Nicholls State University

"We're really thrilled to be partnering with SPA for a second year in a row to offer the 'color pop' portion of the race and to continue growing our event with more student and community participation," Slekis said.

Dr. Cibelli’s article titled, “Francesco Salviati’s Emblematic Imagery in the Sala dell’ Udienza of Florence,” refers to a mural in an audience hall of a Renaissance governmental palace. The issue of the journal, Iconocrazia Rivista di Scienze Sociale e Filosofia Politica, was dedicated to political imagery by master artists of the Italian Renaissance and the Baroque period.

Nicholls State University is set to host its annual Women’s History Month Luncheon on Feb. 29 at noon in the Student Union Ballroom as part of its Dr. Bonnie J. Bourg Lecture Series. Dr. Melinda Jefferson, Nicholls associate professor of social sciences, is set to give a keynote on “The Art of Sisterhood to Sustain our Collective Mental Health.”

Nicholls State University is set to host a 75th Anniversary Gala & Awards for Excellence on March 2, 2024, in the Nicholls Cotillion Ballroom starting at 6 p.m., with proceeds benefiting the university’s general scholarship fund. This black-tie-preferred event will feature a patron social pre-event at 5:30 p.m., and then, a cocktail hour and four-course dinner to be served at the main event. The Gala will include a silent and live auction along with the annual Nicholls Alumni Federation Awards for Excellence.