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28-520: The 287-acre (1.16 km) campus, once part of Acadia Plantation, fronts on Bayou Lafourche , about 50 miles (80 km) southwest of New Orleans and 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Baton Rouge . Its oldest structure, Elkins Hall , was completed in 1948 and is on the National Register of Historic Places . Nicholls is located in the Acadiana region. It is also within the geographical bounds of

56-573: A weir was removed in Thibodaux , allowing recreational boating passage through the entire bayou. By 2025, a $ 96 million pumping station is set to be completed in Donaldsonville, next to the original that was constructed in 1950. The new station will be able to pump three times the amount of fresh water from the Mississippi River than the original and, in turn, return the flow of water throughout

84-472: A 3-mile stretch of the bayou in Raceland faced an oil spill breach. The leak was caused by a valve failure at a Crescent Midstream crude oil facility and the resulting discharge travelled into the bayou from a storm drain . The spill was contained by parish officials and the community's drinking water was not affected. A long-term project to revitalize Bayou Lafourche with an increased flow of fresh water from

112-748: A broadcast studio for learning and instruction in communication principles. Students within the department are also encouraged to apply for jobs with the KNSU radio station and student publications, helping to produce the yearbook or publishing the weekly newspaper, the Nicholls Worth . The University of Louisiana System has identified the following areas as Unique Areas of Excellence at Nicholls State University. These are areas of study that, because of either their unique classes or their leadership in Louisiana education, have been selected for this special honor. These include

140-454: A huge wetland area of central Louisiana. It changed the formerly flowing bayou into a stagnant ditch. The Bollinger Shipyards , founded by Donald G. Bollinger, was launched on Bayou Lafourche in 1946. On August 29, 2021, Hurricane Ida made landfall in Lafourche parish. Dam walls at the end of the bayou were closed to prevent a storm surge of salt water from entering. On July 27, 2024,

168-464: A selective depository of the U.S. Federal Depository Library Program since 1962. The Library is a congressionally designated depository for United States government documents. Public access to the government documents collection is guaranteed by public law (Title 44 USC). In its role as a depository, Government Information houses an extensive collection of books, periodicals, microfiche, maps, CDs, and kits published by Louisiana state and federal agencies on

196-564: A unique fee structure. The Allen J. Ellender Memorial Library offers research assistance to the Nicholls State University community via 125+ databases and traditional reference books. The Library provides access to over 61,000 e-books as part of a collection of more than 245,000 books. Librarians provide library research instruction classes in all disciplines as well as individual consultation sessions. A leisure book collection with recent popular writers and 50 popular magazine titles

224-399: A wide array of topics such as health, geology, military history, law and legislation, education, statistics and more. The Archives and Special Collections Department of Ellender Memorial Library is the archival repository for the historical records of the university and serves as a repository for primary and secondary material relating to the geographical, historical and cultural uniqueness of

252-688: Is Colonel Tillou . The modern version wears a bright red uniform topped off with a contemporary-style military officer's cap. The Pride of Nicholls is the marching band which represents the university. The band performs pregame and during halftime at all Nicholls Colonels home football games, selected away games and in exhibitions at selected marching festivals during the fall semester. Nicholls' primary athletic rivals are Southeastern Louisiana University and Northwestern State University . Bayou Lafourche Bayou Lafourche ( / l ə ˈ f uː ʃ / lə- FOOSH ), originally called Chetimachas River or La Fourche des Chetimaches (the fork of

280-811: Is a pirogue ." In The CW Network's supernatural-fantasy series, The Originals , the Bayou Lafourche is a major setting and has acted as the home of the Werewolf encampments for decades after the Vampires exiled them from the city of New Orleans . In the film Hard Target , the lead character Chance Boudreaux, played by Jean-Claude Van Damme, is a Cajun from Bayou Lafourche in Southern Louisiana. 30°06′N 91°00′W  /  30.1°N 91°W  / 30.1; -91 Renaissance Society of America The Renaissance Society of America (RSA)

308-973: Is a nonprofit academic membership association founded in 1954 to promote study of the world during the Renaissance period, 1300–1700. It is a member of the American Council of Learned Societies . The RSA brings together scholars from many backgrounds in a wide variety of fields of scholarly inquiry. The RSA has thousands of members, including professors, instructors, and graduate students at universities, colleges, and secondary schools; curators and staff at museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions; independent scholars; writers and publishers; and many others interested in Renaissance studies. The Society's Annual Conference takes place in changing cities within North America and Europe . With Cambridge University Press,

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336-438: Is also available. The Library has both single and group study rooms for patron use. There is also an interlibrary loan service which acquires materials from other libraries, and a courtesy card service that allows patrons to check out materials from other Louisiana universities. Ellender Library, through its Government Information Department, has been a selective depository for Louisiana state government publications since 1960 and

364-621: Is one of the first institutions in the United States to offer bachelor's degrees in Culinary Arts. Students gain expertise in both Cajun and French cuisine. The Chef John Folse Culinary Institute is the only American member of the prestigious Institut Paul Bocuse . Students also have the opportunity to earn a bachelor's degree in Culinary Arts and then work towards earning the MBA. Nicholls' faculty have been recognized nationally and internationally by

392-598: The Chitimacha ), is a 106-mile-long (171 km) bayou in southeastern Louisiana , United States , that flows into the Gulf of Mexico . The bayou is flanked by Louisiana Highway 1 on the west and Louisiana Highway 308 on the east, and is known as "the longest Main Street in the world." It flows through parts of Ascension , Assumption , and Lafourche parishes. Today, approximately 300,000 Louisiana residents drink water drawn from

420-608: The John Folse Culinary Institute, Biological Sciences (Marine and environmental sciences emphasis), Nursing, Allied Health Sciences, Teacher Education, Accounting and Information Systems, and Child, Family and Social Services. Other notable degree programs include: Bachelor of Arts in art, English, mass communication, and music; Bachelor of Science in applied sciences geomatics ; and master's degrees in marine and environmental biology, education, and business administration (in addition to an Executive MBA program). Nicholls

448-757: The Mississippi River Delta , and close to the Mississippi River , its distributaries, Louisiana's wetlands , and the Gulf of Mexico . Nicholls State opened on Sept. 23, 1948, as Francis T. Nicholls Junior College of Louisiana State University. In 1956, the Louisiana Legislature separated Nicholls State from LSU and authorized it to develop four-year curricula. In September 1956, the former junior college became Francis T. Nicholls State College and granted its first degrees in May 1958. In 1970, Act 93 of

476-858: The Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society , the National Science Foundation , the National Institutes of Health , the National Endowment for the Humanities , Phi Kappa Lambda, the Renaissance Society of America , and other organizations and associations. In the past three years, several faculty members have been awarded grants from the Louisiana Board of Regents . The university has the only certified public health geneticist in

504-569: The Southland Conference . Nicholls' colors are red and gray and the athletics teams are nicknamed the Colonels. The Nicholls State University Department of Athletics currently sponsors men's intercollegiate baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf and tennis along with women's intercollegiate basketball, cross-country, softball, soccer, tennis, track and field (indoor and outdoor) and volleyball. Nicholls' official athletics mascot

532-413: The Mississippi River and halt the accelerated loss of land down the bayou is currently in progress. In 2016, Bayou Lafourche was dredged from Donaldsonville to Napoleonville of vegetation and sediment that constricted the surface area of the water. In Lockport , a water gate was constructed on Bayou Lafourche to mitigate the amount of salt water invading the bayou during periods of low tide. In 2021,

560-547: The RSA publishes Renaissance Quarterly (ISSN 0034-4338), a peer-reviewed publication that began in 1948 as Renaissance News and was renamed beginning with volume 20 in 1967. In 1975, it subsumed a separate publication, Studies in the Renaissance , which was published by the University of Chicago Press from 1954 to 1974 (ISSN 0081-8658, vols. 1-21). The RSA published the Renaissance Society of America Reprint Text Series (RSTARTS) with

588-589: The South. Nicholls is also the home of the Louisiana Center for Women and Government , as well as the Dyslexia Center of Louisiana. Nicholls Online provides complete degrees online in a variety of disciplines. It offers over 100 online courses through its Division of Distance Education. Nicholls Online is different from regular online courses at Nicholls in that the courses are offered through 8-week sessions and have

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616-502: The State Legislature changed the name of the institution to Nicholls State University. University leadership Princeton Review statistics from 2010 list the student-to-faculty ratio at Nicholls as 20:1. Admission has become selective. The average GPA upon entry is 3.2 with an ACT score of 21. The average GPA of undergraduate students admitted to the university's honors program is 3.6 with an ACT score of 26. Almost 62 percent of

644-530: The University of Toronto Press until 2012, and then the RSA Texts and Studies Series (RSA-TS) with Brill, from 2012 to 2023. The RSA also publishes an e-newsletter . The Society offers a number of prizes and awards to promote and recognize the work of its members, including short-term research fellowships, scholarships for the Digital Humanities Summer Institute at the University of Victoria,

672-527: The bayou during low tides. From north to south, the following roads and railroads cross the bayou (almost all connecting LA 1 to LA 308 ): The film Southern Comfort is set on Bayou Lafourche. At the end of the novel Post Office by Charles Bukowski , protagonist Henry Chinaski quits his job at the Los Angeles post office to "pick up 10 or 20 grand for 3 months trapping at Bayou La Fourche. [...] Muskrats , nutria , mink, otter... coon. All I need

700-522: The bayou. The name Lafourche is from the French for "the fork", and alludes to the bayou's large outflow of Mississippi River water. The first settlements of Acadians in southern Louisiana were near Bayou Lafourche and Bayou des Écores, which led to a close association of the bayou with Cajun culture. It was formerly a Mississippi River outlet ( distributary ), but was dammed at Donaldsonville in 1905. The dam cut off nourishment and replenishment of

728-813: The hurricane and did not return. The Department of Art is built upon a broad liberal arts foundation and preparation in studio disciplines required for careers in the visual arts and design. The Department of Art is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. The Department of Mass Communication is one of five mass communication programs in Louisiana accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC). The department offers two concentrations: journalism and public relations. Nicholls mass communication students and faculty employ three computer labs and

756-614: The region. The collections include personal papers, business and organizational records, historical photographs, literary manuscripts, maps, diaries and scrapbooks. Newspapers, oral histories, and numerous other formats are also represented. Many collections document the plantation era and the sugar cane industry. The Archives and Special Collections Department is also home to the library's Regional, Rare Book, and Genealogy Collections. Nicholls sports teams participate in NCAA Division I (Football Championship Subdivision or FCS for football ) in

784-430: The student body are women; and nearly 3 percent are international students. As with nearly all academic institutions in Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina affected Nicholls' completion rate and overall ranking. During the aftermath of Katrina, Nicholls suspended its admissions selectivity in order to accommodate students from hurricane affected institutions. The university also had many matriculating students who were affected by

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