Higher Ed Commissioner at NSU for First Gen and Wellness Weeks

  • Lia Portillo Cantarero, a first-generation New Media student from Galliano, interviewed Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Kim Hunter Reed in the NSU TV Studio during Reed’s visit to Northwestern State University Nov. 7. During her visit Reed took part in a first-gen faculty/ staff workshop and moderated a panel of first-generation students, alumni and staff during a First Generation Celebration Luncheon.
    Lia Portillo Cantarero, a first-generation New Media student from Galliano, interviewed Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Kim Hunter Reed in the NSU TV Studio during Reed’s visit to Northwestern State University Nov. 7. During her visit Reed took part in a first-gen faculty/ staff workshop and moderated a panel of first-generation students, alumni and staff during a First Generation Celebration Luncheon.
  • NSU’s First-Generation Week is a multi-day celebration presented by TRIO Student Support Services in cooperation with the Office of the President, First Year Experience, Office of Accessibility and Disability Support, Alpha Lambda Delta, Recruiting, Enrollment Management, NSU Residential Life, the Alumni Association, University Programming Council, NSU Publications and the Office of Marketing and Branding. The week-long celebration commemorates the signing of the Higher Education Act on Nov. 8, 1965.
    NSU’s First-Generation Week is a multi-day celebration presented by TRIO Student Support Services in cooperation with the Office of the President, First Year Experience, Office of Accessibility and Disability Support, Alpha Lambda Delta, Recruiting, Enrollment Management, NSU Residential Life, the Alumni Association, University Programming Council, NSU Publications and the Office of Marketing and Branding. The week-long celebration commemorates the signing of the Higher Education Act on Nov. 8, 1965.

    Northwestern State University hosted Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Kim Hunter Reed for a campus visit Nov. 7.

    Reed’s visit coincided with NSU’s First Gen Week, a celebration of students who are the first in their family to attend college, and NSU’s Wellness Week and Wellness Fest.

    Reed began the day at a workshop for Student Affairs professionals, “First-Generation Faculty and Staff…