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Storey Lecture Series starts at Tech
A lecture series in honor of a Ruston native who passed away after a 40-year career in journalism has been established at The Louisiana Tech University Foundation. The department of journalism’s Mary Margaret Storey Lecture Series will honor an...
Louisiana Tech student recognized nationally for work in “green” concrete
Ivan Diaz-Loya, a senior PhD candidate with the Trenchless Technology Center (TTC) at Louisiana Tech University, has been awarded the prestigious Katharine and Bryant Mather Scholarship by ASTM International for his work in the area of...
Soccer fans unite at International Student Office
It’s not the Super Bowl or the World Series or the Olympics. But the 2010 soccer World Cup is bringing Louisiana Tech students from across the globe together to watch the games in the International Student Office. Engrossed in the Slovakia vs....
College of Business receives $1 million gift for Chair in finance
A gift of $1 million from the estate of the A.W. (Addison Walter) and Screven Thompson to Louisiana Tech University’ College of Business will create a Chair in the Department of Finance in memory of Virginia Spinks Thompson, mother of A.W. The...
Marketing, business professor receives prestigious national award
Dr. Barry J. Babin, chair of the department of marketing and analysis and the Max P. Watson professor of business at Louisiana Tech University, has received the prestigious Harold W. Berkman Service Award from the Academy of Marketing Science....
Human Ecology professor authors one of 2009’s best ‘work-family’ research articles
Dr. Tammy Harpel, associate professor and graduate program coordinator for family and child studies at Louisiana Tech University, has been recognized by the Center for Families at Purdue University and the Boston College Center for Work and...
Tech professor finalist in national conference
A Louisiana Tech French professor’s presentation was a finalist at the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Dr. Dolliann Hurtig, along with Joyce Beckwith of Boston, Mass., were finalists with their presentation, "Allons...
College of Engineering and Science guides high school teachers, students through cyberspace
Twenty area high school teachers and 60 of their students are now better cyber-citizens after completing the College of Engineering and Science’s annual Cyber Discovery Camp at Louisiana Tech University. In its third year, the goal of the camp...
College of Engineering and Science receives million dollar gift
Louisiana Tech University’s College of Engineering and Science has received a generous gift of $1 million from Tim and Elaine Petrus and XTO Energy, Inc. of Fort Worth, Texas. The gift will be used to create the Petrus Family Engineering...
Miss Louisiana pageant filled with students from Louisiana Tech
Seven women from Louisiana Tech will compete later this month in the Miss Louisiana pageant. “We have some really talented ladies,” said Ashley Taylor, coordinator of student development. “I thought it was big last year, and this year we have...