THIBODAUX — Nearly $170,000 is headed for distribution among six Nicholls State University programs from the board that oversees Louisiana’s higher education.The Board of Regents awarded a half-dozen grants ranging between $13,000 and $42,000 to “enhance” classes at the university. State officials say these enhancements typically involve the purchase of new equipment, but grants may be awarded for other reasons.The grants come from a board “support fund,” part of a trust fund established after an oil settlement during the 1980s.The fund receives about $15 million per year, which is doled out among colleges and universities across the state.—-Contact The Daily Reveille news staff at [email protected]