Voila 2007 Fall (PDF) - Nicholls State University

Voilà!
Fall 2007
Editor Lydia Szanyi Boudreaux
Art Director Bruno Ruggiero
Photographer Doug Keese
Advisory Board Dr. David E. Boudreaux, Nicole
L. Boudreaux, Dr. Alfred N. Delahaye, Dr. Rebecca
Pennington, Deborah Raziano, Richard Reso
Contact Voilà! at:
P.O. Box 2033
Thibodaux, LA 70310
(985) 448-4143
voila@nicholls.edu
Voilà! is published once a year with funding from the Nicholls
State University Foundation and the Nicholls State University
Alumni Federation.
Nicholls State University is a member of the
University of Louisiana System.
On the cover:
Sociology students spent a semester investigating the
history of a deserted Chackbay church and its long-gone
congregation.
Contributing Writers
Dr. Deborah Bordelon is a professor and dean of the
College of Education.
Lydia Szanyi Boudreaux is assistant director of the
Office of University Relations and a 1998 mass communication
graduate.
Dr. Alfred N. Delahaye is professor emeritus of
journalism.
Stephanie Detillier is a creative writer/editor in the Office
of University Relations and a 2006 mass communication
graduate.
Matt Gresham is a 1996 mass communication graduate.
Rebecca C. Lyons is an assistant professor of nursing and
interim head of the Department of Nursing. She is a 1986
nursing graduate.
Brandon Rizzuto is director of media relations in the
Department of Athletics.
Dr. Anita Tully is a distinguished service professor of English
and assistant dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.