NPSB Breaks Records in 2025 School Performance Scores
On Wednesday, November 20, 2025, the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) released the 2024-2025 School Performance Scores for districts across the state. These scores reflect the academic achievement and growth of students during the 2024-2025 school year under the state's new, more rigorous accountability system. Natchitoches Parish Schools are celebrating historic progress, marketing the highest district performance score ever recorded. Despite the increased rigor of the new accountability scale,
BOM Bank will be anchor tenant for the CoLab entrepreneurial hub
NATCHITOCHES - BOM Bank will be the anchor tenant of The CoLab, a collaborative workspace within the Innovation Park being developed in partnership with Northwestern State University and the Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts. The CoLab will be designed to connect business and industry partners with students, entrepreneurs and community members, according to developers. "The CoLab will serve as a dynamic center for entrepreneuriship, business development and collaboration," NSU President
Weyerhaeuser supports NSU Early Childhood Education service learning project
NATCHITOCHES - A literacy grant awarded to Dr. Michelle Fazio Brunson by Weyerhaeuser enabled Northwestern State University's Early Childhood Education program to expand its outreach to Natchitoches Parish preschool and kindergarten children and their families with literacy activities, resources and support so they can engage in reading and play activities at home. The Cradle to College initiative is Brunson's on-going service learning project in which NSU students and faculty collect supplies and purchase
Wysong named dean of the Northwestern State University College of Business and Technology
NATCHITOCHES - Dr. W. Scott Wysong IV has been appointed dean of the College of Business and Technology at Northwestern State University effective January 5, 2026, pending approval of the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, according to Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Greg Handel. Wysong was selected after an extensive national search conducted by a committee including College of Business and Technology faculty across academic ranks, academic deans, community, business and
