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Voilà!<br />
<strong>Fall</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />
Editor Lydia Szanyi Boudreaux<br />
Art Director Bruno Ruggiero<br />
Photographer Doug Keese<br />
Advisory Board Dr. David E. Boudreaux, Nicole<br />
L. Boudreaux, Dr. Alfred N. Delahaye, Dr. Rebecca<br />
Pennington, Deborah Raziano, Richard Reso<br />
Contact Voilà! at:<br />
P.O. Box 2033<br />
Thibodaux, LA 70310<br />
(985) 448-4143<br />
voila@nicholls.edu<br />
Voilà! is published once a year with funding from the <strong>Nicholls</strong><br />
<strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong> Foundation and the <strong>Nicholls</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />
Alumni Federation.<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong> is a member of the<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Louisiana System.<br />
On the cover:<br />
Sociology students spent a semester investigating the<br />
history of a deserted Chackbay church and its long-gone<br />
congregation.<br />
Contributing Writers<br />
Dr. Deborah Bordelon is a professor and dean of the<br />
College of Education.<br />
Lydia Szanyi Boudreaux is assistant director of the<br />
Office of <strong>University</strong> Relations and a 1998 mass communication<br />
graduate.<br />
Dr. Alfred N. Delahaye is professor emeritus of<br />
journalism.<br />
Stephanie Detillier is a creative writer/editor in the Office<br />
of <strong>University</strong> Relations and a 2006 mass communication<br />
graduate.<br />
Matt Gresham is a 1996 mass communication graduate.<br />
Rebecca C. Lyons is an assistant professor of nursing and<br />
interim head of the Department of Nursing. She is a 1986<br />
nursing graduate.<br />
Brandon Rizzuto is director of media relations in the<br />
Department of Athletics.<br />
Dr. Anita Tully is a distinguished service professor of English<br />
and assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
Table of Contents<br />
2 From the President<br />
3 To the Point<br />
New and renovated student housing, university and program accreditations and<br />
emergency police drills top campus news.<br />
5 The Bottom Line<br />
Enrollment, retention, minority recruitment and student quality are thriving at <strong>Nicholls</strong>.<br />
6 Chefs du Jour<br />
Sample the flavor of success with these culinary alumni.<br />
12 The Classroom of Life<br />
Service learning has real power to inspire, despite clichés that often accompany the new education catchphrase.<br />
16 A Goldmine of History<br />
Library archives preserve treasures from Audubon, Shakespeare and the Bayou Region’s past.<br />
20 The Forgotten People of a Forgotten Time<br />
Age-old Louisiana traditions are as much in peril as the land in which they’re embedded. One piece at a time,<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> is trying to keep the Louisiana of legend alive.<br />
26 Fruits of Labor<br />
Ag faculty lend a hand to citrus growers.<br />
27 ‘I Launched My Own Corporation’ (or ‘What I Did Last Semester’)<br />
Student Kelsi Guidry dreams of making it big in the Internet business, with a little help from the Entré Lab.<br />
28 Beyond Finger Painting<br />
Learning to be a teacher means learning to work with children and their parents.<br />
30 Trying on Old Age<br />
New technologies help nurses experience the world of the elderly.<br />
31 The Freshman Connection<br />
<strong>University</strong> College is reaching out to freshmen with a Facebook/MySpace-inspired web site to<br />
help them through the first year of college.<br />
32 One Man, Two Stars, Many Hats<br />
Alumnus Hunt Downer rises to the highest ranks of the Louisiana Army National Guard and state government.<br />
35 Leveling the Playing Field<br />
Sports facilities are receiving $1.6 million in upgrades.<br />
38 Duty Calls … Again<br />
Jim Hunter has answered the call of duty to Vietnam, tennis and now <strong>Nicholls</strong>.<br />
42 Just Plain Barb<br />
Reliable and soft-spoken, Barbara Naquin becomes the first woman inducted into the<br />
Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame.<br />
44 Honor Roll<br />
| Voilà!
From the President<br />
As I enter my fifth year as president of<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, I share a deep sense<br />
of satisfaction with our faculty, staff and students<br />
in the enormous transformation that is<br />
currently taking place within this institution.<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> is changing, and its changes are positive,<br />
profound and meaningful.<br />
Next September, <strong>Nicholls</strong> will celebrate<br />
its 60th anniversary. For almost six decades,<br />
the institution admitted all high school graduates<br />
who wanted to try their hand at college<br />
work. We called that “open admissions,” a<br />
policy that was consistent with our mission to<br />
serve the higher education needs of the citizens<br />
of the Bayou Region, regardless of their<br />
high school preparation. <strong>Nicholls</strong> embraced<br />
that mission and experienced tremendous success<br />
in education.<br />
But times have changed. The Bayou<br />
Region has matured, and a viable community<br />
college system has begun to function in the<br />
region. This has enabled us to refine our mission, and we are now a “selective admissions” institution,<br />
enrolling the best-prepared students in our history. As a result, we are already experiencing better<br />
results in retaining our students, which will lead to higher graduation rates. This is good for everyone<br />
involved, but it is especially good for those who are investing in higher education: the parents who pay<br />
tuition, the taxpayers who demand accountability and the students who earn the degrees.<br />
Selective admissions is a powerful driving force of change, but the real agents of change are our<br />
people: a genuinely dedicated faculty, a competent and hardworking staff and a better-prepared student<br />
body who will not tolerate mediocrity. We are proud that <strong>Nicholls</strong> has always been about people. But<br />
there is more!<br />
There is also infrastructure, which is about supporting people and their work. Here at <strong>Nicholls</strong><br />
there is a remarkable transformation taking place on our campus. This transformation, which includes<br />
new and renovated buildings, newly resurfaced streets and parking lots and new technology, will better<br />
support and enhance the learning, recreation, athletic and living facilities for our students. Some of<br />
these projects were featured in the last two issues of Voilà! Others are covered in this year’s edition.<br />
Read and enjoy. Best of all, come to the <strong>Nicholls</strong> campus to see for yourself. You will be delighted by<br />
what you see, and all of us at <strong>Nicholls</strong> will be delighted to have you.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Stephen T. Hulbert<br />
To the Point<br />
Not Your Father’s (or Mother’s) <strong>Nicholls</strong><br />
If you haven’t been to the <strong>Nicholls</strong><br />
campus recently, you’re missing out on<br />
history in the making. <strong>Nicholls</strong> is in the<br />
midst of the largest campus transformation<br />
in more than 20 years:<br />
• new and renovated housing (not to<br />
exceed $55 million),<br />
• a $14.4 million new recreation center,<br />
• a renovated bookstore,<br />
• $5.5 million in renovations to the<br />
cafeteria and student union,<br />
• $14.7 million in renovations to Beauregard<br />
Hall,<br />
• $3.2 million in road and parking lot<br />
improvements and<br />
• $3.7 million in electrical upgrades.<br />
By <strong>Fall</strong> 2008, <strong>Nicholls</strong> will have<br />
bid farewell to Meade, Long, Millet and<br />
Zeringue residence halls. In their places<br />
will be three new living facilities boasting<br />
the latest amenities and a separate<br />
convenience store.<br />
Calecas and Ellender halls will undergo<br />
extensive renovations, with Calecas<br />
becoming home to the university police<br />
department and overflow housing and<br />
Ellender reducing the number of student<br />
beds and making room for office space.<br />
All of the projects are being funded<br />
through the <strong>Nicholls</strong> Facilities Corporation<br />
from the sale of bonds, with the<br />
exception of Beauregard Hall renovations<br />
and the electrical upgrade, which will be<br />
state-funded.<br />
New street and traffic signs, hanging<br />
from black ornamental posts, already<br />
bear the “N” logo and <strong>Nicholls</strong> colors.<br />
The new logo is also showing up on trash<br />
receptacles, soap dispensers, floor mats<br />
and bright banners that hang from poles<br />
on campus and along Canal Boulevard in<br />
Thibodaux.<br />
More than just practicality (the soap<br />
dispensers require less cleanup and the<br />
trash bins can remain outdoors during<br />
hurricanes), it’s a matter of school pride,<br />
says Mike Davis, assistant vice president<br />
for administration. “We want <strong>Nicholls</strong> to<br />
look like the first-rate institution it is.”<br />
Vernon F. Galliano Hall Interior Rendering<br />
The three new residence halls will face grassy courtyards.<br />
Student Recreation Center Rendering<br />
| Voilà!<br />
| Voilà!
To the Point<br />
Seal of Approval<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> and several of its programs<br />
got favorable nods from accrediting bodies<br />
this year, led by the university’s overall<br />
reaffirmation of regional accreditation<br />
through 2016.<br />
The Commission on Colleges of the<br />
Southern Association of Colleges and<br />
Schools confirmed that the university<br />
measures up to educational standards.<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> performed so well during the<br />
process that the accrediting body made<br />
no recommendations for improvement<br />
after finding <strong>Nicholls</strong> standards especially<br />
impressive.<br />
The team that visited the campus<br />
applauded the university for its outstanding<br />
written and online documents<br />
and the enthusiastic participation of so<br />
many faculty, staff and students in the<br />
interview process. It also praised the<br />
university’s Quality Enhancement Plan<br />
that details how all facets of the university<br />
will focus on increasing the critical<br />
thinking and writing skills of <strong>Nicholls</strong><br />
students.<br />
<strong>University</strong>-wide accreditation is required<br />
for all federally sponsored education<br />
programs, including student loans.<br />
Programs Make the Grade<br />
Of the more than 9,000 business<br />
schools in the world, only 549 have<br />
business accreditation and 167 have accounting<br />
accreditation. <strong>Nicholls</strong> scores<br />
on both counts now that the accounting<br />
program has its first-time accreditation,<br />
announced in the spring, by AACSB International<br />
- The Association to Advance<br />
Collegiate Schools of Business.<br />
Accreditations were reaffirmed over<br />
the past year for the Department of Family<br />
and Consumer Sciences, the cardiopulmonary<br />
care science and advanced<br />
respiratory therapy programs in the<br />
Department of Allied Health Sciences<br />
and the <strong>University</strong> Counseling Center.<br />
Lt. Michelle Harris of the <strong>Nicholls</strong> police department scans the hallways of Millet<br />
residence hall for armed suspects during a drill on campus emergencies<br />
with the local law enforcement agencies.<br />
Police 101<br />
It’s a worst-case scenario: two unidentified men armed with handguns are loose in<br />
Millet residence hall, and shots have been fired. This is the stuff of nightmares for parents,<br />
students, employees and law enforcement agencies.<br />
It’s also only a drill.<br />
Teamwork and communication were the lessons of the day in June at rapid response<br />
drills that brought together law enforcement agencies likely to be first on the scene in a<br />
crisis.<br />
Armed with radios and red and blue plastic guns, university police and other local<br />
law enforcement officers worked as a team to interview witnesses and brief colleagues<br />
before storming into Millet and Long halls in pursuit of “suspects.”<br />
The ability to make informed decisions and work with unfamiliar agencies in the<br />
midst of gunshots, panicky students and employees, smoky hallways, blaring alarms<br />
and squawking police radios are skills you have to learn and practice, says Lt. Duane<br />
Schexnayder, the Louisiana <strong>State</strong> Police SWAT supervisor and coordinator of the event.<br />
While they may have the occasional cup of coffee or lunch together, university police<br />
and Thibodaux police officers normally don’t have the opportunity to train together<br />
and get to know one another, Schexnayder says.<br />
“It’s the coordination that makes this important, having the terminology and the<br />
ability to communicate effectively with each other,” says <strong>Nicholls</strong> police Chief Craig<br />
Jaccuzzo.<br />
The training was the first step in a four-part plan to keep Louisiana campuses safe<br />
and prepared for emergencies. The remaining steps include emergency communication<br />
training for campus leaders, a campus physical security assessment and additional funding<br />
for the initiatives.<br />
Ride With Colonel Pride!<br />
The Bottom Line<br />
Some predicted doom for <strong>Nicholls</strong> when hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck, when the<br />
university implemented selective admission standards, when a community college opened<br />
in Houma and when perennial budget struggles continued. But what really happened is a<br />
shining example of what a dedicated faculty, staff and administration can accomplish:<br />
Consider that …<br />
• <strong>Fall</strong> 2006 enrollment was 6,814, down only 1 percent after the 2005 hurricanes decimated<br />
the region.<br />
• The average ACT score for first-time freshmen<br />
was up to 20.92 in 2006, from 19.33 in 2002.<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> posted the largest one-year ACT increase<br />
in the <strong>University</strong> of Louisiana System in<br />
2006.<br />
• The average ACT score for first-time African-<br />
American freshmen in <strong>Fall</strong> 2006 was 18.32, up<br />
from 16.24 in 2002.<br />
• The 2006 class of first-time freshmen included<br />
48 high school valedictorians, and more than<br />
50 percent of entering freshmen earned TOPS<br />
scholarships.<br />
• Overall minority enrollment grew to 26 percent<br />
in 2006, up from 14 percent in 1992.<br />
• African-American enrollment alone grew to 19<br />
percent in 2006, up from 11 percent in 1992.<br />
• Between <strong>Fall</strong> 2004 and <strong>Fall</strong> 2006, the number<br />
of students accepting academic scholarships increased<br />
by 33 percent increase.<br />
• The number of African-American scholarship students grew from 23 in 2004 to 63 in<br />
<strong>Fall</strong> 2006, an increase of 174 percent.<br />
• Since 2003 when Dr. Stephen Hulbert became university president, he has funneled<br />
more than $2 million into student scholarships.<br />
• In Spring <strong>2007</strong>, exactly 81.68 percent of first-time freshmen continued their studies<br />
at <strong>Nicholls</strong> after their first semester.<br />
• The largest retention increase at <strong>Nicholls</strong> was the Spring <strong>2007</strong> return rate for African-<br />
American freshmen, 86.5 percent. In <strong>Fall</strong> 2001, slightly more than half of all first-time<br />
freshmen returned, and the rate was less than half for African-American freshmen.<br />
• High school seniors in 2006 who wanted to get an early start earning up to six hours of<br />
college credit were eligible for half-price or even free tuition to attend <strong>Nicholls</strong> while<br />
in high school.<br />
To the Point<br />
| Voilà!<br />
Visit http://omv.dps.state.la.us/ to get your <strong>Nicholls</strong> license plate. The <strong>Nicholls</strong> General<br />
Scholarship Fund receives $25 of the $26 fee above the regular vehicle registration.<br />
• All faculty now use Blackboard, an electronic system that allows them to engage in<br />
online discussions with students and post tests and study materials. This also enables<br />
classes to “meet” electronically in the event of a campus or regional emergency.<br />
| Voilà!
Success has indeed been sweet for six graduates<br />
of the Chef John Folse Culinary Institute.<br />
Although they chose the same major, they<br />
traveled different paths to reach their own<br />
version of culinary dreams. You can find four<br />
of them at some of Louisiana’s top restaurants<br />
and two at a major food manufacturer.<br />
Chefs du Jour<br />
Chef Holly Goetting (A.S., 2000)<br />
Executive Chef at Charley G’s in Lafayette<br />
What I do: I work with a kitchen staff of 12 at various food<br />
stations and prepare the daily catch during the week and<br />
expedite (bridge between wait staff and kitchen staff to ensure<br />
orders are filled and delivered) on the weekend. About 80 to<br />
90 percent of the recipes used at Charley G’s are my creation.<br />
How I got here: I started college at the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Louisiana at Lafayette studying interior design and worked<br />
after class at restaurants like T.G.I. Friday’s. When I realized<br />
I enjoyed work more than school, I made the switch to<br />
culinary arts at <strong>Nicholls</strong> where I felt that I really fitted in.<br />
After graduation and a brief stay in Colorado, I went to work<br />
at my first choice, Charley G’s (the classiest restaurant in<br />
Lafayette), and worked my way up from pastry chef. I love<br />
the team effort at Charley G’s and having the freedom to be<br />
myself and get my creative juices flowing.<br />
Honors: The first woman executive chef in Lafayette,<br />
Goetting was named a 2005 Chef to Watch by Louisiana<br />
Cookin’ magazine.<br />
Tuna Tartar with Wasabi-Soy<br />
Vinaigrette & Black Sesame Crackers<br />
Serves: 2<br />
8 oz. tuna, sashimi grade, small dice<br />
8 oz. seaweed salad<br />
3 oz. wasabi-soy vinaigrette<br />
6 black sesame crackers<br />
1 tsp. black sesame seeds<br />
3 in. PVC pipe mold<br />
3 wonton wrappers<br />
Wasabi-Soy Vinaigrette<br />
½ shallot, minced<br />
1 garlic clove<br />
1 tsp. Dijon mustard<br />
1 tbsp. lemon juice<br />
1 tbsp. lime juice<br />
¼ c. soy sauce<br />
¼ c. wasabi paste<br />
1 tbsp. rice wine vinegar<br />
½ c. vegetable oil<br />
Mix all ingredients except oil in blender. Turn blender on low<br />
and add oil in a thin, steady stream. Set aside.<br />
For black sesame crackers:<br />
Cut three wonton wrappers diagonally. Fry in oil until golden and<br />
crispy. Sprinkle sesame seeds on crackers immediately after removed<br />
from the oil.<br />
Assembly:<br />
Place PVC pipe in center of plate. Put seaweed salad inside and<br />
press down firmly. In a small bowl toss tuna in vinaigrette and place<br />
on top of seaweed salad. Press down firmly again and pull mold off.<br />
Drizzle wasabi-soy vinaigrette around tuna tartar mixture, sprinkle<br />
with sesame seeds and top mixture with 3 crackers.<br />
| Voilà!<br />
| Voilà!
Chef Kevin Bordelon (B.S., 2006) and<br />
Chef Tony Zeringue (B.S., 2006)<br />
Corporate Chefs in Research and Development<br />
at Bruce Foods in New Iberia<br />
What they do: They formulate new products to bring to market<br />
and develop recipes, especially those using Bruce Foods product<br />
lines. They also travel the country competing in cook-offs and<br />
presenting at food shows and conventions.<br />
How they got here:<br />
Kevin: I used to work as a purchasing agent for the Department<br />
of Defense, which was really stressful. As a stress reliever, I used to<br />
come home on the weekends and cook and entertain. It took me<br />
about a year to figure out that’s what I should be doing full time.<br />
I was working in Germany and the Czech Republic when I heard<br />
about the opening at Bruce Foods from another culinary student<br />
whose father worked there. I asked them to keep me in mind.<br />
Tony: Cooking is in your blood if you grew up in south<br />
Louisiana. I remember watching my grandparents and parents<br />
cooking and just waiting for the day when I was old enough<br />
to reach the stovetop to cook. I started working in research<br />
and development as an intern at Popeye’s corporate headquarters<br />
in Atlanta and discovered I loved doing it. When Bruce<br />
Foods contacted the culinary institute looking for a research<br />
and development chef, I did everything in my power to be<br />
chosen.<br />
Why they do it:<br />
Kevin: I’ve always been interested in the food science part<br />
of cooking. I love learning how ingredients react with each<br />
other. I get to spend a lot of time working with our marketing<br />
department, reading consumer data and surveys and discovering<br />
what consumers need and want. I also look at ways to<br />
improve a product that’s already on the market and make it<br />
unique to us, creating our own market niche.<br />
Tony: The best part of my job is being able to develop new<br />
products and recipes and then actually see them come to life<br />
– published in magazines or online or on the menu at a restaurant.<br />
I love walking into a supermarket and seeing a product<br />
on the shelf and being able to say, “This is my product, I<br />
helped to formulate it.” There is no better feeling in the world.<br />
Bruce’s Sweet Potato Bread<br />
Prep Time: 20 minutes<br />
Cook Time: 1 hour<br />
Yield: 3 loafs (2-lb. tins) or 6 loafs (1-lb. tins)<br />
1 (29 oz.) can cut yams (drained and mashed)<br />
3½ c. white flour<br />
3 c. brown sugar<br />
2 tsp. baking soda<br />
1½ tsp. sea salt<br />
3 tsp. cinnamon<br />
1 c. vegetable oil<br />
4 eggs<br />
2/3 c. water<br />
Vegetable spray, as needed<br />
Mix flour, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, eggs, oil<br />
and water in large mixing bowl with paddle. Add the yams and<br />
mix to incorporate evenly. Pour mixture into loaf pans sprayed<br />
with vegetable spray, filling half way, and bake at 350° F for 1<br />
to 1½ hours or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the<br />
bread comes out clean. Allow bread to cool and then store in<br />
plastic wrap.<br />
Chef Ian Barrilleaux (A.S., 2004)<br />
Pantry Chef at Brigtsen’s Restaurant in New<br />
Orleans<br />
What I do: I prepare sauces, sides, soups and specials, man<br />
the grill station and manage all the customer orders. It’s a<br />
small restaurant, so we all chip in on tasks.<br />
How I got here: Growing up in New Orleans, I recall<br />
eating at my dad’s favorite restaurant – Brigtsen’s. It’s a small<br />
family operation, just the kind I’d like to own one day. My<br />
mother was my first cooking inspiration, and my dad has<br />
a real passion for food, too. As a teen, I had jobs waiting<br />
and bussing tables in local restaurants. I graduated from the<br />
<strong>University</strong> of New Orleans with a history degree, but then<br />
realized I missed the kitchen.<br />
Why I do it: After graduating from <strong>Nicholls</strong>, I moved to<br />
Chicago and began working in hotel/restaurant tourism at a<br />
large private club. Even though I was supposed to be working<br />
in the front of the house, I was always drawn to the back<br />
of the house. That’s where I had more fun.<br />
Sunshine Daydream Roasted<br />
Root Vegetables<br />
1 c. golden beets, peeled, medium dice<br />
1 c. sweet potatoes peeled, medium dice<br />
1 c. roasted corn (2-3 ears)<br />
½ c. red onion, finely diced<br />
2 tsp. fresh thyme<br />
1 tbsp. fresh oregano<br />
Olive oil for roasting<br />
Apple cider vinegar<br />
White and black pepper<br />
Salt<br />
Truffle oil<br />
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat a skillet to medium<br />
with a small amount of olive oil. Add sweet potatoes and<br />
sauté until slightly colored. Season to taste with white and<br />
black pepper. Transfer sweet potatoes to a sheet pan and<br />
place in the oven for 10 to 15 minutes, stirring at least once.<br />
On another sheet pan, season the beets with white and black<br />
pepper and a bit of olive oil to coat. Cook 30 to 35 minutes<br />
in oven, stirring at least once.<br />
To roast corn, heat a black iron skillet. Season corncobs<br />
with salt and black and white peppers and toss with a bit of<br />
olive oil. Place cobs into skillet and continue to roll and look for<br />
caramelization. Don’t worry if some kernels blacken; this is good<br />
flavoring. Cut the corn off the cob.<br />
In a large bowl, combine roasted corn, golden beets, sweet<br />
potatoes and red onion with the oregano and thyme. Add apple<br />
cider vinegar to adjust seasoning. Add truffle oil to taste (a little<br />
goes a long way). Season to taste and serve immediately.<br />
| Voilà!<br />
| Voilà!
Chef Jonathan Lanius (B.S., <strong>2007</strong>)<br />
Kitchen Manager at Mr. B’s Bistro<br />
in New Orleans<br />
What I do: I work the “middle of the house,”<br />
expediting orders and supervising cleaning, linens<br />
and more.<br />
How I got here: My culinary career began as<br />
a dishwasher at the hospital where my mother<br />
worked. I intended to be an engineer, but decided<br />
culinary school was more suitable.<br />
Why I do it: I love meeting the customers in the<br />
front of the house. If I open my wallet, it’s full of<br />
business cards from people I meet. The good thing<br />
about the culinary institute is that it exposes you to<br />
every aspect of culinary – working the front of the<br />
house, being sommelier and working as executive<br />
steward, in addition to cooking.<br />
Shellfish Pasta<br />
½ lb. shellfish, preferably crab meat<br />
Creole seasoning, preferably blackening seasoning to taste<br />
Butter<br />
2 c. heavy whipping cream<br />
Crab boil<br />
Pasta (penne is best)<br />
Parmesan, freshly grated<br />
Chopped parsley<br />
Sauté crab meat in Creole seasoning, to with a little<br />
butter. Add whipping cream and reduce to a very<br />
thick au sec (almost dry) consistency. Add about a<br />
teaspoon (or more if you are daring) of crab boil and<br />
about a teaspoon more of the Creole seasoning, being<br />
very careful not to apply heat to the sauce again<br />
from this point to avoid breaking it (the fat separates<br />
from the other sauce ingredients). Swirl in about 3<br />
to 4 tablespoons of whole butter to make a beurre<br />
blanc sauce (a white butter sauce that is delicate,<br />
smooth and richly textured). Pour over the pasta of<br />
your choice (it looks best over penne) and garnish<br />
with freshly grated parmesan and chopped parsley.<br />
Serve with a semi-sweet white or rosé wine.<br />
Chef Sarah Todd (B.S., 2006)<br />
Pastry Chef at Houmas House in Darrow<br />
What I do: I create all the desserts (about seven<br />
types per week) for Latil’s Landing Restaurant, Café<br />
Burnside, and for catered events like weddings.<br />
How I got here: I learned how to cook from my<br />
mom. In high school, I’d cook for all my friends,<br />
and they all told me I should be a chef because they<br />
loved my dishes. I was born in New Orleans, but<br />
grew up in Connecticut and came back here to go to<br />
culinary school and work.<br />
Why I do it: Houmas House gives me the freedom<br />
to experiment and try new desserts.<br />
Pear Wellington<br />
4 pears<br />
2 sheets of pastry dough<br />
½ c. butter<br />
½ lb. brown sugar<br />
2 tsp. nutmeg<br />
2 tsp. cinnamon<br />
½ c. heavy whipping cream<br />
1 jar caramel sauce<br />
2 c. water<br />
¼ c. lemon juice<br />
3 c. flour<br />
1 ice bath (water and ice)<br />
Cut one of the pears into cubes. Use an apple corer<br />
to remove the core of the remaining pears. Bring<br />
water and lemon juice to a boil. Cut pears in half,<br />
add to water and boil for 5 minutes. Place the halved<br />
pears in an ice bath. In a skillet, melt the butter over<br />
medium heat. Add brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg<br />
and cubed pears to the butter. Stir for 2 minutes.<br />
Add the heavy whipping cream and stir. Place<br />
mixture into a bowl and add the flour. Stuff the<br />
mixture into the halved pears. Cut one of the pastry<br />
sheets into 6 squares. Wrap the stuffed pears with the<br />
pastry dough. Cut the other sheet of pastry dough<br />
into 6 strips, then wrap the strips around each pear.<br />
Bake on a greased baking pan in the oven for 5 to 10<br />
minutes or until golden brown.<br />
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<strong>Nicholls</strong> students and other volunteers, armed with hammers, paint<br />
brushes, tape measures and saws, worked on half a dozen homes<br />
under construction for people displaced by the hurricanes of 2005.<br />
The Classroom of Life<br />
In the lingo of higher<br />
education, “service<br />
learning” ranks right<br />
up there with “didactic”<br />
or “program outcome<br />
measurements” on<br />
the list of buzzwords<br />
that leave the rest of<br />
us confounded. But a<br />
look beyond the usual<br />
clichés applied to service<br />
learning reveals a trend<br />
worth understanding and<br />
keeping.<br />
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A wall of vinyl siding takes shape as Kal Savoie and his Sigma<br />
Alpha Epsilon fraternity brothers Ryan Donegan and David<br />
Vicknair measure, trim and hang their way through their first<br />
building project.<br />
By Lydia Szanyi Boudreaux<br />
Black and white. Male and female. Northern and Southern.<br />
Inexperienced and professional.<br />
Learning together … sweating together… working side by<br />
side.<br />
They’re united.<br />
Amid the banging of dozens of hammers and loud discussions<br />
of sheetrock and wall measurements and the droning of<br />
electric saws and the sweltering heat and humidity that can only<br />
come with a bright April afternoon in south Louisiana, you<br />
realize this is more than students coming together to perform<br />
charity work. It’s more than any tired cliché about giving back to<br />
the community. This is real. This is what it looks<br />
like when people drop their prejudices, their petty<br />
squabbles and their self-consciousness. Almost<br />
without their knowing it, they’ve become one,<br />
united in building not just homes but that most<br />
precious life blood – hope.<br />
This is the scene during Spring Break at Angel<br />
Place subdivision in Gray. Nearly 100 students<br />
and employees from <strong>Nicholls</strong> and other Louisiana<br />
colleges and universities are here to build homes for<br />
Habitat for Humanity. This is their one break from<br />
the frantic pace of classes and work, and they’ve<br />
chosen to spend it building homes for people<br />
they’ve never met, with people they’ll never forget.<br />
Ryan Donegan stands back and studies the<br />
nearly finished wall of vinyl siding.<br />
“This is the best wall out here.”<br />
At 19, he’s never built anything before, certainly<br />
not an entire home. And he’s right – it is a<br />
pretty nice wall.<br />
“You can always party,” he says. “It’s not everyday<br />
you get to help people. And it’s pretty fun.”<br />
Donegan, a business administration sophomore at <strong>Nicholls</strong>,<br />
is with two of his Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity brothers today,<br />
hanging siding on a house that will soon become a home to<br />
someone who lost theirs to hurricanes Katrina or Rita. Earlier this<br />
week, he installed floor joists and hurricane braces. Today, they<br />
wasted little time gulping down hamburgers so they could return<br />
from lunch early and get a jump on finishing their wall.<br />
X-treme Spring Break is in its second year. It began in 2006,<br />
created by the <strong>University</strong> of Louisiana System as a way to get<br />
students involved in rebuilding Louisiana. This year, <strong>Nicholls</strong><br />
hosted students from Grambling <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Baton Rouge<br />
Community College, the <strong>University</strong> of Louisiana at Lafayette and<br />
Southeastern Louisiana <strong>University</strong>.<br />
“We still have such a strong need for rebuilding,” says Olinda<br />
Ricard of Killeen, Texas, president of the <strong>Nicholls</strong> Student Government<br />
Association and author of the nearly $15,000 servicelearning<br />
grant that helped her organize and plan this year’s event.<br />
X-treme Spring Break is just one of the ways the university is<br />
incorporating service learning into the curricula. At the heart of it<br />
is the belief that learning doesn’t take place just in the classroom.<br />
The outcome, hopefully, is graduates who consider service to their<br />
community a part of being responsible citizens.<br />
It also brings a sense of accomplishment and even awe to<br />
some students.<br />
“I got to build a house today,” Michelle Harper announces,<br />
seeming almost giddy at this feat. “I’d never swung a hammer in<br />
my life. But I hurricane-proofed a deck today.”<br />
Harper, an education senior from UL Lafayette, says she<br />
wanted to do something to impact herself and others. “It’s the<br />
families … you inspire me,” she says.<br />
Marquita Christy, a <strong>Nicholls</strong> nursing sophomore from<br />
Donaldsonville, calls herself a “girly girl.” “I’ve never really built<br />
anything. I thought I’d be painting inside the house. But I was<br />
framing walls, nailing and installing struts and hurricane bolts on<br />
the foundation. I’ve got blisters and dirty nails, sore feet, bruised<br />
thumbs … I think I’m having more fun than we’re supposed to.”<br />
Learning Outside the Classroom<br />
Service learning isn’t a one-way road – sure, the students perform a service to the<br />
community, but they’re also putting their classroom lessons to work.<br />
In Trisha Zeringue Dubina’s graphic design class, senior art students get the<br />
chance to take on real clients and prove their skills prior to graduation.<br />
Each student is assigned a non-profit client from the community. Students then<br />
create an entire campaign of artwork to promote their client’s business or events.<br />
“We have clients lined up for years waiting to be assigned a student,” Dubina<br />
says. “They’re grateful to get professional-caliber work, which they could never afford<br />
as non-profits.”<br />
In exchange, the students get to design logos, newspaper advertisements, billboards,<br />
signs and more for real clients. They can begin their design careers with<br />
professional work in their portfolios and experience what it’s like to hear that a client<br />
doesn’t like their design or, better yet, that it’s exactly what they wanted.<br />
Or they can realize this isn’t the career for them.<br />
“This is a dose of reality,” Dubina says. “You have to be able to take criticism and<br />
work with all kinds of clients, even the difficult ones and the ones who don’t know<br />
what they want. Their satisfaction determines your success.”<br />
The point isn’t to undercut the professionals in the field, and it isn’t just about<br />
volunteering, she says. It’s really all about learning.<br />
“This benefits the students and the organizations. My students now have a better<br />
Yuri Johnson, a <strong>Nicholls</strong> alumna and an<br />
employee in La Maison du Bayou housing,<br />
frames the interior walls of a Habitat for<br />
Humanity house in Gray.<br />
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Library archives preserve Audubon, Shakespearean and<br />
A<br />
JFK treasures<br />
Goldmine<br />
and document the Bayou<br />
of<br />
Region’s<br />
History<br />
colorful past.<br />
<strong>University</strong> archivist Clifton Theriot<br />
unlocks a door, slips on white cotton<br />
gloves, slides open one of 15 wide, shallow<br />
drawers and gently takes out a colorful<br />
1744 map of the French Quarter. “It’s<br />
in German,” he says. A moment later he<br />
holds up an original 1580 map of North<br />
and South America, commenting, “It’s<br />
inaccurate, but close.”<br />
In other drawers are such treasures as<br />
48 Shakespearean lithographs dating back<br />
to 1803. And there are almost 150 handcolored<br />
John James Audubon lithographic<br />
plates depicting animals, all published<br />
between 1845 and 1848. Both collections<br />
were given to <strong>Nicholls</strong> in 1965 by Lee and<br />
Margaret Shaffer of Terrebonne Parish.<br />
To Theriot’s left and right are dozens<br />
of rare books, one printed in 1609, another<br />
in 1651. There’s a book of poetry by the<br />
mother of Francis T. <strong>Nicholls</strong>. Nearby are<br />
books signed by Lafcadio Hearn, Frances<br />
Parkinson Keyes and Huey Long.<br />
Ellender Memorial Library Archives<br />
and Special Collections documents<br />
almost everything related to the culture<br />
and history of the area between Franklin,<br />
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and the Gulf<br />
of Mexico. Some books and materials<br />
concern local plantations, the entire state,<br />
the United <strong>State</strong>s and even Europe. Most<br />
collections have been carefully processed<br />
– organized, indexed and cataloged. For<br />
genealogists<br />
there<br />
are about<br />
100 printed<br />
volumes<br />
that list the<br />
births, marriages<br />
and<br />
deaths that<br />
occurred<br />
through<br />
the years in<br />
each Catholic<br />
church<br />
parish in<br />
the New<br />
Orleans<br />
and Baton<br />
Rouge<br />
dioceses.<br />
Tales of<br />
plantations, natural disasters and senators<br />
all sit waiting in vertical files and on 5,500<br />
linear feet of compact shelving – some of<br />
it buried in letters, caught in photographs<br />
or documented in centuries-old newspapers<br />
or in the private papers of prominent<br />
citizens like Sen. Allen J. Ellender.<br />
The collection of the late Bayou Lafourche<br />
historian William Littlejohn Martin<br />
contains thousands of historic photos,<br />
with all people and places painstakingly<br />
identified.<br />
Lost in time<br />
Time-Life Books, film companies<br />
and the History Channel have called<br />
upon <strong>Nicholls</strong> archives in the past. Upon<br />
receiving an inquiry, Theriot says, “I never<br />
My dearest little wife<br />
I am now on the battle<br />
field. It is early and the battle has not begun. All<br />
of us are well. I have just passed two days hard<br />
fighting without being hurt . . . We had some seven<br />
killed and a number hurt. A young Bergeron in my<br />
company was killed . . . Oh darling I fear so much<br />
that you will give up. I pray little wife to be spared<br />
for your sake . . . Oh darling please be courageous . . . .<br />
Your loving husband<br />
Bobbie<br />
No. 301 in Martin-Pugh Collection:<br />
Vicksburg, December 29, 1862<br />
tell anyone no, but sometimes it may take<br />
a month or so for us to find an answer or<br />
the needed material.”<br />
A certified archivist, Theriot holds<br />
degrees in history and information science.<br />
Thibodaux Fireman’s Fair, 1915<br />
He says the <strong>Nicholls</strong> archival collection<br />
is so vast that someone could spend years<br />
exploring it and still not see everything.<br />
Archives uses a modest annual budget<br />
to acquire just-published Louisiana books<br />
and other items, but donated materials<br />
are the backbone, says Carol Mathias,<br />
Ellender Memorial Library director and its<br />
archivist from 1991 to 2002. “Just about<br />
everything has been given by people who<br />
understand the value of documenting the<br />
area and keeping its history alive,” she<br />
emphasizes. “Many people don’t understand<br />
what a gold mine<br />
of historical information<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> archives is.”<br />
Giving the gift of<br />
time<br />
Mathias and Theriot<br />
welcome archival donations<br />
and the help of<br />
capable volunteers. Dr.<br />
Philip Uzee, after his<br />
1984 retirement as <strong>Nicholls</strong><br />
archivist, translated<br />
hundreds of documents<br />
written in French. Marjorie<br />
Landry of Cut Off<br />
and Goldie Legendre of<br />
Thibodaux have spent<br />
two days a week for more<br />
than a decade processing<br />
and computerizing<br />
Lafourche courthouse records from the<br />
late 1700s to the 1940s.<br />
“It’s been 12 years for Marge, 11<br />
for me,” Legendre says. First they had to<br />
unbundle and dust off documents found<br />
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in the attic of the old Lafourche jail. Most<br />
were in French and English, some in Spanish.<br />
The collection includes an 1855 report<br />
on conditions in the Lafourche jail (“filthy<br />
and nauseating”), an 1855 dental bill and<br />
cattle-brand certificates.<br />
But most of those records are writs,<br />
deeds and lawsuits, to say nothing of birth,<br />
death and marriage certificates. Some are<br />
original documents, some copies. “Can<br />
you imagine copying documents by hand<br />
way back then,” Legendre says in astonishment.<br />
“Marge did the database for all<br />
25,000 records,” she says. As a result, references<br />
to plantations, people, businesses<br />
and similar topics can be easily found.<br />
Plantations start with Abby and end with<br />
Waverly.<br />
“I love it,” Legendre says of her volunteer<br />
work. “You find out so many interesting<br />
things.” She considers slave records<br />
particularly interesting, “especially those<br />
in the 1700s that list slaves coming from<br />
Africa by way of Haiti.”<br />
Speaking of her work on old Lafourche<br />
records, Landry says, “That was<br />
fun because most of my people are from<br />
Lafourche – Guillots, Thibodauxs and<br />
what-have-you. I was so interested that<br />
sometimes I would come in for an extra<br />
day.” While organizing a collection of<br />
sheet music dating as far back as 1868, she<br />
tells of having found bullets among the<br />
Goldie Legendre (left) and Marjorie Landry (right) have worked as volunteers in the<br />
library archives two days a week for more than a decade.<br />
criminal records and information about a<br />
nose being bitten off in one case, an ear in<br />
another.<br />
Seeing, touching history<br />
Theriot can tell of dozens of fascinating<br />
items in the collection. He can produce<br />
documents signed by Henry Schuyler<br />
Thibodaux, Francis T. <strong>Nicholls</strong> and James<br />
Bowie. He can display 1796 slave-sale<br />
information on the back of a 1787 baptismal<br />
certificate. He can pull out hundreds<br />
of printed public death notices, which<br />
genealogists often find invaluable. He can<br />
scan and e-mail documents or burn them<br />
onto compact discs when requests come<br />
from far away.<br />
Theriot delights in introducing freshmen<br />
to the archives when their classes<br />
tour the library. He lets them see and hold<br />
letters signed by Presidents Roosevelt,<br />
Eisenhower and Johnson. They even see<br />
and hold Ellender’s invitation to John F.<br />
Kennedy’s presidential inauguration.<br />
From the Martin-Pugh papers, which<br />
extend from the 1830s to the 1920s, Theriot<br />
is able to show letters from four sons<br />
telling of their Civil War battlefield experiences.<br />
There are also letters from their relatives<br />
on the bayou describing home-front<br />
conditions. Many envelopes have five-cent<br />
“Confederate <strong>State</strong>s” stamps. Because the<br />
letters have been transcribed, no researcher<br />
need wear gloves or be slowed by quaint<br />
penmanship.<br />
Theriot enjoys showing visitors Civil<br />
War letters penned in the normal fashion<br />
and then turned 180 degrees for additional<br />
writing across the previously written lines,<br />
all because of the paper shortage. He even<br />
has letters on which the penmanship crosses<br />
horizontally, vertically and diagonally.<br />
Holding up a newspaper printed on<br />
the back of green wallpaper, Theriot says,<br />
“Students love this.” It is La Sentinelle de<br />
Thibodaux issued in French on Feb. 7,<br />
1863. Students are unlikely to forget the<br />
Civil War paper shortage.<br />
Theriot also shows students The Banner<br />
of the Ironsides, a newspaper printed in<br />
Thibodaux by Union forces on April 14,<br />
1863. “We have two issues, the only two<br />
in Louisiana,” he says, “although there are<br />
one or two somewhere up North.” Students<br />
are surprised to see the first <strong>Nicholls</strong><br />
catalog and its listing of the 1948 registration<br />
fee of only $17.50.<br />
When people give items to the<br />
archives, they are asked to sign a formal<br />
agreement before <strong>Nicholls</strong> accepts what<br />
has historical value and declines inappropriate<br />
items, such as museum objects. In<br />
rare instances, exceptions will be made, as<br />
in the case of Evangeline Baseball League<br />
items like uniforms and mitts that accompanied<br />
league photographs and records<br />
dating from 1934 to 1957. Archives also<br />
has a Civil War canon ball.<br />
An ever-growing collection<br />
Growth has created an “Archives II,” a<br />
huge room on the other side of the building<br />
housing mostly unprocessed items. An<br />
assistant archivist was added to the staff<br />
during the summer, primarily to process<br />
collections according to professional<br />
standards. The papers of former President<br />
Donald Ayo await processing.<br />
“Archives II” also contains the J.A.<br />
and J.C. Lovell collection of historic field<br />
notes, maps, abstracts and aerial photographs,<br />
a boon to professional surveyors<br />
interested primarily in Lafourche and<br />
Terrebonne tracts. The collection, bought<br />
by Louisiana Land & Exploration in 1962<br />
and given to <strong>Nicholls</strong> in 1995, is stored in<br />
enormous but shallow pull-out trays.<br />
Some <strong>Nicholls</strong> collections have been<br />
duplicated and shared with area libraries,<br />
such as the genealogical papers of<br />
Olga Laurent, a schoolteacher from the<br />
river parishes, who gathered information<br />
about many families along the River Road.<br />
Original 1801 Engraving of Shakespeare’s “King Richard II”<br />
Mathias also cites the popular collection of<br />
Doris Mae Ledet of Thibodaux, “a premier<br />
genealogist in this area, who allowed us to<br />
make copies of much of her material.”<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> archives began in 1964 when<br />
the library moved from a few rooms in Elkins<br />
Hall to Polk Hall. It expanded when<br />
the Ellender building opened in 1980. In<br />
addition to processing and maintaining<br />
the collection, the staff stays busy responding<br />
to requests, such as those of people<br />
who planned the <strong>2007</strong> observance of<br />
Lafourche Parish’s bicentennial.<br />
Quirky Archives Finds<br />
From an 1881 Lafourche Parish case involving stolen peas:<br />
the charge sheet, the affidavit, the warrant, the subpoena,<br />
the guilty judgment – and 22 peas in an evidence envelope.<br />
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By Stephanie Detillier<br />
Aging memories were all<br />
that remained. Soon, no one<br />
would remember the baptisms in<br />
Grand Bayou. No longer would<br />
children hear their parents talk<br />
about being denied an education<br />
everywhere but at their churches.<br />
None would have to teach Sunday<br />
School at the age of 12 like<br />
Bertha Shanklin.<br />
“Those days are gone,”<br />
Shanklin says, with a shake of her<br />
head. “We just need to take this<br />
moment and go on.”<br />
Shanklin stands strong, but a<br />
mixture of joy and pain carries in<br />
her voice. She marvels at what is<br />
left of St. Luke’s Baptist Church.<br />
Once a stronghold for her<br />
family – who attended school,<br />
preached, sang hymns and found<br />
inspiration there – the decaying<br />
structure now stands as a fragile<br />
reminder of what used to be.<br />
Younger generations are<br />
more worried about the future than the eroding past. Shanklin<br />
knows this. She was the same. Upon high school graduation,<br />
she packed her bags for Southern <strong>University</strong> in Baton Rouge.<br />
She rarely made visits back home, even in the summer. As<br />
the daughter of the church’s last preacher, Shanklin had been<br />
anxious to break away from a life of studying, attending church<br />
services and not much else … nothing else if she skipped<br />
church.<br />
Perhaps that’s why the phone call surprised her. It wasn’t<br />
the first time Shanklin had been contacted by someone interested<br />
in the church’s history. But these were students, motivated<br />
young people. And they were interested in more than just<br />
research.<br />
Sociology students at <strong>Nicholls</strong> spent a semester studying St. Luke’s Baptist Church in Chackbay. They<br />
set aside a day to trim back the overgrown vegetation on the grounds and make tomb etchings in<br />
the cemetery.<br />
Gathering history<br />
Dr. James Butler, associate professor of sociology, frequently<br />
discusses abandoned black churches in his lectures. St.<br />
Luke’s particularly intrigued him. Its image was everywhere.<br />
Photographs and paintings of the church hang in a Thibodaux<br />
coffee shop, a bank near the church property and who knows<br />
where else. Production crews have scouted the site for upcoming<br />
movies. St. Luke’s has fame – as “an abandoned church in<br />
Chackbay.” Most artists know no better description.<br />
Thus, the church became the focus of Butler’s Selected<br />
Topics in American Society course during the Spring <strong>2007</strong> semester.<br />
Four students were assigned to document the historical<br />
significance of St. Luke’s and its congregation’s genealogy.<br />
Forgotten People<br />
of a Forgotten Time<br />
Age-old Louisiana traditions are as much in peril as the land<br />
in which they’re embedded. Little by little, <strong>Nicholls</strong> is trying<br />
to keep the Louisiana of legend alive.<br />
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Shalonda Johnson, graduating sociology senior from<br />
Franklin, began contacting authors of past newspaper articles<br />
about St. Luke’s, with little luck. Diaquire Johnson, sociology<br />
senior from Bayou Dularge, set out to the Lafourche Parish<br />
Clerk of Court’s office to collect the church’s property records.<br />
Immediately, she also faced a challenge. No records could be<br />
found for a St. Luke’s Baptist Church on La. 20 in Chackbay.<br />
Through hours of Internet searching and perhaps a little<br />
luck, the students discovered the church’s dual name of St.<br />
Luke’s/Little Zion. That was news even to past members of its<br />
congregation.<br />
Johnson retrieved documents, under the name Little<br />
Zion, dating back to 1802<br />
at the initial subdivision<br />
of the church’s property,<br />
which she believes was part<br />
of Cleona Plantation. It’s<br />
hard to be sure, though,<br />
since all transactions were<br />
made in the name of private<br />
individuals. The church<br />
property still belongs to<br />
remaining members of the<br />
congregation. St. Luke’s was<br />
probably built soon after the<br />
deed was signed in 1883.<br />
Probably. Some mysteries<br />
still remain after a semester<br />
of searching, documenting<br />
and speculating.<br />
Gaining momentum<br />
Tina Granger, sociology<br />
junior from Houma,<br />
was connected to Shanklin<br />
through the Lafourche<br />
Historical Society. The<br />
two quickly began a ritual.<br />
Once a week, Granger and<br />
Shanklin met at Galliano<br />
Hall cafeteria to eat lunch<br />
and travel back in time.<br />
Shanklin brought family<br />
photos, genealogy charts<br />
and her memory. Granger<br />
brought an attentive ear.<br />
Both began filling in the blanks in the genealogy of<br />
Shanklin’s father, the Rev. Andrew W. Robinson. A genealogical<br />
chart Shanklin had from her great-grandfather Joseph Parks<br />
contributed tremendously. Records don’t make piecing history<br />
together easy, though. Names are often misspelled or change<br />
with time.<br />
In fact, Shanklin’s documents originally referenced her<br />
great-grandfather as Joseph Parr (a.k.a. Parks), which she<br />
simply brushes off as a spelling error. However, Granger isn’t so<br />
sure. Her maternal aunt married a Parr from Houma. His genealogy<br />
references the upper Lafourche area and causes Granger<br />
to wonder if there is a connection … if her Caucasian family<br />
may have African-American roots.<br />
“This is a treasure to me,” Granger says, grasping both genealogies<br />
in her hands. “With the knowledge that many slaves<br />
took the name of their masters, there may be a connection between<br />
my family and Mrs. Shanklin’s. During Reconstruction,<br />
many African-Americans changed their names, some slightly,<br />
some drastically, to dissociate from those times.”<br />
Granger and Shanklin plan to speak with other descendants<br />
at the Parks family reunion. Olinda Ricard, management<br />
senior from Killeen, Texas, has helped create a survey to<br />
gather more memories from those in attendance. St. Luke’s has<br />
become a personal mission for Granger. Regardless of whether<br />
a family connection exists<br />
or not, she is immersed in<br />
the project. More can and<br />
must be done. If nothing<br />
else is done, what will<br />
protect the remains of the<br />
church<br />
Research alone won’t<br />
cut it. On a trip to the<br />
church property, Shanklin<br />
and Granger find several<br />
candles arranged in a<br />
circle in the center of the<br />
building’s floor, perhaps<br />
from a ritual. When they<br />
return weeks later, the<br />
evidence is gone.<br />
Granger snaps her<br />
fingers. “The building<br />
could have gone up in<br />
flames just like that.<br />
There is nothing to stop<br />
trespassers. The front<br />
entrance is rotted through<br />
and through. Even I<br />
wouldn’t dare step into<br />
that building.”<br />
Preserving the past<br />
St. Luke’s has been<br />
abandoned since the<br />
1970s. Robinson retired,<br />
and his son-in-law, the<br />
Rev. Joe Woods, was asked to become pastor. However, Woods<br />
already had a church under his wing and asked St. Luke’s congregation<br />
to join him there. St. Luke’s entered what Granger<br />
refers to as its “winter years.”<br />
Yet on this April day, it is alive. Vehicles begin to fill the<br />
property in an unorganized, rushed fashion. Car doors slam<br />
and the chatter of the crowd grows louder. All visitors gather<br />
around the church entrance, waiting for the service to begin.<br />
The scene wasn’t so different 50 years ago – except for the<br />
sounds of gospel songs, organ music and prayer shouts, now<br />
replaced by the drone of a weed-eater, clicks of cameras and the<br />
rustle of garbage bags.<br />
More than 25 <strong>Nicholls</strong> sociology students split into groups<br />
St. Luke’s Baptist Church in Chackbay<br />
to begin the day’s work. Behind the church building lies the<br />
biggest challenge – a once serene graveyard now overtaken<br />
by wild woods. Beams of sunlight reveal the tops of crossshaped<br />
grave markers hidden for decades behind ferns and tree<br />
branches. Butler, clad in camouflaged pants, begins chopping<br />
down small trees as students rake up the debris and drag<br />
branches away from the 12 tombstones. Tomb etchings will<br />
be archived. Two belong to Annie and Sarah Parks, Shanklin’s<br />
grandmother and great-grandmother. Another resembles a<br />
child’s grave, though Shanklin has no memory of a burial for<br />
someone so young.<br />
Dameyel Welsch, history senior from Paradis, takes a break<br />
from cleaning the site: “You know, you don’t get an opportunity<br />
every day to reflect on the history of the area and your ancestors.<br />
It makes me think about my church. The First Baptist<br />
Church of Paradis probably started as a small church similar to<br />
this one. Many back then didn’t want black churches and believed<br />
that blacks didn’t have souls, but the slaves did what God<br />
told them to do. The legacy of the African-American slaves who<br />
first started these churches lives on through these churches.”<br />
Welsch wonders what will happen to St. Luke’s after the<br />
day’s work is over. Granger already has plans for that. The<br />
research manuscript required of the sociology students will<br />
be only the beginning. Granger will continue to work with<br />
Shanklin to produce a book, which will be sold to benefit the<br />
property’s upkeep and conservation. A brochure on the site will<br />
be created and distributed at local tourist commission offices.<br />
Video footage of the group’s work will be used in future sociology<br />
courses and in presentations at future research symposiums.<br />
A brick from the church’s foundation as well as a piece<br />
of siding will be archived. An application will also be presented<br />
to the Louisiana Historical Commission to declare St. Luke’s a<br />
historical landmark.<br />
“This project may go several years until the book is complete,<br />
but I will continue working privately with Mrs. Shanklin<br />
to make sure the church is properly preserved,” Granger says.<br />
Remembering the way things were<br />
Shanklin can see straight through the empty church. It’s<br />
not how it used to be. There were doors, of course. The area<br />
now covered in rotten boards and twigs used to be an entrance<br />
hall. The church bell has been stolen from the steeple. The<br />
pews, which each held about five people, are also gone. She<br />
remembers the coat and hat racks that hung on the walls, the<br />
mahogany piano that sat on the right side of the building and<br />
the pulpit at the church’s front.<br />
Intuitively, Shanklin always knew something would<br />
become of St. Luke’s. For years, she collected paperwork on the<br />
church from her relatives, even though she had not attended<br />
services there since her college days. The church often crept<br />
into her thoughts and became part of her prayers, especially<br />
during hurricane season. Shanklin, now a retired educator,<br />
couldn’t figure out why St. Luke’s didn’t fade from her memory.<br />
Now, she understands.<br />
Tombstones mark the passing of some of the church’s congregation. Left without a pastor, the remaining<br />
members drifted to other churches in the 1970s. Thus began the church’s “winter years.”<br />
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Each spring, the <strong>Nicholls</strong> campus comes alive with the<br />
sound of fiddles, accordions and stomping feet during<br />
the Cajun-Zydeco Music and Dance Exhibit.<br />
Returning Life to the Legends<br />
New Balance sneakers tap to the slow, steady beat. An<br />
elderly woman wearing sweatpants sways to the soulful sound.<br />
Men and women in business attire take a break from their work<br />
day. It’s a meeting of the generations – in what feels more like a<br />
country bar or blues club than the <strong>Nicholls</strong> Cotillion Ballroom.<br />
Grammy Award nominee Tab Benoit fuses Swamp Pop,<br />
rock ’n’ roll and the blues to tell a tale of love, loss and Louisiana.<br />
After his “cherie” leaves him, Benoit can’t help but feel<br />
drawn back to the ole faithful bayous of his home state. Of<br />
course, it’s just a song. But a significant one at the university’s<br />
11th annual Cajun-Zydeco Music and Dance Exhibit, which<br />
this year celebrated Louisiana’s wetlands.<br />
“To me, Louisiana is south of I-10,” Benoit says during a<br />
song break. “It’s where the culture, music, swamp and crawfish<br />
are found. Where the swamp meets the Gulf of Mexico is what<br />
makes us different.”<br />
It’s at such events that Cajun culture can reach more than<br />
those who grew up speaking French and learning how to prepare<br />
a roux from grandma. In an age of fast-paced, modern living, the<br />
only way to preserve the past is to incorporate it into the present,<br />
as <strong>Nicholls</strong> has done.<br />
Building reminders of the past<br />
Tom Butler, a retired <strong>Nicholls</strong> librarian, had never built a<br />
boat. As a recreational fisherman and hunter, he often wondered<br />
about the craftsmanship involved. Before his time, area residents<br />
depended on wooden boats for transportation. Today, knowing<br />
how to build a boat is no longer considered essential or even particularly<br />
honorable. Little by little, Butler noticed the traditional<br />
wooden crafts being replaced by those of fiberglass and aluminum.<br />
Little by little, interest in wooden boats diminished.<br />
The same thing happened in the northern United <strong>State</strong>s.<br />
Transportation methods advanced; however, centers in the North<br />
were erected to preserve the area’s nautical crafts. But the Gulf<br />
Coast was allowing its tradition to be forgotten – that is, until<br />
1979, when Butler began talking to those who remembered.<br />
By Stephanie Detillier<br />
Butler interviewed local boat builders, recorded video and<br />
oral histories and collected old photographs and drawings. Thus<br />
was born the Center for Traditional Louisiana Boat Building<br />
on the <strong>Nicholls</strong> campus. The center began receiving numerous<br />
donations of preserved skiffs and pirogues. Butler, aware of the<br />
empty space on Ellender Memorial Library’s first floor, displayed<br />
the history there. Soon, his collection spilled over into a barn<br />
behind the campus maintenance building and a shed at Laurel<br />
Valley Plantation.<br />
Traditional boats the center couldn’t find were built<br />
by craftsmen using old-fashioned methods and hand tools.<br />
Carpenters, cabinet makers and those interested in a historical<br />
experience joined boat builders to recreate a New Orleans lugger<br />
sailboat, the pirogue’s predecessor. People from across the state<br />
traveled to campus to learn how to build boats of their own in<br />
non-credit courses.<br />
“Boat building is definitely an art,” Butler says, showing off<br />
a dugout pirogue built in 1945. “However, a lot of times it takes<br />
people from out of the area to recognize what a treasure and<br />
what a rich culture we have here.”<br />
A museum dedicated to Louisiana boat building has long<br />
been Butler’s goal. He’s now close to achieving it. An agreement<br />
has been signed with the town of Lockport to relocate the boat<br />
collection to the old Ford building. However, renovations of the<br />
previously unoccupied building are expected to cost more than<br />
$200,000 – an obstacle that has delayed the relocation.<br />
Butler drives to the back of campus to check on what he<br />
suspects is a 300-year-old, bald cypress Indian dugout canoe.<br />
Few visitors get to see the center’s gem, hidden behind the<br />
campus maintenance complex. Butler points out the scars where<br />
the Indians burned the wood too much when trying to shape<br />
the boat. Seashells were probably used to scrape out the bowed<br />
bottom. Much time and talent went into forming such a simple<br />
vessel. Much time and talent have gone into preserving this<br />
Louisiana art. Soon, both will be properly honored.<br />
Picking up the Cajun culture<br />
His native bird carvings are authentic, crafted only after<br />
much research and bird watching. Lane Brigham has displayed<br />
his Louisiana art for four years at the university’s annual<br />
Folklife Festival. And somehow, sitting amid Cajun woodcarvers,<br />
authors, jewelers, painters and musicians, he gives off no<br />
evidence of his west Texas ranch roots.<br />
Brigham, associate professor of family and consumer sciences,<br />
got his first taste of Louisiana living in 1970 in Shreveport,<br />
but soon his education and career took him to New York,<br />
Mississippi and Iowa. Brigham and his wife, Gail, continued<br />
to visit south Louisiana, mostly for fishing trips to Grand Isle,<br />
until she discovered a position vacancy at <strong>Nicholls</strong>.<br />
The boat displays in the library reminded Brigham of the<br />
men he had often noticed crafting wooden shrimp boats along<br />
the banks of Bayou Lafourche. He enrolled in the boat-building<br />
class and created his own lake skiff and pirogue. He bought<br />
boats from others and accumulated a neat collection.<br />
In 1996, Brigham brought his third- and fifth-grade<br />
sons to the French Food Festival in Larose for carnival rides,<br />
fried food and Louisiana’s rockin’ fiddler Waylon Thibodeaux.<br />
Through good ol’ Southern hospitality, they met Jimmy Lynch,<br />
a duck-carving expert and teacher. The three began taking lessons.<br />
Brigham finished his first project but was too busy with<br />
his boat building to continue. Brigham’s sons accumulated<br />
numerous carving tools but soon gave up the hobby for more<br />
interesting endeavors – girls and cars.<br />
In 2001, Brigham introduced carving to some of his<br />
colleagues from Iowa, and his interest was again sparked. He<br />
began taking carving classes twice a week.<br />
“When I got home from classes, I was so wired,” Brigham<br />
says. “I couldn’t get to sleep until midnight or 1 a.m. The<br />
people in the class reminded me of people I grew up with in<br />
west Texas. They even told the same jokes. But, I was tired all<br />
week and didn’t feel as rested and sharp as I wanted to be for<br />
my classes.”<br />
Brigham began carving on his own, painting with acrylics<br />
instead of oils and feeling well-rested. He also switched from<br />
carving duck decoys to birds native to the area, particularly<br />
songbirds. His artwork recreates his childhood experiences of<br />
watching, and sometimes shooting, birds.<br />
“Birds are so fleeting. You can never touch them,” he says.<br />
Brigham believes his sons will learn how to carve one<br />
day, perhaps when they find the extra time and passion. They<br />
haven’t shown much interest since the days of the French Food<br />
Festival. But they guard their carving tools. After all, the passion<br />
is in their blood.<br />
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Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes emerged after hurricanes Katrina and Rita as top Louisiana<br />
producers of citrus. Don Dufresne (pictured) and George Toups of the <strong>Nicholls</strong> agriculture<br />
program are conducting a series of tests on citrus trees at the university farm to enhance<br />
early ripening of fruit and establish optimum sugar-acid ratios.<br />
College of Arts and Sciences<br />
Fruits of Labor<br />
Ag faculty lend a hand to citrus growers.<br />
By Dr. Anita Tully<br />
Look along any south Louisiana highway<br />
in the fall and you’ll likely see roadside<br />
stands (often in the form of battered pickup<br />
trucks with bright blue tarps stretched<br />
to block the sun) boasting “Fresh Louisiana<br />
Satsumas” or “Sweet Louisiana Oranges” in<br />
hand-lettered signs. It’s as much a part of<br />
the landscape as swamps and hopeful New<br />
Orleans Saints fans.<br />
But hurricanes Katrina and Rita<br />
altered that landscape forever. Almost overnight,<br />
Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes<br />
became the state’s leading citrus producers.<br />
Plaquemines Parish, once the leader<br />
in Louisiana’s $6 million citrus industry,<br />
lost more than half its trees to wind,<br />
saltwater intrusion and other storm-related<br />
problems. That left a large gap in citrus<br />
production that Lafourche and Terrebonne<br />
parishes are trying to fill.<br />
Enter George Toups and Don Dufresne<br />
of the <strong>Nicholls</strong> agriculture program.<br />
The two have stepped in to offer their support<br />
to growers.<br />
Toups, associate professor and coordinator<br />
of the agriculture program, and<br />
Dufresne, instructor of plant science, have<br />
planted six varieties of citrus at the <strong>Nicholls</strong><br />
farm as part of a research initiative to<br />
support local citrus producers. Their trees<br />
include a pineapple navel orange, three<br />
Hamlin sweet orange, two Washington<br />
navel orange, a Brown’s select satsuma, two<br />
Owari satsuma, a Meyer lemon and two<br />
ruby red grapefruit.<br />
They’re trying to enhance early ripening<br />
of fruit and establish optimum sugaracid<br />
ratios for each citrus species by testing<br />
soil conditions and irrigation methods,<br />
monitoring rootstocks and nitrogen, potassium<br />
and phosphorus levels and trying<br />
different tree varieties.<br />
Home growers also play an important<br />
role in the health of the industry. For them,<br />
Toups and Dufresne say two factors are<br />
most important: First, be sure to test soil<br />
around citrus to determine the presence or<br />
absence of essential nutrients such as zinc,<br />
calcium and magnesium at the root/soil<br />
interface, and, second, obtain laboratory<br />
analyses of leaves to assure that minerals are<br />
reaching all parts of the plant. Soil and leaf<br />
tests can be arranged by county agents for a<br />
minimal charge.<br />
To start or expand a home citrus garden,<br />
a local chapter of Future Farmers of<br />
America can be contacted to purchase trees<br />
that grow well in your area.<br />
Citrus Tips<br />
• Look for firm, heavy fruit with smooth<br />
skins free from soft spots.<br />
• Don’t let color be your only guide.<br />
Even skins with light green color can<br />
hide ripe fruit.<br />
• Citrus will keep several days at room<br />
temperature or for several weeks in the<br />
refrigerator in vented plastic bags or<br />
vegetable bins.<br />
• Small fruit can be just as juicy and<br />
sweet as large fruit.<br />
• Navel oranges make excellent juice,<br />
but acids make the juice bitter within<br />
four hours. Drink it fresh.<br />
• Lemon juice frozen in ice cube trays<br />
and stored in plastic bags will provide<br />
“fresh” lemon juice for many months.<br />
Source: Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service<br />
College of Business Administration<br />
‘I Launched My<br />
Own Corporation’<br />
(AKA ‘What I Did Last Semester’)<br />
Kelsi Guidry has dot-com dreams.<br />
The Cut Off native owns TeenWants<br />
Inc., three web sites and has corporate<br />
investors and a board of directors. Not bad<br />
for a 21-year-old college student.<br />
Now he’s the first tenant in the Entré<br />
Lab, the new business incubator in the College<br />
of Business Administration.<br />
Guidry’s career as an entrepreneur began<br />
at 17 when his frustration with existing<br />
teen web sites drove him to create his own.<br />
“I was searching for, but not finding, a web<br />
site for teens,” he says. “They either weren’t<br />
teen-oriented or they were too childish, so<br />
I decided to build my own site where teens<br />
can get everything they want in one place.”<br />
Fired with determination, he started<br />
building teenwants.com. Four years later,<br />
now a <strong>Nicholls</strong> senior studying athletic<br />
training, Guidry also owns collegewants.<br />
com, a site where college students can chat<br />
or buy and sell items such as textbooks,<br />
and pokerwants.com, a site all about the<br />
game of poker. In March <strong>2007</strong>, he started<br />
his company, TeenWants Inc., and already<br />
has investors providing capital.<br />
He moved his business from his<br />
Thibodaux apartment to the Entré Lab in<br />
May and immediately began holding business<br />
meetings with investors and making<br />
use of the lab’s seven laptop computers,<br />
projector, fax machine, copier, printer and<br />
filing space.<br />
“I was operating from my apartment<br />
with just one computer and a printer,” he<br />
says. “I didn’t have access to the kind of<br />
equipment I have in the lab.”<br />
Guidry calls his teenwants.com a<br />
“Yahoo for teens,” with topics like entertainment,<br />
school, shopping, sports, health,<br />
work, music and movies.<br />
“It’s like a combo of MySpace and<br />
Facebook, mixed with Yahoo and MSN<br />
– but all for teens,” he says.<br />
His dreams are anything but small: He<br />
wants teenwants.com to be the top web site<br />
in the world. “I’ve seen a lot of good web<br />
sites taking off and selling for millions and<br />
billions. I want to grow as big as we can.<br />
The Internet is huge, but it’s not yet as big<br />
as it can be.”<br />
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College of Education<br />
Beyond Finger Painting<br />
Learning the Realities of Teaching<br />
Jane is a new second-grade teacher. One afternoon in<br />
October, she is confronted by the upset parents of Charlie<br />
Johnson, one of her students. Charlie, they say, told them how<br />
Jane unfairly made him sit in the time-out chair because he was<br />
talking. How could Jane do such a thing, they ask Didn’t she<br />
ask Charlie’s reason for talking before she punished him Why<br />
is she being unreasonable<br />
When college students<br />
set their sights on guiding the<br />
next generation of students as<br />
schoolteachers, they often have<br />
fond visions of helping curlyhaired<br />
little girls finger-paint or<br />
smiling little boys proudly recite<br />
their ABCs for the first time.<br />
What they sometimes overlook<br />
are the ups and downs of also<br />
dealing with the parents of their<br />
students.<br />
It’s a package deal, says Dr.<br />
Deborah Bordelon, dean of the<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> College of Education.<br />
“Teachers not only have to work<br />
with parents, but they should<br />
make it a priority,” she says. It’s<br />
part of what Bordelon calls the<br />
“tripod of support” that makes<br />
children successful in school: a<br />
collaborative effort by parents,<br />
educators and students.<br />
It takes some effort to make<br />
this work, though. Especially<br />
when most college courses for<br />
future teachers focus on developing<br />
lesson plans, assessing<br />
student performance and using<br />
innovative teaching methods<br />
– skills that won’t help when<br />
faced with an irate parent.<br />
That’s why education seniors at <strong>Nicholls</strong> are required to go<br />
to instructors like Annette Breaux, <strong>Nicholls</strong> teacher induction<br />
coordinator, before they begin their semester of student teaching.<br />
She’s something of a guru of practical tips for young teachers.<br />
Her seminars and private lessons put the practical spin on<br />
all the theories they’ve learned as college students.<br />
“New teachers aren’t really prepared for these real-life situations,”<br />
she says. “They’ve studied the theories, but it just isn’t<br />
real to them yet.”<br />
Breaux can tell them that the appropriate response in the<br />
scenario described above is: Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, we still<br />
might disagree when you leave here today, but I have to tell you<br />
Your Parental Role in Education:<br />
Priming Your Child for Success<br />
By Dr. Deborah Bordelon<br />
1. Begin early<br />
College prep doesn’t begin in high school. When your<br />
little scholar is exploring the joys of finger painting, your<br />
job has begun. You’re not overbearing when you want to<br />
know whether little Suzy is learning her ABCs and her<br />
colors and shapes at preschool – it’s your job to know. And a<br />
good teacher will welcome your interest.<br />
2. Be involved<br />
Student success starts with communication. It may<br />
be easier to do when little Charlie is in kindergarten, but<br />
it’s just as important when he’s diagramming sentences in<br />
elementary school or learning about the mystical properties<br />
of π in high school. Parental involvement shouldn’t stop at<br />
fourth, eighth or even 12th grade. Get to know your child’s<br />
teachers, find out what Charlie’s learning and where he<br />
excels or struggles. If education isn’t a priority for you, then<br />
it won’t be for your child, either.<br />
3. Develop critical thinking<br />
At the university level, expectations center on self-directed<br />
learners who are able to monitor their own learning.<br />
This is a skill that needs to be practiced, not unlike sports<br />
or the arts. Decision-making and critical thinking need to<br />
be infused in the school setting and at home. Help develop<br />
these skills by providing your child with opportunities to<br />
make choices and to examine the consequences.<br />
how much I respect your coming here and taking an active role<br />
in Charlie’s education. Thank you. Now, let’s sit down and talk.<br />
A calm response like that one will immediately defuse the<br />
situation, she says. And that’s one of the keys to working together<br />
as a team with parents and students. The same strategies<br />
that apply to students apply to parents: don’t be defensive, let<br />
students or parents vent their anger or frustration before you<br />
speak, remain calm (at least on<br />
the exterior) and avoid all kneejerk<br />
responses, show concern<br />
rather than anger, always save<br />
reprimands for private, and never,<br />
ever yell.<br />
Breaux also advises her<br />
students to be proactive and get<br />
parents involved from the beginning.<br />
“The first contact most parents<br />
have from a teacher normally<br />
happens when their child has<br />
done something wrong,” she says.<br />
“But teachers need to reach out<br />
and establish consistent positive<br />
contact right away, to set the tone<br />
for future dealings. I tell them to<br />
sit down at the end of each day<br />
and send home a positive note<br />
to the parents of one child. It<br />
takes 20 seconds. But imagine<br />
being a parent and receiving a<br />
note from school that includes a<br />
compliment for your child rather<br />
than the dreaded report of bad<br />
behavior.”<br />
“This is just one of the simple<br />
tricks of the trade that none<br />
of us learned when we started<br />
teaching,” Breaux says.<br />
This extra layer of support<br />
provided by Breaux to future educators and new teachers is part<br />
of the teacher induction program at <strong>Nicholls</strong>. It is designed to<br />
smooth the transition for teacher candidates as they move from<br />
being students of teachers to becoming teachers of students.<br />
Breaux spearheaded a similar program when she worked with<br />
the Lafourche Parish school system. The program was so successful<br />
in reducing the loss of new teachers (from 50 percent to<br />
7 percent in two years) that it was adopted by the state.<br />
“It’s much easier to teach the well-behaved, studious<br />
child,” Breaux says. “But for children who struggle or have<br />
behavior problems, their lives can be literally changed by good<br />
teachers. That’s when you grasp the amazing impact of being a<br />
teacher.”<br />
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College of Nursing and Allied Health<br />
Trying on Old Age<br />
New technologies help nurses experience the world as the elderly do.<br />
Jill Mabry, a nursing senior from<br />
Thibodaux, is clad from head to toe in the<br />
trappings of old age. Metal rods lining her<br />
jumpsuit restrict bending and stretching, and<br />
they make walking difficult. Goggles cloud<br />
her vision and gloves make her fingers stiff.<br />
With the help of a walker, she shuffles along.<br />
For a healthy 20-something college<br />
student, imagining the debilitating pain of<br />
arthritis or emphysema or the frustration<br />
of failing eyesight isn’t easy.<br />
But what an 85-year-old patient of<br />
this young nursing graduate has trouble<br />
imagining is that this spry nurse will ever<br />
understand how he feels in his aging body.<br />
The graying nation<br />
The Department of Health and<br />
Human Services estimates that by 2030,<br />
people 65 and older will number 71.5 million<br />
or 20 percent of the population.<br />
That’s a real concern for the nursing<br />
profession, says Rebecca Lyons, head of<br />
the <strong>Nicholls</strong> nursing department. “It’s not<br />
unusual for nurses to walk into a clinic or<br />
a hospital and treat several 80- and 90-<br />
year-old patients. People are living longer,<br />
so elder care is a critical need – not just in<br />
geriatrics departments but across the board<br />
in nursing.”<br />
Empathy, not sympathy<br />
But how do you teach a 20-year-old<br />
what it’s like to be 85 It turns out the key<br />
can be found in familiar adages such as<br />
empathy, not sympathy, and taking a walk<br />
in someone else’s shoes.<br />
“It’s hard to move fast. I keep feeling<br />
like I’m going to fall forward. And these<br />
glasses make me feel like I’m underwater,”<br />
Mabry says.<br />
“If this is really what getting old<br />
feels like, I don’t think I want to do it,”<br />
she says, struggling to push her hair out<br />
of her face even as the suit prevents her<br />
from raising her arm to her head. Trying<br />
to tie her shoelaces leaves her exasperated<br />
and wondering if this stiffness and lack of<br />
coordination is why her grandfather wears<br />
slippers and jumpsuits.<br />
Mabry is trying out new equipment<br />
in the nursing department that enables<br />
students to experience for themselves the<br />
difficulties of aging. They use walkers and<br />
canes, try to read pill bottles and hospital<br />
discharge instructions while wearing<br />
vision-distorting glasses, dress in physical<br />
limitation suits that simulate the joint<br />
stiffness of arthritis and put on empathy<br />
lungs that conjure up the shortness of<br />
breath associated with chronic obstructive<br />
pulmonary disease.<br />
“I’ve always worked with elderly patients,”<br />
Mabry says, “so I’m really excited<br />
about this new program. I hear other<br />
nurses refer to elderly patients as ‘ma-maw’<br />
and ‘pa-paw’ and complain about working<br />
with them. I hope this changes the way<br />
nurses think.” A licensed practical nurse<br />
at St. Anne General Hospital in Raceland,<br />
Mabry is back at school to earn a bachelor’s<br />
degree and become a registered nurse.<br />
‘I love old people’<br />
“When nurses are urging elderly<br />
patients to eat ‘just one more bite’ of their<br />
meal, that patient may be too busy just<br />
fighting for air in their lungs,” says Amanda<br />
Eymard, assistant professor of nursing.<br />
Eymard wrote the grant that made possible<br />
$23,545 of simulation equipment.<br />
It’s important that nursing students<br />
learn patience and understand the ailments<br />
of elderly patients, she says. Students at<br />
all levels of the curriculum, from freshmen<br />
to seniors in their clinicals, will use<br />
this equipment. Eymard is also setting up<br />
demonstrations with local hospitals for<br />
veteran nurses. At one local hospital alone,<br />
45 percent of the patients are 65 years or<br />
older, she says.<br />
“I love old people. I want to pass my<br />
passion along to my students,” she says.<br />
“Many nurses think of older patients as<br />
nagging or complaining, that they won’t<br />
do anything for themselves. But sometimes<br />
they’re experiencing problems we can’t<br />
even imagine. It’s hard to take your medicine<br />
properly if you can’t read the bottle or<br />
even open the cap.<br />
“This should open everyone’s eyes,”<br />
she says, “to the courage so many of our<br />
patients show every day in the face of such<br />
challenges.”<br />
<strong>University</strong> College<br />
The Freshman Connection<br />
Tips on dating, coping with stress and<br />
finding the best cheap food in town<br />
haven’t been the usual fare for university<br />
web sites – until now.<br />
Faculty and staff in <strong>University</strong> College<br />
realize that the key to helping freshmen<br />
adjust to university life goes way beyond<br />
the traditional advice about the right science<br />
classes to take.<br />
Students with personal problems<br />
usually have academic problems, too,<br />
says Carol Blanchard, associate dean and<br />
head of the university studies department.<br />
The success of students in college often<br />
hinges on how they handle homesickness,<br />
financial difficulties and their newfound<br />
independence. It’s all about their transition<br />
from high school to college, she says.<br />
That’s where <strong>Nicholls</strong> Connection<br />
comes in.<br />
Think of it as a university-sponsored<br />
MySpace for freshmen. Students have the<br />
opportunity to meet and visit with their<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> peers, while the university gets<br />
to communicate important messages and<br />
learn more about students, their opinions<br />
and problems.<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> Connection is basically<br />
an electronic supplement for <strong>University</strong><br />
Studies 101, Blanchard says. “There’s so<br />
much we don’t get a chance to cover with<br />
them, and I know they sometimes hesitate<br />
to come to our office and ask questions.”<br />
The college can also post reminders and<br />
announcements on a message board.<br />
Maintained by New York-based<br />
GoalQuest, the content is updated each<br />
semester and reflects the changing needs of<br />
students as they move through their first<br />
and second semesters at <strong>Nicholls</strong>. Students<br />
might learn how to<br />
live peacefully with<br />
roommates or how<br />
to manage creditcard<br />
debt, post a<br />
bio and chat with<br />
new or old friends,<br />
or they can take a<br />
quick e-survey on<br />
their relationships<br />
with family and<br />
friends. They can<br />
even use interactive<br />
tools like personality<br />
profiles.<br />
All of these<br />
provide useful feedback<br />
for <strong>University</strong><br />
College, Blanchard<br />
says. A struggling<br />
student can be<br />
referred to advisers<br />
for one-on-one help,<br />
and the college’s<br />
services can be tailored as new issues or<br />
needs arise.<br />
“The point is to keep them involved<br />
and dealing with their problems before<br />
they become overwhelming,” Blanchard<br />
says. “Beginning college is a big step, but<br />
they should know they’re not alone.”<br />
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One Man,<br />
Two Stars,<br />
many hats<br />
By Matt Gresham<br />
Everything from his close-cropped hair to the polish on his shoes and the sharp crease in his<br />
slacks says career military … but he has a true gift for storytelling and the kind of good ol’ boy<br />
charm and humor that draws people to him like bees to honey.<br />
He’s been a soldier, a farmer, a salesman, an oilfield roustabout, a school bus driver … and an<br />
attorney, a state representative, Louisiana’s Speaker of the House, a two-star brigadier general, assistant<br />
adjutant general of the Louisiana Army National Guard and legislative director for Gov.<br />
Kathleen Babineaux Blanco.<br />
Everyone knows him … but few know the private family man who’s been married to the same<br />
woman for 30 years.<br />
To put it simply, Hunt Downer might be considered a complicated man.<br />
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Opening doors<br />
Doors have played a recurring role throughout Downer’s<br />
life. He saw a lot of closed ones, but that just sent him searching<br />
for ones he could open.<br />
After graduating from Terrebonne High School in 1964,<br />
he went to Louisiana <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong> on an agriculture scholarship<br />
from 4-H. But, as he puts it, “I was such an outstanding<br />
student, I was given a semester off to think about my future.”<br />
Slam.<br />
Next door. A brief stint in the oilfield convinced him that<br />
he needed to head back to the books for a degree. And there<br />
was <strong>Nicholls</strong>, located practically in his backyard.<br />
In 1968, armed with a degree in<br />
agriculture from <strong>Nicholls</strong>, Downer next<br />
tried his hand at soldiering. He wanted<br />
to be an Air Force pilot, but the Air Force<br />
shot that down and offered him a slot as a<br />
navigator. Slam.<br />
Undaunted, Downer instead enlisted<br />
in the U.S. Army Reserves and was<br />
assigned to the Corps of Engineers. He<br />
proved to be a much better soldier than a<br />
student.<br />
After basic and advanced training,<br />
he gave school another shot, this time at<br />
Loyola <strong>University</strong> for a law degree.<br />
“Thanks to the late Sen. Harvey<br />
Peltier, I got into Loyola. It’s pretty tough<br />
to get into law school when you have a<br />
degree in agriculture,” he says.<br />
That’s when things really took off for<br />
Downer.<br />
Following a six-year break from military<br />
service, he switched to the Louisiana<br />
Army National Guard and put his law<br />
degree to use as a judge advocate. The<br />
military took him to Saudi Arabia and<br />
Kuwait for operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield and,<br />
eventually, to the No. 2 spot in the Louisiana National Guard<br />
as assistant adjutant general. He is currently overseeing the<br />
$200 million reconstruction of historic Jackson Barracks – the<br />
headquarters of the Louisiana National Guard – which suffered<br />
severe flooding in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.<br />
“I like being with soldiers. I’ve been with them for a total<br />
of 34 years, and now I serve with sons and daughters of my old<br />
friends,” he says.<br />
Out of the frying pan into the fire: Politics<br />
Downer’s affable manner and strict moral code served him<br />
well in another combat zone – Louisiana politics. His constituents<br />
loved his straightforward style, while his opponents soon<br />
learned not to take him lightly.<br />
In 1976 he began the first of seven terms in the Louisiana<br />
Legislature. Along the way, he was Speaker Pro Tempore and<br />
Speaker of the House, and, in 2003, launched a gubernatorial<br />
campaign, finishing sixth in a crowded field. In 2004, the governor<br />
appointed him Louisiana’s inaugural secretary of veterans<br />
affairs.<br />
While speaker, Downer transformed the House into one<br />
of the most technologically advanced legislative bodies in the<br />
country and made the legislative process accessible to citizens<br />
through the Internet, public television and committees that<br />
traveled the state. He was also one of the driving forces behind<br />
ethics reform.<br />
Known as a consensus-builder among legislators, he served<br />
as lead author of landmark legislation to create a trust fund<br />
for education with the bulk of Louisiana’s tobacco settlement<br />
money and was instrumental in creating<br />
Louisiana’s Rainy Day Trust Fund and<br />
passing the School Accountability Act.<br />
In naming him one of its Top 10 Public<br />
Officials of the Year in 1997 (a first for<br />
a Louisiana resident), Governing magazine<br />
credited his efforts to bring professionalism<br />
and ethics to the House: “The Louisiana<br />
House isn’t what it might be, but it isn’t<br />
what it was.”<br />
‘I owe a lot to <strong>Nicholls</strong>’<br />
Downer has come a long way from<br />
that college senior who drove a school bus<br />
while students played pedro in the rear<br />
seats.<br />
“Never in my wildest dreams did I<br />
think I would be doing what I am doing<br />
today,” he says. “I guess the Lord has a<br />
plan.”<br />
Attending <strong>Nicholls</strong> gave him the<br />
chance to go to college and still work and<br />
live at home. It also prepared him for the<br />
long road ahead.<br />
“My instructors were hands-on,” he<br />
says. “I was young and wasn’t a stellar student. I found it difficult<br />
to balance academics and a social life. But I learned to<br />
manage my time, which helped me in law school.”<br />
For that, Downer considers <strong>Nicholls</strong> part of his family<br />
today, and returns often to speak to students. “I thoroughly<br />
enjoyed my days at <strong>Nicholls</strong>,” he says. “I was involved in student<br />
government and served in the Student Senate. I became<br />
lifelong friends with many people through student activities,<br />
such as Phi Kappa Theta, the Ag Club and numerous other<br />
organizations. That involvement prepared me for law school<br />
and a career in the political arena.”<br />
Louisiana has to continue investing in education, he says.<br />
If not for <strong>Nicholls</strong>, he and others like him might never have<br />
had the chance to come so far.<br />
“You can accomplish anything you want to in life, as long<br />
as you are willing to help others, work hard and apply yourself,”<br />
he said.<br />
Maybe Downer’s not so complicated after all, he just follows<br />
a simple recipe of hard work and a call to serve.<br />
Leveling<br />
t h e P l a y i n g F i e l d<br />
Former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning discusses with local television<br />
station owner Martin Folse the new AstroTurf playing field at Guidry Stadium.<br />
Metaphorically and literally, <strong>Nicholls</strong> is leveling the playing field for its athletes with<br />
$1.6 million in facility upgrades.<br />
If looking good is feeling good, <strong>Nicholls</strong> athletes must feel like a million bucks as they<br />
take to their playing fields and courts.<br />
Never before have the sports facilities at <strong>Nicholls</strong> had it so good. Improvements have<br />
brought new playing surfaces, seating and a return of that celebrated Colonel pride.<br />
Fans and community and corporate sponsors are stepping up in record numbers to help<br />
put the Colonels on even footing with other NCAA Division I institutions. Their donations<br />
covered much of the tab for the improvements.<br />
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Donated labor and materials from Byron E. Talbot Construction Inc. and soil contributed by<br />
Ronald Adams Contractors of Thibodaux give Didier Baseball Field a newly leveled and raised<br />
surface. Private contributions provided a new sprinkler system, and International Boat Rentals<br />
Co. of Lockport and private donors provided new bleachers for a combined total of $65,000<br />
in renovations. Completing the stepped-up look in the fall will be a new brick backstop and<br />
protective netting behind home plate. The $150,000 project is the result of a combination of<br />
public and private funds.<br />
The football Colonels can suit up this year knowing their field is ready to host the<br />
pros. The AstroTurf GameDay Grass 3D playing surface, valued at $600,000,<br />
comes compliments of legendary Saints quarterback Archie Manning and GeneralSports<br />
Venue, the new spokesperson and the marketer of AstroTurf. Byron E.<br />
Talbot Construction Inc. of Thibodaux graded the field and added a subsurface<br />
drainage system, with funding provided by the <strong>Nicholls</strong> Foundation. The field<br />
got a test run in July by Archie, Cooper, Peyton and Eli Manning and more than<br />
1,200 high school prospects who attended the Manning Passing Academy. The<br />
field was named Manning Field built by AstroTurf at John L. Guidry Stadium.<br />
The Colonels and Lady Colonels basketball teams got a new hardwood court in Stopher<br />
Gym and $250,000 in upgrades to start their 2006-<strong>2007</strong> season right. The new floor was<br />
paid for by the Federal Emergency Management Agency after the previous flooring was<br />
damaged while housing hurricane evacuees. Lining the court are new chairback seats on<br />
the north and south sides, provided by private funding and the university.<br />
A new soccer complex is on the way, with the assistance of Mike<br />
Fesi, owner and president of Pipeline Construction and Maintenance<br />
Inc. of Houma. His donation of labor and much of the materials will<br />
Players and fans alike are having a<br />
give the soccer program a building to house coaches’ offices, locker<br />
whole new softball experience with<br />
facilities, meeting rooms and concessions. The project will cost an estimated<br />
$400,000, and work is expected to be completed in the fall.<br />
the addition of a new press box,<br />
speaker system, infield and concession<br />
stand. Private contributions<br />
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By Brandon Rizzuto<br />
With the sun bearing down on his rapidly dehydrating<br />
team and spectators on the brink of uncomfortable sunburns,<br />
head tennis coach Jim Hunter seems impervious to the weather.<br />
As he exits one of the courts and shuts the gate, a smile cracks<br />
his face as he casually jokes with one of the Colonel faithful in<br />
the bleachers and then checks on one of his players. Hunter<br />
then spouts his signature phrase: “Life is just too serious to take<br />
it seriously.”<br />
His simple, to-the-point motto barely<br />
hints at the complex man with the history that’s<br />
anything but simple.<br />
On the surface, he’s a legendary tennis<br />
coach and player. His 370-plus wins as a collegiate<br />
head coach and his singles and doubles<br />
wins as a player at the 1966 Panama Armed<br />
Forces championship are just the public part of<br />
Hunter’s life, a mere chapter in the fascinating<br />
book that is his life.<br />
The journey began for James Neal “Bull”<br />
Stevens in a farmhouse in Wilburton, Okla.<br />
“I was born January 4, 1940, I think. There<br />
is no actual birth certificate for me to know<br />
exactly,” Hunter says. “My family was very<br />
poor. They were grape pickers and berry pickers<br />
before settling in Oklahoma.”<br />
His birth mother, Emma Stevens, died in<br />
childbirth when Hunter was only a year old,<br />
and his father, Huey Stevens, could not support<br />
the entire family on his dollar-a-day salary<br />
building Jesse James <strong>State</strong> Park.<br />
Hunter’s older brothers and sisters began taking the<br />
younger siblings into their homes, but as each one took in a<br />
few, Hunter was at the short end of the stick.<br />
“I was kind of the odd guy out, so my father put me up for<br />
adoption,” Hunter says. “Then I was adopted in Dallas by two<br />
of the kindest people ever. My foster father was the nicest man<br />
to ever live, and my foster mother was tough on me.”<br />
Once adopted by Dora “Babe” and Will “Archie” Hunter<br />
in 1945, he returned to Wilburton only after the death of his<br />
brother in 1952. While there, he met with his father for the first<br />
time since his adoption.<br />
“That was the only time that I remember my father with<br />
me. I was alone on the back porch of our old farmhouse where I<br />
Hunter at Fort Dix in New Jersey<br />
(1960s)<br />
had been born. He said to me, ‘Ah, Bull, I had so many dreams<br />
that didn’t come true,’” Hunter says. “I was only in seventh<br />
or eighth grade at the time, and I didn’t understand what he<br />
meant until I matured. He was trying to tell me that people<br />
have dreams that don’t come true and what do you do with a<br />
one-year-old child when all your family and life is destroyed. So<br />
when I was in college, I came to understand why he did what<br />
he did.”<br />
That was the last time he saw or spoke with Huey.<br />
Babe and Archie wanted the best for their<br />
son, so they sent Hunter to an ROTC school<br />
in Dallas. Hunter obliged them even though he<br />
had other plans.<br />
“In the ninth grade I wanted to go to the<br />
local high school to play sports. They thought<br />
this was foolish, given their upbringing during<br />
the Depression,” he says. “I did very well in<br />
ROTC; in fact, I was the No. 1-ranked cadet.<br />
After high school, I worked my way through<br />
college, took ROTC and upon graduation was<br />
commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S.<br />
Army.”<br />
He completed his undergraduate degree in<br />
history and political science at the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Texas at Arlington in 1961 and went on to serve<br />
28 years in the Army.<br />
By the time he was 28 and in his 14th year<br />
of service, Hunter was ordered to Vietnam.<br />
“Those were the defining years of my life.<br />
I was never in my 20s because I was always<br />
preparing, getting ready, going to and recovering<br />
from Vietnam,” he says. “I remember when my tour was over<br />
and I got back to Seattle. I bought four or five pieces of cherry<br />
pie because they had real cherries in them. And I bought some<br />
milk because it was real. I remember taking a shower when I<br />
got back, and letting the water run in my mouth because in<br />
Vietnam you couldn’t drink the water. I was just so happy.”<br />
After a day in Seattle and a few discomforting encounters<br />
with anti-war activists, Hunter, with a Bronze Star in hand,<br />
headed back to Dallas to see his foster parents.<br />
He stayed with the Army, playing tennis and winning<br />
tournaments. In 1977, Hunter was nationally ranked by the<br />
U.S. Tennis Association, reaching No. 16 in doubles and No.<br />
41 in singles.<br />
Duty Calls … Again<br />
Jim Hunter has answered the call<br />
to Vietnam and now to <strong>Nicholls</strong> tennis.<br />
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Hunter learns he’ll be leaving Vietnam for home. (Feb. 1, 1969)<br />
His first coaching opportunity came in the late 1970s with<br />
Notre Dame’s legendary Tom <strong>Fall</strong>on, who led the Irish to a conational<br />
championship with Tulane in 1959. <strong>Fall</strong>on had asked<br />
Hunter to work with some of his players at the indoor tennis<br />
club where he worked.<br />
“That was my first experience with coaching, and it showed<br />
me that I knew nothing except how to play,” Hunter says.<br />
Dozens of coaching books and conferences later, he got his<br />
break in 1985 with Southeastern Louisiana <strong>University</strong>. Through<br />
six seasons, he led Division I with a 122-19 record. He also<br />
earned Gulf South Conference Coach of the Year honors in<br />
1987 and was twice selected Louisiana’s Tennis Coach of the<br />
Year. He guided the Lions to No. 28, the team’s highest national<br />
ranking in school history.<br />
He retired from coaching in 1990, but resurfaced eight<br />
years later to lead the Privateers of the <strong>University</strong> of New Orleans<br />
to five consecutive winning seasons, a record that stands<br />
today as the team’s best. This time he won Coach of the Year<br />
honors for the Sun Belt Conference before walking away from<br />
tennis for a second retirement. And again he felt drawn back,<br />
returning to SLU for a short stint as assistant coach, followed<br />
again by another retirement from the game.<br />
With three retirements under his belt and a renewed determination<br />
to leave tennis behind him, Hunter appeared to be a<br />
retiree. But <strong>Nicholls</strong> came calling in 2006.<br />
“I was originally supposed to be here a month, and I have<br />
been here ever since. Being here at <strong>Nicholls</strong> is a privilege and an<br />
honor. It’s a really beautiful campus that has a lot of great people<br />
to go along with it.”<br />
In <strong>2007</strong>, Hunter led the women’s tennis team to a 10-9<br />
record overall and a 4-6 mark in conference play with a team<br />
comprised entirely of first-year players. The <strong>2007</strong> season marked<br />
the first winning record for the Lady Colonels in eight seasons.<br />
Their four conference wins were more victories than the team<br />
had won in the last seven seasons combined.<br />
The men’s team posted its best overall record, 8-10, since<br />
men’s tennis was brought back from its 19-year hiatus.<br />
“There is no place on earth like a college campus,” Hunter<br />
says. “Every student has a story, and hearing about where they<br />
have been and learning about them and their lives has truly been<br />
one of the greatest rewards in coaching.”<br />
Hunter (left) rides through the Vietnam countryside crouched in the back of a truck.<br />
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Just Plain Barb<br />
A woman of few words and reliable as day and night,<br />
Barbara Naquin is the first woman to be inducted<br />
into the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall<br />
of Fame.<br />
By Brandon Rizzuto<br />
It’s the beginning of yet another softball road<br />
trip. After the first movie comes to an end on Big<br />
Red’s DVD player, head coach Jenny Parsons<br />
opts for a lunch break at the closest and quickest<br />
place – Jason’s Deli. All the players order,<br />
and now it is assistant athletic trainer Barbara<br />
Naquin’s turn.<br />
“I’ll have the turkey sandwich on wheat.<br />
Plain, with a Diet Coke,” she says.<br />
“Would you like anything else with that Some<br />
chips, a salad” the cashier asks.<br />
“No. Just the sandwich,” Naquin replies.<br />
“She gets that everywhere we go. It doesn’t matter<br />
if it’s a Mexican restaurant; Barb is going to get a plain<br />
turkey sandwich on wheat,” Parsons says to the cashier.<br />
It’s safe to say Naquin has always ordered a turkey<br />
sandwich on wheat during the last 26 years of travel with<br />
the <strong>Nicholls</strong> softball team, which stays true to<br />
her most defining characteristic: consistency.<br />
The Montegut native and graduate of St.<br />
Joseph’s High School has been at <strong>Nicholls</strong> since she<br />
first set foot on the campus in 1971 as a freshman and a member<br />
of the softball and volleyball teams.<br />
Head athletic trainers have come and gone, but Naquin<br />
has been the university’s only assistant trainer in the position’s<br />
24-year existence.<br />
Besides handling all the day-to-day injuries and rehabilitations<br />
for student athletes, she also manages all insurance claims.<br />
She averages more than 80 hours a week with her teams during<br />
the hectic fall semester.<br />
“I was hired in 1992, and I don’t think that I would have<br />
lasted as long as I did if it wasn’t for Barb,” says Gerard White,<br />
head of the <strong>Nicholls</strong> Department of Allied Health Sciences and<br />
former Colonels athletic trainer. “She just made life a lot easier<br />
for everyone, which is why everyone loves Barb so much.”<br />
Despite her intent to remain anonymous, Naquin’s has a<br />
service record that has not gone unnoticed. She made history<br />
this year as the first woman honored for lifetime service when<br />
she was inducted into the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association<br />
Hall of Fame.<br />
“She is truly dedicated to her job; there’s no question<br />
about that,” <strong>Nicholls</strong> athletic trainer Jeff Smith says. “Twice<br />
in 2005 she worked two events in the same day on the road.<br />
Women’s basketball and softball overlapped, and she was literally<br />
in two places at one time, which shows how truly dedicated<br />
she is to her job.”<br />
Naquin was honored in 2006 with the Southeastern<br />
Athletic Trainers’ Association Backbone Award, as the assistant<br />
athletic trainer who is a consummate professional and goes<br />
the extra mile. Her avoidance of the limelight kept that honor<br />
quiet, but no such luck this time around.<br />
“That is Barb. She is the type of individual who just wants<br />
to come in and do the job to the best of her ability and leave<br />
it at that. She doesn’t want the recognition or the attention,”<br />
White says. “Needless to say, she is honored to have received<br />
the hall of fame award, but wanted nothing to do with the<br />
ceremony itself, which was in her honor.”<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> hosted the LATA awards ceremony this year.<br />
Despite her best efforts to avoid the event and the ensuing<br />
attention, Naquin did show up to accept her award. And even<br />
though her acceptance speech consisted of only a choked<br />
“thank you,” everyone there knew she truly meant it.<br />
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Honor Roll<br />
Donations to <strong>Nicholls</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong> and to the <strong>Nicholls</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong> Foundation<br />
during the 2006-<strong>2007</strong> fiscal year totaled nearly $1.2 million, thanks to a strong<br />
Annual Fund mailing effort and this year’s phonathon.<br />
Dr. Rebecca T. Pennington, assistant vice president for development and university<br />
relations, said efforts during the past fiscal year resulted in a 5% increase over donations<br />
the previous year.<br />
“Support for <strong>Nicholls</strong> continues to grow among our alumni, the faculty and staff,<br />
and the many area companies which remain dedicated to the success of the university,”<br />
she said.<br />
Following is a list of donors grouped by giving level as of June 30, <strong>2007</strong>.<br />
Patron’s Club<br />
$10,000 and Above<br />
Abdon Callais Offshore LLC<br />
Base Logistics LLC<br />
BellSouth Telecommunications Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. “Boysie” Bollinger<br />
Mrs. Gloria B. Callais<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Callais<br />
Capital One Bank<br />
Mr. Arlen B. Cenac Jr.<br />
Cenac Towing Co. Inc.<br />
Charter Communications<br />
Chase Bank<br />
Entergy Corporation<br />
Mr. Gerald N. Gaston<br />
John and Clara Brady Family Foundation (The)<br />
L & M Botruc Rental Inc.<br />
La. Society of Professional Surveyors<br />
Education Foundation<br />
Lady of the Sea General Hospital<br />
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation<br />
Major Equipment & Remediation<br />
McDermott Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Milo L. Meacham Jr.<br />
Mr. R. E. “Bob” Miller<br />
Montco Offshore Inc.<br />
National Oceanic & Atmospheric<br />
Administration<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong> Alumni Federation<br />
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Orgeron<br />
Sprint Nextel<br />
Stephanie Hebert Insurance Agency Inc.<br />
SWDI LLC<br />
Terrebonne General Medical Center<br />
W. S. Hornsby III, CLU-CHFC<br />
Wal-Mart Foundation<br />
Zyber Pharmaceuticals Inc.<br />
President’s Club<br />
$5,000 to $9,999<br />
Allied Shipyard Inc.<br />
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana<br />
Bourgeois & Associates Inc.<br />
Bourgeois Meat Market Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Bourgeois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Candies<br />
Comm Care Corporation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Emerson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dean T. Falgoust<br />
First American Bank<br />
Headache and Pain Center AMC<br />
Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished<br />
Americans Inc.<br />
James J. Buquet Jr. Family Foundation<br />
Latelco<br />
Mrs. Gloria T. Miller<br />
Northwestern Mutual Foundation<br />
Otto Candies LLC<br />
Ms. Debra S. Robichaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Clifford Smith<br />
South Louisiana Bank<br />
South Louisiana Economic Council<br />
Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government<br />
Ms. Laura P. Theriot<br />
Theriot, Duet & Theriot Inc.<br />
Thibodaux Lions Club<br />
Whitney National Bank<br />
Dr. George Williams<br />
Provost’s Club<br />
$2,500 to $4,999<br />
Alpha Delta Kappa<br />
Ms. Kelly Barker<br />
Ms. Andrea Bollinger<br />
Bollinger Shipyards<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Brady Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gaston A. Breaux Jr.<br />
Breaux Petroleum Products Inc.<br />
Buquet Distributing Co. Inc.<br />
Mrs. Glenny Lee Buquet<br />
Byron E. Talbot Contractor Inc.<br />
C. L. Jack Stelly & Associates Inc.<br />
Voiture Forty & Eight Chapter<br />
Coastal Commerce Bank<br />
Community Bank<br />
Delta Coin Machines Inc.<br />
Edward Jones<br />
Freeport-McMoRan Foundation<br />
Ms. Yoli Funderburk<br />
Jefferson Dollars for Scholars<br />
Kiwanis Club of Houma<br />
Louisiana Lottery<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Neil J. Maki<br />
Mr. Alan W. Murphy<br />
RPC Corporate<br />
St. Charles Parish School Board<br />
Mr. Neal Swanner<br />
Mr. Byron E. Talbot<br />
Thibodaux Orthopaedic & Sports<br />
Medicine Clinic<br />
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center<br />
Thibodaux Regional Medical Center Auxiliary<br />
Willis & Mildred Pellerin Foundation<br />
Dean’s Club<br />
$1,000 to $2,499<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joey Adams<br />
Agriculture Alumni Association of <strong>Nicholls</strong><br />
Mr. James H. Alexander<br />
American Culinary Federation-Bayou Chapter<br />
Anonymous<br />
Association of Government Accountants<br />
Baton Rouge Chapter<br />
AT&T Inc.<br />
Atchafalaya Chapter, American<br />
Petroleum Institute<br />
Auto-Chlor Services Inc.<br />
College of Business Administration<br />
Alumni Association<br />
Baptist Collegiate Ministries<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Barker III<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Bartels<br />
Baton Rouge Area Foundation<br />
Bayou Industrial Group Inc.<br />
Bayou Junior Woman’s Club<br />
Birdsall Plaza LLC<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Walter J. Birdsall Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Block<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerald P. Block<br />
Block Law Firm<br />
Ms. Charlotte Bollinger<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Bollinger<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony L. Boudreaux<br />
Dr. and Mrs. David E. Boudreaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Boudreaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Toby Brady<br />
Mr. Thomas C. Broome<br />
Bruce Foods Corporation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Buquet III<br />
Cabernet Court Wines Limited<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh F. Caffery<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Corey Joseph Callais<br />
Can Do Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney H. Candies<br />
Mr. Kevin Candies<br />
Cannata Corporation (The)<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent A. Cannata<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. Carmouche<br />
Caro Foods Inc.<br />
Center for Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Marty Chabert<br />
The Hon. and Mrs. Joel T. Chaisson II<br />
Mr. Kerry J. Chauvin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Cheramie<br />
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Cheramie<br />
Chevron Products Company<br />
Mr. Clive R. Cloutier<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Cloutier<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt J. Crosby<br />
Drs. Ken and Maria Cruse<br />
Danos & Curole Marine Contractors Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Allen J. Danos Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Garrett “Hank” Danos<br />
Ms. Emily T. D’Arcangelo<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Dial Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniels Duplantis Sr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. C. Berwick Duval II<br />
Environmental Management Technologies Ltd.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Erwin<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Carroll J. Falcon<br />
Mrs. Marie Falgoust<br />
Dr. Quentin Falgoust<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark P. Folse<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Foret<br />
Foundation for Southeast Texas<br />
Fugro Chance Inc.<br />
Galliano Marine Services LLC<br />
Gaubert Oil Co. Inc.<br />
Mrs. Pat Gaubert<br />
Giardina Family Foundation (The)<br />
Mr. Jake Giardina<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Gilbert<br />
Mr. Glenn A. Gisclair<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney J. Gisclair Jr.<br />
Golden Meadow Rotary Club Youth Fund<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Gossen<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Ridley Gros Jr.<br />
Mr. James E. and Dr. Grace M. Gueydan<br />
Gulf Island Fabrication Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh E. Hamilton<br />
Drs. Leo and Carolyn Hebert<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Mark F. Hebert<br />
Dr. and Mrs. O. Cleveland Hill<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Hingle II<br />
Hollywood Properties LLC<br />
Houma’s Town & Country Real Estate Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Howell<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Hudson<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Hulbert<br />
Mr. Ronald J. Hymel<br />
J. B. Levert Land Co. Inc.<br />
Jones Insurance Services LLC<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John J. Jones Jr.<br />
JPMorgan Chase<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kelton<br />
Kevin Gros Offshore LLC<br />
Mr. William H. Kinnard<br />
Mr. George S. Kliewer<br />
Kohler Foundation (The)<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Barry G. Landry<br />
Mr. Christian D. Lapeyre<br />
Dr. Nolan P. LeCompte Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry P. Ledet Jr.<br />
Louis P. Ledet Memorial Scholarship Fund<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Marmande Sr.<br />
Martin Luther King (Dr.)<br />
Memorial Scholarship Fund<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Shawn Mauldin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Barry C. Melancon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Melancon Jr.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Metz<br />
MidSouth Bank<br />
Milk Products LP - Lafayette<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moreau<br />
Dr. Richard A. Morvant Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Naquin<br />
NYT Capital Inc.<br />
Patterson Rotary Club<br />
Mr. William and Dr. Alice Pecoraro<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Peltier<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey A. Peltier III<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Peltier<br />
Mr. Richard B. Peltier<br />
Mr. Royce and Dr. Rebecca T. Pennington<br />
Pet Hospital (The)<br />
Peterson Agency Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Pitre<br />
Mr. Tommy Pitre<br />
PRO-NSU<br />
Prospect Station Inc.<br />
R.S.I. Group Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Allen J. Rebstock Jr.<br />
Richard Weimer Architects AIA-LLC<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Riché<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher H. Riviere<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Riviere<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Francis A. Robichaux II<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Rouse<br />
Schriever Volunteer Fire Department<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Simoneaux<br />
Ms. Jerri G. Smitko<br />
South Central La. Chapter of the<br />
Society of La. CPA’s<br />
Southern Selections Inc.<br />
St. Martin & Williams & Bourque APLC<br />
Superior Labor Services<br />
Synergy Bank<br />
Terrebonne Home Care Inc.<br />
Terrebonne Motor Co. Inc.<br />
Mr. Chris B. Thayer<br />
Thibodaux Music Club<br />
Thibodaux Service League Community Fund<br />
Thomson Higher Education<br />
Trapp Cadillac, Chevrolet Inc.<br />
Valentine Sugars Inc.<br />
Vanguard Vacuum Trucks Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Vanover<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Vicknair Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Watkins<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Weaver Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Weimer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Welch<br />
Welch Sales & Services Inc.<br />
West Houma Lion’s Club Inc.<br />
Mr. Robert J. Wittmann<br />
Woman’s Club of Thibodaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Wood Sr.<br />
Professor’s Club<br />
$500 to $999<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Larry Albright<br />
American Legion-Ken Boudreaux Post #380<br />
Ann T. Hebert CPA<br />
Arthur J. Gallagher of Louisiana Inc.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Donald J. Ayo<br />
Mr. Jeffrey Badeaux<br />
Barataria-Terrebonne National<br />
Estuary Program<br />
Dr. Allayne Barrilleaux<br />
Bayou Chapter Medical Managers<br />
Bayou District Dietetic Association<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Alan P. Bessonet<br />
Beta Gamma Sigma Inc.<br />
BJ Services Company USA<br />
Mr. Michael J. Blanchard<br />
Block & Bouterie, Attorneys at Law<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Brandt<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman H. Burguieres III<br />
The Hon. and Mrs. L. Charles Caillouet<br />
Charter Media<br />
Mr. Charles Comeaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair H. Crenshaw<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Albert Davis<br />
Delta Music Co. Inc.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Donner<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm M. Duplantis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Dupre<br />
Mr. and Mrs. R. Shawn Falcon<br />
Femmes Natale<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Ferrara<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Ford<br />
Mrs. Cindy Galloway<br />
Georgia Gulf Corporation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Goodwin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene G. Gouaux Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Tab A. Guidry<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Harrison<br />
Joyce S. Mudd Foundation<br />
Kappa Tau Alpha Society of <strong>Nicholls</strong><br />
Kiwanis Club of Thibodaux<br />
Lab-A-Daux Home Improvement LLC<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Lafont Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Vic Lafont<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Alex Lasseigne<br />
Louisiana Brain & Spine Clinic II LLP<br />
Louisiana Cash of Morgan City Inc.<br />
Louisiana Offshore Oil Port LLC<br />
Magnum Mud Equipment Co. Inc.<br />
Mr. Mark S. Milstead<br />
Morvant & Cavell, Attorneys at Law<br />
Mr. Camille A. Morvant Jr.<br />
Mr. John S. Mudd<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Ogden<br />
Dr. Benton Oubre<br />
Dr. Wayne J. Pharo<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Morrison R. Plaisance<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Plater<br />
Pointe-Aux-Chenes Elementary School<br />
Police Jury Association of Louisiana Inc.<br />
Propane Education & Research Council Inc.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert J. Quinilty<br />
Real Estate Express LLC<br />
Dr. and Mrs. William H. Robichaux<br />
Russell OB-GYN Center for Women<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Saia<br />
Sallie Mae Inc.<br />
Dr. Arunavathi T. Sangisetty<br />
Scholarship Foundation of New Orleans<br />
Mr. Stephen C. Skains<br />
Mr. F. Michael Smith<br />
South Central La. Association of<br />
School Superintendents<br />
St. Bernadette KC Council No. 7355<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Stone<br />
T. Baker Smith & Son Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Taylor<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Theriot<br />
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Honor Roll<br />
Honor Roll<br />
ULS Foundation Higher Education<br />
Katrina Relief Fund<br />
Volute Inc.<br />
Wal-Mart Galliano #502<br />
Wal-Mart Grand Caillou #3483<br />
Wal-Mart Houma #542<br />
Wal-Mart Thibodaux #1016<br />
<strong>University</strong> Club<br />
$250 to $499<br />
Mr. Lawrence Albarado<br />
American Legion Auxilliary<br />
Ms. Elizabeth A. Angelette<br />
Mr. E. A. Angelloz<br />
Anonymous<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Ayme<br />
Mr. Jerome M. Barbera<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy Becker<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bednarz<br />
Beta Alpha Psi Honors Fraternity<br />
Mr. Lester Bimah<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Irving M. Blatt<br />
Dr. Deborah E. Bordelon<br />
Mr. Steven Bossier<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brophy J. Boudreaux<br />
Ms. Allison M. Breaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Breaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Brown<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Buccola<br />
Ms. Rebecca A. Bush<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rowland E. Caldwell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cavalier<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Chase<br />
Mr. Craig A. Cheramie<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Minor A. Cheramie III<br />
Dr. Michael A. Chiasson<br />
Ms. Dionne R. Chouest<br />
Christen & Associates APLC<br />
Cintas Corporation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Clement Jr.<br />
Colonel Club<br />
Colonels Brigade<br />
Cowen Clinic for Rehabilitation Medicine<br />
APMC<br />
Mr. Bret S. Cuneo<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Daigle<br />
Dancers Lair<br />
Ms. Kimberly A. Dardar<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Allen R. Davis Sr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin B. Davis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Davis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dave J. Defelice Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jules A. Dornier III<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas R. Drum Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Terry G. Dupre<br />
Duval, Funderburk, Sundbery, Lovell<br />
& Watkins APLC<br />
Dr. James K. Ellis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Fakier<br />
Dr. and Mrs. James C. Fields<br />
Mrs. Ruth O. Finkelstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Fleniken<br />
Dr. Craig P. Folse<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Luke Ford Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Forrest<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donovan Fremin<br />
Drs. Nick and Elaine Fry<br />
Dr. Patricia A. Gabilondo<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gilbert<br />
Glazer’s Family of Companies<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Green<br />
Griffin Restaurants Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Gros<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Ernest C. Hansen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. T. Benton Harang<br />
Ms. Ann T. Hebert<br />
Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation<br />
Mr. Kevin G. Higgins<br />
Houma-Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Octave P. Hymel Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ledet<br />
J. B. Levert Foundation<br />
John Deere Thibodaux Inc.<br />
Jubilee Festival of the Arts & Humanities<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Keller<br />
Ms. Susan B. Key<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Kliebert<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Klutts<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Alex Lasseigne<br />
LeBlanc’s A/C & Heating<br />
Dr. and Mrs. James Leonard<br />
Ms. Jessica Lerouge<br />
Mr. Timothy Lindsley<br />
Louisiana Machinery<br />
Ms. Joan M. Malbrough<br />
Ms. Diane T. Martin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Matherne<br />
Ms. Leslie O. McCarthy<br />
Mr. Timothy McNabb<br />
Dr. Stephen S. Michot<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kirt C. Millet<br />
Morgan City Bank<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne D. Morrison<br />
Mr. Sohail Nasir<br />
National Aquarium in Baltimore<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Greg Nothacker<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> Accounting Club<br />
Mr. Cody Oliveira<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Pate<br />
Petroleum Club of Morgan City Inc.<br />
Philip Matherne Memorial Scholarship<br />
Foundation Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Plaisance<br />
Ms. Angelique M. Poché<br />
Dr. Sonya Premeaux<br />
Pride Offshore<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Philip Rabalais<br />
Red Goose Saloon Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kurt S. Risinger<br />
Rotary Club of Grand Isle<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John Rouchon<br />
Ms. Marsha Serigny<br />
Shell Oil Company Foundation<br />
Society for Human Resource Management<br />
at <strong>Nicholls</strong><br />
Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Smith Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne D. Smith Jr.<br />
Mr. Lew Sonnier<br />
South Coast Gas Co. Inc.<br />
St. Mary Parish School Food Service<br />
Association<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Stagg III<br />
Terminix Pest Control Inc.<br />
The Chapman Group Inc.<br />
Mr. Scott D. Trahan<br />
Ms. Lizbeth A. Turner and<br />
Mr. Clarence Wolbrette<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Allen W. Vander<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Vannoy<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Vicknair<br />
Wal-Mart Mathews #761<br />
Mr. Charles K. Weaver<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Weed<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard A. White<br />
Mr. Keith D. Whitney<br />
Xavier <strong>University</strong> of Louisiana<br />
$249 and Under<br />
A-1 Sign Engraving<br />
Acadia Land Surveying LLC<br />
Ms. Jennifer Acosta<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Adams<br />
Ms. Darlene T. Adams<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Karl M. Adams<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Deoma J. Adams<br />
Ms. Elizabeth P. Adams<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Adams<br />
Ms. Lena L. Adams<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Adams<br />
Mr. Neil Adams<br />
Advance Physical Therapy<br />
& Rehabilitation LLC<br />
Advanced Southern Surgical Associates LLC<br />
Mr. Timothy H. Aitkens<br />
Ms. Christine Albrecht<br />
Ms. Courtney E. Alcock<br />
Ms. Angela J. Alexander<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Allen Alexander Jr.<br />
Ms. Suzanne B. Alexander<br />
Ms. Maureen E. Alfred<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Randall M. Alfred<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thad M. Allemand<br />
Ms. Helene B. Allen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Allen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David F. Allgood<br />
Mrs. and Mr. Jan V. Alvarez<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Amedee Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Drew B. Andrews<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Andry<br />
Ms. Elaine D. Angelloz<br />
Anheuser-Busch Inc.<br />
Anonymous<br />
Mr. Billy Arcement<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis A. Arcement<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Arceneaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Arceneaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William L. Arnold II<br />
Ms. Patricia S. Arnold<br />
Ms. Ruth F. Arsene<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Badiollah Asrabadi<br />
Associated Technical Support Service Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Aucoin<br />
Ms. Patty A. Aucoin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Authement<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Authement<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Autin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ray B. Autrey<br />
Ms. Susan B. Aysen<br />
B. G. Jones Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jacque F. Babin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roddy J. Babin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie P. Babin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Badeaux Jr.<br />
Mr. Lloyd J. and Dr. Laura M. Badeaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rickey Badeaux<br />
Badeaux’s Cajun Buffet<br />
Dr. and Mrs. James Barr<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Barras<br />
Barrett Interior Specialty & Supply Inc.<br />
Mr. John A. Barrilleaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Julien L. Barrilleaux<br />
Ms. Christine D. Barrios<br />
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Barron<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry O. Barry<br />
Mr. John W. Barton<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Battaglia<br />
Ms. Lacy A. Baudoin<br />
Baxter International Foundation (The)<br />
Bayou Printing & Graphics Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Beaudean<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Becker Jr.<br />
Ms. Celia C. Becnel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gary P. Becnel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Becnel Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Miles J. Becnel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Becnel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bednarz<br />
Mr. Jeffrey D. Beech<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ben H. Bell III<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerd T. A. Benda<br />
Ms. Mercedes B. Bennett<br />
Ms. Debra S. Benoit<br />
Ms. Joyce W. Benoit<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Keith J. Benoit<br />
Benoit Machine LLC<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Esco Benton III<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Travis P. Bergeron<br />
Mr. David P. Bergeron<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory S. Bergeron<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jason G. Bergeron<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Willie J. Bergeron Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bergeron Sr.<br />
Ms. Stella H. Bergeron<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Bergeron<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Blaise J. Bergiel<br />
Ms. Theresa P. Bergseid<br />
Ms. Brett A. Bernard<br />
Mr. John Bernard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Bernard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Bernard<br />
Ms. Nadine Bernardi<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Bernardi<br />
Mr. Kim J. Bernuchaux<br />
Mrs. Linda Berry<br />
Mr. Charles L. Berthelot<br />
Ms. Kim M. Berthelot<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney J. Berthelot<br />
Mr. Jnanabrota and Dr. Sumita Bhattacharyya<br />
Dr. and Mrs. M. Khurrum Bhutta<br />
Bienvenue Mortgage<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John R. Bilello<br />
Ms. Michelle Billiot<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Flint J. Bishop<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Bisland Sr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Blackwell Sr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. C. Roy Blackwood<br />
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Blair<br />
Ms. Michelle L. Blair<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel M. Blanchard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Adam J. Blanchard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Darrin J. Blanchard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Blewett<br />
Mr. Matthew F. and Dr. Elizabeth Block<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John Bloss<br />
Ms. Louise Bonin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gary P. Bonvillain<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. Bonvillain<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Terry R. Book<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Boquet<br />
Mr. Kevin P. Bordelon<br />
Ms. Vicki C. Boring<br />
Ms. Amy A. Borne<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O. Bosworth<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Bouchillon<br />
Ms. Mary A. Boudousquie<br />
Ms. April N. Boudreaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Boudreaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Boudreaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Denis Boudreaux<br />
Mr. James E. Boudreaux<br />
Ms. Kathryn A. Boudreaux<br />
Ms. Natalie J. Boudreaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Boudreaux Jr.<br />
Ms. Stefanie Boudreaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Walton P. Boudreaux Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Druis A. Bourg<br />
Bourgeois Bennett LLC<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ron R. Bourgeois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Bourgeois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Bourgeois Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jean-Paul Bourgeois<br />
Ms. Kellie M. Bourgeois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Todd M. Bourgeois<br />
Mr. Larry J. Bourgeois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Bourgeois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Bourgeois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roland F. Bourgeois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roland J. Bourgeois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ron R. Bourgeois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roland J. Bourgeois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Troy J. Bourgeois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Bourgeois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Bouterie<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Bouterie Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Bouzigard Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Bowers<br />
Ms. Claudia D. Braud<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Ellis D. Braud Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jody E. Braud<br />
Dr. Mary M. Braud<br />
Mr. Randy J. Braud<br />
Ms. Amy E. Breaux<br />
Ms. Amy S. Breaux<br />
Ms. Annette L. Breaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bernie M. Breaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Breaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Brennan<br />
Mr. Bennett A. and Dr. Carol Britt<br />
Mr. Michael G. Brocato<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew E. Brodnax<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew C. Broussard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Broussard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Broussard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Tracy Broussard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff J. Brown<br />
Ms. Cheryl L. Brown<br />
Mr. and Mr. Gregory Brown<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dale A. Brown<br />
Mr. Ferrell A. Brunet<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brunet Jr.<br />
Ms. Jan S. Brunet<br />
Ms. Sheri A. Buras<br />
Mr. Chapman H. Burguieres Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel L. Burke<br />
Ms. Stephanie R. Caballero<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Caffery<br />
Mr. James and Dr. Patricia B. Caillouet<br />
Mrs. Ann B. Caldarera<br />
Ms. Claudett C. Caldwell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Caldwell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Callahan<br />
Mr. Ronald Calloway<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Canale<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne G. Cancienne<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Cannata Jr.<br />
Mr. Duane P. Caro<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Carpenter<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace A. Carrier Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Cartee<br />
Col. and Mrs. Michael L. Caruso<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Larry C. Case<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carleton A. Casey<br />
Dr. Luke H. Cashen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Cavell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Cazaubon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jake M. Cenac<br />
Mr. Michael J. Cenac<br />
Mr. Norbert N. Chabert<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Chadwick<br />
Ms. Dawn E. Chaisson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Errol J. Champagne<br />
Mr. Richard P. Champagne<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn E. Chance Jr.<br />
Ms. Ruth Chapin<br />
Charles C. Theriot CPA<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Charlet<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis J. Chauvin II<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chauvin Jr.<br />
Mr. Leonard Chauvin Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cheramie<br />
Ms. Gaye Cheramie<br />
Mr. Philip Chiasson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Chiasson<br />
Mr. Steven L. Chiasson<br />
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Honor Roll<br />
Ms. Kaycee L. Chouest<br />
Mr. David F. Chu<br />
Dr. Deborah H. Cibelli and<br />
Mr. Stephen C. Rawlings<br />
Mr. Coral C. Clark Jr.<br />
Mr. Michel Claudet<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Marc E. Clause<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brian P. Clausen<br />
Mr. Barry C. Clement<br />
Mr. Bernis G. Clement<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Clement<br />
Ms. Jacqueline S. Clements<br />
Ms. Eva Lee Coleman<br />
Mr. Stanley Coleman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Collie<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Collins<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Comeaux III<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Cone<br />
ConocoPhillips<br />
Ms. Heather C. Constant<br />
Mr. Floyde W. Cook<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Corbin<br />
Mr. Nelson B. Cortez<br />
Ms. Raquel Cortina<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Couch<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Coulon<br />
Ms. Valerie T. Courville<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Kevin C. Cox<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry E. Crail<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Crochet<br />
Mr. William D. Crockett<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David T. Crowder<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Culotta Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Cunningham<br />
Mr. Cy C. Cunningham<br />
Cytec Building Blocks Inc.<br />
Ms. Patricia P. Czeck<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry G. Daigle<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Daigle<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Daigle<br />
Mr. Michael P. D’Angelo<br />
Ms. Judy W. Daniels<br />
Mr. André L. Danos<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Danos<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Dantin<br />
Danville Distributing Co.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lenny Dartez<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Craig S. Daste<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald P. Davey<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney David<br />
Mr. Robert J. Davidson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Davis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michiel R. Davis<br />
DBJB Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Decker II<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk J. Defelice<br />
Mr. Wilfred R. Dehart<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Deitchman<br />
Ms. Lisa S. Delahaye<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Murphy L. Delaune Jr.<br />
Delta Millwork Inc.<br />
Dr. Ramarao M. Denduluri<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John H. Dennis<br />
Mrs. Kathleen B. Deroche<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Desselles<br />
Ms. Stephanie L. Detillier<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Allen J. Detiveaux<br />
Ms. Georgia M. Diedrich<br />
Mr. William F. Diehl<br />
Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Dishman II<br />
DMC Consultors LLC<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis R. Doles<br />
Doll Distributing LLC<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Doll<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Dominique<br />
Ms. Shelia A. Domino<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Milton P. Donegan<br />
Dr. Sarat K. Donepudi<br />
Donnes Real Estate<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Dornan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby A. Dosser<br />
Ms. Loretta L. Dottolo<br />
Doucet and Adams Inc.<br />
Ms. Iris Doucet<br />
Mr. Royce J. Doucet<br />
Ms. Audrey A. Dozar<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Terry L. Draper<br />
Mr. Lloyd C. Dressel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Murali M. Dronamraju<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Ducos<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Duet<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Loyal A. Duet<br />
Mr. Timothy and Dr. Debbie DuFrene<br />
Mr. Donald J. Dufresne Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Scott J. Dugas<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Dugruise<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Duhon II<br />
Ms. Amy M. Duncan<br />
Mrs. Evelyn D. Duncan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Duplantis<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Duplantis Jr.<br />
Mr. Merle J. Duplantis<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Curtis Duplechain<br />
Mr. Fred Duplechin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby J. Dupre<br />
Ms. Susan A. Dupre<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Durham<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Dutel<br />
E. J. Fields Machine Works Inc.<br />
Mr. Glenn A. Earles<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James K. Eaves<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Eidson<br />
Electronics Corner Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Elfert<br />
Mr. Allen J. Ellender III<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Ellender Jr.<br />
Ellis Brothers Contracting Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Elmore<br />
Mr. and Ms. Anthony Emmons<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Encalade<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ruble A. Encalade<br />
Enviro-Lab Inc.<br />
Ms. Rebecca L. Eschete<br />
Mr. Clifton P. Eserman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steven J. Eskine<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Esteve<br />
Mr. Corey J. Eues<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gary J. Eusea<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie J. Evans Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Exnicios<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett M. Eymard<br />
Ms. Casey M. Falgoust<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Freddy J. Falgoust Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Falgoust<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Falgout<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas M. Falgout<br />
Ms. Evelyn G. Falgout<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. Falgout<br />
Family Doctor Clinic<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Fanguy<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Farrar<br />
Ms. Sherrill A. Faucheaux<br />
Mr. Wilson Faucheaux<br />
Ms. Margaret M. Faucheux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Faul<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Faulk<br />
Mr. Robert T. Faulkner<br />
Ms. Tanesha L. Fauria<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark H. Faust<br />
Ms. Cynthia S. Fay<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Felger<br />
Ms. Mercy M. Fernandez<br />
Mr. T. E. Fernandez<br />
Dr. Joanne C. Ferriot<br />
Ms. Carol C. Finley<br />
Ms. Ann W. Floyd<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Folse<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery D. Folse<br />
Mr. Anthony Fonseca<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Fontane<br />
Ms. Amanda C. Fontenot<br />
Dr. Quenton C. Fontenot and<br />
Dr. Allyse Ferrara<br />
Mr. Patrick T. Ford<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edison J. Foret<br />
Mr. George J. Foret<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fournet<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard Fournet Jr.<br />
Drs. Coleridge and Cheryl Franklin<br />
Ms. Sarah Freia<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wynn Fremen<br />
Mr. Lawrence Fremin<br />
Mr. Scott A. Fremin<br />
Ms. Wendy B. Fremin<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Len T. Frey<br />
Friends of Edward Douglass<br />
White Historic Site<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn J. Froisy<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Fabian K. Fromherz<br />
Mr. Steven L. Fry<br />
Dr. Catherine Gaharan<br />
Ms. Spring A. Gaines<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Grady C. Galiano<br />
Ms. Anne M. Galjour<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jess J. Galjour<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Russell P. Galliano<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Galloway<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Garcia<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Garland<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Gast<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. Gaubert<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Gaubert<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Gaudet<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Don G. Gaudet<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert P. Gaudin<br />
Mr. Daniel G. Gauthe<br />
Mr. Kermit J. Gauthreaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Gauthreaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. P. Keith Gautreau<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Gautreaux<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Gegg<br />
Ms. Julie L. George<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers A. George<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Gereighty<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Marco Gernon<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Ray Giguette<br />
Ms. Heloise M. Gilbert<br />
Mr. Billky Giordano<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. Giroir<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Girouard<br />
Ms. Patti T. Givens<br />
Ms. Margaret Gorman<br />
Mr. Danny M. Gorr<br />
Gossen-Holloway & Associates<br />
Ms. Shelli L. Goulas<br />
Ms. Aimee C. Grabert<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby P. Grabert<br />
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Grace III<br />
Mr. Gary S. Grand<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Graves<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dean P. Gravois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David P. Gravois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gravois<br />
Mr. Jude M. Gravois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. C. Leroy Gray<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Greco Jr.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John H. Green<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Green<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Greiner Jr.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John M. Griffin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grillot<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edmond W. Gros<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Travis A. Gros<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harley J. Gros<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Grossberg<br />
Dr. Harold L. Guard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Guidroz<br />
Mr. Walter S. Guidroz<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Casey R. Guidry<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Clint J. Guidry<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Guidry<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bonnes V. Guidry<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jude J. Guidry<br />
Mr. Steven P. Guidry<br />
Dr. Claudio Guillermo<br />
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Joseph C. Guillot<br />
Ms. Laurie A. Guillot<br />
Mr. Robert J. Guillot<br />
Ms. Becky L. Gunn<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lester M. Hackman Jr.<br />
Hagen ENT Clinic<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hammerli<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Hanley<br />
Mrs. Bernice P. Harang<br />
Mr. and Mrs. T. Benton Harang<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Harp<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Harris<br />
Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Harris<br />
Mr. Rufus C. Harris III<br />
Ms. Christine V. Harrison<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Herman L. Hartman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Cyril J. Harvey Jr.<br />
Ms. Dorothy A. Harwell<br />
Ms. Patricia L. Haydel<br />
Dr. Richard M. Haydel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Hays<br />
Ms. Debora M. Heard<br />
Dr. John F. Heaton<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Hebert<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie J. Hebert<br />
Ms. Evelyn G. Hebert<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gene L. Hebert<br />
Ms. Joey N. Hebert<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jude A. Hebert<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell J. Hebert<br />
Mr. Kevin P. Hebert<br />
Ms. Lisa H. Hebert<br />
Ms. Rosalind M. Hebert<br />
Mr. Alcide and Dr. Sandra Hebert<br />
Mr. Carl Heck Jr.<br />
The Hon. Francis C. Heitmeier<br />
Mr. Michael C. Hemstreet<br />
Ms. Elexia O. Henderson<br />
Mr. Jesse J. Hernandez<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Randy C. Hicks<br />
Ms. Patrice M. Hidalgo<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donnie R. Hills<br />
Mr. D. Leonard Hingle<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Hingle<br />
Ms. Connie Hinyub<br />
Mr. Rodney R. Hodges<br />
Mr. and Mrs. C. Lindy Hoffmann<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Hoffmann<br />
Drs. Andrew H. and Susan T. Hoffmann<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ted L. Hoffmann<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Garett J. Hohensee<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Myron J. Hohensee<br />
Mr. Darryl L. Holliday<br />
Dr. Daryl Y. Holmes<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Holmes<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Holtzinger<br />
Dr. Bridget A. Hopkins<br />
Mr. David G. Horton<br />
Ms. Paula W. Hotard<br />
Mr. Mark H. Hovsepian<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie E. Howard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Hoychick<br />
Mr. Chris D. Hubbell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Hunter<br />
Hunting Energy Services LP<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ray G. Hymel<br />
Ms. Mabel Illidge<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Isham<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Jackson<br />
Ms. Jackie W. Jackson<br />
Dr. James W. and Dr. Ann L. Jackson<br />
Mr. Jan T. Jackson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Jacquet<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Jandegian<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Jaquillard<br />
Ms. Julie D. Jeansonne<br />
Jim Dukes Inc.<br />
Ms. Deborah A. Johnson<br />
Mr. Keith Johnson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Emil W. Joller<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin G. Jones<br />
Ms. Carolyn H. Jones<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Luther L. Jones<br />
Dr. Leslie Jones-Hamilton<br />
Ms. Carole D. Jordan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Irwin J. Joubert<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Juenke<br />
K & E Trucking Co. Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Kaplan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rory C. Keehn<br />
Mr. Douglas W. Keese<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Keller<br />
Mr. Todd M. Keller<br />
Kelly Distributors<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Luther H. Kelly Jr.<br />
Ms. Judith F. Kenney<br />
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Keys<br />
Mr. Mike Kieffer<br />
Dr. Marilyn B. Kilgen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Kilgore<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert B. Kimble Jr.<br />
Mr. Lenus A. King<br />
Ms. Penny L. Kirchhoff<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Kirkland<br />
Mr. John and Dr. Pamela Kirkley<br />
Ms. Ann C. Kirkpatrick<br />
Dr. Kenneth S. Klaus<br />
Dr. Betty A. Kleen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Klingman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Knight<br />
Knights of Columbus #1317<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roland P. Knobloch Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn P. Knoblock<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew M. Kohler<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kolwe<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Kraemer<br />
Ms. Goldie C. Kruse<br />
Mr. Robert P. LaRose<br />
Mr. Gary J. Labat Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Labauve<br />
Ms. Darlene Labranche<br />
LACTE<br />
Mr. Bernard A. Lafaso<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Haden Lafaye<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Lafleur<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Barry J. Laiche<br />
Dr. and Mrs. John P. Lajaunie<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Lambert<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Al Lambert<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lanaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Landry Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight D. Landry<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Scott A. Landry<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Landry<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jason C. Landry<br />
Mr. Jeremy A. Landry<br />
Mr. Authur and Dr. Lavone Landry<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Landry<br />
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Honor Roll<br />
Mr. Mathew G. Landry<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne J. Landry<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Landry<br />
Ms. Tara G. Landry<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Travis J. Landry<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Landry<br />
Mrs. Rosemary M. Langlois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy B. Laris Jr.<br />
Mr. Michael P. Larussa<br />
Ms. Elizabeth Lassere<br />
Mr. William C. Lauga<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Lawrence<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Theo D. Lawrence<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd T. Lawson<br />
Mr. Todd Lawson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Minh V. Le<br />
Ms. Cecile LeBlanc<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Leblanc<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Michael F. LeBlanc<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rene P. LeBlanc<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Leblanc<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David L. LeBoeuf<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Novel P. LeBoeuf Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. LeBoeuf<br />
Ms. Ann M. LeBouef<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. LeBouef<br />
Ms. Karen LeBourgeois<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ray M. Lecompte<br />
Mr. Ryan P. Lecompte<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ledet<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Claude J. Ledet Jr.<br />
Mr. Robert L. Ledet<br />
The Rev. and Mrs. Sherman Ledet<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ledet<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Darryl Ledet<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Lee<br />
Ms. Joan W. Lee<br />
Mr. Mark H. Lee<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Albert I. Leftwich<br />
Mrs. Byrne E. Legendre<br />
Mr. and Mrs. O’Neil J. Legendre III<br />
Mr. Lowell and Dr. Collette G. Leistner<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Lejeune<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lance P. Lejeune<br />
Ms. Rebecca L. Lejeune<br />
Mr. Walter E. Lemoine<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Craig J. Leonard<br />
Ms. Rene LeRouge<br />
Mr. David P. Leroux<br />
Dr. and Mrs. J. Paul Leslie Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Felix D. Lewis<br />
Ms. Marguerite C. Li Bassi<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bryne J. Liner<br />
Mr. Wilmon J. Little<br />
Mr. Mark W. Lobell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Loebel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Lopez Sr.<br />
Mr. Dennis Lorio<br />
Mr. Gene Louis<br />
Mr. Michael A. Loup<br />
Mr. and Mrs. J. Caro Louviere<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Lovegrove<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton E. Lovell<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Lucito<br />
Mrs. Jill D. Luminais<br />
Mr. Craig Lundy<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Lyons Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. G. Marc Lyons<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Lyons<br />
Mr. and Mrs. A.J. Mabile<br />
Ms. Alycia W. Mabile<br />
Ms. Anna L. Mabile<br />
Ms. Marie A. Mabile<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jan G. Madere<br />
Mr. Michael Maenza<br />
Ms. Susan K. Magee<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Wes Magee III<br />
Ms. Rachel L. Main<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Maloney<br />
Dr. and Mrs. David P. Manuel<br />
Ms. Muriel B. Manuel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Hebert<br />
Dr. Steven J. Marcello<br />
Mr. John C. Marchand<br />
Mr. Paul C. Marchand<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Marchbanks<br />
Mr. Robert H. Marmande<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Marquart<br />
Dr. Mark E. Marshall<br />
Marshall Tamor Golding<br />
Mr. James Martin Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Keith P. Martin<br />
Ms. Marsha O. Martin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael H. Martin<br />
Ms. Patricia A. Martina<br />
Ms. Kathleen M. Martinez<br />
Ms. Sarah M. Masterson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Derace J. Matherne<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dean P. Matherne<br />
Ms. Carol A. Mathias<br />
Ms. Kandace M. Mauldin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. McClain<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward F. McCulla<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dale McDaniel<br />
Ms. Sally W. McDevitt<br />
Ms. Dottie McDonald<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mike McDonald<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Harry J. McGaw<br />
Mr. Jerome S. McKee<br />
Ms. Dana B. McKinney<br />
Mr. Kevin P. M. McLafferty<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Philip G. McMahon<br />
Ms. Cora Lee W. McMillan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Terry J. McMillan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Flavious J. Meades<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Meche<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Medine<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Melancon<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Earl J. Melancon Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Melancon<br />
Mr. John E. Melancon<br />
Mr. John and Dr. Melissa W. Melancon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Mella<br />
Ms. Christina E. Mendoza<br />
Ms. Doris D. Menezes<br />
Michelle’s Music Academy<br />
Dr. and Mrs. David Middleton<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Migliore<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Milazzo Jr.<br />
Mr. Anthony M. Miller<br />
Ms. Kayren C. Mingus<br />
Dr. James Mire<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mire<br />
Mitchell Distributing<br />
MMGC Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Siamak Mokhtarnejad<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Molbert<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Monier Jr.<br />
Ms. Leslie E. Monnier<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Neil J. Monnier<br />
Ms. Katherine L. Montelaro<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Montero<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses Moore<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Morgan<br />
Ms. Curtis L. Morgan<br />
Mr. Michael H. Morris<br />
Morrison Terrebonne Lumber Center<br />
Dr. Mary L. Morton<br />
Mr. David C. Morvant<br />
Ms. Frannie E. Morvant<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James C. Morvant<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin P. Morvant<br />
Mr. Tommy J. Morvant<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Moss<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Samir C. Mowad<br />
Ms. Sarah G. Muller<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Munson<br />
Ms. Shawn K. Murphy<br />
Ms. Phyllis A. Mury<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory A. Myers<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Craig J. Naquin III<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gary F. Naquin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roland A. Naquin<br />
Ms. Leslie A. Naquin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lionel O. Naquin Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Naquin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Randell M. Naquin CPA<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan L. Naquin<br />
National American Sales Corporation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Navarre Jr.<br />
Mr. John P. Neal<br />
Ms. Patricia J. Neal<br />
New York Life Insurance<br />
Mr. and Mrs. A.V. Nguyen<br />
Nick Martinolich, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Nini<br />
Ms. Elizabeth R. Nixon<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Nobile<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Nolan II<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Zachary Norris<br />
North American Shipbuilding LLC<br />
Ms. Alice M. Nothacker<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> Languages & Literature Faculty<br />
Mr. Neale D. Nugent<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Oase<br />
Mr. Wendell Octave<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan E. Oelklaus<br />
Dr. Merlin M. Ohmer<br />
Mr. Kenny Oliver<br />
Mr. Trent D. Oliver<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Todd A. Olivier<br />
Ms. Sara C. Olivier<br />
Mrs. Lisa A. Omota<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Oncale<br />
Ms. Monica L. Oncale<br />
Orange Show Foundation (The)<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Ordogne<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Ordoyne<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Timmy Ordoyne<br />
Mr. Michael P. Ordoyne<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Orgeron<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Ostheimer Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Otero III<br />
Ms. Sandra V. Oubre<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Artie J. Ourso<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Owens III<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Tip Pace<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Randy J. Papa<br />
Mr. Ernest P. Parra<br />
Mrs. Katie C. Partain<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Sandeep A. Patel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peerson<br />
Ms. Diette H. Pellegrin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Pellegrin Jr.<br />
Mr. Kirby J. Pellegrin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Pellegrin<br />
Ms. Pamela A. Pellegrin<br />
Dr. and Mrs. James Peltier<br />
Ms. Janice G. Peltier<br />
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Percle Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy S. Perera<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Peters<br />
Ms. Trina A. Peters<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Addison D. Petitpain<br />
Ms. Miki Pfeffer<br />
Mr. Toby Picker<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Pierce<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Pierson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Pinkston<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John-Paul Piper<br />
Mr. Raymond A. Pisani<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Billy J. Pitre<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robby P. Pitre<br />
Mr. Robert Pitre<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy F. Pitre<br />
Ms. Miranda M. Plaisance<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Plassmeyer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Berhman A. Poché<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie S. Pocorello<br />
Ms. Diana M. Politz<br />
Mr. Palfrey Polk Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jason C. Pontif<br />
Ms. Brittany G. Ponvelle<br />
Ms. Cheryl J. Powell<br />
Mr. Jace Prejean<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Prejean<br />
Ms. Michelle W. Prentice<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly J. Pugh<br />
Ms. Gail U. Quinn<br />
Qwik Pack & Ship<br />
R & C Driving School LLC<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Rabalais<br />
Raceland Raw Sugar Corp.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Larry L. Rainier<br />
Drs. Mohammed and Dilruba S. Rais<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Claudelle Ramagos Sr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. George J. Randolph<br />
Dr. Pasam Rao<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Ratliff<br />
Ms. Jenny B. Rauch<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Rauch<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Rauhaus<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Ray<br />
Mrs. Sybil Ray<br />
Mr. Lubin Raymond<br />
Ms. Debbie Raziano<br />
Ms. Kristin L. Reddoch<br />
Mr. Clyde R. Redmond<br />
Ms. Gayla G. Reed<br />
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Reed<br />
Ms. Michelle C. Reiss<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Reith<br />
Renaissance Rehabilitation Center<br />
Mr. Anthony W. Rentrop<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Reso<br />
Mr. and Mrs. A. Hunter Reynaud<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory S. Reynolds<br />
Ms. Germaine F. Rhodes<br />
Mr. Ray Rhymes<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Richard Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Richard<br />
Dr. Cyril J. Richard Jr.<br />
Mr. David R. Richard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Richard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Francis C. Richard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Richard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Richard<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Richardson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Claude A. Riché Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ray J. Riché<br />
Ms. Dolores O. Richmond<br />
Ms. Mary K. Ridenour<br />
Rig-Chem Inc.<br />
Mr. Charlie Riser<br />
Ms. Elizabeth Riviere<br />
Mr. Robert G. Riviere<br />
Mr. Brandon Rizzuto<br />
Dr. Susan W. Roark<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas P. Robichaux<br />
Ms. Heather J. Robichaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Robichaux<br />
Ms. Rebecca R. Robichaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan D. Robichaux<br />
Ms. Sabra B. Robichaux<br />
Mr. Tim and Dr. Michele Robichaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon P. Robichaux<br />
Ms. Anna S. Robinson<br />
Mr. Dean Robinson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard G. Rockenbaugh Jr.<br />
Mr. Farrel J. Rodrigue<br />
Mr. James and Dr. Paulette R. Rodrigue<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jamie G. Rodrigue<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk J. Rodrigue<br />
Mr. Maxime R. Rodrigue<br />
Mr. Perry J. Rodrigue Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Todd J. Rodrigue<br />
Ms. Lisa G. Rogers<br />
Ms. Maureen M. Rogers<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Rome Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Eric P. Romero<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Constantine Roques<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harold J. Rougee<br />
Mr. and Mrs. W. Jeffrey Rousse<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry A. Rousseau<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Roussel<br />
Mr. Louis E. Routier Jr.<br />
Ms. Megan C. Rowe<br />
Mr. Jordan A. Roy<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William T. Ruegger<br />
Mr. Steven M. Ruiz<br />
Ms. Maria L. Russo<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Ryan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Saadi<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David Sagona<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Scott P. Sale<br />
Mr. Jerry J. Salley<br />
Sallie Mae Fund (The)<br />
Mr. David A. Saltzman<br />
Ms. Donna M. Sammarco<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Sanchez<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David P. Sanchez<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Sanders<br />
Ms. Mary C. Sandolph<br />
Mr. Jason E. Sanford<br />
Ms. Elma C. Saul<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Savoie<br />
Mr. Rusty J. Savoie<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Allan Savoie<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Sawyer<br />
Mr. Paul E. Scaffidi<br />
Mr. David W. Scheuermann<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Schexnayder<br />
Mr. Andrew J. Schiro<br />
Mr. Donald J. Schmitt<br />
Ms. Katie E. Schreiter<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Schwab Jr.<br />
Schwab Orthodontics LLC<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Scoggin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Tyler J. Scott<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan P. Scott<br />
Ms. Brenda A. Sedotal<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sedotal<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Seibold<br />
Mr. Douglas Self<br />
Ms. Janice M. Sevin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Sevin<br />
Ms. Marlene A. Shaffer<br />
Mr. Charles F. Shaver<br />
Mr. Thomas J. Shavor<br />
Ms. Chloe-Ann Shaw<br />
Ms. Allison R. Shuey<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Siears<br />
Ms. Jacquelynne M. Siears<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Siegrist<br />
Dr. Andrew P. Simoncelli<br />
Mr. John E. Sirois<br />
Ms. Bobbie D. Smith<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Smith<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brian K. Smith<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dan A. Smith<br />
Ms. Gretchen P. Smith<br />
Ms. Lois F. Smith<br />
Ms. Maria R. Smith<br />
Ms. Novella T. Smith<br />
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Honor Roll<br />
Ms. Shelby C. Smith<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Mickey J. Smith<br />
Ms. Victoria W. Smith<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Soileau<br />
Ms. Linda Songy<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Soniat<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Claus A. Sorensen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Spinella<br />
Ms. Norma J. Spinella<br />
Mr. Scott Spreen<br />
Sprint Foundation<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael X. St. Martin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kerry M. St. Pé<br />
Ms. Lois A. St. Pierre<br />
Mr. and Mrs. George D. Stack<br />
Mr. Micah H. Stack and Ms. Tania L. Leal<br />
Dr. James J. Stafford<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Stagni<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Stanga<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bill J. Stegelmeyer<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas G. Steib<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Randy Stein<br />
Mr. Nathan P. Stein<br />
Ms. Donna C. Stelly<br />
Mr. Henry G. Stephens<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roy T. Sternfels<br />
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Stevenson<br />
Dr. James L. Stewart<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard M. Stiegler Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory M. Stilson<br />
Ms. Carolyn P. Stilts<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joshua P. Stockley<br />
Mr. Carlo W. Streva<br />
Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Stroud<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jody M. Suire<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Sullivan Jr.<br />
Superior Shipyard & Fabrication Inc.<br />
Ms. Stephanie C. Swift<br />
Mrs. Kelly A. Szush<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brent M. Tabor<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Emile J. Talbot<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James Tabor<br />
Ms. Faye A. Talbot<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Talbot Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace J. Tamplain<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Tamporello<br />
Dr. Zoe B. Tanner<br />
Ms. Pamela S. Tapie<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Tassin<br />
Mrs. Claire E. Tatum<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Tauzin<br />
Ms. Kristie Tauzin<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Tauzin II<br />
Mr. Robert W. Taylor CPA<br />
Ms. Sue D. Taylor<br />
Teche Regional Medical Center<br />
Dr. Victor E. Tedesco IV<br />
Mr. Paul and Dr. Alice B. Templet<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Brett J. Terrebonne<br />
Terrebonne Financial Services LTD<br />
Mr. Kerry T. Terrebonne<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Russell N. Terrell<br />
Ms. Alyson T. Theriot<br />
Ms. Barbara A. Theriot<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Damon J. Theriot<br />
Mr. Clifton P. Theriot<br />
Ms. Diane B. Theriot<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk J. Theriot<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Scott L. Theriot<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald J. Thibodaux II<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Donald P. Thibodaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Thibodaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Thibodaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Thibodaux<br />
Thibodaux Literary Club<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dirk P. Thibodaux<br />
Thibodaux Women’s Center<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Thibodeaux<br />
Ms. Regina L. Thibodeaux<br />
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Thomas Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip B. Thomas<br />
Thomassie Construction Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Thompson<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Tillman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley J. Tisdale<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. Toler<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome K. Toloudis<br />
Ms. Anke Tonn<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Torguson Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin G. Torres<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Torres<br />
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Toups<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Toups<br />
Mr. Douglas Toups<br />
Ms. Gayle C. Toups<br />
Mr. and Mrs. C .J. Toups<br />
Mr. John W. Toups<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Toups<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Royal J. Toups<br />
Ms. Sandra L. Toups<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Toups<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Leon J. Trahan Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Perry P. Trahan<br />
Mr. Jeff L. Trahan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth J. Trahan<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Tranchina Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Heinke E. Trapp Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Treuting<br />
Ms. Kellie L. Trimble<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Trotter<br />
Mr. Robert M. Tucker<br />
Dr. Anita Tully<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Myron C. Tuman<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donald S. Turnage<br />
Mr. and Mrs. William E. Turner<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Donnie Tynes<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Underwood<br />
Mr. Samuel M. Vaccarella<br />
Ms. Brenda S. Vaccaro<br />
Ms. Peggy D. Vaccaro<br />
Valero Energy Corporation<br />
Ms. Paula Van Regenmorter<br />
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Van Sickle<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne E. Veillon<br />
Ms. Rachel L. Verdin<br />
Ms. Jeanne L. Veron<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Verret<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Verrett<br />
Ms. Julie B. Vesich<br />
Mr. Van Viator<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Barry P. Vice<br />
Ms. Brenda Vicknair<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Vicknair<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Villemarette<br />
Mr. Michael Vinci<br />
Ms. Myra A. Vizier<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Voisin<br />
Wag-A-Pak Inc.<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Guy J. Waggenspack<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll J. Waguespack<br />
Mr. Gerard A. Waguespack<br />
Mr. Herman Waguespack Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Waguespack Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Waite<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Waitz<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry G. Walker<br />
Ms. Jessica A. Walker<br />
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Walker<br />
Ms. Ann M. Walton<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Watts<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David B. Webb<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Webb<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roger J. Weber<br />
Ms. Jane T. Webert<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Webre<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Kynan P. Webre<br />
The Hon. Craig Webre<br />
Mrs. Valerie L. Webre<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Webster<br />
The Hon. and Mrs. John L. Weimer<br />
Ms. Sandra A. Weiss<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Don Werner<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Wernich Jr.<br />
Mr. David L. West<br />
Dr. Velma S. Westbrook<br />
Ms. Melanie M. Whipple<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton T. White<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Roger T. White III<br />
Mr. Kenneth J. Whitman<br />
Mr. Stephen G. Wieschhaus<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll G. Williams<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Gerard A. Williams<br />
Mrs. Pamela Williams<br />
Mr. Ron Williams<br />
Mr. Scott J. Williamson<br />
Mrs. Mescal W. Winans<br />
Ms. Christine F. Wolfe<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Wong<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew M. Wright<br />
Mr. Steven C. Wyatt<br />
Mr. Michael T. Wyble<br />
Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society of Nursing, XI<br />
Zeta Chapter<br />
Ms. Sandra Yearout<br />
Mr. Mohan M. K. Yechoori<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Yelverton<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Joey A. Yesso<br />
Mr. Bryan P. Zeringue<br />
Dr. and Mrs. C. J. Zeringue<br />
Ms. Danielle M. Zeringue<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Rhett Zeringue<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Nolan P. Zeringue<br />
Mr. Ralph Zeringue<br />
Ms. Sonia A. Zeringue<br />
Ms. Sylvia T. Zeringue<br />
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<strong>Nicholls</strong> <strong>State</strong> <strong>University</strong> Foundation<br />
Supporting the <strong>University</strong><br />
for over 40 Years<br />
For information about joining the<br />
<strong>Nicholls</strong> Foundation, call 985.448.4134