NEWS

ENRICH Director wins international award In Prague
The trip to make the presentation and pick up the winning hardware was more than 16 hours, counting layovers. And that’s just one way. But it was worth it. Dr. Julie Rutledge, a self-proclaimed "unabashed research nerd" and associate...

Working on the Saturn V, George Levert got his shot
NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor visits campus Sept. 24 to kick off Louisiana Tech University’s 2019-20 New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Series at 6 p.m. in Howard Auditorium. To highlight her visit, we’ve talked to alumni who have...

Alumna inducted into Missouri State’s Wall of Fame
Missouri native Linda Smith Pettijohn, who earned both her MBA (1985) and DBA (1987) from Louisiana Tech and is a retired professor at Missouri State University in Springfield, was recently honored along with five other faculty and staff with...

Louisiana Tech scores well in alumni salary survey from Payscale
Louisiana Tech University has been named one of the state’s top colleges for early- and mid-career salaries for graduates in Payscale’s 2019 College Salary Report. Tech graduates with fewer than five years experience in the workplace will earn...

Louisiana Tech well represented in Physician Assistant Program
Of the 39 students who make up the Physician Assistant Program Class of 2021 at the LSU Health Science Center of Shreveport’s School of Allied Health Professionals, nine are from Louisiana Tech. Pretty impressive ratio. Although it’s a...

Astronaut’s visit begins seventh annual ‘New Frontiers’ series Sept. 24
Louisiana Tech University’s 2019-20 New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Series begins with a presentation by NASA astronaut Dr. Serena Auñón-Chancellor about medical research aboard the International Space Station at 6 p.m. Sept. 24 at in...
Summer 2019 graduates announced
Louisiana Tech University held its summer commencement ceremony Thursday, Aug. 22, in the Thomas Assembly Center. Graduates were: Alabama Birmingham Chris Hayes Williams, Master of Science Mobile Kourtney Jones, Master of Science Solomon T....
Hurtig presents at international conference on French language and culture
Dr. Dolliann Hurtig, professor of French in the School of Literature and Language at Louisiana Tech University, hosted a three-hour workshop on the book Allons au cinéma: Promoting French through films, Volume III, at the American Association...
Tech announces summer honor roll
Louisiana Tech University has announced the names of students on its summer quarter president’s and dean’s honor lists. Students whose names are followed by an asterisk earned recognition as members of the president’s honor list. That...

Longino illustrates tenets of caring, commitment, and hope as CEO of National Kidney Foundation
Louisiana Tech B.S./Marketing (1982) and MBA (1985) graduate Kevin Longino had been in the business world nearly two decades when kidney disease sidelined him in 2000. "I left the computer industry when I was first diagnosed," said Longino, a...