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SGA completes busy fall quarter
Over the last four months, Louisiana Tech University’s Student Government Association (SGA) has been busy engaging the student body with events like Welcome Week, Homecoming, and Political Action Week. The organization first helped welcome new...
Engineering lecturer receives professional achievement medal
Dr. Michael Swanbom, senior lecturer of mechanical engineering and instrumentation and control systems engineering technology and member of the Integrated STEM Research Center at Louisiana Tech University, has been selected to receive the...
Vanessa Jones Johnson
Vanessa Jones Johnson and her husband Taurus, a 1998 graduate of Louisiana Tech University, are strong in more ways than one. For starters, Vanessa earned her B.S. in medical technology degree in ’99, her MBA in ’03, and her M.A. in...
Two gifts to Foundation will have strong, steady, lasting impact on region
Even though he never officially earned a degree from Louisiana Tech, Dr. Charles “Hank” Packman considers himself an alumnus and felt, because neither he nor his wife had to pay for their college educations — the state required no tuition when...
Amanda LaBorde
The short post-degree career of Amanda LaBorde illustrates the versatility of a medical technology degree from Louisiana Tech. Since earning her undergrad in 2011, then her graduate degree in health informatics in 2014, Amanda has been tasked...
Civil Engineering students earn DOTD scholarships
Fourteen Louisiana Tech University juniors and seniors have earned $1,000 scholarships from the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (LA DOTD) and the Louisiana Transportation Research Center (LTRC), in association with the...
Bailes to keynote Winter ’19 Commencement
Sonja Bailes, Public Relations Liaison for Bossier Parish schools, former TV reporter and anchor, and member of Louisiana Tech’s Class of 1992, will serve as the keynote speaker for the University’s winter commencement ceremony at 10 a.m....
Caleb Wilcox
In the food game, Caleb Wilcox had a familiar weakness as a kid. “The one thing that always got me,” he said, “were the Little Debbie snack cakes.” Nothing against Little Debbie, but Wilcox, scheduled to graduate from Louisiana Tech in May...
Avery Friedman
Junior Avery Friedman, a Family and Child Studies major from Baton Rouge, has a unique approach to helping children cope with illness. That's because Friedman also is coping with a disease: Arthrogryposis. “My concentration, Child Life, is...
New Frontiers lecture to focus on reversing cognitive defects
Louisiana Tech University’s New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Series next lecture will be given by Dr. Edwin Weeber at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 11 in University Hall. The presentation, titled “Reelin’ in Memories: Reversing Cognitive Defects from...