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Associate professor Ker recognized for contributions in industrial engineering and online education
Louisiana Tech associate professor of industrial engineering and program chair Jun-Ing Ker is featured in a recent post of "Online Engineering Professors in Louisiana," a list comprised of some the outstanding professors the site recognizes...

Louisiana Tech’s Jeffery Hankins earns national recognition
Louisiana Tech University associate professor of history Jeffery R. Hankins was selected from a national applicant pool to attend one of the academic summer seminars supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), a federal...

Tech ranks 35th on top online MBA programs list, 17th on most affordable online bachelor’s
Louisiana Tech is ranked No. 35 on the list of The Top 50 Online MBA Programs released by and published in “Online MBA Today,” and Tech has been named the 17th Most Affordable Online Bachelor’s Degree Program by AffordableColleges.com. A...

2017-18 ‘New Frontiers’ series opens Oct. 2 with ‘immunotherapy’ presentation
Louisiana Tech’s “New Frontiers in Biomedical Research” series will open 2017-2018 by welcoming Dr. Patrick Cobb, Class of 1981. Presentation: “Immunotherapy: How it Changed (Almost) Everything in Oncology.” Monday, Oct. 2, 3:30 p.m.,...

Tech continues to be cornerstone institution of LaSIP
Annually, the Louisiana Board of Regents hosts a statewide grant competition to provide professional development dollars to serve educators in classrooms throughout Louisiana. Funding is provided for innovative proposals that encourage...

Kathryn Thompson to speak at Louisiana Tech College of Business Marbury Lecture Series
Kathryn I. Thompson, founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer at Thompson Research Group, will present the twelfth annual Marbury Lecture on Monday, September 18 at 11:00 a.m. at Howard Auditorium, Louisiana Tech campus. The lecture, open...

Louisiana Tech earns Tier One ranking from U.S. News & World Report for 7th consecutive year
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Louisiana Tech University in its highest tier of “National Universities” for the seventh consecutive year, according to its 2018 Best Colleges list released Sept. 12. Louisiana Tech and Louisiana State...

A Pleasant Walk Among The Noble Trees With… Ben Rice
“I was born in Shreveport but attended 7th-12th grades in Carrollton, Texas, at Newman Smith High School and graduated in 2014. My childhood and college are in Louisiana, and my formative high school years were in Texas, so I’m definitely a...

Louisiana Tech ranked second in state in both national service and mid-career salaries
Louisiana Tech is second in the state among public universities in the amount of money its graduates with a bachelor’s degree make, according to PayScale.com’s 2017-1018 College Salary Report released this week. Tech graduates rank No. 2 in...

Jeffrey A. Pike selected for Professional Engineers in Higher Education Executive Board for the National Society of Professional Engineers
Mr. Jeffrey A. Pike, senior lecturer of civil engineering and construction engineering technology at Louisiana Tech University, was recently selected as Vice Chair for the Professional Engineers in Higher Education (PEHE) Executive Board for...