

Gregory co-authored a

major work, “The Historic

Indian Tribes of Louisiana”

with Fred B. Kniffen and

George A. Stokes. He has

contributed two major

catalogs of Louisiana folk art

and has authored papers on

folkways, material culture and

archaeology in a number of

professional journals. He also

edited the major articles relating

to the Caddo in The Southern

Caddo: An Anthology. Gregory

also co-authored “The Work

of Tribal Hands: Southeastern

Split Cane Basketry” with

Dayna Bowker Lee.

“Louisiana is a rich state

in terms of cultural diversity,”

said Gregory “It is one of the

most amazing places on the

planet when you consider how

people manage to keep their

own culture going. They do

things traditionally. I am glad I

have been able to help people

nd their own voice along with

appreciation for what they do.”

Gregory has a long

relationship with federal and

state agencies involved in

archaeology. Those connections

have helped steer grants to

Northwestern that helped

undergraduate students do the

type of eldwork they are not

normally able to do at research

institutions.

During his career, Gregory

has served as a consultant or

on commissions for the Native

American Rights Fund, the

Louisiana State Museum, the

Louisiana Division of State

Parks, the Louisiana Division

of Historic Preservation,

National Park Service,

Coalition of Eastern Native

Americans, the Governor’s

Commission on Folklife, the

Governor’s Commission on

Archaeology, the Governor’s

Advisory Committee on Burial

Legislation and the American

Indian Policy Review Task

Force on Recognized and

Unrecognized Tribes.

The LEH 2019 Bright

Lights Awards Dinner will

be held at the University of

Louisiana at Lafayette Student

Union on April 4, at 6 p.m.

Tickets begin at $150. Table

sponsorships are available to

interested parties. For more

information, contact Mike

Bourg at (504) 620-2482

or [email protected]g, or visit leh.

org.

The Louisiana Endowment

for the Humanities is a non-

prot organization dedicated

to providing educational

opportunities to all residents

of the state. Guided by the

vision that everyone can realize

their full potential through the

humanities, LEH partners with

communities, institutions, and

individuals to provide grant-

supported outreach programs,

literacy initiatives for all

ages, publications, lm

and radio documentaries,

museum exhibitions, public

lectures, library projects, 64

Parishes magazine, and other

diverse public humanities

programming. For more

information, visit leh.org.

Information for this story

was provided by Morgan

Randall of the Louisiana

The Marie Shaw Dunn

Child Development Center at

Northwestern State University

is accepting applications

for the 2019-2020 school

year. Children must be 3 or

4 years old by September

30, 2019, to be eligible for

enrollment.

All applications must be

submitted to the CDC by 3

p.m. Friday, March 15. An

application is available online at

cdc.nsula.edu and available in

the CDC ofce.

Tuition for NSU CDC is

$4,600 annually and must be

paid by April 1 of the attending

school year. A $175 supply fee

is due upon enrollment.

The Marie Shaw Dunn

Child Development Center

is a preschool program for 3-

and 4-year old children. The

center is a Tier III preschool

center that is accredited by the

National Association for the

Education of Young Children.

The center is dedicated to

providing parents, children and

university students with the

best early learning environment

possible.

For more information,

contact Amanda LaGrange,

director/supervising teacher, at

[email protected] or call

the Child Development Center

Ofce at (318) 357-6860.

CDC registration applications Due March 15

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LitCon ... Continued from Page 1

around the joy and evolution of our collective

arts and practices,” said Dr. Rebecca Macijeski,

Creative Writing Program Coordinator. “This

conference is for visual artists, writers, writing

programs, independent and academic publishers,

academics, students and fans.

“As a growing regional conference,

we’re excited about the idea of an inclusive

celebration of the humanities, fan culture, poetry,

literary ction, genre ction, graphic novels,

scriptwriting, comics, illustration, visual and

performing arts and more, with each discipline

treated as equally exciting both culturally and

academically.

“Our hope is that anyone practicing in

these or related elds, whether academically,

professionally, or as a fan or hobbyist, feels

welcome participating in this environment. Thus,

we seek proposals that touch on any of these

related elds. We are open both to traditional

academic paper and panel proposals, as well as

innovative approaches that adapt the feel of a pop

culture conference.”

Additionally, there is a small number of

spaces available for book and art fair participants.

The book and art fair will operate from 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. both days. Tables are free, but space

is limited. All money generated from sales go

toward the artist.

Presentations will feature work by authors

and artists working in various media and/or

formats seeking an audience for their work,

showcases of writing groups and programs, both

academic and otherwise; papers and proposals on

fan culture, form and theory of creative writing

and/or visual art, the intersection of pop culture

and academic culture, and the pedagogies of

these various topics; independent publishers,

art collectives, and other institutions seeking

to connect with fans and students and other

humanities-related offerings that may not be

listed here

For more information, contact Macijeski at

[email protected].

TRIO Student Support Services staff have been busy earning

professional development certications. Terri Marshall, advisor/

instructor, left, and Jamie Flanagan, assistant director, right, have both

earned the Strong Interest Inventory Assessment Certication from GS

Consultants approved by The Myers-Briggs Company. Additionally,

they earned the Advanced Level Academic Coach Certication from

the National Tutoring Association. These certications will help to

ensure continued success and broadened services to rst generation,

modest income students and students with disabilities. Being able to

administer and interpret the Strong Interest Inventory assessment will

allow the advisors to provide a more in-depth approach to assisting

students in choosing a major and career that closely aligns with their

passion, knowledge and interests, Marshall said, and being certied

as an Academic Coach will allow staff to offer a more robust tutoring

program and Academic Study Skills (ACSK 1010) curriculum.

Northwestern State

University’s Elementary

Lab School is accepting

applications for the 2019-

2020 Kindergarten Draw.

All applications must be

submitted by 3 p.m. Friday,

March 15.

Applications are

available in the school

ofce. A current utility

bill showing proof of

residency is required with

the application. Tuition for

Elementary Lab School is

$2,200 annually and must

be paid by April 30 of the

attending school year. A

$100 supply fee is due upon

enrollment.

For more information

call the school ofce at

(318) 357.6973

Kindergarten

applications

due March 15

Trio SSS News

NSU received permission

from Entrepreneurial

Accelerator Program to share

the following promo video with

the community. The video

highlights the concept behind

the business pitch competition in

which students from Northwestern

State, Grambling and LSU-S

participated. NSU named the

competition “The Inferno Pitch.”

Students developed a business

plan to pitch their ideas to a panel

of judges/prospective investors

who selected the winners.

With the rst place nish,

Alba Maloff Johnson and

Matthew Broekman won $3,000,

a scholarship to Louisiana Startup

Prize 2019, a scholarship to the

Patent Academy and six months

of professional services from

the Entrepreneurial Accelerator

Program.

Second place winners were the

team of Brooke Smith, Kamamalu

Nishihira-Asuncion, Kennedy

Cullen and Kortney Greer for

Safe Shackles, a product that

can be used to detect Sexually

Transmitted Infections. Second

place includes a $1,000, a

scholarship to the Patent Academy

and six months of professional

services from the Entrepreneurial

Accelerator Program.

Third place winner Joshua

Johnson pitched In the Field

Communication, a communication

device that helps ofcers move

from the vehicle to outside the car.

The AEP promo video can be

seen here:

https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=A6UnSm6cGrM

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MARCH 2019

Resources and

Assistance

For assistance in

seeking informa-

tion about fund-

ing opportunities,

preparing proposals

or administering

projects, contact the

Oce of Sponsored

Programs by phone,

357-5222; e-mail at

[email protected], or

visit the OSP website

at http://www.nsula.

edu/orsp.

OSP Sta

Carla Howell

Director

Alysia Jones

Associate

Director

Faculty, graduate students and undergraduate

students are invited to submit proposals to present

their scholarly or creative projects at Northwestern’s

Annual Research Day, which will take place

Thursday, April 25.

Once again, we will be able to stream virtual

presenters, so distance learning students and faculty

are encouraged to participate. Both oral and poster

presentations are welcome. For information about

previous presentations, please refer to last year’s

program at http://researchday.nsula.edu/.

To apply to present this year, please complete

the online application at http://researchday.nsula.edu/

research-day-submission/.

The nal date to submit abstracts is Thursday,

March 28, 2019. Student applications must

designate a faculty sponsor.

We hope that faculty will encourage

their advanced distance learning students to

contribute either poster or oral presentations of their

research. Virtual poster presentations will be

defended via a WebEx session to a laptop adjacent

to the poster, so the presenter can answer questions

from the audience. Virtual oral presentations will

be also be made with the presenters streaming their

presentation via WebEx to a session where local

participants can view them in real time and ask

questions.

Questions? Please contact Dr. Betsy Cochran

([email protected]), chair of the Research Council.

annual Research Day April 25

Applications are invited for

three faculty research awards to

be presented at the 32

Annual

Research Day on April 25, 2019.

Dr. Marietta LeBreton

Louisiana Studies Award: honors

faculty members whose research

careers have been dedicated to

Louisiana topics.

Nominees may have

conducted research in any

discipline.

Dr. Mildred Hart Bailey

Faculty Research Award:

recognizes outstanding research

and/or distinguished artistic

performance or creative work

substantially completed within

the past three years (2016-

2018) and is open to all full-

time Northwestern faculty and

adjunct faculty carrying a 12-hour

equated load.Dr. Jean D’Amato

Thomas Lifetime Achievement

Award: honors senior faculty

members whose careers have

included a signicant commitment

to research and service to their

discipline.

Applications and

evaluation criteria are available

on the Research Day web

site: researchday.nsula.edu.

Faculty invited to apply for Research Awards

Applications due: 4:00 p.m, Thursday, March 21, 2019

Promo on Business Pitch Competition available for viewing

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MARCH 2019

Northwestern State University

will host the third annual Flavor of

Louisiana, one of the university’s

most popular spring events,

from 6-11 p.m. Friday, March

22 in Prather Coliseum. Flavor

of Louisiana is presented in

partnership with the Louisiana

Seafood Board and will feature

chefs, restaurateurs and caterers

from throughout the state offering

samples of specially prepared

seafood dishes and other items.

Last year, nearly 600 guests

mixed and mingled among 45

different tasting stations sampling

delectable seafood dishes, craft

beer, specialty cocktails and

desserts. The event raised nearly

$50,000 to support student

scholarships and academic

programs. Individual academic

departments raised additional

funds for their programs through

rafes, games and silent auctions

that included weekend getaways,

prize baskets, vacation packages

and more.

“Flavor of Louisiana is an

event that we look forward to

because of the positive response

we’ve received in the past,” said

Director of Development Jill

Bankston, CFRE. “Besides all

the delicious food samplings, our

guests enjoy live music, dancing

and visiting with friends. We will

also offer a few meat selections

that will appeal to non-seafood

eaters, so there will be something

for everyone.”

Because proceeds from Flavor

of Louisiana impact the availability

of scholarships, dozens of students

will be directly involved with

organizing and hosting the event.

“Students volunteer with

logistics, preparation, ticket

sales, set-up, host and hostess

duties, registration and post-party

cleanup,” Bankston said. “This is

a good hands-on experience with a

community event and it shows they

appreciate our NSU supporters.”

Tickets to the seafood ex-

travaganza are $65 per person or

$125 per couple. Sponsorships are

available at the $5,000 (Louisiana),

$2,500 (Bayou), $1,000 (Magnolia

and Pelican – separate benets)

levels and include reserved seating

and other perks. The $5,000 Loui-

siana Sponsor level is a double

sponsorship with the Natchitoches

Dragon Boat Races, a day-long

event set for Saturday, April 13 in

downtown Natchitoches. Proceeds

from the Dragon Boat Races will

benet First Year Experience, pro-

gramming that encourages fresh-

men students to be active partici-

pants in events and organizations

on campus.

Flavor of Louisiana will cap

off a series of special events at

NSU. Earlier in the day on March

22, NSU will honor six outstanding

individuals with induction into the

university’s alumni hall of distinc-

tion, the Long Purple Line. That

event will include a luncheon and

induction program beginning at 11

a.m. in the ballroom of the Sylvan

Friedman Student Union. Tickets

for the Long Purple Line luncheon

and program are $20.

Information on tickets and

sponsorship for Flavor of Loui-

siana, Long Purple Line induc-

tion, Dragon Boat races and other

upcoming events is available at

northwesternalumni.com or by

calling (318) 357-4414.

Flavor of Louisiana returns March 22

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The 11

Annual Louisiana

Studies Conference will be

held September 20-21, 2019 at

Northwestern State University

in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The

conference committee is now

accepting presentation proposals

for the upcoming conference.

The 2019 conference theme,

“Becoming Louisiana,” is

dedicated to exploring the ways

in which Louisiana’s cultures,

peoples, and histories have

evolved over time. Presentation

proposals on any aspect of this

theme, as well as creative texts

and performances by, about, and/

or for Louisiana and Louisianans,

are sought for this year’s

conference.

Although we are especially

interested in proposals that deal

with the theme of Becoming

Louisiana, all papers, creative

writing, and short performances

(dance, music, or theatric) that

address ANY aspect of Louisiana

studies are welcome.

Proposals are being

solicited for fteen-minute

presentations from scholars

at all career stages as well as

graduate students. Creative

work (lm, creative non-ction,

short ction, and poetry) is

welcome. Undergraduates are

invited to submit, provided

they are working with the

guidance of a trained scholar.

(All undergraduate presenters

under 18 years of age must be

accompanied by a parent or

legal guardian.) Conference

registration is FREE for all

faculty, staff, and students

afliated with Bossier Parish

Community College, the

Louisiana Scholars’ College,

the Louisiana School for Math,

Science, and the Arts, the

National Center for Preservation

Technology and Training, and

Northwestern State University, as

well as State and National Park

Service personnel situated in

Natchitoches Parish.

Abstracts (300 words

max.) for scholarly proposals,

creative writing, lms, and short

performances (dance, music,

or theatric) should be sent as

e-mail attachments to Dr. Shane

Rasmussen, rasmussens@nsula.

edu. Presentations should run no

longer than 15 minutes. Briey

detail the audio / visual tools

(laptop, projection screen, data

projector, DVD player, etc.) or

space (the stage in the Magale

Recital Hall will be provided

for short performances) your

presentation will require, if any.

Please include a separate

cover page with your name,

afliation, mailing and e-mail

address, and the title of your

presentation. E-mails should

be entitled: Louisiana Studies

Conference Submission. We will

send an e-mail acknowledgement

of having received each abstract

within one week of having

received it. If you do not receive

an acknowledgment, please

resend your submission as we

may not have received it. The

deadline for submissions is June

15, 2019. Accepted presenters

will be notied via e-mail by July

28, 2019 if not before.

This interdisciplinary

conference will be accepting

proposals from the following

disciplines: American

studies, anthropology,

architecture, archival studies,

communications, craft, creative

writing, criminal justice, cultural

studies, cultural tourism,

dance, design, education,

English and literary studies,

environmental studies, ethnic

studies, fashion design, lm

studies, ne arts, folklore,

gender studies, geography,

heritage resources, history,

interior design, journalism,

linguistics, media studies,

museum studies, musicology,

music performance, philosophy,

photography, political science,

preservation studies, psychology,

queer studies, religious studies,

Romance languages, social work,

sociology, theatre, and vernacular

architecture.

Read broadly, consider

the following possibilities for

presentation topics relating to the

theme Becoming Louisiana. The

following list of suggestions is

not meant to be comprehensive.

NOTE: Louisiana, its

cultures, history, literature,

peoples, places, etc., should

be an intrinsic aspect of the

proposed presentation. For

example, “thematic motifs in

Southern literature” in itself

would not be an appropriate

presentation topic proposal

for the Louisiana Studies

Conference, while “thematic

motifs in 21

century Louisiana

short ction” or “thematic motifs

in the contemporary legends of

Evangeline Parish” would both

be highly appropriate.

American Indians in

Louisiana

Archaeology

Architecture

sponsored by the Louisiana

Folklife Center and the

Northwestern State University

College of Arts, Sciences,

Graduate Studies and Research.

Phyllis Lear’s mixed media textile work

titled, “Not One Woman,” was accepted into the

national art quilt exhibition, “Ties That Bind.”

The exhibition runs through the end of March

2019 and is housed at Gallery One in Ellensburg,

Washington.

Lear is an assistant professor of art at

Northwestern State University. “Ties That Bind”

is a juried competition with works chosen from

across the nation.

my undergraduate textbook for both Art History

1 & 2. There is not one-woman artist in the entire

book. There are lots of images of female nudes -

like Ingres’, “Odalisque” – cut from the book and

incorporated into the piece,” Lear said.

“When I think of the young, 20-something-

year-old woman I was, studying from this book

– memorizing every male artist that ever lived,

and was living at the time, and thinking that this

was ‘real’ art – I feel betrayal and deep sadness. I

did not learn of Miriam Schapiro, Judy Chicago,

Faith Ringgold, Bettye Saar, Helen Frankenthaler

or any of the other fabulous female artists, living

or dead, until I graduated and began studying

independently. Needless to say, I do not use

any edition of Janson’s, “History of Art,” as the

textbook for any of my courses.

More information is at: http://www.gallery-

one.org/events/2019-march-exhibition/

Phyllis Lear’s textile art piece part of national juried show

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MARCH 2019

A Northwestern State University scientist who

was selected for an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Grant utilized those funds to purchase a

uorescence spectroscopy instrument to support

his research projects. Dr. Daniel Rivera-Vazquez,

assistant professor in the School of Biological and

Physical Sciences, directs a student research group

that focuses on biosensors and water remediation,

which both involve the creation and/or modication

of nanomaterials.

Rivera-Vazquez is a material scientist with

experience in the synthesis of nanoscale materials

and characterizations using microscopy and

spectroscopic techniques.

The spectroscopy instrument is being used

to provide information regarding the identity

and amount of samples based on its uorescent

properties. In materials science, it is used to provide

an estimate of nanoparticle size and electronic

properties, Rivera-Vazquez said.

“This instrument has a wide variety of

applications,” he explained. “We will be using it

to determine the presence of organic pollutants in

water. Also, we will be using it to get an estimate of

nanoparticle size. Other faculty will be using it for

purposes that relate more closely to their respective

research projects.

“In the case of biosensors, we are researching

nanomaterials that can be tailored to detect specic

biomarkers,” Rivera-Vazquez explained. “A

biomarker is a molecule that appears at the onset of

an event of biological importance, such as a stroke

or cardiac injury. We are researching materials that

are low-cost and at the same time highly effective.

This is an important factor for us since we envision

generating materials that will, in the long run, be

scaled up to serve society.”

In other words, the research could eventually

play a role in warning individuals they are at risk

for stroke and/or heart attack. In some cases,

biomarkers appear before the actual events, he said.

“At risk patients might benet from at-home

monitoring -- similar to diabetic patients testing for

glucose levels -- of a biomarker of interest for their

specic condition. We are envisioning something

similar to the test strips used for monitoring glucose

levels, applied to other processes in the body,” he

said.

In the water remediation project, he is working

to modify activated charcoal capable of removing

a wide array of organic and inorganic materials

from water. Activated charcoal modied with silver

and copper nanoparticles acquires antimicrobial

properties, Rivera-Vazquez said.

He is researching questions regarding the

modication of activated charcoal with a cost-

effective material with high capabilities for water

Dr. Daniel Rivera-Vazquez is leading a group of student researchers in studying nanomaterials at

Northwestern State University. Rivera-Vazquez received a Sloan Foundation grant to enhance his

research, which could eventually have implications in healthcare and water purication. From left are

Rivera-Vazquez mentoring students Corban James and Darielle Channel as they perform a distillation

of organic compounds in a mixture.

Sloan Grant supports scientist’s research in nanomaterials

Continued on page 9

Early Childhood Education Methods students at Northwestern State University completed a service

project by collecting books and school supplies in an effort to remap the Cradle to Prison Pipeline

to a Cradle to College Pipeline in Natchitoches Parish. On the rst row are Dr. Michelle Fazio

Brunson, director of Graduate Programs in Early Childhood Education; Emily Salter and Brooklyn

Noe. On the middle roe are Alora Bryant, Mary Alexander, Caroline Matthews, Shalondria Rainey

and Kennedy Fontenot. On the back row are Hannah Chanler and Martha Hopewell. Brunson

hopes that by providing early literacy activities and familial support to local at-risk students,

youngsters will be more likely to stay in school and eventually attend college rather than follow a

path to eventual incarceration. Donations of school supplies and books are always needed. To

make a contribution, contact Dr. Michelle Fazio-Brunson at [email protected].

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remediation.

“Water remediation is a term

that can refer to the removal of

undesired materials -- waste,

heavy metals, among other things

-- from sources of water,” he

said. “The implications of this

project are the development

of cost-effective lters that

can be used for the removal of

microorganisms, as well as other

pollutants from water sources.

We are currently faced with an

issue of providing clean water

in many communities around

the world, and hopefully the

development of more efcient

lters will contribute to

addressing this issue.

“I am passionate about

teaching in the classroom

as well as the laboratory. I

am currently working in the

classroom teaching a wide

range of courses in chemistry,”

he said. Those courses range

from rst year chemistry to

advanced undergraduate courses

in physical chemistry and organic

chemistry.

“My research interests

focus on the synthesis of

nanoscale materials for energy

and biomedical applications. I

worked on the synthesis of CaS

nanostructures and studied its

optical and electronic properties.

This project led to the design

of a low cost, fast, microwave

assisted reaction which was

patented in the U.S. Patent and

Trademark Ofce. We also

tested this material to study its

effects on the replication rate of

cancer cells. The results of this

project have been submitted for

publication in a peer reviewed

journal,” Rivera Vazquez said.

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Northwestern State

University will host the

31st summer session of the

ADVANCE Program for Young

Scholars July 7 – 27.

Children and/or dependents

of Northwestern State faculty/

staff/students from all campuses

are eligible for a $250 tuition

discount.

The ADVANCE Program for

Young Scholars (ADVANCE)

at Northwestern State is a three-

week residential program that

academically challenges and

socially engages gifted students

who are currently in 7th –

11th grades. ADVANCE is a

collaborative program with Duke

University’s Talent Identication

Program (Duke TIP).

Admittance to ADVANCE is

based on minimum ACT or SAT

scores.

If students have not taken an

ACT or SAT, or their scores did

not meet or surpass ADVANCE’s

eligibility criteria, they may

apply through the program’s

alternate admissions policy.

Courses being offered

include the humanities,

mathematics, natural sciences

with laboratory components, and

computer science.

By working with carefully

selected instructors and teaching

assistants (TAs), and limiting

class enrollment to 15 students,

each student is given the

opportunity to attain maximum

academic growth.

While the academic program

at ADVANCE is top-notch,

the residential program sets

ADVANCE apart from other

similar summer programs. The

residential assistants (RAs)

offer a wide variety of social

and recreational activities to

assist students in forming lasting

friendships, strengthen the

ADVANCE community, and help

all students have a great time.

Applications are now being

accepted.

For further information visit

http://advance.nsula.edu or call

(318) 357-4500.

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The Columns Café located in Room 225 of

the Family and Consumer Sciences will host

lunch at 11 and 11:30 a.m. Thursday, March 7.

Dine-in and to-go service will be available.

The menu will include Caesar salad, Shrimp

Fettuccine, Freshly Baked Garlic Bread and

House Prepared Cheesecake

Price: $15

To Purchase Tickets visit https://www.

eventbrite.com/o/hospitality-management-

amp-tourism-at-northwestern-state-

university-18634235921 -OR- Please contact

Landon Amberg at 318-357-5072 or ambergl@

nsula.edu to place your to-go order.

Columns Café will serve lunch Thursday, March 7

NSU dependents receive ADVANCE tuition discount