Voilà!
Fall 2007
Contributing Writers
Editor Lydia Szanyi Boudreaux
Dr. Deborah Bordelon is a professor and dean of the
College of Education.
Art Director Bruno Ruggiero
Photographer Doug Keese
Advisory Board Dr. David E. Boudreaux, Nicole
L. Boudreaux, Dr. Alfred N. Delahaye, Dr. Rebecca
Lydia Szanyi Boudreaux is assistant director of the
Office of University Relations and a 1998 mass communication
graduate.
Pennington, Deborah Raziano, Richard Reso
Dr. Alfred N. Delahaye is professor emeritus of
journalism.
Contact Voilà! at:
Stephanie Detillier is a creative writer/editor in the Office
of University Relations and a 2006 mass communication
graduate.
P.O. Box 2033
Thibodaux, LA 70310
(985) 448-4143
voila@nicholls.edu
Voilà! is published once a year with funding from the Nicholls
State University Foundation and the Nicholls State University
Alumni Federation.
Nicholls State University is a member of the
University of Louisiana System.
On the cover:
Sociology students spent a semester investigating the
history of a deserted Chackbay church and its long-gone
congregation.
Matt Gresham is a 1996 mass communication graduate.
Rebecca C. Lyons is an assistant professor of nursing and
interim head of the Department of Nursing. She is a 1986
nursing graduate.
Brandon Rizzuto is director of media relations in the
Department of Athletics.
Dr. Anita Tully is a distinguished service professor of English
and assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Table of Contents
2
From the President
3
To the Point
5
The Bottom Line
6
Chefs du Jour
12
The Classroom of Life
16
A Goldmine of History
20
The Forgotten People of a Forgotten Time
26
Fruits of Labor
27
‘I Launched My Own Corporation’ (or ‘What I Did Last Semester’)
28
Beyond Finger Painting
30
Trying on Old Age
31
The Freshman Connection
32
One Man, Two Stars, Many Hats
35
Leveling the Playing Field
38
Duty Calls … Again
42
Just Plain Barb
44
Honor Roll
New and renovated student housing, university and program accreditations and
emergency police drills top campus news.
Enrollment, retention, minority recruitment and student quality are thriving at Nicholls.
Sample the flavor of success with these culinary alumni.
Service learning has real power to inspire, despite clichés that often accompany the new education catchphrase.
Library archives preserve treasures from Audubon, Shakespeare and the Bayou Region’s past.
Age-old Louisiana traditions are as much in peril as the land in which they’re embedded. One piece at a time,
Nicholls is trying to keep the Louisiana of legend alive.
Ag faculty lend a hand to citrus growers.
Student Kelsi Guidry dreams of making it big in the Internet business, with a little help from the Entré Lab.
Learning to be a teacher means learning to work with children and their parents.
New technologies help nurses experience the world of the elderly.
University College is reaching out to freshmen with a Facebook/MySpace-inspired web site to
help them through the first year of college.
Alumnus Hunt Downer rises to the highest ranks of the Louisiana Army National Guard and state government.
Sports facilities are receiving $1.6 million in upgrades.
Jim Hunter has answered the call of duty to Vietnam, tennis and now Nicholls.
Reliable and soft-spoken, Barbara Naquin becomes the first woman inducted into the
Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame.
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From the President
As I enter my fifth year as president of
Nicholls State University, I share a deep sense
of satisfaction with our faculty, staff and students in the enormous transformation that is
currently taking place within this institution.
Nicholls is changing, and its changes are positive, profound and meaningful.
Next September, Nicholls will celebrate
its 60th anniversary. For almost six decades,
the institution admitted all high school graduates who wanted to try their hand at college
work. We called that “open admissions,” a
policy that was consistent with our mission to
serve the higher education needs of the citizens of the Bayou Region, regardless of their
high school preparation. Nicholls embraced
that mission and experienced tremendous success in education.
But times have changed. The Bayou
Region has matured, and a viable community
college system has begun to function in the
region. This has enabled us to refine our mission, and we are now a “selective admissions” institution,
enrolling the best-prepared students in our history. As a result, we are already experiencing better
results in retaining our students, which will lead to higher graduation rates. This is good for everyone
involved, but it is especially good for those who are investing in higher education: the parents who pay
tuition, the taxpayers who demand accountability and the students who earn the degrees.
Selective admissions is a powerful driving force of change, but the real agents of change are our
people: a genuinely dedicated faculty, a competent and hardworking staff and a better-prepared student
body who will not tolerate mediocrity. We are proud that Nicholls has always been about people. But
there is more!
There is also infrastructure, which is about supporting people and their work. Here at Nicholls
there is a remarkable transformation taking place on our campus. This transformation, which includes
new and renovated buildings, newly resurfaced streets and parking lots and new technology, will better
support and enhance the learning, recreation, athletic and living facilities for our students. Some of
these projects were featured in the last two issues of Voilà! Others are covered in this year’s edition.
Read and enjoy. Best of all, come to the Nicholls campus to see for yourself. You will be delighted by
what you see, and all of us at Nicholls will be delighted to have you.
Sincerely,
Stephen T. Hulbert
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To the Point
Not Your Father’s (or Mother’s) Nicholls
If you haven’t been to the Nicholls
campus recently, you’re missing out on
history in the making. Nicholls is in the
midst of the largest campus transformation in more than 20 years:
• new and renovated housing (not to
exceed $55 million),
• a $14.4 million new recreation center,
• a renovated bookstore,
• $5.5 million in renovations to the
cafeteria and student union,
• $14.7 million in renovations to Beauregard Hall,
• $3.2 million in road and parking lot
improvements and
• $3.7 million in electrical upgrades.
By Fall 2008, Nicholls will have
bid farewell to Meade, Long, Millet and
Zeringue residence halls. In their places
will be three new living facilities boasting the latest amenities and a separate
convenience store.
Calecas and Ellender halls will undergo extensive renovations, with Calecas
becoming home to the university police
department and overflow housing and
Ellender reducing the number of student
beds and making room for office space.
All of the projects are being funded
through the Nicholls Facilities Corporation from the sale of bonds, with the
exception of Beauregard Hall renovations
and the electrical upgrade, which will be
state-funded.
New street and traffic signs, hanging from black ornamental posts, already
bear the “N” logo and Nicholls colors.
The new logo is also showing up on trash
receptacles, soap dispensers, floor mats
and bright banners that hang from poles
on campus and along Canal Boulevard in
Thibodaux.
More than just practicality (the soap
dispensers require less cleanup and the
trash bins can remain outdoors during
hurricanes), it’s a matter of school pride,
says Mike Davis, assistant vice president
for administration. “We want Nicholls to
look like the first-rate institution it is.”
Vernon F. Galliano Hall Interior Rendering
The three new residence halls will face grassy courtyards.
Student Recreation Center Rendering
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To the Point
To the Point
The Bottom Line
Seal of Approval
Nicholls and several of its programs
got favorable nods from accrediting bodies this year, led by the university’s overall
reaffirmation of regional accreditation
through 2016.
The Commission on Colleges of the
Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools confirmed that the university
measures up to educational standards.
Nicholls performed so well during the
process that the accrediting body made
no recommendations for improvement
after finding Nicholls standards especially
impressive.
The team that visited the campus
applauded the university for its outstanding written and online documents
and the enthusiastic participation of so
many faculty, staff and students in the
interview process. It also praised the
university’s Quality Enhancement Plan
that details how all facets of the university will focus on increasing the critical
thinking and writing skills of Nicholls
students.
University-wide accreditation is required for all federally sponsored education programs, including student loans.
Programs Make the Grade
Of the more than 9,000 business
schools in the world, only 549 have
business accreditation and 167 have accounting accreditation. Nicholls scores
on both counts now that the accounting
program has its first-time accreditation,
announced in the spring, by AACSB International - The Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business.
Accreditations were reaffirmed over
the past year for the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, the cardiopulmonary care science and advanced
respiratory therapy programs in the
Department of Allied Health Sciences
and the University Counseling Center.
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Some predicted doom for Nicholls when hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck, when the
university implemented selective admission standards, when a community college opened
in Houma and when perennial budget struggles continued. But what really happened is a
shining example of what a dedicated faculty, staff and administration can accomplish:
Consider that …
• Fall 2006 enrollment was 6,814, down only 1 percent after the 2005 hurricanes decimated the region.
Lt. Michelle Harris of the Nicholls police department scans the hallways of Millet
residence hall for armed suspects during a drill on campus emergencies
with the local law enforcement agencies.
Police
101
It’s a worst-case scenario: two unidentified men armed with handguns are loose in
Millet residence hall, and shots have been fired. This is the stuff of nightmares for parents, students, employees and law enforcement agencies.
It’s also only a drill.
Teamwork and communication were the lessons of the day in June at rapid response
drills that brought together law enforcement agencies likely to be first on the scene in a
crisis.
Armed with radios and red and blue plastic guns, university police and other local
law enforcement officers worked as a team to interview witnesses and brief colleagues
before storming into Millet and Long halls in pursuit of “suspects.”
The ability to make informed decisions and work with unfamiliar agencies in the
midst of gunshots, panicky students and employees, smoky hallways, blaring alarms
and squawking police radios are skills you have to learn and practice, says Lt. Duane
Schexnayder, the Louisiana State Police SWAT supervisor and coordinator of the event.
While they may have the occasional cup of coffee or lunch together, university police and Thibodaux police officers normally don’t have the opportunity to train together
and get to know one another, Schexnayder says.
“It’s the coordination that makes this important, having the terminology and the
ability to communicate effectively with each other,” says Nicholls police Chief Craig
Jaccuzzo.
The training was the first step in a four-part plan to keep Louisiana campuses safe
and prepared for emergencies. The remaining steps include emergency communication
training for campus leaders, a campus physical security assessment and additional funding for the initiatives.
Ride With Colonel Pride!
• The average ACT score for first-time freshmen
was up to 20.92 in 2006, from 19.33 in 2002.
Nicholls posted the largest one-year ACT increase in the University of Louisiana System in
2006.
• The average ACT score for first-time AfricanAmerican freshmen in Fall 2006 was 18.32, up
from 16.24 in 2002.
• The 2006 class of first-time freshmen included
48 high school valedictorians, and more than
50 percent of entering freshmen earned TOPS
scholarships.
• Overall minority enrollment grew to 26 percent in 2006, up from 14 percent in 1992.
• African-American enrollment alone grew to 19
percent in 2006, up from 11 percent in 1992.
• Between Fall 2004 and Fall 2006, the number
of students accepting academic scholarships increased by 33 percent increase.
• The number of African-American scholarship students grew from 23 in 2004 to 63 in
Fall 2006, an increase of 174 percent.
• Since 2003 when Dr. Stephen Hulbert became university president, he has funneled
more than $2 million into student scholarships.
• In Spring 2007, exactly 81.68 percent of first-time freshmen continued their studies
at Nicholls after their first semester.
• The largest retention increase at Nicholls was the Spring 2007 return rate for AfricanAmerican freshmen, 86.5 percent. In Fall 2001, slightly more than half of all first-time
freshmen returned, and the rate was less than half for African-American freshmen.
• High school seniors in 2006 who wanted to get an early start earning up to six hours of
college credit were eligible for half-price or even free tuition to attend Nicholls while
in high school.
Visit http://omv.dps.state.la.us/ to get your Nicholls license plate. The Nicholls General
Scholarship Fund receives $25 of the $26 fee above the regular vehicle registration.
• All faculty now use Blackboard, an electronic system that allows them to engage in
online discussions with students and post tests and study materials. This also enables
classes to “meet” electronically in the event of a campus or regional emergency.
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Success has indeed been sweet for six graduates
of the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute.
Chef Holly Goetting (A.S., 2000)
Executive Chef at Charley G’s in Lafayette
Although they chose the same major, they
What I do: I work with a kitchen staff of 12 at various food
traveled different paths to reach their own
expedite (bridge between wait staff and kitchen staff to ensure
version of culinary dreams. You can find four
90 percent of the recipes used at Charley G’s are my creation.
of them at some of Louisiana’s top restaurants
and two at a major food manufacturer.
stations and prepare the daily catch during the week and
orders are filled and delivered) on the weekend. About 80 to
How I got here: I started college at the University of
Louisiana at Lafayette studying interior design and worked
after class at restaurants like T.G.I. Friday’s. When I realized
I enjoyed work more than school, I made the switch to
culinary arts at Nicholls where I felt that I really fitted in.
Chefs du Jour
After graduation and a brief stay in Colorado, I went to work
at my first choice, Charley G’s (the classiest restaurant in
Lafayette), and worked my way up from pastry chef. I love
the team effort at Charley G’s and having the freedom to be
myself and get my creative juices flowing.
Honors: The first woman executive chef in Lafayette,
Goetting was named a 2005 Chef to Watch by Louisiana
Cookin’ magazine.
Tuna Tartar with Wasabi-Soy
Vinaigrette & Black Sesame Crackers
Serves: 2
8 oz. tuna, sashimi grade, small dice
8 oz. seaweed salad
3 oz. wasabi-soy vinaigrette
6 black sesame crackers
1 tsp. black sesame seeds
3 in. PVC pipe mold
3 wonton wrappers
Wasabi-Soy Vinaigrette
½ shallot, minced
1 garlic clove
1 tsp. Dijon mustard
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tbsp. lime juice
¼ c. soy sauce
¼ c. wasabi paste
1 tbsp. rice wine vinegar
½ c. vegetable oil
Mix all ingredients except oil in blender. Turn blender on low
and add oil in a thin, steady stream. Set aside.
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For black sesame crackers:
Cut three wonton wrappers diagonally. Fry in oil until golden and
crispy. Sprinkle sesame seeds on crackers immediately after removed
from the oil.
Assembly:
Place PVC pipe in center of plate. Put seaweed salad inside and
press down firmly. In a small bowl toss tuna in vinaigrette and place
on top of seaweed salad. Press down firmly again and pull mold off.
Drizzle wasabi-soy vinaigrette around tuna tartar mixture, sprinkle
with sesame seeds and top mixture with 3 crackers.
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Chef Kevin Bordelon (B.S., 2006) and
Chef Tony Zeringue (B.S., 2006)
Corporate Chefs in Research and Development
at Bruce Foods in New Iberia
What they do: They formulate new products to bring to market
and develop recipes, especially those using Bruce Foods product
lines. They also travel the country competing in cook-offs and
presenting at food shows and conventions.
How they got here:
Kevin: I used to work as a purchasing agent for the Department
of Defense, which was really stressful. As a stress reliever, I used to
come home on the weekends and cook and entertain. It took me
about a year to figure out that’s what I should be doing full time.
I was working in Germany and the Czech Republic when I heard
about the opening at Bruce Foods from another culinary student
whose father worked there. I asked them to keep me in mind.
Tony: Cooking is in your blood if you grew up in south
Louisiana. I remember watching my grandparents and parents
cooking and just waiting for the day when I was old enough
to reach the stovetop to cook. I started working in research
and development as an intern at Popeye’s corporate headquarters in Atlanta and discovered I loved doing it. When Bruce
Foods contacted the culinary institute looking for a research
and development chef, I did everything in my power to be
chosen.
Why they do it:
Kevin: I’ve always been interested in the food science part
of cooking. I love learning how ingredients react with each
other. I get to spend a lot of time working with our marketing
department, reading consumer data and surveys and discovering what consumers need and want. I also look at ways to
improve a product that’s already on the market and make it
unique to us, creating our own market niche.
Tony: The best part of my job is being able to develop new
products and recipes and then actually see them come to life
– published in magazines or online or on the menu at a restaurant. I love walking into a supermarket and seeing a product on the shelf and being able to say, “This is my product, I
helped to formulate it.” There is no better feeling in the world.
Bruce’s Sweet Potato Bread
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Yield: 3 loafs (2-lb. tins) or 6 loafs (1-lb. tins)
1 (29 oz.) can cut yams (drained and mashed)
3½ c. white flour
3 c. brown sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
1½ tsp. sea salt
3 tsp. cinnamon
1 c. vegetable oil
4 eggs
2/3 c. water
Vegetable spray, as needed
Mix flour, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, eggs, oil
and water in large mixing bowl with paddle. Add the yams and
mix to incorporate evenly. Pour mixture into loaf pans sprayed
with vegetable spray, filling half way, and bake at 350° F for 1
to 1½ hours or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the
bread comes out clean. Allow bread to cool and then store in
plastic wrap.
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Chef Ian Barrilleaux (A.S., 2004)
Pantry Chef at Brigtsen’s Restaurant in New
Orleans
What I do: I prepare sauces, sides, soups and specials, man
the grill station and manage all the customer orders. It’s a
small restaurant, so we all chip in on tasks.
How I got here: Growing up in New Orleans, I recall
eating at my dad’s favorite restaurant – Brigtsen’s. It’s a small
family operation, just the kind I’d like to own one day. My
mother was my first cooking inspiration, and my dad has
a real passion for food, too. As a teen, I had jobs waiting
and bussing tables in local restaurants. I graduated from the
University of New Orleans with a history degree, but then
realized I missed the kitchen.
Why I do it: After graduating from Nicholls, I moved to
Chicago and began working in hotel/restaurant tourism at a
large private club. Even though I was supposed to be working in the front of the house, I was always drawn to the back
of the house. That’s where I had more fun.
Sunshine Daydream Roasted
Root Vegetables
1 c. golden beets, peeled, medium dice
1 c. sweet potatoes peeled, medium dice
1 c. roasted corn (2-3 ears)
½ c. red onion, finely diced
2 tsp. fresh thyme
1 tbsp. fresh oregano
Olive oil for roasting
Apple cider vinegar
White and black pepper
Salt
Truffle oil
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat a skillet to medium
with a small amount of olive oil. Add sweet potatoes and
sauté until slightly colored. Season to taste with white and
black pepper. Transfer sweet potatoes to a sheet pan and
place in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring at least once.
On another sheet pan, season the beets with white and black
pepper and a bit of olive oil to coat. Cook 30 to 35 minutes
in oven, stirring at least once.
To roast corn, heat a black iron skillet. Season corncobs
with salt and black and white peppers and toss with a bit of
olive oil. Place cobs into skillet and continue to roll and look for
caramelization. Don’t worry if some kernels blacken; this is good
flavoring. Cut the corn off the cob.
In a large bowl, combine roasted corn, golden beets, sweet
potatoes and red onion with the oregano and thyme. Add apple
cider vinegar to adjust seasoning. Add truffle oil to taste (a little
goes a long way). Season to taste and serve immediately.
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Chef Jonathan Lanius (B.S., 2007)
Kitchen Manager at Mr. B’s Bistro
in New Orleans
Chef Sarah Todd (B.S., 2006)
Pastry Chef at Houmas House in Darrow
What I do: I create all the desserts (about seven
What I do: I work the “middle of the house,”
types per week) for Latil’s Landing Restaurant, Café
expediting orders and supervising cleaning, linens
Burnside, and for catered events like weddings.
and more.
How I got here: I learned how to cook from my
How I got here: My culinary career began as
mom. In high school, I’d cook for all my friends,
a dishwasher at the hospital where my mother
and they all told me I should be a chef because they
worked. I intended to be an engineer, but decided
loved my dishes. I was born in New Orleans, but
culinary school was more suitable.
grew up in Connecticut and came back here to go to
Why I do it: I love meeting the customers in the
culinary school and work.
front of the house. If I open my wallet, it’s full of
Why I do it: Houmas House gives me the freedom
business cards from people I meet. The good thing
to experiment and try new desserts.
about the culinary institute is that it exposes you to
every aspect of culinary – working the front of the
house, being sommelier and working as executive
steward, in addition to cooking.
Shellfish Pasta
½ lb. shellfish, preferably crab meat
Creole seasoning, preferably blackening seasoning to taste
Butter
2 c. heavy whipping cream
Crab boil
Pasta (penne is best)
Parmesan, freshly grated
Chopped parsley
Sauté crab meat in Creole seasoning, to with a little
butter. Add whipping cream and reduce to a very
thick au sec (almost dry) consistency. Add about a
teaspoon (or more if you are daring) of crab boil and
about a teaspoon more of the Creole seasoning, being very careful not to apply heat to the sauce again
from this point to avoid breaking it (the fat separates
from the other sauce ingredients). Swirl in about 3
to 4 tablespoons of whole butter to make a beurre
blanc sauce (a white butter sauce that is delicate,
smooth and richly textured). Pour over the pasta of
your choice (it looks best over penne) and garnish
with freshly grated parmesan and chopped parsley.
Serve with a semi-sweet white or rosé wine.
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Pear Wellington
4 pears
2 sheets of pastry dough
½ c. butter
½ lb. brown sugar
2 tsp. nutmeg
2 tsp. cinnamon
½ c. heavy whipping cream
1 jar caramel sauce
2 c. water
¼ c. lemon juice
3 c. flour
1 ice bath (water and ice)
Cut one of the pears into cubes. Use an apple corer
to remove the core of the remaining pears. Bring
water and lemon juice to a boil. Cut pears in half,
add to water and boil for 5 minutes. Place the halved
pears in an ice bath. In a skillet, melt the butter over
medium heat. Add brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg
and cubed pears to the butter. Stir for 2 minutes.
Add the heavy whipping cream and stir. Place
mixture into a bowl and add the flour. Stuff the
mixture into the halved pears. Cut one of the pastry
sheets into 6 squares. Wrap the stuffed pears with the
pastry dough. Cut the other sheet of pastry dough
into 6 strips, then wrap the strips around each pear.
Bake on a greased baking pan in the oven for 5 to 10
minutes or until golden brown.
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Nicholls students and other volunteers, armed with hammers, paint
brushes, tape measures and saws, worked on half a dozen homes
under construction for people displaced by the hurricanes of 2005.
The
Classroom of Life
In the lingo of higher
education, “service
learning” ranks right
up there with “didactic”
or “program outcome
measurements” on
the list of buzzwords
that leave the rest of
us confounded. But a
look beyond the usual
clichés applied to service
learning reveals a trend
worth understanding and
keeping.
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A wall of vinyl siding takes shape as Kal Savoie and his Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity brothers Ryan Donegan and David
Vicknair measure, trim and hang their way through their first
building project.
Donegan, a business administration sophomore at Nicholls,
is with two of his Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity brothers today,
hanging siding on a house that will soon become a home to
someone who lost theirs to hurricanes Katrina or Rita. Earlier this
week, he installed floor joists and hurricane braces. Today, they
wasted little time gulping down hamburgers so they could return
from lunch early and get a jump on finishing their wall.
X-treme Spring Break is in its second year. It began in 2006,
created by the University of Louisiana System as a way to get
students involved in rebuilding Louisiana. This year, Nicholls
hosted students from Grambling State University, Baton Rouge
Community College, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and
Southeastern Louisiana University.
“We still have such a strong need for rebuilding,” says Olinda
Ricard of Killeen, Texas, president of the Nicholls Student Government Association and author of the nearly $15,000 servicelearning grant that helped her organize and plan this year’s event.
X-treme Spring Break is just one of the ways the university is
incorporating service learning into the curricula. At the heart of it
is the belief that learning doesn’t take place just in the classroom.
The outcome, hopefully, is graduates who consider service to their
community a part of being responsible citizens.
It also brings a sense of accomplishment and even awe to
some students.
“I got to build a house today,” Michelle Harper announces,
seeming almost giddy at this feat. “I’d never swung a hammer in
my life. But I hurricane-proofed a deck today.”
Harper, an education senior from UL Lafayette, says she
wanted to do something to impact herself and others. “It’s the
families … you inspire me,” she says.
Marquita Christy, a Nicholls nursing sophomore from
Donaldsonville, calls herself a “girly girl.” “I’ve never really built
anything. I thought I’d be painting inside the house. But I was
framing walls, nailing and installing struts and hurricane bolts on
the foundation. I’ve got blisters and dirty nails, sore feet, bruised
thumbs … I think I’m having more fun than we’re supposed to.”
By Lydia Szanyi Boudreaux
Black and white. Male and female. Northern and Southern.
Inexperienced and professional.
Learning together … sweating together… working side by
side.
They’re united.
Amid the banging of dozens of hammers and loud discussions of sheetrock and wall measurements and the droning of
electric saws and the sweltering heat and humidity that can only
come with a bright April afternoon in south Louisiana, you
realize this is more than students coming together to perform
charity work. It’s more than any tired cliché about giving back to
the community. This is real. This is what it looks
like when people drop their prejudices, their petty
squabbles and their self-consciousness. Almost
without their knowing it, they’ve become one,
Service learning isn’t a one-way road – sure, the students perform a service to the
united in building not just homes but that most
community, but they’re also putting their classroom lessons to work.
precious life blood – hope.
In Trisha Zeringue Dubina’s graphic design class, senior art students get the
This is the scene during Spring Break at Angel
chance to take on real clients and prove their skills prior to graduation.
Place subdivision in Gray. Nearly 100 students
Each student is assigned a non-profit client from the community. Students then
and employees from Nicholls and other Louisiana
create an entire campaign of artwork to promote their client’s business or events.
colleges and universities are here to build homes for
“We have clients lined up for years waiting to be assigned a student,” Dubina
Habitat for Humanity. This is their one break from
says. “They’re grateful to get professional-caliber work, which they could never afford
the frantic pace of classes and work, and they’ve
as non-profits.”
chosen to spend it building homes for people
In exchange, the students get to design logos, newspaper advertisements, billthey’ve never met, with people they’ll never forget.
boards, signs and more for real clients. They can begin their design careers with
Ryan Donegan stands back and studies the
professional work in their portfolios and experience what it’s like to hear that a client
nearly finished wall of vinyl siding.
doesn’t like their design or, better yet, that it’s exactly what they wanted.
“This is the best wall out here.”
Or they can realize this isn’t the career for them.
At 19, he’s never built anything before, cer“This is a dose of reality,” Dubina says. “You have to be able to take criticism and
tainly not an entire home. And he’s right – it is a
work with all kinds of clients, even the difficult ones and the ones who don’t know
pretty nice wall.
what they want. Their satisfaction determines your success.”
“You can always party,” he says. “It’s not everyThe point isn’t to undercut the professionals in the field, and it isn’t just about
day you get to help people. And it’s pretty fun.”
volunteering, she says. It’s really all about learning.
“This benefits the students and the organizations. My students now have a better
sense
of community and understand that they need to give back.”
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Learning Outside the Classroom
Yuri Johnson, a Nicholls alumna and an
employee in La Maison du Bayou housing,
frames the interior walls of a Habitat for
Humanity house in Gray.
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Library archives preserve Audubon, Shakespearean and
JFK treasures and document the Bayou Region’s colorful past.
A Goldmine of History
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University archivist Clifton Theriot
unlocks a door, slips on white cotton
gloves, slides open one of 15 wide, shallow
drawers and gently takes out a colorful
1744 map of the French Quarter. “It’s
in German,” he says. A moment later he
holds up an original 1580 map of North
and South America, commenting, “It’s
inaccurate, but close.”
In other drawers are such treasures as
48 Shakespearean lithographs dating back
to 1803. And there are almost 150 handcolored John James Audubon lithographic
plates depicting animals, all published
between 1845 and 1848. Both collections
were given to Nicholls in 1965 by Lee and
Margaret Shaffer of Terrebonne Parish.
To Theriot’s left and right are dozens
of rare books, one printed in 1609, anothThibodaux Fireman’s Fair, 1915
er in 1651. There’s a book of poetry by the
He says the Nicholls archival collection
pers or in the private papers of prominent
mother of Francis T. Nicholls. Nearby are
is so vast that someone could spend years
citizens
like
Sen.
Allen
J.
Ellender.
books signed by Lafcadio Hearn, Frances
exploring it and still not see everything.
The
collection
of
the
late
Bayou
LaParkinson Keyes and Huey Long.
Archives uses a modest annual budget
fourche
historian
William
Littlejohn
MarEllender Memorial Library Archives
to
acquire
just-published Louisiana books
tin
contains
thousands
of
historic
photos,
and Special Collections documents
and
other
items,
but donated materials
with
all
people
and
places
painstakingly
almost everything related to the culture
are
the
backbone,
says Carol Mathias,
identified.
and history of the area between Franklin,
Ellender
Memorial
Library director and its
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and the Gulf
archivist
from
1991
to 2002. “Just about
of Mexico. Some books and materials
Lost in time
everything
has
been
given by people who
concern local plantations, the entire state,
Time-Life Books, film companies
understand
the
value
of documenting the
the United States and even Europe. Most
and the History Channel have called
area
and
keeping
its
history
alive,” she
collections have been carefully processed
upon Nicholls archives in the past. Upon
emphasizes.
“Many
people
don’t
under– organized, indexed and cataloged. For
receiving an inquiry, Theriot says, “I never
stand
what
a
gold
mine
genealoof
historical
information
My
dearest
little
wife
gists there
Nicholls archives is.”
are about
I am now on the battle
100 printed
field. It is early and the battle has not begun. All
Giving the gift of
volumes
that list the of us are well. I have just passed two days hard
time
births, mar- fighting without being hurt . . . We had some seven
Mathias and Theriot
riages and
welcome archival donadeaths that killed and a number hurt. A young Bergeron in my
tions and the help of
occurred
capable volunteers. Dr.
company was killed . . . Oh darling I fear so much
through
Philip Uzee, after his
that you will give up. I pray little wife to be spared
the years in
1984 retirement as Nicheach Catho- for your sake . . . Oh darling please be courageous . . . . olls archivist, translated
lic church hundreds of documents
Your loving husband
parish in
written in French. Mar
Bobbie
the New
jorie Landry of Cut Off
Orleans
and Goldie Legendre of
and Baton No. 301 in Martin-Pugh Collection:
Thibodaux have spent
Rouge
two days a week for more
Vicksburg, December 29, 1862
dioceses.
than a decade processTales of
ing and computerizing
plantations, natural disasters and senators
tell anyone no, but sometimes it may take
Lafourche courthouse records from the
all sit waiting in vertical files and on 5,500 a month or so for us to find an answer or
late 1700s to the 1940s.
linear feet of compact shelving – some of
the needed material.”
“It’s been 12 years for Marge, 11
it buried in letters, caught in photographs
A certified archivist, Theriot holds
for me,” Legendre says. First they had to
or documented in centuries-old newspadegrees in history and information science. unbundle and dust off documents found
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in the attic of the old Lafourche jail. Most
were in French and English, some in Spanish. The collection includes an 1855 report
on conditions in the Lafourche jail (“filthy
and nauseating”), an 1855 dental bill and
cattle-brand certificates.
But most of those records are writs,
deeds and lawsuits, to say nothing of birth,
death and marriage certificates. Some are
original documents, some copies. “Can
you imagine copying documents by hand
way back then,” Legendre says in astonishment.
“Marge did the database for all
25,000 records,” she says. As a result, references to plantations, people, businesses
and similar topics can be easily found.
Plantations start with Abby and end with
Waverly.
“I love it,” Legendre says of her volunteer work. “You find out so many interesting things.” She considers slave records
particularly interesting, “especially those
in the 1700s that list slaves coming from
Africa by way of Haiti.”
Speaking of her work on old Lafourche records, Landry says, “That was
fun because most of my people are from
Lafourche – Guillots, Thibodauxs and
what-have-you. I was so interested that
sometimes I would come in for an extra
day.” While organizing a collection of
sheet music dating as far back as 1868, she
tells of having found bullets among the
Goldie Legendre (left) and Marjorie Landry (right) have worked as volunteers in the
library archives two days a week for more than a decade.
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criminal records and information about a
nose being bitten off in one case, an ear in
another.
Seeing, touching history
Theriot can tell of dozens of fascinating items in the collection. He can produce documents signed by Henry Schuyler
Thibodaux, Francis T. Nicholls and James
Bowie. He can display 1796 slave-sale
information on the back of a 1787 baptismal certificate. He can pull out hundreds
of printed public death notices, which
genealogists often find invaluable. He can
scan and e-mail documents or burn them
onto compact discs when requests come
from far away.
Theriot delights in introducing freshmen to the archives when their classes
tour the library. He lets them see and hold
letters signed by Presidents Roosevelt,
Eisenhower and Johnson. They even see
and hold Ellender’s invitation to John F.
Kennedy’s presidential inauguration.
From the Martin-Pugh papers, which
extend from the 1830s to the 1920s, Theriot is able to show letters from four sons
telling of their Civil War battlefield experiences. There are also letters from their relatives on the bayou describing home-front
conditions. Many envelopes have five-cent
“Confederate States” stamps. Because the
letters have been transcribed, no researcher
need wear gloves or be slowed by quaint
penmanship.
Theriot enjoys showing visitors Civil
War letters penned in the normal fashion
and then turned 180 degrees for additional
writing across the previously written lines,
all because of the paper shortage. He even
has letters on which the penmanship crosses horizontally, vertically and diagonally.
Holding up a newspaper printed on
the back of green wallpaper, Theriot says,
“Students love this.” It is La Sentinelle de
Thibodaux issued in French on Feb. 7,
1863. Students are unlikely to forget the
Civil War paper shortage.
Theriot also shows students The Banner of the Ironsides, a newspaper printed in
Thibodaux by Union forces on April 14,
1863. “We have two issues, the only two
in Louisiana,” he says, “although there are
one or two somewhere up North.” Students are surprised to see the first Nicholls
catalog and its listing of the 1948 registration fee of only $17.50.
When people give items to the
Original 1801 Engraving of Shakespeare’s “King Richard II”
archives, they are asked to sign a formal
agreement before Nicholls accepts what
has historical value and declines inappropriate items, such as museum objects. In
rare instances, exceptions will be made, as
in the case of Evangeline Baseball League
items like uniforms and mitts that accompanied league photographs and records
dating from 1934 to 1957. Archives also
has a Civil War canon ball.
An ever-growing collection
Growth has created an “Archives II,” a
huge room on the other side of the building housing mostly unprocessed items. An
assistant archivist was added to the staff
during the summer, primarily to process
collections according to professional
standards. The papers of former President
Donald Ayo await processing.
“Archives II” also contains the J.A.
and J.C. Lovell collection of historic field
notes, maps, abstracts and aerial photographs, a boon to professional surveyors
interested primarily in Lafourche and
Terrebonne tracts. The collection, bought
by Louisiana Land & Exploration in 1962
and given to Nicholls in 1995, is stored in
enormous but shallow pull-out trays.
Some Nicholls collections have been
duplicated and shared with area libraries, such as the genealogical papers of
Olga Laurent, a schoolteacher from the
river parishes, who gathered information
about many families along the River Road.
Mathias also cites the popular collection of
Doris Mae Ledet of Thibodaux, “a premier
genealogist in this area, who allowed us to
make copies of much of her material.”
Nicholls archives began in 1964 when
the library moved from a few rooms in Elkins Hall to Polk Hall. It expanded when
the Ellender building opened in 1980. In
addition to processing and maintaining
the collection, the staff stays busy responding to requests, such as those of people
who planned the 2007 observance of
Lafourche Parish’s bicentennial.
Quirky Archives Finds
From an 1881 Lafourche Parish case involving stolen peas:
the charge sheet, the affidavit, the warrant, the subpoena,
the guilty judgment – and 22 peas in an evidence envelope.
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By Stephanie Detillier
Aging memories were all
that remained. Soon, no one
would remember the baptisms in
Grand Bayou. No longer would
children hear their parents talk
about being denied an education
everywhere but at their churches.
None would have to teach Sunday School at the age of 12 like
Bertha Shanklin.
“Those days are gone,”
Shanklin says, with a shake of her
head. “We just need to take this
moment and go on.”
Shanklin stands strong, but a
mixture of joy and pain carries in
her voice. She marvels at what is
left of St. Luke’s Baptist Church.
Once a stronghold for her
family – who attended school,
preached, sang hymns and found
Sociology students at Nicholls spent a semester studying St. Luke’s Baptist Church in Chackbay. They
inspiration there – the decaying set aside a day to trim back the overgrown vegetation on the grounds and make tomb etchings in
structure now stands as a fragile the cemetery.
reminder of what used to be.
Younger generations are
Gathering history
more worried about the future than the eroding past. Shanklin
Dr. James Butler, associate professor of sociology, freknows this. She was the same. Upon high school graduation,
quently discusses abandoned black churches in his lectures. St.
she packed her bags for Southern University in Baton Rouge.
Luke’s particularly intrigued him. Its image was everywhere.
She rarely made visits back home, even in the summer. As
Photographs and paintings of the church hang in a Thibodaux
the daughter of the church’s last preacher, Shanklin had been
coffee shop, a bank near the church property and who knows
anxious to break away from a life of studying, attending church
where else. Production crews have scouted the site for upcomservices and not much else … nothing else if she skipped
ing movies. St. Luke’s has fame – as “an abandoned church in
church.
Chackbay.” Most artists know no better description.
Perhaps that’s why the phone call surprised her. It wasn’t
Thus, the church became the focus of Butler’s Selected
the first time Shanklin had been contacted by someone interTopics in American Society course during the Spring 2007 seested in the church’s history. But these were students, motimester. Four students were assigned to document the historical
vated young people. And they were interested in more than just
significance of St. Luke’s and its congregation’s genealogy.
research.
Forgotten People of a Forgotten Time
Age-old Louisiana traditions are as much in peril as the land
in which they’re embedded. Little by little, Nicholls is trying
to keep the Louisiana of legend alive.
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Shalonda Johnson, graduating sociology senior from
Franklin, began contacting authors of past newspaper articles
about St. Luke’s, with little luck. Diaquire Johnson, sociology
senior from Bayou Dularge, set out to the Lafourche Parish
Clerk of Court’s office to collect the church’s property records.
Immediately, she also faced a challenge. No records could be
found for a St. Luke’s Baptist Church on La. 20 in Chackbay. Through hours of Internet searching and perhaps a little
luck, the students discovered the church’s dual name of St.
Luke’s/Little Zion. That was news even to past members of its
congregation.
Johnson retrieved documents, under the name Little
Zion, dating back to 1802
at the initial subdivision
of the church’s property,
which she believes was part
of Cleona Plantation. It’s
hard to be sure, though,
since all transactions were
made in the name of private
individuals. The church
property still belongs to
remaining members of the
congregation. St. Luke’s was
probably built soon after the
deed was signed in 1883.
Probably. Some mysteries
still remain after a semester
of searching, documenting
and speculating.
Gaining momentum
may have African-American roots.
“This is a treasure to me,” Granger says, grasping both genealogies in her hands. “With the knowledge that many slaves
took the name of their masters, there may be a connection between my family and Mrs. Shanklin’s. During Reconstruction,
many African-Americans changed their names, some slightly,
some drastically, to dissociate from those times.”
Granger and Shanklin plan to speak with other descendants at the Parks family reunion. Olinda Ricard, management senior from Killeen, Texas, has helped create a survey to
gather more memories from those in attendance. St. Luke’s has
become a personal mission for Granger. Regardless of whether
a family connection exists
or not, she is immersed in
the project. More can and
must be done. If nothing
else is done, what will
protect the remains of the
church?
Research alone won’t
cut it. On a trip to the
church property, Shanklin
and Granger find several candles arranged in a
circle in the center of the
building’s floor, perhaps
from a ritual. When they
return weeks later, the
evidence is gone.
Granger snaps her
fingers. “The building
could have gone up in
flames just like that.
There is nothing to stop
trespassers. The front
entrance is rotted through
and through. Even I
wouldn’t dare step into
that building.”
to begin the day’s work. Behind the church building lies the
biggest challenge – a once serene graveyard now overtaken
by wild woods. Beams of sunlight reveal the tops of crossshaped grave markers hidden for decades behind ferns and tree
branches. Butler, clad in camouflaged pants, begins chopping down small trees as students rake up the debris and drag
branches away from the 12 tombstones. Tomb etchings will
be archived. Two belong to Annie and Sarah Parks, Shanklin’s
grandmother and great-grandmother. Another resembles a
child’s grave, though Shanklin has no memory of a burial for
someone so young.
Dameyel Welsch, history senior from Paradis, takes a break
from cleaning the site: “You know, you don’t get an opportunity every day to reflect on the history of the area and your ancestors. It makes me think about my church. The First Baptist
Church of Paradis probably started as a small church similar to
this one. Many back then didn’t want black churches and believed that blacks didn’t have souls, but the slaves did what God
told them to do. The legacy of the African-American slaves who
first started these churches lives on through these churches.”
Welsch wonders what will happen to St. Luke’s after the
day’s work is over. Granger already has plans for that. The
research manuscript required of the sociology students will
be only the beginning. Granger will continue to work with
Shanklin to produce a book, which will be sold to benefit the
property’s upkeep and conservation. A brochure on the site will
be created and distributed at local tourist commission offices.
Video footage of the group’s work will be used in future sociology courses and in presentations at future research symposiums. A brick from the church’s foundation as well as a piece
of siding will be archived. An application will also be presented
to the Louisiana Historical Commission to declare St. Luke’s a
historical landmark.
“This project may go several years until the book is complete, but I will continue working privately with Mrs. Shanklin
to make sure the church is properly preserved,” Granger says.
Remembering the way things were
Shanklin can see straight through the empty church. It’s
not how it used to be. There were doors, of course. The area
now covered in rotten boards and twigs used to be an entrance
hall. The church bell has been stolen from the steeple. The
pews, which each held about five people, are also gone. She
remembers the coat and hat racks that hung on the walls, the
mahogany piano that sat on the right side of the building and
the pulpit at the church’s front.
Intuitively, Shanklin always knew something would
become of St. Luke’s. For years, she collected paperwork on the
church from her relatives, even though she had not attended
services there since her college days. The church often crept
into her thoughts and became part of her prayers, especially
during hurricane season. Shanklin, now a retired educator,
couldn’t figure out why St. Luke’s didn’t fade from her memory.
Now, she understands.
Tina Granger, sociology junior from Houma,
was connected to Shanklin
through the Lafourche
Historical Society. The
two quickly began a ritual.
Once a week, Granger and
Shanklin met at Galliano
Hall cafeteria to eat lunch
Preserving the past
and travel back in time.
St. Luke’s has been
Shanklin brought family
abandoned since the
St. Luke’s Baptist Church in Chackbay
photos, genealogy charts
1970s. Robinson retired,
and her memory. Granger
and his son-in-law, the
brought an attentive ear.
Rev. Joe Woods, was asked to become pastor. However, Woods
Both began filling in the blanks in the genealogy of
already had a church under his wing and asked St. Luke’s conShanklin’s father, the Rev. Andrew W. Robinson. A genealogigregation to join him there. St. Luke’s entered what Granger
cal chart Shanklin had from her great-grandfather Joseph Parks
refers to as its “winter years.”
contributed tremendously. Records don’t make piecing history
Yet on this April day, it is alive. Vehicles begin to fill the
together easy, though. Names are often misspelled or change
property in an unorganized, rushed fashion. Car doors slam
with time.
and the chatter of the crowd grows louder. All visitors gather
In fact, Shanklin’s documents originally referenced her
around the church entrance, waiting for the service to begin.
great-grandfather as Joseph Parr (a.k.a. Parks), which she
The scene wasn’t so different 50 years ago – except for the
simply brushes off as a spelling error. However, Granger isn’t so
sounds of gospel songs, organ music and prayer shouts, now
sure. Her maternal aunt married a Parr from Houma. His genereplaced by the drone of a weed-eater, clicks of cameras and the
alogy references the upper Lafourche area and causes Granger
rustle of garbage bags.
to wonder if there is a connection … if her Caucasian family
More than 25 Nicholls sociology students split into groups
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Tombstones mark the passing of some of the church’s congregation. Left without a pastor, the remaining
members drifted to other churches in the 1970s. Thus began the church’s “winter years.”
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Each spring, the Nicholls campus comes alive with the
sound of fiddles, accordions and stomping feet during
the Cajun-Zydeco Music and Dance Exhibit.
a dugout pirogue built in 1945. “However, a lot of times it takes
people from out of the area to recognize what a treasure and
what a rich culture we have here.”
A museum dedicated to Louisiana boat building has long
been Butler’s goal. He’s now close to achieving it. An agreement
has been signed with the town of Lockport to relocate the boat
collection to the old Ford building. However, renovations of the
previously unoccupied building are expected to cost more than
$200,000 – an obstacle that has delayed the relocation.
Butler drives to the back of campus to check on what he
suspects is a 300-year-old, bald cypress Indian dugout canoe.
Few visitors get to see the center’s gem, hidden behind the
campus maintenance complex. Butler points out the scars where
the Indians burned the wood too much when trying to shape
the boat. Seashells were probably used to scrape out the bowed
bottom. Much time and talent went into forming such a simple
vessel. Much time and talent have gone into preserving this
Louisiana art. Soon, both will be properly honored.
Picking up the Cajun culture
Returning Life to the Legends
New Balance sneakers tap to the slow, steady beat. An
elderly woman wearing sweatpants sways to the soulful sound.
Men and women in business attire take a break from their work
day. It’s a meeting of the generations – in what feels more like a
country bar or blues club than the Nicholls Cotillion Ballroom.
Grammy Award nominee Tab Benoit fuses Swamp Pop,
rock ’n’ roll and the blues to tell a tale of love, loss and Louisiana. After his “cherie” leaves him, Benoit can’t help but feel
drawn back to the ole faithful bayous of his home state. Of
course, it’s just a song. But a significant one at the university’s
11th annual Cajun-Zydeco Music and Dance Exhibit, which
this year celebrated Louisiana’s wetlands.
“To me, Louisiana is south of I-10,” Benoit says during a
song break. “It’s where the culture, music, swamp and crawfish
are found. Where the swamp meets the Gulf of Mexico is what
makes us different.”
It’s at such events that Cajun culture can reach more than
those who grew up speaking French and learning how to prepare
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a roux from grandma. In an age of fast-paced, modern living, the
only way to preserve the past is to incorporate it into the present, as Nicholls has done.
Building reminders of the past
Tom Butler, a retired Nicholls librarian, had never built a
boat. As a recreational fisherman and hunter, he often wondered
about the craftsmanship involved. Before his time, area residents
depended on wooden boats for transportation. Today, knowing
how to build a boat is no longer considered essential or even particularly honorable. Little by little, Butler noticed the traditional
wooden crafts being replaced by those of fiberglass and aluminum. Little by little, interest in wooden boats diminished.
The same thing happened in the northern United States.
Transportation methods advanced; however, centers in the North
were erected to preserve the area’s nautical crafts. But the Gulf
Coast was allowing its tradition to be forgotten – that is, until
1979, when Butler began talking to those who remembered.
By Stephanie Detillier
Butler interviewed local boat builders, recorded video and
oral histories and collected old photographs and drawings. Thus
was born the Center for Traditional Louisiana Boat Building
on the Nicholls campus. The center began receiving numerous
donations of preserved skiffs and pirogues. Butler, aware of the
empty space on Ellender Memorial Library’s first floor, displayed
the history there. Soon, his collection spilled over into a barn
behind the campus maintenance building and a shed at Laurel
Valley Plantation.
Traditional boats the center couldn’t find were built
by craftsmen using old-fashioned methods and hand tools.
Carpenters, cabinet makers and those interested in a historical
experience joined boat builders to recreate a New Orleans lugger
sailboat, the pirogue’s predecessor. People from across the state
traveled to campus to learn how to build boats of their own in
non-credit courses.
“Boat building is definitely an art,” Butler says, showing off
His native bird carvings are authentic, crafted only after
much research and bird watching. Lane Brigham has displayed
his Louisiana art for four years at the university’s annual
Folklife Festival. And somehow, sitting amid Cajun woodcarvers, authors, jewelers, painters and musicians, he gives off no
evidence of his west Texas ranch roots.
Brigham, associate professor of family and consumer sciences, got his first taste of Louisiana living in 1970 in Shreveport, but soon his education and career took him to New York,
Mississippi and Iowa. Brigham and his wife, Gail, continued
to visit south Louisiana, mostly for fishing trips to Grand Isle,
until she discovered a position vacancy at Nicholls.
The boat displays in the library reminded Brigham of the
men he had often noticed crafting wooden shrimp boats along
the banks of Bayou Lafourche. He enrolled in the boat-building class and created his own lake skiff and pirogue. He bought
boats from others and accumulated a neat collection.
In 1996, Brigham brought his third- and fifth-grade
sons to the French Food Festival in Larose for carnival rides,
fried food and Louisiana’s rockin’ fiddler Waylon Thibodeaux.
Through good ol’ Southern hospitality, they met Jimmy Lynch,
a duck-carving expert and teacher. The three began taking lessons. Brigham finished his first project but was too busy with
his boat building to continue. Brigham’s sons accumulated
numerous carving tools but soon gave up the hobby for more
interesting endeavors – girls and cars.
In 2001, Brigham introduced carving to some of his
colleagues from Iowa, and his interest was again sparked. He
began taking carving classes twice a week.
“When I got home from classes, I was so wired,” Brigham
says. “I couldn’t get to sleep until midnight or 1 a.m. The
people in the class reminded me of people I grew up with in
west Texas. They even told the same jokes. But, I was tired all
week and didn’t feel as rested and sharp as I wanted to be for
my classes.”
Brigham began carving on his own, painting with acrylics
instead of oils and feeling well-rested. He also switched from
carving duck decoys to birds native to the area, particularly
songbirds. His artwork recreates his childhood experiences of
watching, and sometimes shooting, birds.
“Birds are so fleeting. You can never touch them,” he says.
Brigham believes his sons will learn how to carve one
day, perhaps when they find the extra time and passion. They
haven’t shown much interest since the days of the French Food
Festival. But they guard their carving tools. After all, the passion is in their blood.
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Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes emerged after hurricanes Katrina and Rita as top Louisiana producers of citrus. Don Dufresne (pictured) and George Toups of the Nicholls agriculture program are conducting a series of tests on citrus trees at the university farm to enhance
early ripening of fruit and establish optimum sugar-acid ratios.
College of Arts and Sciences
Fruits of Labor
Ag faculty lend a hand to citrus growers.
By Dr. Anita Tully
Look along any south Louisiana highway in the fall and you’ll likely see roadside
stands (often in the form of battered pickup trucks with bright blue tarps stretched
to block the sun) boasting “Fresh Louisiana
Satsumas” or “Sweet Louisiana Oranges” in
hand-lettered signs. It’s as much a part of
the landscape as swamps and hopeful New
Orleans Saints fans.
But hurricanes Katrina and Rita
altered that landscape forever. Almost overnight, Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes
became the state’s leading citrus producers.
Plaquemines Parish, once the leader
in Louisiana’s $6 million citrus industry, lost more than half its trees to wind,
saltwater intrusion and other storm-related
problems. That left a large gap in citrus
production that Lafourche and Terrebonne
parishes are trying to fill.
Enter George Toups and Don Dufresne of the Nicholls agriculture program.
The two have stepped in to offer their support to growers.
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Toups, associate professor and coordinator of the agriculture program, and
Dufresne, instructor of plant science, have
planted six varieties of citrus at the Nicholls
farm as part of a research initiative to
support local citrus producers. Their trees
include a pineapple navel orange, three
Hamlin sweet orange, two Washington
navel orange, a Brown’s select satsuma, two
Owari satsuma, a Meyer lemon and two
ruby red grapefruit.
They’re trying to enhance early ripening of fruit and establish optimum sugaracid ratios for each citrus species by testing
soil conditions and irrigation methods,
monitoring rootstocks and nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus levels and trying
different tree varieties.
Home growers also play an important
role in the health of the industry. For them,
Toups and Dufresne say two factors are
most important: First, be sure to test soil
around citrus to determine the presence or
absence of essential nutrients such as zinc,
calcium and magnesium at the root/soil
interface, and, second, obtain laboratory
analyses of leaves to assure that minerals are
reaching all parts of the plant. Soil and leaf
tests can be arranged by county agents for a
minimal charge.
To start or expand a home citrus garden, a local chapter of Future Farmers of
America can be contacted to purchase trees
that grow well in your area.
Citrus Tips
• Look for firm, heavy fruit with smooth
skins free from soft spots.
• Don’t let color be your only guide.
Even skins with light green color can
hide ripe fruit.
• Citrus will keep several days at room
temperature or for several weeks in the
refrigerator in vented plastic bags or
vegetable bins.
• Small fruit can be just as juicy and
sweet as large fruit.
• Navel oranges make excellent juice,
but acids make the juice bitter within
four hours. Drink it fresh.
• Lemon juice frozen in ice cube trays
and stored in plastic bags will provide
“fresh” lemon juice for many months.
Source: Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service
College of Business Administration
‘I Launched My
Own Corporation’
(AKA ‘What I Did Last Semester’)
Kelsi Guidry has dot-com dreams.
The Cut Off native owns TeenWants
Inc., three web sites and has corporate
investors and a board of directors. Not bad
for a 21-year-old college student.
Now he’s the first tenant in the Entré
Lab, the new business incubator in the College of Business Administration.
Guidry’s career as an entrepreneur began at 17 when his frustration with existing
teen web sites drove him to create his own.
“I was searching for, but not finding, a web
site for teens,” he says. “They either weren’t
teen-oriented or they were too childish, so
I decided to build my own site where teens
can get everything they want in one place.”
Fired with determination, he started
building teenwants.com. Four years later,
now a Nicholls senior studying athletic
training, Guidry also owns collegewants.
com, a site where college students can chat
or buy and sell items such as textbooks,
and pokerwants.com, a site all about the
game of poker. In March 2007, he started
his company, TeenWants Inc., and already
has investors providing capital.
He moved his business from his
Thibodaux apartment to the Entré Lab in
May and immediately began holding business meetings with investors and making
use of the lab’s seven laptop computers,
projector, fax machine, copier, printer and
filing space.
“I was operating from my apartment
with just one computer and a printer,” he
says. “I didn’t have access to the kind of
equipment I have in the lab.”
Guidry calls his teenwants.com a
“Yahoo for teens,” with topics like entertainment, school, shopping, sports, health,
work, music and movies.
“It’s like a combo of MySpace and
Facebook, mixed with Yahoo and MSN
– but all for teens,” he says.
His dreams are anything but small: He
wants teenwants.com to be the top web site
in the world. “I’ve seen a lot of good web
sites taking off and selling for millions and
billions. I want to grow as big as we can.
The Internet is huge, but it’s not yet as big
as it can be.”
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College of Education
Beyond Finger Painting
Learning the Realities of Teaching
how much I respect your coming here and taking an active role
Jane is a new second-grade teacher. One afternoon in
in Charlie’s education. Thank you. Now, let’s sit down and talk.
October, she is confronted by the upset parents of Charlie
A calm response like that one will immediately defuse the
Johnson, one of her students. Charlie, they say, told them how
situation, she says. And that’s one of the keys to working toJane unfairly made him sit in the time-out chair because he was
gether as a team with parents and students. The same strategies
talking. How could Jane do such a thing, they ask? Didn’t she
that apply to students apply to parents: don’t be defensive, let
ask Charlie’s reason for talking before she punished him? Why
students or parents vent their anger or frustration before you
is she being unreasonable?
speak, remain calm (at least on
When college students
the exterior) and avoid all kneeset their sights on guiding the
Your Parental Role in Education:
jerk responses, show concern
next generation of students as
Priming Your Child for Success
rather than anger, always save
schoolteachers, they often have
By Dr. Deborah Bordelon
reprimands for private, and never,
fond visions of helping curly1. Begin early
ever yell.
haired little girls finger-paint or
College prep doesn’t begin in high school. When your
Breaux also advises her
smiling little boys proudly recite
little scholar is exploring the joys of finger painting, your
students to be proactive and get
their ABCs for the first time.
job has begun. You’re not overbearing when you want to
parents involved from the beginWhat they sometimes overlook
know whether little Suzy is learning her ABCs and her
ning. “The first contact most parare the ups and downs of also
colors and shapes at preschool – it’s your job to know. And a
ents have from a teacher normally
dealing with the parents of their
good teacher will welcome your interest.
happens when their child has
students.
2. Be involved
done something wrong,” she says.
It’s a package deal, says Dr.
Student success starts with communication. It may
“But teachers need to reach out
Deborah Bordelon, dean of the
be easier to do when little Charlie is in kindergarten, but
and establish consistent positive
Nicholls College of Education.
it’s just as important when he’s diagramming sentences in
contact right away, to set the tone
“Teachers not only have to work
elementary school or learning about the mystical properties
for future dealings. I tell them to
with parents, but they should
of π in high school. Parental involvement shouldn’t stop at
sit down at the end of each day
make it a priority,” she says. It’s
fourth, eighth or even 12th grade. Get to know your child’s
and send home a positive note
part of what Bordelon calls the
teachers, find out what Charlie’s learning and where he
to the parents of one child. It
“tripod of support” that makes
excels or struggles. If education isn’t a priority for you, then
takes 20 seconds. But imagine
children successful in school: a
it won’t be for your child, either.
being a parent and receiving a
collaborative effort by parents,
3. Develop critical thinking
note from school that includes a
educators and students.
At the university level, expectations center on self-dicompliment for your child rather
It takes some effort to make
rected learners who are able to monitor their own learning.
than the dreaded report of bad
this work, though. Especially
This is a skill that needs to be practiced, not unlike sports
behavior.”
when most college courses for
or the arts. Decision-making and critical thinking need to
“This is just one of the simfuture teachers focus on develbe infused in the school setting and at home. Help develop
ple tricks of the trade that none
oping lesson plans, assessing
these skills by providing your child with opportunities to
of us learned when we started
student performance and using
make choices and to examine the consequences.
teaching,” Breaux says.
innovative teaching methods
This extra layer of support
– skills that won’t help when
provided by Breaux to future educators and new teachers is part
faced with an irate parent.
of the teacher induction program at Nicholls. It is designed to
That’s why education seniors at Nicholls are required to go
smooth the transition for teacher candidates as they move from
to instructors like Annette Breaux, Nicholls teacher induction
being students of teachers to becoming teachers of students.
coordinator, before they begin their semester of student teachBreaux spearheaded a similar program when she worked with
ing. She’s something of a guru of practical tips for young teachthe Lafourche Parish school system. The program was so sucers. Her seminars and private lessons put the practical spin on
cessful in reducing the loss of new teachers (from 50 percent to
all the theories they’ve learned as college students.
7 percent in two years) that it was adopted by the state.
“New teachers aren’t really prepared for these real-life situ“It’s much easier to teach the well-behaved, studious
ations,” she says. “They’ve studied the theories, but it just isn’t
child,” Breaux says. “But for children who struggle or have
real to them yet.”
behavior problems, their lives can be literally changed by good
Breaux can tell them that the appropriate response in the
teachers. That’s when you grasp the amazing impact of being a
scenario described above is: Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, we still
teacher.”
might disagree when you leave here today, but I have to tell you
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College of Nursing and Allied Health
Trying on Old Age
New technologies help nurses experience the world as the elderly do.
Jill Mabry, a nursing senior from
Thibodaux, is clad from head to toe in the
trappings of old age. Metal rods lining her
jumpsuit restrict bending and stretching, and
they make walking difficult. Goggles cloud
her vision and gloves make her fingers stiff.
With the help of a walker, she shuffles along.
For a healthy 20-something college
student, imagining the debilitating pain of
arthritis or emphysema or the frustration
of failing eyesight isn’t easy.
But what an 85-year-old patient of
this young nursing graduate has trouble
imagining is that this spry nurse will ever
understand how he feels in his aging body.
Mabry is trying out new equipment
in the nursing department that enables
students to experience for themselves the
difficulties of aging. They use walkers and
canes, try to read pill bottles and hospital discharge instructions while wearing
fighting for air in their lungs,” says Amanda Eymard, assistant professor of nursing.
Eymard wrote the grant that made possible
$23,545 of simulation equipment.
It’s important that nursing students
learn patience and understand the ailments
University College
The Freshman Connection
The graying nation
The Department of Health and
Human Services estimates that by 2030,
people 65 and older will number 71.5 million or 20 percent of the population.
That’s a real concern for the nursing
profession, says Rebecca Lyons, head of
the Nicholls nursing department. “It’s not
unusual for nurses to walk into a clinic or
a hospital and treat several 80- and 90year-old patients. People are living longer,
so elder care is a critical need – not just in
geriatrics departments but across the board
in nursing.”
Empathy, not sympathy
But how do you teach a 20-year-old
what it’s like to be 85? It turns out the key
can be found in familiar adages such as
empathy, not sympathy, and taking a walk
in someone else’s shoes.
“It’s hard to move fast. I keep feeling
like I’m going to fall forward. And these
glasses make me feel like I’m underwater,”
Mabry says.
“If this is really what getting old
feels like, I don’t think I want to do it,”
she says, struggling to push her hair out
of her face even as the suit prevents her
from raising her arm to her head. Trying
to tie her shoelaces leaves her exasperated
and wondering if this stiffness and lack of
coordination is why her grandfather wears
slippers and jumpsuits.
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vision-distorting glasses, dress in physical
limitation suits that simulate the joint
stiffness of arthritis and put on empathy
lungs that conjure up the shortness of
breath associated with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease.
“I’ve always worked with elderly patients,” Mabry says, “so I’m really excited
about this new program. I hear other
nurses refer to elderly patients as ‘ma-maw’
and ‘pa-paw’ and complain about working
with them. I hope this changes the way
nurses think.” A licensed practical nurse
at St. Anne General Hospital in Raceland,
Mabry is back at school to earn a bachelor’s degree and become a registered nurse.
‘I love old people’
“When nurses are urging elderly
patients to eat ‘just one more bite’ of their
meal, that patient may be too busy just
of elderly patients, she says. Students at
all levels of the curriculum, from freshmen to seniors in their clinicals, will use
this equipment. Eymard is also setting up
demonstrations with local hospitals for
veteran nurses. At one local hospital alone,
45 percent of the patients are 65 years or
older, she says.
“I love old people. I want to pass my
passion along to my students,” she says.
“Many nurses think of older patients as
nagging or complaining, that they won’t
do anything for themselves. But sometimes
they’re experiencing problems we can’t
even imagine. It’s hard to take your medicine properly if you can’t read the bottle or
even open the cap.
“This should open everyone’s eyes,”
she says, “to the courage so many of our
patients show every day in the face of such
challenges.”
Tips on dating, coping with stress and
finding the best cheap food in town
haven’t been the usual fare for university
web sites – until now.
Faculty and staff in University College
realize that the key to helping freshmen
adjust to university life goes way beyond
the traditional advice about the right science classes to take.
Students with personal problems
usually have academic problems, too,
says Carol Blanchard, associate dean and
head of the university studies department.
The success of students in college often
hinges on how they handle homesickness,
financial difficulties and their newfound
independence. It’s all about their transition
from high school to college, she says.
That’s where Nicholls Connection
comes in.
Think of it as a university-sponsored
MySpace for freshmen. Students have the
opportunity to meet and visit with their
Nicholls peers, while the university gets
to communicate important messages and
learn more about students, their opinions
and problems.
Nicholls Connection is basically
an electronic supplement for University
Studies 101, Blanchard says. “There’s so
much we don’t get a chance to cover with
them, and I know they sometimes hesitate
to come to our office and ask questions.”
The college can also post reminders and
announcements on a message board.
Maintained by New York-based
GoalQuest, the content is updated each
semester and reflects the changing needs of
students as they move through their first
and second semesters at Nicholls. Students
might learn how to
live peacefully with
roommates or how
to manage creditcard debt, post a
bio and chat with
new or old friends,
or they can take a
quick e-survey on
their relationships
with family and
friends. They can
even use interactive
tools like personality
profiles.
All of these
provide useful feedback for University
College, Blanchard
says. A struggling
student can be
referred to advisers
for one-on-one help,
and the college’s
services can be tailored as new issues or
needs arise.
“The point is to keep them involved
and dealing with their problems before
they become overwhelming,” Blanchard
says. “Beginning college is a big step, but
they should know they’re not alone.”
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One Man,
Two Stars,
many hats
By Matt Gresham
Everything from his close-cropped hair to the polish on his shoes and the sharp crease in his
slacks says career military … but he has a true gift for storytelling and the kind of good ol’ boy
charm and humor that draws people to him like bees to honey.
He’s been a soldier, a farmer, a salesman, an oilfield roustabout, a school bus driver … and an
attorney, a state representative, Louisiana’s Speaker of the House, a two-star brigadier general, assistant adjutant general of the Louisiana Army National Guard and legislative director for Gov.
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco.
Everyone knows him … but few know the private family man who’s been married to the same
woman for 30 years.
To put it simply, Hunt Downer might be considered a complicated man.
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Opening doors
Doors have played a recurring role throughout Downer’s
life. He saw a lot of closed ones, but that just sent him searching for ones he could open.
After graduating from Terrebonne High School in 1964,
he went to Louisiana State University on an agriculture scholarship from 4-H. But, as he puts it, “I was such an outstanding
student, I was given a semester off to think about my future.”
Slam.
Next door. A brief stint in the oilfield convinced him that
he needed to head back to the books for a degree. And there
was Nicholls, located practically in his backyard.
In 1968, armed with a degree in
agriculture from Nicholls, Downer next
tried his hand at soldiering. He wanted
to be an Air Force pilot, but the Air Force
shot that down and offered him a slot as a
navigator. Slam.
Undaunted, Downer instead enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserves and was
assigned to the Corps of Engineers. He
proved to be a much better soldier than a
student.
After basic and advanced training,
he gave school another shot, this time at
Loyola University for a law degree.
“Thanks to the late Sen. Harvey
Peltier, I got into Loyola. It’s pretty tough
to get into law school when you have a
degree in agriculture,” he says.
That’s when things really took off for
Downer.
Following a six-year break from military service, he switched to the Louisiana
Army National Guard and put his law
degree to use as a judge advocate. The
military took him to Saudi Arabia and
Kuwait for operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield and,
eventually, to the No. 2 spot in the Louisiana National Guard
as assistant adjutant general. He is currently overseeing the
$200 million reconstruction of historic Jackson Barracks – the
headquarters of the Louisiana National Guard – which suffered
severe flooding in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
“I like being with soldiers. I’ve been with them for a total
of 34 years, and now I serve with sons and daughters of my old
friends,” he says.
Out of the frying pan into the fire: Politics
Downer’s affable manner and strict moral code served him
well in another combat zone – Louisiana politics. His constituents loved his straightforward style, while his opponents soon
learned not to take him lightly.
In 1976 he began the first of seven terms in the Louisiana
Legislature. Along the way, he was Speaker Pro Tempore and
Speaker of the House, and, in 2003, launched a gubernatorial
campaign, finishing sixth in a crowded field. In 2004, the gov-
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ernor appointed him Louisiana’s inaugural secretary of veterans
affairs.
While speaker, Downer transformed the House into one
of the most technologically advanced legislative bodies in the
country and made the legislative process accessible to citizens
through the Internet, public television and committees that
traveled the state. He was also one of the driving forces behind
ethics reform.
Known as a consensus-builder among legislators, he served
as lead author of landmark legislation to create a trust fund
for education with the bulk of Louisiana’s tobacco settlement
money and was instrumental in creating
Louisiana’s Rainy Day Trust Fund and
passing the School Accountability Act.
In naming him one of its Top 10 Public Officials of the Year in 1997 (a first for
a Louisiana resident), Governing magazine
credited his efforts to bring professionalism
and ethics to the House: “The Louisiana
House isn’t what it might be, but it isn’t
what it was.”
‘I owe a lot to Nicholls’
Downer has come a long way from
that college senior who drove a school bus
while students played pedro in the rear
seats.
“Never in my wildest dreams did I
think I would be doing what I am doing
today,” he says. “I guess the Lord has a
plan.”
Attending Nicholls gave him the
chance to go to college and still work and
live at home. It also prepared him for the
long road ahead.
“My instructors were hands-on,” he
says. “I was young and wasn’t a stellar student. I found it difficult to balance academics and a social life. But I learned to
manage my time, which helped me in law school.”
For that, Downer considers Nicholls part of his family
today, and returns often to speak to students. “I thoroughly
enjoyed my days at Nicholls,” he says. “I was involved in student government and served in the Student Senate. I became
lifelong friends with many people through student activities,
such as Phi Kappa Theta, the Ag Club and numerous other
organizations. That involvement prepared me for law school
and a career in the political arena.”
Louisiana has to continue investing in education, he says.
If not for Nicholls, he and others like him might never have
had the chance to come so far.
“You can accomplish anything you want to in life, as long
as you are willing to help others, work hard and apply yourself,” he said.
Maybe Downer’s not so complicated after all, he just follows a simple recipe of hard work and a call to serve.
Leveling
the Playing Field
Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning discusses with local television
station owner Martin Folse the new AstroTurf playing field at Guidry Stadium.
Metaphorically and literally, Nicholls is leveling the playing field for its athletes with
$1.6 million in facility upgrades.
If looking good is feeling good, Nicholls athletes must feel like a million bucks as they
take to their playing fields and courts.
Never before have the sports facilities at Nicholls had it so good. Improvements have
brought new playing surfaces, seating and a return of that celebrated Colonel pride.
Fans and community and corporate sponsors are stepping up in record numbers to help
put the Colonels on even footing with other NCAA Division I institutions. Their donations covered much of the tab for the improvements.
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Donated labor and materials from Byron E. Talbot Construction Inc. and soil contributed by
Ronald Adams Contractors of Thibodaux give Didier Baseball Field a newly leveled and raised
surface. Private contributions provided a new sprinkler system, and International Boat Rentals
Co. of Lockport and private donors provided new bleachers for a combined total of $65,000
in renovations. Completing the stepped-up look in the fall will be a new brick backstop and
protective netting behind home plate. The $150,000 project is the result of a combination of
public and private funds.
The football Colonels can suit up this year knowing their field is ready to host the
pros. The AstroTurf GameDay Grass 3D playing surface, valued at $600,000,
comes compliments of legendary Saints quarterback Archie Manning and GeneralSports Venue, the new spokesperson and the marketer of AstroTurf. Byron E.
Talbot Construction Inc. of Thibodaux graded the field and added a subsurface
drainage system, with funding provided by the Nicholls Foundation. The field
got a test run in July by Archie, Cooper, Peyton and Eli Manning and more than
1,200 high school prospects who attended the Manning Passing Academy. The
field was named Manning Field built by AstroTurf at John L. Guidry Stadium.
Players and fans alike are having a
whole new softball experience with
the addition of a new press box,
speaker system, infield and concession stand. Private contributions
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paid the
The Colonels and Lady Colonels basketball teams got a new hardwood court in Stopher
Gym and $250,000 in upgrades to start their 2006-2007 season right. The new floor was
paid for by the Federal Emergency Management Agency after the previous flooring was
damaged while housing hurricane evacuees. Lining the court are new chairback seats on
the north and south sides, provided by private funding and the university.
A new soccer complex is on the way, with the assistance of Mike
Fesi, owner and president of Pipeline Construction and Maintenance
Inc. of Houma. His donation of labor and much of the materials will
give the soccer program a building to house coaches’ offices, locker
facilities, meeting rooms and concessions. The project will cost an estimated $400,000, and work is expected to be completed in the fall.
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By Brandon Rizzuto
had been born. He said to me, ‘Ah, Bull, I had so many dreams
With the sun bearing down on his rapidly dehydrating
that didn’t come true,’” Hunter says. “I was only in seventh
team and spectators on the brink of uncomfortable sunburns,
or eighth grade at the time, and I didn’t understand what he
head tennis coach Jim Hunter seems impervious to the weather.
meant until I matured. He was trying to tell me that people
As he exits one of the courts and shuts the gate, a smile cracks
have dreams that don’t come true and what do you do with a
his face as he casually jokes with one of the Colonel faithful in
one-year-old child when all your family and life is destroyed. So
the bleachers and then checks on one of his players. Hunter
when I was in college, I came to understand why he did what
then spouts his signature phrase: “Life is just too serious to take
he did.”
it seriously.”
That was the last time he saw or spoke with Huey.
His simple, to-the-point motto barely
Babe and Archie wanted the best for their
hints at the complex man with the history that’s
son, so they sent Hunter to an ROTC school
anything but simple.
in Dallas. Hunter obliged them even though he
On the surface, he’s a legendary tennis
had other plans.
coach and player. His 370-plus wins as a col“In the ninth grade I wanted to go to the
legiate head coach and his singles and doubles
local high school to play sports. They thought
wins as a player at the 1966 Panama Armed
this was foolish, given their upbringing durForces championship are just the public part of
ing the Depression,” he says. “I did very well in
Hunter’s life, a mere chapter in the fascinating
ROTC; in fact, I was the No. 1-ranked cadet.
book that is his life.
After high school, I worked my way through
The journey began for James Neal “Bull”
college, took ROTC and upon graduation was
Stevens in a farmhouse in Wilburton, Okla.
commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S.
“I was born January 4, 1940, I think. There
Army.”
is no actual birth certificate for me to know
He completed his undergraduate degree in
exactly,” Hunter says. “My family was very
history and political science at the University of
poor. They were grape pickers and berry pickers
Texas at Arlington in 1961 and went on to serve
before settling in Oklahoma.”
28 years in the Army.
His birth mother, Emma Stevens, died in
By the time he was 28 and in his 14th year
childbirth when Hunter was only a year old,
of service, Hunter was ordered to Vietnam.
Hunter at Fort Dix in New Jersey
and his father, Huey Stevens, could not sup“Those were the defining years of my life.
(1960s) I was never in my 20s because I was always
port the entire family on his dollar-a-day salary
building Jesse James State Park.
preparing, getting ready, going to and recovering
Hunter’s older brothers and sisters began taking the
from Vietnam,” he says. “I remember when my tour was over
younger siblings into their homes, but as each one took in a
and I got back to Seattle. I bought four or five pieces of cherry
few, Hunter was at the short end of the stick.
pie because they had real cherries in them. And I bought some
“I was kind of the odd guy out, so my father put me up for
milk because it was real. I remember taking a shower when I
adoption,” Hunter says. “Then I was adopted in Dallas by two
got back, and letting the water run in my mouth because in
of the kindest people ever. My foster father was the nicest man
Vietnam you couldn’t drink the water. I was just so happy.”
to ever live, and my foster mother was tough on me.”
After a day in Seattle and a few discomforting encounters
Once adopted by Dora “Babe” and Will “Archie” Hunter
with anti-war activists, Hunter, with a Bronze Star in hand,
in 1945, he returned to Wilburton only after the death of his
headed back to Dallas to see his foster parents.
brother in 1952. While there, he met with his father for the first
He stayed with the Army, playing tennis and winning
time since his adoption.
tournaments. In 1977, Hunter was nationally ranked by the
“That was the only time that I remember my father with
U.S. Tennis Association, reaching No. 16 in doubles and No.
me. I was alone on the back porch of our old farmhouse where I
41 in singles.
Duty Calls … Again
Jim Hunter has answered the call
to Vietnam and now to Nicholls tennis.
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Hunter learns he’ll be leaving Vietnam for home. (Feb. 1, 1969)
His first coaching opportunity came in the late 1970s with
Notre Dame’s legendary Tom Fallon, who led the Irish to a conational championship with Tulane in 1959. Fallon had asked
Hunter to work with some of his players at the indoor tennis
club where he worked.
“That was my first experience with coaching, and it showed
me that I knew nothing except how to play,” Hunter says.
Dozens of coaching books and conferences later, he got his
break in 1985 with Southeastern Louisiana University. Through
six seasons, he led Division I with a 122-19 record. He also
earned Gulf South Conference Coach of the Year honors in
1987 and was twice selected Louisiana’s Tennis Coach of the
Year. He guided the Lions to No. 28, the team’s highest national
ranking in school history.
He retired from coaching in 1990, but resurfaced eight
years later to lead the Privateers of the University of New Orleans to five consecutive winning seasons, a record that stands
today as the team’s best. This time he won Coach of the Year
honors for the Sun Belt Conference before walking away from
tennis for a second retirement. And again he felt drawn back,
returning to SLU for a short stint as assistant coach, followed
again by another retirement from the game.
With three retirements under his belt and a renewed determination to leave tennis behind him, Hunter appeared to be a
retiree. But Nicholls came calling in 2006.
“I was originally supposed to be here a month, and I have
been here ever since. Being here at Nicholls is a privilege and an
honor. It’s a really beautiful campus that has a lot of great people
to go along with it.”
In 2007, Hunter led the women’s tennis team to a 10-9
record overall and a 4-6 mark in conference play with a team
comprised entirely of first-year players. The 2007 season marked
the first winning record for the Lady Colonels in eight seasons.
Their four conference wins were more victories than the team
had won in the last seven seasons combined.
The men’s team posted its best overall record, 8-10, since
men’s tennis was brought back from its 19-year hiatus.
“There is no place on earth like a college campus,” Hunter
says. “Every student has a story, and hearing about where they
have been and learning about them and their lives has truly been
one of the greatest rewards in coaching.”
Hunter (left) rides through the Vietnam countryside crouched in the back of a truck.
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Just Plain
Barb
A woman of few words and reliable as day and night,
Barbara Naquin is the first woman to be inducted
into the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall
of Fame.
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By Brandon Rizzuto
It’s the beginning of yet another softball road
trip. After the first movie comes to an end on Big
Red’s DVD player, head coach Jenny Parsons
opts for a lunch break at the closest and quickest place – Jason’s Deli. All the players order,
and now it is assistant athletic trainer Barbara
Naquin’s turn.
“I’ll have the turkey sandwich on wheat.
Plain, with a Diet Coke,” she says.
“Would you like anything else with that? Some
chips, a salad?” the cashier asks.
“No. Just the sandwich,” Naquin replies.
“She gets that everywhere we go. It doesn’t matter
if it’s a Mexican restaurant; Barb is going to get a plain
turkey sandwich on wheat,” Parsons says to the cashier.
It’s safe to say Naquin has always ordered a turkey
sandwich on wheat during the last 26 years of travel with
the Nicholls softball team, which stays true to
her most defining characteristic: consistency.
The Montegut native and graduate of St.
Joseph’s High School has been at Nicholls since she
first set foot on the campus in 1971 as a freshman and a member of the softball and volleyball teams.
Head athletic trainers have come and gone, but Naquin
has been the university’s only assistant trainer in the position’s
24-year existence.
Besides handling all the day-to-day injuries and rehabilitations for student athletes, she also manages all insurance claims.
She averages more than 80 hours a week with her teams during
the hectic fall semester.
“I was hired in 1992, and I don’t think that I would have
lasted as long as I did if it wasn’t for Barb,” says Gerard White,
head of the Nicholls Department of Allied Health Sciences and
former Colonels athletic trainer. “She just made life a lot easier
for everyone, which is why everyone loves Barb so much.”
Despite her intent to remain anonymous, Naquin’s has a
service record that has not gone unnoticed. She made history
this year as the first woman honored for lifetime service when
she was inducted into the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame.
“She is truly dedicated to her job; there’s no question
about that,” Nicholls athletic trainer Jeff Smith says. “Twice
in 2005 she worked two events in the same day on the road.
Women’s basketball and softball overlapped, and she was literally in two places at one time, which shows how truly dedicated
she is to her job.”
Naquin was honored in 2006 with the Southeastern
Athletic Trainers’ Association Backbone Award, as the assistant
athletic trainer who is a consummate professional and goes
the extra mile. Her avoidance of the limelight kept that honor
quiet, but no such luck this time around.
“That is Barb. She is the type of individual who just wants
to come in and do the job to the best of her ability and leave
it at that. She doesn’t want the recognition or the attention,”
White says. “Needless to say, she is honored to have received
the hall of fame award, but wanted nothing to do with the
ceremony itself, which was in her honor.”
Nicholls hosted the LATA awards ceremony this year.
Despite her best efforts to avoid the event and the ensuing
attention, Naquin did show up to accept her award. And even
though her acceptance speech consisted of only a choked
“thank you,” everyone there knew she truly meant it.
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Honor Roll
Honor Roll
Donations to Nicholls State University and to the Nicholls State University Foundation during the 2006-2007 fiscal year totaled nearly $1.2 million, thanks to a strong
Annual Fund mailing effort and this year’s phonathon.
Dr. Rebecca T. Pennington, assistant vice president for development and university
relations, said efforts during the past fiscal year resulted in a 5% increase over donations
the previous year.
“Support for Nicholls continues to grow among our alumni, the faculty and staff,
and the many area companies which remain dedicated to the success of the university,”
she said.
Following is a list of donors grouped by giving level as of June 30, 2007.
Patron’s Club
$10,000 and Above
Abdon Callais Offshore LLC
Base Logistics LLC
BellSouth Telecommunications Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. “Boysie” Bollinger
Mrs. Gloria B. Callais
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Callais
Capital One Bank
Mr. Arlen B. Cenac Jr.
Cenac Towing Co. Inc.
Charter Communications
Chase Bank
Entergy Corporation
Mr. Gerald N. Gaston
John and Clara Brady Family Foundation (The)
L & M Botruc Rental Inc.
La. Society of Professional Surveyors
Education Foundation
Lady of the Sea General Hospital
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation
Major Equipment & Remediation
McDermott Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Milo L. Meacham Jr.
Mr. R. E. “Bob” Miller
Montco Offshore Inc.
National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Administration
Nicholls State University Alumni Federation
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Orgeron
Sprint Nextel
Stephanie Hebert Insurance Agency Inc.
SWDI LLC
Terrebonne General Medical Center
W. S. Hornsby III, CLU-CHFC
Wal-Mart Foundation
Zyber Pharmaceuticals Inc.
President’s Club
$5,000 to $9,999
Allied Shipyard Inc.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana
Bourgeois & Associates Inc.
Bourgeois Meat Market Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Bourgeois
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Candies
Comm Care Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Emerson
Mr. and Mrs. Dean T. Falgoust
First American Bank
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Headache and Pain Center AMC
Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Inc.
James J. Buquet Jr. Family Foundation
Latelco
Mrs. Gloria T. Miller
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Otto Candies LLC
Ms. Debra S. Robichaux
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Clifford Smith
South Louisiana Bank
South Louisiana Economic Council
Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government
Ms. Laura P. Theriot
Theriot, Duet & Theriot Inc.
Thibodaux Lions Club
Whitney National Bank
Dr. George Williams
Provost’s Club
$2,500 to $4,999
Alpha Delta Kappa
Ms. Kelly Barker
Ms. Andrea Bollinger
Bollinger Shipyards
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Brady Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gaston A. Breaux Jr.
Breaux Petroleum Products Inc.
Buquet Distributing Co. Inc.
Mrs. Glenny Lee Buquet
Byron E. Talbot Contractor Inc.
C. L. Jack Stelly & Associates Inc.
Voiture Forty & Eight Chapter
Coastal Commerce Bank
Community Bank
Delta Coin Machines Inc.
Edward Jones
Freeport-McMoRan Foundation
Ms. Yoli Funderburk
Jefferson Dollars for Scholars
Kiwanis Club of Houma
Louisiana Lottery
Dr. and Mrs. Neil J. Maki
Mr. Alan W. Murphy
RPC Corporate
St. Charles Parish School Board
Mr. Neal Swanner
Mr. Byron E. Talbot
Thibodaux Orthopaedic & Sports
Medicine Clinic
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Auxiliary
Willis & Mildred Pellerin Foundation
Dean’s Club
$1,000 to $2,499
Mr. and Mrs. Joey Adams
Agriculture Alumni Association of Nicholls
Mr. James H. Alexander
American Culinary Federation-Bayou Chapter
Anonymous
Association of Government Accountants
Baton Rouge Chapter
AT&T Inc.
Atchafalaya Chapter, American
Petroleum Institute
Auto-Chlor Services Inc.
College of Business Administration
Alumni Association
Baptist Collegiate Ministries
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Barker III
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Bartels
Baton Rouge Area Foundation
Bayou Industrial Group Inc.
Bayou Junior Woman’s Club
Birdsall Plaza LLC
Dr. and Mrs. Walter J. Birdsall Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Block
Mr. and Mrs. Jerald P. Block
Block Law Firm
Ms. Charlotte Bollinger
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Bollinger
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony L. Boudreaux
Dr. and Mrs. David E. Boudreaux
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Boudreaux
Mr. and Mrs. Toby Brady
Mr. Thomas C. Broome
Bruce Foods Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Buquet III
Cabernet Court Wines Limited
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh F. Caffery
Mr. and Mrs. Corey Joseph Callais
Can Do Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney H. Candies
Mr. Kevin Candies
Cannata Corporation (The)
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent A. Cannata
Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. Carmouche
Caro Foods Inc.
Center for Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine
Mr. and Mrs. Marty Chabert
The Hon. and Mrs. Joel T. Chaisson II
Mr. Kerry J. Chauvin
Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Cheramie
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Cheramie
Chevron Products Company
Mr. Clive R. Cloutier
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Cloutier
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt J. Crosby
Drs. Ken and Maria Cruse
Danos & Curole Marine Contractors Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen J. Danos Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Garrett “Hank” Danos
Ms. Emily T. D’Arcangelo
Dr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Dial Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniels Duplantis Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Berwick Duval II
Environmental Management Technologies Ltd.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Erwin
Dr. and Mrs. Carroll J. Falcon
Mrs. Marie Falgoust
Dr. Quentin Falgoust
Mr. and Mrs. Mark P. Folse
Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Foret
Foundation for Southeast Texas
Fugro Chance Inc.
Galliano Marine Services LLC
Gaubert Oil Co. Inc.
Mrs. Pat Gaubert
Giardina Family Foundation (The)
Mr. Jake Giardina
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Gilbert
Mr. Glenn A. Gisclair
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney J. Gisclair Jr.
Golden Meadow Rotary Club Youth Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Gossen
Dr. and Mrs. Ridley Gros Jr.
Mr. James E. and Dr. Grace M. Gueydan
Gulf Island Fabrication Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh E. Hamilton
Drs. Leo and Carolyn Hebert
Dr. and Mrs. Mark F. Hebert
Dr. and Mrs. O. Cleveland Hill
Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Hingle II
Hollywood Properties LLC
Houma’s Town & Country Real Estate Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Howell
Dr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Hudson
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Hulbert
Mr. Ronald J. Hymel
J. B. Levert Land Co. Inc.
Jones Insurance Services LLC
Dr. and Mrs. John J. Jones Jr.
JPMorgan Chase
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kelton
Kevin Gros Offshore LLC
Mr. William H. Kinnard
Mr. George S. Kliewer
Kohler Foundation (The)
Dr. and Mrs. Barry G. Landry
Mr. Christian D. Lapeyre
Dr. Nolan P. LeCompte Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry P. Ledet Jr.
Louis P. Ledet Memorial Scholarship Fund
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Marmande Sr.
Martin Luther King (Dr.)
Memorial Scholarship Fund
Dr. and Mrs. Shawn Mauldin
Mr. and Mrs. Barry C. Melancon
Mr. and Mrs. John Melancon Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Metz
MidSouth Bank
Milk Products LP - Lafayette
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moreau
Dr. Richard A. Morvant Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Naquin
NYT Capital Inc.
Patterson Rotary Club
Mr. William and Dr. Alice Pecoraro
Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Peltier
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey A. Peltier III
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Peltier
Mr. Richard B. Peltier
Mr. Royce and Dr. Rebecca T. Pennington
Pet Hospital (The)
Peterson Agency Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Pitre
Mr. Tommy Pitre
PRO-NSU
Prospect Station Inc.
R.S.I. Group Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen J. Rebstock Jr.
Richard Weimer Architects AIA-LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Riché
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. Riviere
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Riviere
Dr. and Mrs. Francis A. Robichaux II
Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Rouse
Schriever Volunteer Fire Department
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Simoneaux
Ms. Jerri G. Smitko
South Central La. Chapter of the
Society of La. CPA’s
Southern Selections Inc.
St. Martin & Williams & Bourque APLC
Superior Labor Services
Synergy Bank
Terrebonne Home Care Inc.
Terrebonne Motor Co. Inc.
Mr. Chris B. Thayer
Thibodaux Music Club
Thibodaux Service League Community Fund
Thomson Higher Education
Trapp Cadillac, Chevrolet Inc.
Valentine Sugars Inc.
Vanguard Vacuum Trucks Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Vanover
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Vicknair Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Watkins
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Weaver Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Weimer
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Welch
Welch Sales & Services Inc.
West Houma Lion’s Club Inc.
Mr. Robert J. Wittmann
Woman’s Club of Thibodaux
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Wood Sr.
Professor’s Club
$500 to $999
Dr. and Mrs. Larry Albright
American Legion-Ken Boudreaux Post #380
Ann T. Hebert CPA
Arthur J. Gallagher of Louisiana Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Donald J. Ayo
Mr. Jeffrey Badeaux
Barataria-Terrebonne National
Estuary Program
Dr. Allayne Barrilleaux
Bayou Chapter Medical Managers
Bayou District Dietetic Association
Mr. and Mrs. Alan P. Bessonet
Beta Gamma Sigma Inc.
BJ Services Company USA
Mr. Michael J. Blanchard
Block & Bouterie, Attorneys at Law
Mr. and Mrs. James Brandt
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman H. Burguieres III
The Hon. and Mrs. L. Charles Caillouet
Charter Media
Mr. Charles Comeaux
Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair H. Crenshaw
Dr. and Mrs. Albert Davis
Delta Music Co. Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Donner
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm M. Duplantis
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Dupre
Mr. and Mrs. R. Shawn Falcon
Femmes Natale
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Ferrara
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Ford
Mrs. Cindy Galloway
Georgia Gulf Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Goodwin
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene G. Gouaux Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Tab A. Guidry
Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Harrison
Joyce S. Mudd Foundation
Kappa Tau Alpha Society of Nicholls
Kiwanis Club of Thibodaux
Lab-A-Daux Home Improvement LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Lafont Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Lafont
Dr. and Mrs. Alex Lasseigne
Louisiana Brain & Spine Clinic II LLP
Louisiana Cash of Morgan City Inc.
Louisiana Offshore Oil Port LLC
Magnum Mud Equipment Co. Inc.
Mr. Mark S. Milstead
Morvant & Cavell, Attorneys at Law
Mr. Camille A. Morvant Jr.
Mr. John S. Mudd
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Ogden
Dr. Benton Oubre
Dr. Wayne J. Pharo
Mr. and Mrs. Morrison R. Plaisance
Mr. and Mrs. David Plater
Pointe-Aux-Chenes Elementary School
Police Jury Association of Louisiana Inc.
Propane Education & Research Council Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Quinilty
Real Estate Express LLC
Dr. and Mrs. William H. Robichaux
Russell OB-GYN Center for Women
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Saia
Sallie Mae Inc.
Dr. Arunavathi T. Sangisetty
Scholarship Foundation of New Orleans
Mr. Stephen C. Skains
Mr. F. Michael Smith
South Central La. Association of
School Superintendents
St. Bernadette KC Council No. 7355
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Stone
T. Baker Smith & Son Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Theriot
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Honor Roll
ULS Foundation Higher Education
Katrina Relief Fund
Volute Inc.
Wal-Mart Galliano #502
Wal-Mart Grand Caillou #3483
Wal-Mart Houma #542
Wal-Mart Thibodaux #1016
University Club
$250 to $499
Mr. Lawrence Albarado
American Legion Auxilliary
Ms. Elizabeth A. Angelette
Mr. E. A. Angelloz
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Ayme
Mr. Jerome M. Barbera
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Becker
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bednarz
Beta Alpha Psi Honors Fraternity
Mr. Lester Bimah
Dr. and Mrs. Irving M. Blatt
Dr. Deborah E. Bordelon
Mr. Steven Bossier
Mr. and Mrs. Brophy J. Boudreaux
Ms. Allison M. Breaux
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Breaux
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Buccola
Ms. Rebecca A. Bush
Mr. and Mrs. Rowland E. Caldwell
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cavalier
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Chase
Mr. Craig A. Cheramie
Mr. and Mrs. Minor A. Cheramie III
Dr. Michael A. Chiasson
Ms. Dionne R. Chouest
Christen & Associates APLC
Cintas Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Clement Jr.
Colonel Club
Colonels Brigade
Cowen Clinic for Rehabilitation Medicine
APMC
Mr. Bret S. Cuneo
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Daigle
Dancers Lair
Ms. Kimberly A. Dardar
Mr. and Mrs. Allen R. Davis Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin B. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Dave J. Defelice Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jules A. Dornier III
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Drum Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Terry G. Dupre
Duval, Funderburk, Sundbery, Lovell
& Watkins APLC
Dr. James K. Ellis
Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Fakier
Dr. and Mrs. James C. Fields
Mrs. Ruth O. Finkelstein
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Fleniken
Dr. Craig P. Folse
Mr. and Mrs. Luke Ford Jr.
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Honor Roll
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Forrest
Mr. and Mrs. Donovan Fremin
Drs. Nick and Elaine Fry
Dr. Patricia A. Gabilondo
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gilbert
Glazer’s Family of Companies
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Green
Griffin Restaurants Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Gros
Dr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Hansen
Mr. and Mrs. T. Benton Harang
Ms. Ann T. Hebert
Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation
Mr. Kevin G. Higgins
Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce
Mr. and Mrs. Octave P. Hymel Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ledet
J. B. Levert Foundation
John Deere Thibodaux Inc.
Jubilee Festival of the Arts & Humanities
Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Keller
Ms. Susan B. Key
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Kliebert
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Klutts
Dr. and Mrs. Alex Lasseigne
LeBlanc’s A/C & Heating
Dr. and Mrs. James Leonard
Ms. Jessica Lerouge
Mr. Timothy Lindsley
Louisiana Machinery
Ms. Joan M. Malbrough
Ms. Diane T. Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Matherne
Ms. Leslie O. McCarthy
Mr. Timothy McNabb
Dr. Stephen S. Michot
Mr. and Mrs. Kirt C. Millet
Morgan City Bank
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne D. Morrison
Mr. Sohail Nasir
National Aquarium in Baltimore
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Nothacker
Nicholls Accounting Club
Mr. Cody Oliveira
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Pate
Petroleum Club of Morgan City Inc.
Philip Matherne Memorial Scholarship
Foundation Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Plaisance
Ms. Angelique M. Poché
Dr. Sonya Premeaux
Pride Offshore
Dr. and Mrs. Philip Rabalais
Red Goose Saloon Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt S. Risinger
Rotary Club of Grand Isle
Mr. and Mrs. John Rouchon
Ms. Marsha Serigny
Shell Oil Company Foundation
Society for Human Resource Management
at Nicholls
Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Smith Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne D. Smith Jr.
Mr. Lew Sonnier
South Coast Gas Co. Inc.
St. Mary Parish School Food Service
Association
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Stagg III
Terminix Pest Control Inc.
The Chapman Group Inc.
Mr. Scott D. Trahan
Ms. Lizbeth A. Turner and
Mr. Clarence Wolbrette
Mr. and Mrs. Allen W. Vander
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Vannoy
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Vicknair
Wal-Mart Mathews #761
Mr. Charles K. Weaver
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Weed
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard A. White
Mr. Keith D. Whitney
Xavier University of Louisiana
$249 and Under
A-1 Sign Engraving
Acadia Land Surveying LLC
Ms. Jennifer Acosta
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Adams
Ms. Darlene T. Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Karl M. Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Deoma J. Adams
Ms. Elizabeth P. Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Adams
Ms. Lena L. Adams
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Adams
Mr. Neil Adams
Advance Physical Therapy
& Rehabilitation LLC
Advanced Southern Surgical Associates LLC
Mr. Timothy H. Aitkens
Ms. Christine Albrecht
Ms. Courtney E. Alcock
Ms. Angela J. Alexander
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Allen Alexander Jr.
Ms. Suzanne B. Alexander
Ms. Maureen E. Alfred
Mr. and Mrs. Randall M. Alfred
Mr. and Mrs. Thad M. Allemand
Ms. Helene B. Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Allen
Mr. and Mrs. David F. Allgood
Mrs. and Mr. Jan V. Alvarez
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Amedee Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Drew B. Andrews
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Andry
Ms. Elaine D. Angelloz
Anheuser-Busch Inc.
Anonymous
Mr. Billy Arcement
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis A. Arcement
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Arceneaux
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Arceneaux
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Arnold II
Ms. Patricia S. Arnold
Ms. Ruth F. Arsene
Dr. and Mrs. Badiollah Asrabadi
Associated Technical Support Service Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Aucoin
Ms. Patty A. Aucoin
Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Authement
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Authement
Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Autin
Mr. and Mrs. Ray B. Autrey
Ms. Susan B. Aysen
B. G. Jones Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacque F. Babin
Mr. and Mrs. Roddy J. Babin
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie P. Babin
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Badeaux Jr.
Mr. Lloyd J. and Dr. Laura M. Badeaux
Mr. and Mrs. Rickey Badeaux
Badeaux’s Cajun Buffet
Dr. and Mrs. James Barr
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Barras
Barrett Interior Specialty & Supply Inc.
Mr. John A. Barrilleaux
Mr. and Mrs. Julien L. Barrilleaux
Ms. Christine D. Barrios
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Barron
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry O. Barry
Mr. John W. Barton
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Battaglia
Ms. Lacy A. Baudoin
Baxter International Foundation (The)
Bayou Printing & Graphics Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Beaudean
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Becker Jr.
Ms. Celia C. Becnel
Mr. and Mrs. Gary P. Becnel
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Becnel Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Miles J. Becnel
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Becnel
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bednarz
Mr. Jeffrey D. Beech
Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Bell III
Mr. and Mrs. Gerd T. A. Benda
Ms. Mercedes B. Bennett
Ms. Debra S. Benoit
Ms. Joyce W. Benoit
Mr. and Mrs. Keith J. Benoit
Benoit Machine LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Esco Benton III
Mr. and Mrs. Travis P. Bergeron
Mr. David P. Bergeron
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory S. Bergeron
Mr. and Mrs. Jason G. Bergeron
Mr. and Mrs. Willie J. Bergeron Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bergeron Sr.
Ms. Stella H. Bergeron
Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Bergeron
Dr. and Mrs. Blaise J. Bergiel
Ms. Theresa P. Bergseid
Ms. Brett A. Bernard
Mr. John Bernard
Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Bernard
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Bernard
Ms. Nadine Bernardi
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Bernardi
Mr. Kim J. Bernuchaux
Mrs. Linda Berry
Mr. Charles L. Berthelot
Ms. Kim M. Berthelot
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Berthelot
Mr. Jnanabrota and Dr. Sumita Bhattacharyya
Dr. and Mrs. M. Khurrum Bhutta
Bienvenue Mortgage
Dr. and Mrs. John R. Bilello
Ms. Michelle Billiot
Mr. and Mrs. Flint J. Bishop
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Bisland Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Blackwell Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Roy Blackwood
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Blair
Ms. Michelle L. Blair
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Blanchard
Mr. and Mrs. Adam J. Blanchard
Mr. and Mrs. Darrin J. Blanchard
Mr. and Mrs. James Blewett
Mr. Matthew F. and Dr. Elizabeth Block
Dr. and Mrs. John Bloss
Ms. Louise Bonin
Mr. and Mrs. Gary P. Bonvillain
Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. Bonvillain
Mr. and Mrs. Terry R. Book
Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Boquet
Mr. Kevin P. Bordelon
Ms. Vicki C. Boring
Ms. Amy A. Borne
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O. Bosworth
Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Bouchillon
Ms. Mary A. Boudousquie
Ms. April N. Boudreaux
Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Boudreaux
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Boudreaux
Mr. and Mrs. Denis Boudreaux
Mr. James E. Boudreaux
Ms. Kathryn A. Boudreaux
Ms. Natalie J. Boudreaux
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Boudreaux Jr.
Ms. Stefanie Boudreaux
Mr. and Mrs. Walton P. Boudreaux Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Druis A. Bourg
Bourgeois Bennett LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Ron R. Bourgeois
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Bourgeois
Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Bourgeois Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Paul Bourgeois
Ms. Kellie M. Bourgeois
Mr. and Mrs. Todd M. Bourgeois
Mr. Larry J. Bourgeois
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Bourgeois
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bourgeois
Mr. and Mrs. Roland F. Bourgeois
Mr. and Mrs. Roland J. Bourgeois
Mr. and Mrs. Ron R. Bourgeois
Mr. and Mrs. Roland J. Bourgeois
Mr. and Mrs. Troy J. Bourgeois
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Bourgeois
Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Bouterie
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Bouterie Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Bouzigard Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Bowers
Ms. Claudia D. Braud
Dr. and Mrs. Ellis D. Braud Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jody E. Braud
Dr. Mary M. Braud
Mr. Randy J. Braud
Ms. Amy E. Breaux
Ms. Amy S. Breaux
Ms. Annette L. Breaux
Mr. and Mrs. Bernie M. Breaux
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Breaux
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Brennan
Mr. Bennett A. and Dr. Carol Britt
Mr. Michael G. Brocato
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew E. Brodnax
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew C. Broussard
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Broussard
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Broussard
Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Broussard
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff J. Brown
Ms. Cheryl L. Brown
Mr. and Mr. Gregory Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. Brown
Mr. Ferrell A. Brunet
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brunet Jr.
Ms. Jan S. Brunet
Ms. Sheri A. Buras
Mr. Chapman H. Burguieres Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel L. Burke
Ms. Stephanie R. Caballero
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Caffery
Mr. James and Dr. Patricia B. Caillouet
Mrs. Ann B. Caldarera
Ms. Claudett C. Caldwell
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Caldwell
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Callahan
Mr. Ronald Calloway
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Canale
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne G. Cancienne
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Cannata Jr.
Mr. Duane P. Caro
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Carpenter
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace A. Carrier Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cartee
Col. and Mrs. Michael L. Caruso
Mr. and Mrs. Larry C. Case
Mr. and Mrs. Carleton A. Casey
Dr. Luke H. Cashen
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Cavell
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cazaubon
Mr. and Mrs. Jake M. Cenac
Mr. Michael J. Cenac
Mr. Norbert N. Chabert
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Chadwick
Ms. Dawn E. Chaisson
Mr. and Mrs. Errol J. Champagne
Mr. Richard P. Champagne
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn E. Chance Jr.
Ms. Ruth Chapin
Charles C. Theriot CPA
Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Charlet
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis J. Chauvin II
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chauvin Jr.
Mr. Leonard Chauvin Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cheramie
Ms. Gaye Cheramie
Mr. Philip Chiasson
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Chiasson
Mr. Steven L. Chiasson
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Ms. Kaycee L. Chouest
Mr. David F. Chu
Dr. Deborah H. Cibelli and
Mr. Stephen C. Rawlings
Mr. Coral C. Clark Jr.
Mr. Michel Claudet
Mr. and Mrs. Marc E. Clause
Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Clausen
Mr. Barry C. Clement
Mr. Bernis G. Clement
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Clement
Ms. Jacqueline S. Clements
Ms. Eva Lee Coleman
Mr. Stanley Coleman
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Collie
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Comeaux III
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Cone
ConocoPhillips
Ms. Heather C. Constant
Mr. Floyde W. Cook
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Corbin
Mr. Nelson B. Cortez
Ms. Raquel Cortina
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Couch
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Coulon
Ms. Valerie T. Courville
Dr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Cox
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Crail
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Crochet
Mr. William D. Crockett
Mr. and Mrs. David T. Crowder
Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Culotta Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Cunningham
Mr. Cy C. Cunningham
Cytec Building Blocks Inc.
Ms. Patricia P. Czeck
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry G. Daigle
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Daigle
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Daigle
Mr. Michael P. D’Angelo
Ms. Judy W. Daniels
Mr. André L. Danos
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Danos
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Dantin
Danville Distributing Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Lenny Dartez
Mr. and Mrs. Craig S. Daste
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Davey
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney David
Mr. Robert J. Davidson
Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Michiel R. Davis
DBJB Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Decker II
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk J. Defelice
Mr. Wilfred R. Dehart
Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Deitchman
Ms. Lisa S. Delahaye
Mr. and Mrs. Murphy L. Delaune Jr.
Delta Millwork Inc.
Dr. Ramarao M. Denduluri
Dr. and Mrs. John H. Dennis
Mrs. Kathleen B. Deroche
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Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Desselles
Ms. Stephanie L. Detillier
Mr. and Mrs. Allen J. Detiveaux
Ms. Georgia M. Diedrich
Mr. William F. Diehl
Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Dishman II
DMC Consultors LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis R. Doles
Doll Distributing LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Doll
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Dominique
Ms. Shelia A. Domino
Mr. and Mrs. Milton P. Donegan
Dr. Sarat K. Donepudi
Donnes Real Estate
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Dornan
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby A. Dosser
Ms. Loretta L. Dottolo
Doucet and Adams Inc.
Ms. Iris Doucet
Mr. Royce J. Doucet
Ms. Audrey A. Dozar
Mr. and Mrs. Terry L. Draper
Mr. Lloyd C. Dressel
Mr. and Mrs. Murali M. Dronamraju
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Ducos
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Duet
Mr. and Mrs. Loyal A. Duet
Mr. Timothy and Dr. Debbie DuFrene
Mr. Donald J. Dufresne Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott J. Dugas
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Dugruise
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Duhon II
Ms. Amy M. Duncan
Mrs. Evelyn D. Duncan
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Duplantis
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Duplantis Jr.
Mr. Merle J. Duplantis
Dr. and Mrs. Curtis Duplechain
Mr. Fred Duplechin
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby J. Dupre
Ms. Susan A. Dupre
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Durham
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Dutel
E. J. Fields Machine Works Inc.
Mr. Glenn A. Earles
Mr. and Mrs. James K. Eaves
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Eidson
Electronics Corner Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Elfert
Mr. Allen J. Ellender III
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Ellender Jr.
Ellis Brothers Contracting Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. David Elmore
Mr. and Ms. Anthony Emmons
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Encalade
Mr. and Mrs. Ruble A. Encalade
Enviro-Lab Inc.
Ms. Rebecca L. Eschete
Mr. Clifton P. Eserman
Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Eskine
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Esteve
Mr. Corey J. Eues
Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Eusea
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie J. Evans Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Exnicios
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett M. Eymard
Ms. Casey M. Falgoust
Mr. and Mrs. Freddy J. Falgoust Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Falgoust
Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Falgout
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Falgout
Ms. Evelyn G. Falgout
Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. Falgout
Family Doctor Clinic
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Fanguy
Mr. and Mrs. David Farrar
Ms. Sherrill A. Faucheaux
Mr. Wilson Faucheaux
Ms. Margaret M. Faucheux
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Faul
Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Faulk
Mr. Robert T. Faulkner
Ms. Tanesha L. Fauria
Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Faust
Ms. Cynthia S. Fay
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Felger
Ms. Mercy M. Fernandez
Mr. T. E. Fernandez
Dr. Joanne C. Ferriot
Ms. Carol C. Finley
Ms. Ann W. Floyd
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Folse
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery D. Folse
Mr. Anthony Fonseca
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Fontane
Ms. Amanda C. Fontenot
Dr. Quenton C. Fontenot and
Dr. Allyse Ferrara
Mr. Patrick T. Ford
Mr. and Mrs. Edison J. Foret
Mr. George J. Foret
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fournet
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Fournet Jr.
Drs. Coleridge and Cheryl Franklin
Ms. Sarah Freia
Mr. and Mrs. Wynn Fremen
Mr. Lawrence Fremin
Mr. Scott A. Fremin
Ms. Wendy B. Fremin
Dr. and Mrs. Len T. Frey
Friends of Edward Douglass
White Historic Site
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn J. Froisy
Mr. and Mrs. Fabian K. Fromherz
Mr. Steven L. Fry
Dr. Catherine Gaharan
Ms. Spring A. Gaines
Mr. and Mrs. Grady C. Galiano
Ms. Anne M. Galjour
Mr. and Mrs. Jess J. Galjour
Mr. and Mrs. Russell P. Galliano
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Galloway
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Garcia
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Garland
Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Gast
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Gaubert
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Gaubert
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Gaudet
Mr. and Mrs. Don G. Gaudet
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert P. Gaudin
Mr. Daniel G. Gauthe
Mr. Kermit J. Gauthreaux
Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Gauthreaux
Mr. and Mrs. P. Keith Gautreau
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Gautreaux
Dr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Gegg
Ms. Julie L. George
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers A. George
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Gereighty
Mr. and Mrs. Marco Gernon
Dr. and Mrs. Ray Giguette
Ms. Heloise M. Gilbert
Mr. Billky Giordano
Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. Giroir
Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Girouard
Ms. Patti T. Givens
Ms. Margaret Gorman
Mr. Danny M. Gorr
Gossen-Holloway & Associates
Ms. Shelli L. Goulas
Ms. Aimee C. Grabert
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby P. Grabert
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Grace III
Mr. Gary S. Grand
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Graves
Mr. and Mrs. Dean P. Gravois
Mr. and Mrs. David P. Gravois
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gravois
Mr. Jude M. Gravois
Mr. and Mrs. C. Leroy Gray
Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Greco Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. John H. Green
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Green
Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Greiner Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. John M. Griffin
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grillot
Mr. and Mrs. Edmond W. Gros
Mr. and Mrs. Travis A. Gros
Mr. and Mrs. Harley J. Gros
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Grossberg
Dr. Harold L. Guard
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Guidroz
Mr. Walter S. Guidroz
Mr. and Mrs. Casey R. Guidry
Mr. and Mrs. Clint J. Guidry
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Guidry
Mr. and Mrs. Bonnes V. Guidry
Mr. and Mrs. Jude J. Guidry
Mr. Steven P. Guidry
Dr. Claudio Guillermo
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Joseph C. Guillot
Ms. Laurie A. Guillot
Mr. Robert J. Guillot
Ms. Becky L. Gunn
Mr. and Mrs. Lester M. Hackman Jr.
Hagen ENT Clinic
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hammerli
Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Hanley
Mrs. Bernice P. Harang
Mr. and Mrs. T. Benton Harang
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Harp
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Harris
Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Harris
Mr. Rufus C. Harris III
Ms. Christine V. Harrison
Mr. and Mrs. Herman L. Hartman
Mr. and Mrs. Cyril J. Harvey Jr.
Ms. Dorothy A. Harwell
Ms. Patricia L. Haydel
Dr. Richard M. Haydel
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Hays
Ms. Debora M. Heard
Dr. John F. Heaton
Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Hebert
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie J. Hebert
Ms. Evelyn G. Hebert
Mr. and Mrs. Gene L. Hebert
Ms. Joey N. Hebert
Mr. and Mrs. Jude A. Hebert
Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell J. Hebert
Mr. Kevin P. Hebert
Ms. Lisa H. Hebert
Ms. Rosalind M. Hebert
Mr. Alcide and Dr. Sandra Hebert
Mr. Carl Heck Jr.
The Hon. Francis C. Heitmeier
Mr. Michael C. Hemstreet
Ms. Elexia O. Henderson
Mr. Jesse J. Hernandez
Mr. and Mrs. Randy C. Hicks
Ms. Patrice M. Hidalgo
Mr. and Mrs. Donnie R. Hills
Mr. D. Leonard Hingle
Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Hingle
Ms. Connie Hinyub
Mr. Rodney R. Hodges
Mr. and Mrs. C. Lindy Hoffmann
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hoffmann
Drs. Andrew H. and Susan T. Hoffmann
Mr. and Mrs. Ted L. Hoffmann
Mr. and Mrs. Garett J. Hohensee
Mr. and Mrs. Myron J. Hohensee
Mr. Darryl L. Holliday
Dr. Daryl Y. Holmes
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Holmes
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Holtzinger
Dr. Bridget A. Hopkins
Mr. David G. Horton
Ms. Paula W. Hotard
Mr. Mark H. Hovsepian
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie E. Howard
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Hoychick
Mr. Chris D. Hubbell
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Hunter
Hunting Energy Services LP
Mr. and Mrs. Ray G. Hymel
Ms. Mabel Illidge
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Isham
Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Jackson
Ms. Jackie W. Jackson
Dr. James W. and Dr. Ann L. Jackson
Mr. Jan T. Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Jacquet
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Jandegian
Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Jaquillard
Ms. Julie D. Jeansonne
Jim Dukes Inc.
Ms. Deborah A. Johnson
Mr. Keith Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Emil W. Joller
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin G. Jones
Ms. Carolyn H. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Luther L. Jones
Dr. Leslie Jones-Hamilton
Ms. Carole D. Jordan
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin J. Joubert
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Juenke
K & E Trucking Co. Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kaplan
Mr. and Mrs. Rory C. Keehn
Mr. Douglas W. Keese
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Keller
Mr. Todd M. Keller
Kelly Distributors
Mr. and Mrs. Luther H. Kelly Jr.
Ms. Judith F. Kenney
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Keys
Mr. Mike Kieffer
Dr. Marilyn B. Kilgen
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Kilgore
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert B. Kimble Jr.
Mr. Lenus A. King
Ms. Penny L. Kirchhoff
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Kirkland
Mr. John and Dr. Pamela Kirkley
Ms. Ann C. Kirkpatrick
Dr. Kenneth S. Klaus
Dr. Betty A. Kleen
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Klingman
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Knight
Knights of Columbus #1317
Mr. and Mrs. Roland P. Knobloch Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn P. Knoblock
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew M. Kohler
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kolwe
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Kraemer
Ms. Goldie C. Kruse
Mr. Robert P. LaRose
Mr. Gary J. Labat Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Labauve
Ms. Darlene Labranche
LACTE
Mr. Bernard A. Lafaso
Mr. and Mrs. Haden Lafaye
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Lafleur
Mr. and Mrs. Barry J. Laiche
Dr. and Mrs. John P. Lajaunie
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Lambert
Mr. and Mrs. Al Lambert
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lanaux
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Landry Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight D. Landry
Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Landry
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Landry
Mr. and Mrs. Jason C. Landry
Mr. Jeremy A. Landry
Mr. Authur and Dr. Lavone Landry
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Landry
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Mr. Mathew G. Landry
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne J. Landry
Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Landry
Ms. Tara G. Landry
Mr. and Mrs. Travis J. Landry
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Landry
Mrs. Rosemary M. Langlois
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy B. Laris Jr.
Mr. Michael P. Larussa
Ms. Elizabeth Lassere
Mr. William C. Lauga
Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Lawrence
Mr. and Mrs. Theo D. Lawrence
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd T. Lawson
Mr. Todd Lawson
Mr. and Mrs. Minh V. Le
Ms. Cecile LeBlanc
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Leblanc
Dr. and Mrs. Michael F. LeBlanc
Mr. and Mrs. Rene P. LeBlanc
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Leblanc
Mr. and Mrs. David L. LeBoeuf
Mr. and Mrs. Novel P. LeBoeuf Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. LeBoeuf
Ms. Ann M. LeBouef
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. LeBouef
Ms. Karen LeBourgeois
Mr. and Mrs. Ray M. Lecompte
Mr. Ryan P. Lecompte
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ledet
Mr. and Mrs. Claude J. Ledet Jr.
Mr. Robert L. Ledet
The Rev. and Mrs. Sherman Ledet
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ledet
Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Ledet
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Lee
Ms. Joan W. Lee
Mr. Mark H. Lee
Mr. and Mrs. Albert I. Leftwich
Mrs. Byrne E. Legendre
Mr. and Mrs. O’Neil J. Legendre III
Mr. Lowell and Dr. Collette G. Leistner
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Lejeune
Mr. and Mrs. Lance P. Lejeune
Ms. Rebecca L. Lejeune
Mr. Walter E. Lemoine
Mr. and Mrs. Craig J. Leonard
Ms. Rene LeRouge
Mr. David P. Leroux
Dr. and Mrs. J. Paul Leslie Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Felix D. Lewis
Ms. Marguerite C. Li Bassi
Mr. and Mrs. Bryne J. Liner
Mr. Wilmon J. Little
Mr. Mark W. Lobell
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Loebel
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Lopez Sr.
Mr. Dennis Lorio
Mr. Gene Louis
Mr. Michael A. Loup
Mr. and Mrs. J. Caro Louviere
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Lovegrove
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton E. Lovell
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Lucito
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Mrs. Jill D. Luminais
Mr. Craig Lundy
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Lyons Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Marc Lyons
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Lyons
Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Mabile
Ms. Alycia W. Mabile
Ms. Anna L. Mabile
Ms. Marie A. Mabile
Mr. and Mrs. Jan G. Madere
Mr. Michael Maenza
Ms. Susan K. Magee
Dr. and Mrs. Wes Magee III
Ms. Rachel L. Main
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Maloney
Dr. and Mrs. David P. Manuel
Ms. Muriel B. Manuel
Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Hebert
Dr. Steven J. Marcello
Mr. John C. Marchand
Mr. Paul C. Marchand
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Marchbanks
Mr. Robert H. Marmande
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Marquart
Dr. Mark E. Marshall
Marshall Tamor Golding
Mr. James Martin Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith P. Martin
Ms. Marsha O. Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Martin
Ms. Patricia A. Martina
Ms. Kathleen M. Martinez
Ms. Sarah M. Masterson
Mr. and Mrs. Derace J. Matherne
Mr. and Mrs. Dean P. Matherne
Ms. Carol A. Mathias
Ms. Kandace M. Mauldin
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. McClain
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. McCulla
Mr. and Mrs. Dale McDaniel
Ms. Sally W. McDevitt
Ms. Dottie McDonald
Mr. and Mrs. Mike McDonald
Dr. and Mrs. Harry J. McGaw
Mr. Jerome S. McKee
Ms. Dana B. McKinney
Mr. Kevin P. M. McLafferty
Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. McMahon
Ms. Cora Lee W. McMillan
Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. McMillan
Mr. and Mrs. Flavious J. Meades
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Meche
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Medine
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Melancon
Dr. and Mrs. Earl J. Melancon Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Melancon
Mr. John E. Melancon
Mr. John and Dr. Melissa W. Melancon
Mr. and Mrs. David Mella
Ms. Christina E. Mendoza
Ms. Doris D. Menezes
Michelle’s Music Academy
Dr. and Mrs. David Middleton
Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Migliore
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Milazzo Jr.
Mr. Anthony M. Miller
Ms. Kayren C. Mingus
Dr. James Mire
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mire
Mitchell Distributing
MMGC Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Siamak Mokhtarnejad
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Molbert
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Monier Jr.
Ms. Leslie E. Monnier
Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. Monnier
Ms. Katherine L. Montelaro
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Montero
Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Morgan
Ms. Curtis L. Morgan
Mr. Michael H. Morris
Morrison Terrebonne Lumber Center
Dr. Mary L. Morton
Mr. David C. Morvant
Ms. Frannie E. Morvant
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Morvant
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Morvant
Mr. Tommy J. Morvant
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Moss
Mr. and Mrs. Samir C. Mowad
Ms. Sarah G. Muller
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Munson
Ms. Shawn K. Murphy
Ms. Phyllis A. Mury
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Myers
Mr. and Mrs. Craig J. Naquin III
Mr. and Mrs. Gary F. Naquin
Mr. and Mrs. Roland A. Naquin
Ms. Leslie A. Naquin
Mr. and Mrs. Lionel O. Naquin Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Naquin
Mr. and Mrs. Randell M. Naquin CPA
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan L. Naquin
National American Sales Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Navarre Jr.
Mr. John P. Neal
Ms. Patricia J. Neal
New York Life Insurance
Mr. and Mrs. A.V. Nguyen
Nick Martinolich, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Nini
Ms. Elizabeth R. Nixon
Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Nobile
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Nolan II
Mr. and Mrs. Zachary Norris
North American Shipbuilding LLC
Ms. Alice M. Nothacker
Nicholls Languages & Literature Faculty
Mr. Neale D. Nugent
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Oase
Mr. Wendell Octave
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan E. Oelklaus
Dr. Merlin M. Ohmer
Mr. Kenny Oliver
Mr. Trent D. Oliver
Mr. and Mrs. Todd A. Olivier
Ms. Sara C. Olivier
Mrs. Lisa A. Omota
Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Oncale
Ms. Monica L. Oncale
Orange Show Foundation (The)
Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Ordogne
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Ordoyne
Mr. and Mrs. Timmy Ordoyne
Mr. Michael P. Ordoyne
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Orgeron
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Ostheimer Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Otero III
Ms. Sandra V. Oubre
Mr. and Mrs. Artie J. Ourso
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Owens III
Mr. and Mrs. Tip Pace
Mr. and Mrs. Randy J. Papa
Mr. Ernest P. Parra
Mrs. Katie C. Partain
Dr. and Mrs. Sandeep A. Patel
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peerson
Ms. Diette H. Pellegrin
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Pellegrin Jr.
Mr. Kirby J. Pellegrin
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Pellegrin
Ms. Pamela A. Pellegrin
Dr. and Mrs. James Peltier
Ms. Janice G. Peltier
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Percle Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy S. Perera
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Peters
Ms. Trina A. Peters
Mr. and Mrs. Addison D. Petitpain
Ms. Miki Pfeffer
Mr. Toby Picker
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Pierce
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Pierson
Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Pinkston
Mr. and Mrs. John-Paul Piper
Mr. Raymond A. Pisani
Mr. and Mrs. Billy J. Pitre
Mr. and Mrs. Robby P. Pitre
Mr. Robert Pitre
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy F. Pitre
Ms. Miranda M. Plaisance
Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Plassmeyer
Mr. and Mrs. Berhman A. Poché
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie S. Pocorello
Ms. Diana M. Politz
Mr. Palfrey Polk Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jason C. Pontif
Ms. Brittany G. Ponvelle
Ms. Cheryl J. Powell
Mr. Jace Prejean
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Prejean
Ms. Michelle W. Prentice
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly J. Pugh
Ms. Gail U. Quinn
Qwik Pack & Ship
R & C Driving School LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Rabalais
Raceland Raw Sugar Corp.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry L. Rainier
Drs. Mohammed and Dilruba S. Rais
Mr. and Mrs. Claudelle Ramagos Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Randolph
Dr. Pasam Rao
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Ratliff
Ms. Jenny B. Rauch
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Rauch
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Rauhaus
Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Ray
Mrs. Sybil Ray
Mr. Lubin Raymond
Ms. Debbie Raziano
Ms. Kristin L. Reddoch
Mr. Clyde R. Redmond
Ms. Gayla G. Reed
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Reed
Ms. Michelle C. Reiss
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Reith
Renaissance Rehabilitation Center
Mr. Anthony W. Rentrop
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Reso
Mr. and Mrs. A. Hunter Reynaud
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory S. Reynolds
Ms. Germaine F. Rhodes
Mr. Ray Rhymes
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Richard Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Richard
Dr. Cyril J. Richard Jr.
Mr. David R. Richard
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Richard
Mr. and Mrs. Francis C. Richard
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Richard
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Richard
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Richardson
Mr. and Mrs. Claude A. Riché Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray J. Riché
Ms. Dolores O. Richmond
Ms. Mary K. Ridenour
Rig-Chem Inc.
Mr. Charlie Riser
Ms. Elizabeth Riviere
Mr. Robert G. Riviere
Mr. Brandon Rizzuto
Dr. Susan W. Roark
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Robichaux
Ms. Heather J. Robichaux
Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Robichaux
Ms. Rebecca R. Robichaux
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan D. Robichaux
Ms. Sabra B. Robichaux
Mr. Tim and Dr. Michele Robichaux
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon P. Robichaux
Ms. Anna S. Robinson
Mr. Dean Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard G. Rockenbaugh Jr.
Mr. Farrel J. Rodrigue
Mr. James and Dr. Paulette R. Rodrigue
Mr. and Mrs. Jamie G. Rodrigue
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk J. Rodrigue
Mr. Maxime R. Rodrigue
Mr. Perry J. Rodrigue Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Todd J. Rodrigue
Ms. Lisa G. Rogers
Ms. Maureen M. Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Rome Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Eric P. Romero
Mr. and Mrs. Constantine Roques
Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Rougee
Mr. and Mrs. W. Jeffrey Rousse
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry A. Rousseau
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Roussel
Mr. Louis E. Routier Jr.
Ms. Megan C. Rowe
Mr. Jordan A. Roy
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Ruegger
Mr. Steven M. Ruiz
Ms. Maria L. Russo
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Ryan
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Saadi
Mr. and Mrs. David Sagona
Mr. and Mrs. Scott P. Sale
Mr. Jerry J. Salley
Sallie Mae Fund (The)
Mr. David A. Saltzman
Ms. Donna M. Sammarco
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Sanchez
Mr. and Mrs. David P. Sanchez
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Sanders
Ms. Mary C. Sandolph
Mr. Jason E. Sanford
Ms. Elma C. Saul
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Savoie
Mr. Rusty J. Savoie
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Savoie
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Sawyer
Mr. Paul E. Scaffidi
Mr. David W. Scheuermann
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Schexnayder
Mr. Andrew J. Schiro
Mr. Donald J. Schmitt
Ms. Katie E. Schreiter
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Schwab Jr.
Schwab Orthodontics LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Scoggin
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler J. Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan P. Scott
Ms. Brenda A. Sedotal
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sedotal
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Seibold
Mr. Douglas Self
Ms. Janice M. Sevin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Sevin
Ms. Marlene A. Shaffer
Mr. Charles F. Shaver
Mr. Thomas J. Shavor
Ms. Chloe-Ann Shaw
Ms. Allison R. Shuey
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Siears
Ms. Jacquelynne M. Siears
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Siegrist
Dr. Andrew P. Simoncelli
Mr. John E. Sirois
Ms. Bobbie D. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Brian K. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Dan A. Smith
Ms. Gretchen P. Smith
Ms. Lois F. Smith
Ms. Maria R. Smith
Ms. Novella T. Smith
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Honor Roll
Ms. Shelby C. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Mickey J. Smith
Ms. Victoria W. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Soileau
Ms. Linda Songy
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Soniat
Mr. and Mrs. Claus A. Sorensen
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Spinella
Ms. Norma J. Spinella
Mr. Scott Spreen
Sprint Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Michael X. St. Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Kerry M. St. Pé
Ms. Lois A. St. Pierre
Mr. and Mrs. George D. Stack
Mr. Micah H. Stack and Ms. Tania L. Leal
Dr. James J. Stafford
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Stagni
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Stanga
Mr. and Mrs. Bill J. Stegelmeyer
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas G. Steib
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Stein
Mr. Nathan P. Stein
Ms. Donna C. Stelly
Mr. Henry G. Stephens
Mr. and Mrs. Roy T. Sternfels
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Stevenson
Dr. James L. Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard M. Stiegler Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory M. Stilson
Ms. Carolyn P. Stilts
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua P. Stockley
Mr. Carlo W. Streva
Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Stroud
Mr. and Mrs. Jody M. Suire
Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Sullivan Jr.
Superior Shipyard & Fabrication Inc.
Ms. Stephanie C. Swift
Mrs. Kelly A. Szush
Mr. and Mrs. Brent M. Tabor
Mr. and Mrs. Emile J. Talbot
Mr. and Mrs. James Tabor
Ms. Faye A. Talbot
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Talbot Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace J. Tamplain
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Tamporello
Dr. Zoe B. Tanner
Ms. Pamela S. Tapie
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Tassin
Mrs. Claire E. Tatum
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Tauzin
Ms. Kristie Tauzin
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Tauzin II
Mr. Robert W. Taylor CPA
Ms. Sue D. Taylor
Teche Regional Medical Center
Dr. Victor E. Tedesco IV
Mr. Paul and Dr. Alice B. Templet
Mr. and Mrs. Brett J. Terrebonne
Terrebonne Financial Services LTD
Mr. Kerry T. Terrebonne
Mr. and Mrs. Russell N. Terrell
Ms. Alyson T. Theriot
Ms. Barbara A. Theriot
Mr. and Mrs. Damon J. Theriot
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Mr. Clifton P. Theriot
Ms. Diane B. Theriot
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk J. Theriot
Mr. and Mrs. Scott L. Theriot
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Thibodaux II
Dr. and Mrs. Donald P. Thibodaux
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Thibodaux
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Thibodaux
Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Thibodaux
Thibodaux Literary Club
Mr. and Mrs. Dirk P. Thibodaux
Thibodaux Women’s Center
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Thibodeaux
Ms. Regina L. Thibodeaux
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Thomas Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip B. Thomas
Thomassie Construction Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Tillman
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley J. Tisdale
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Toler
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome K. Toloudis
Ms. Anke Tonn
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Torguson Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin G. Torres
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Torres
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Toups
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Toups
Mr. Douglas Toups
Ms. Gayle C. Toups
Mr. and Mrs. C .J. Toups
Mr. John W. Toups
Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Toups
Mr. and Mrs. Royal J. Toups
Ms. Sandra L. Toups
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Toups
Mr. and Mrs. Leon J. Trahan Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry P. Trahan
Mr. Jeff L. Trahan
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Trahan
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Tranchina Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Heinke E. Trapp Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Treuting
Ms. Kellie L. Trimble
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Trotter
Mr. Robert M. Tucker
Dr. Anita Tully
Dr. and Mrs. Myron C. Tuman
Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Turnage
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Turner
Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Tynes
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Underwood
Mr. Samuel M. Vaccarella
Ms. Brenda S. Vaccaro
Ms. Peggy D. Vaccaro
Valero Energy Corporation
Ms. Paula Van Regenmorter
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Van Sickle
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne E. Veillon
Ms. Rachel L. Verdin
Ms. Jeanne L. Veron
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Verret
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Verrett
Ms. Julie B. Vesich
Mr. Van Viator
Mr. and Mrs. Barry P. Vice
Ms. Brenda Vicknair
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Vicknair
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Villemarette
Mr. Michael Vinci
Ms. Myra A. Vizier
Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Voisin
Wag-A-Pak Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Guy J. Waggenspack
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll J. Waguespack
Mr. Gerard A. Waguespack
Mr. Herman Waguespack Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Waguespack Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Waite
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Waitz
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry G. Walker
Ms. Jessica A. Walker
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Walker
Ms. Ann M. Walton
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Watts
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Webb
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Webb
Mr. and Mrs. Roger J. Weber
Ms. Jane T. Webert
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Webre
Mr. and Mrs. Kynan P. Webre
The Hon. Craig Webre
Mrs. Valerie L. Webre
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Webster
The Hon. and Mrs. John L. Weimer
Ms. Sandra A. Weiss
Mr. and Mrs. Don Werner
Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Wernich Jr.
Mr. David L. West
Dr. Velma S. Westbrook
Ms. Melanie M. Whipple
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton T. White
Mr. and Mrs. Roger T. White III
Mr. Kenneth J. Whitman
Mr. Stephen G. Wieschhaus
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll G. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard A. Williams
Mrs. Pamela Williams
Mr. Ron Williams
Mr. Scott J. Williamson
Mrs. Mescal W. Winans
Ms. Christine F. Wolfe
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Wong
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Wright
Mr. Steven C. Wyatt
Mr. Michael T. Wyble
Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing, XI
Zeta Chapter
Ms. Sandra Yearout
Mr. Mohan M. K. Yechoori
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Yelverton
Mr. and Mrs. Joey A. Yesso
Mr. Bryan P. Zeringue
Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Zeringue
Ms. Danielle M. Zeringue
Mr. and Mrs. Rhett Zeringue
Mr. and Mrs. Nolan P. Zeringue
Mr. Ralph Zeringue
Ms. Sonia A. Zeringue
Ms. Sylvia T. Zeringue
Nicholls State University Foundation
Supporting the University
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