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Northwestern State University is a public four-year university primarily situated in Natchitoches, Louisiana, with a nursing campus in Shreveport and a general campus in Fort Polk/Leesville. Commonly abbreviated NSU or N'western (La.). Its mascot is Vic the Demon, and its athletic teams go by the Demons. It is a part of the University of Louisiana System.

Founded in 1884 as the Louisiana State Normal School to train teachers. NSU was the first school in Louisiana to offer degree programs in nursing and business education.

NSU was one of the first six colleges to enter into NASA's Joint Venture Program ("JOVE"). Students working with JOVE created experiments for a 1996 Space Shuttle Columbia shuttle mission.

NSU also hosts Louisiana's designated honors college in the liberal arts and sciences, called the Louisiana Scholars' College.

NSU currently offers more than 50 degree programs and complete accreditati ...

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