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ANS professor to assume leadership of Louisiana Health Information Management Association
Kim Theodos, associate professor of Health Informatics and Information Management at Louisiana Tech University, has been elected to the presidency of the Louisiana Health Information Management Association (LHIMA). The LHIMA is a component of...
Peach Festival memorabilia to be displayed at Lincoln Parish Museum
It’s taken more than six years of research, but Linda Sivils has a barrel of peaches worth of information – about the Ruston Peach Festival. Sivils, director of Tech’s Museum of Fashion and Textiles, started researching the history of the Peach...
Education professor elected to leadership of International Reading Association
Dr. Carrice Cummins, associate professor of curriculum, instruction and leadership in the College of Education at Louisiana Tech University, will serve as vice-president and president-elect for 2012 of the International Reading Association....
Three Louisiana Tech students receive national engineering scholarships
Three students from Louisiana Tech University’s College of Engineering and Science have been awarded 2010-2011 academic scholarships from Tau Beta Pi, one of the nation’s leading and most prestigious engineering honor societies. Only six...
Forestry student receives Outstanding Student Award
Jason Mack, a graduating senior from Milwaukee, Wis., was awarded the Outstanding Student Award for 2010 by the Society of American Foresters at a recent meeting in Marksville, La. According to the The Society of American Foresters website,...
Journalism alum slated to be spring graduation speaker
A 1983 Louisiana Tech journalism and graphic design graduate will be the spring commencement speaker at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 22 in the Thomas Assembly Center. Rosemary Ellis, editor of Good Housekeeping magazine, will also be inducted into...
Tech photography coordinator’s picture featured on magazine cover
Louisiana Tech’s Frank Hamrick, program coordinator for photography in the School of Art, had one of his photographs selected for the cover of The Sun magazine. The Sun is published in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Hamrick’s photo is featured on the...
Louisiana Tech, LSU engineering students present jointly at senior design forum
Industrial engineering students from Louisiana Tech University joined their peers from Louisiana State University this week to present their work at the 2010 Jointed Industrial Engineering Senior Design Forum in Baton Rouge. The event, hosted...
Forestry students place in annual Conclave
Louisiana Tech forestry students competed in the annual Conclave held by the Association of Southern Forestry Clubs. The 10 students, accompanied by faculty adviser Dr. William Patterson, went to the University of Arkansas-Monticello for the...
Percussion Ensemble heats May up with free concert
Louisiana Tech’s Percussion Ensemble will perform a variety of songs in a free concert scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 12. The concert, which will take place in Howard Auditorium, Center for the Performing Arts, will feature “Strings...