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Percussion Ensemble to perform
Louisiana Tech’s Percussion Ensemble will strike a chord soon as they present a free concert Saturday, Feb. 16. The Percussion Ensemble will perform on a variety of instruments, including a waterphone, goat hooves, brake drums, splash cymbals,...
Career Fair attracts Tech students, companies
All majors welcome. All opportunities open. All at Louisiana Tech. At Louisiana Tech’s spring career fair, between 700 and 800 students and 112 companies from across the South met together Thursday to see if a match could be made. Ron Cathey,...
Animal skeletons on display at Louisiana Tech museum aid in learning, discovery
Make no bones about it, Louisiana Tech’s SciTEC Center has some useful new exhibits all thanks to a few skeletons in a closet. Or make that a room instead of a closet. Six animal skeletons that had been in a viewing room for Animal Sciences...
Simmons' fifth book focuses on Carolina beach music
A Louisiana Tech endowed professor of English has just published his fifth book. “Carolina Beach Music from the 60s to the 80s: The New Wave” is written by Dr. Rick Simmons, who also serves as director of the Tech’s Honors Program. Published by...
Tech professor looks at poet's naming practices of cats
A Louisiana Tech professor of English will have an article published in the March issue of the national journal, “Names.” The title of the article by Dr. Dorothy Dodge Robbins is “Imperial Names for Practical Cats: Establishing a Distinctly...
Noted Emancipation Proclamation scholar to speak at Black History Month event
The executive order that gave the American Civil War a new moral purpose by outlawing slavery in the Confederate States will be the topic when noted Lincoln scholar Dr. Edna Greene Medford speaks at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 21 at the Lincoln...
School of Art holds freshman scholarship competition
It is an opportunity for any high school seniors willing to come to Louisiana Tech’s School of Art, said Jonathan Donehoo, director of the School of Art. “This was established several years ago in effort to attract students to our program,” he...
Tech's SciTEC, IDEA Place receive new exhibits
The adage states, “It takes a village to raise a child,” and if that’s the case, this community is doing its part through Louisiana Tech’s SciTEC Center and its hands-on museum, IDEA Place. Seven exhibits were donated from the Oregon Museum of...
College of Engineering and Science honors 2013 distinguished alums
Louisiana Tech University’s College of Engineering and Science has selected recipients for its 2013 Distinguished Alumni Awards, which recognize individuals from each program or discipline in the College for their professional accomplishments...
Physics professor says recent solar activity could impact Earth
An enormous and explosive mass of electrically charged solar plasma – known as a coronal mass ejection or CME – exploded from the sun’s atmosphere a few days ago and is moving closer and closer to Earth. Although it sounds like the storyline...