NEWS
Markey W. Pierre, ’95, to give Fall Commencement Address
Dr. Markey W. Pierre, President and Managing Partner of Southern Strategy Group of North Louisiana, a full-service governmental affairs consulting firm based in Shreveport, and a 1995 Louisiana Tech graduate (Bachelor of General Studies), will serve as the keynote speaker for the University’s Fall Commencement Ceremonies at 10 a.m. Saturday, November 16, in Thomas Assembly Center on the Ruston campus.
Tech hosts team-building STEM event for high school students, teachers
More than 200 high school students and teachers from across the region got hands-on experience in robotics and circuitry at Louisiana Tech University’s STEM-Discovery Ruston Competition. At the competition, 23 area schools formed teams that used science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills to build robotic cars and controllers. The teachers guided their student teams as they applied modeling, programming, and circuitry they learned at the event. Students then maneuvered their finished prototypes using the controllers they assembled and wired.
Youngs establish professorships in School of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry
Ray and Dorothy Young, whose four children first worked on the family farm as youngsters and then received their degrees from Louisiana Tech, have made a generous gift to support two professorships in the School of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry with a focus on Agriculture in Tech’s College of Applied and Natural Sciences.
Steel Betty brings Austin, Texas sound to Howard Oct. 29
Performing music inspired by the heart of Austin, Texas’ music culture, the talented trio Steel Betty will be in Howard Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29 playing both original music and classics from bluegrass legends like Bill Monroe and the Stanley Brothers.
‘New Frontiers’ lecture Nov. 4 targets cancer immunology
As Homecoming Week kicks off on campus, the 2019-20 New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Seminar Series continues with both a lecture on research related to cancer immunology and the release of a children’s book featuring the guest speaker, Dr. John Stewart IV.
College of Business to Host 15th Annual Bankers Day
Regional and local banking executives will meet with Louisiana Tech University College of Business students to share expertise on a variety of topics during the 15th annual Bankers Day on Friday, Nov. 1.
Students pitch Doggone Good Ideas in annual competition
Ten Louisiana Tech University students were selected to participate in the Innovation Enterprise’s annual Doggone Good Idea event on Oct. 1. Each participant had one minute to pitch their innovative solution to a problem to a panel of judges including Dr. Don Shillinger, dean of the College of Education, Dr. Andrea Drake, professor and director of the School of Accountancy, and Evan Puckett, a previous winner and founder of Connect One. Cash prizes sponsored by D & H Wholesale Medical were given to the top two winners.
Student Managed Investment Fund grows to $1 Million through contributions to Forever Loyal campaign
Finance students at Louisiana Tech University’s College of Business will soon have $1 million to invest through the Student Managed Investment Fund (SMIF). The Fund will become one of the largest undergraduate student investment funds in the state. Students made the initial investment of $150,000 in March 2018. The Fund is managed by undergraduate finance students who are responsible for all investment research, portfolio positions, and reporting, and governed by an advisory board comprised of industry professionals.
Louisiana Tech AGC Chapter promotes STEM at local school
Louisiana Tech students majoring in the Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Technology programs led the Cedar Creek Engineering and Science Day, teaching the elementary students about the fundamentals of construction, surveying, chemistry and light.
‘The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy’ opens Oct. 22
It’s the perfect pre-Halloween musical. The Addams Family: A New Musical Comedy, opens in less than a week with swordplay, tango, and ghosts as the spookiest (and in this case funniest) time of year approaches. Directed by Louisiana Tech’s...