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Area bank president to speak at Tech's winter commencement
Drake Mills, president and CEO of Community Trust Bank, is slated to be the keynote speaker for Louisiana Tech’s winter graduation ceremony. Mills, of Ruston, was named as the 2009 Alumnus of the Year. He serves on membership boards for the...
COES faculty member, students stand out
A Louisiana Tech associate professor in the College of Engineering and Science and two of his doctoral students published 22 articles in 2009. Dr. Hisham Hegab, an associate professor, and his two students, Bobby Mathew and Tom J. John,...
Art associate professor exhibits work in Philadelphia
Marie Bukowski, an associate professor of art at Louisiana Tech, has been selected to exhibit in the Philagrafika 2010 exhibition in Philadelphia.Philagrafika 2010 is the first presentation of what will become a recurring event in Philadelphia,...
Kaczvinsky presents paper in Louisville
Dr. Donald Kaczvinsky, a professor of English, recently presented a paper at the 2010 Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900. Kaczvinsky ‘s paper, "'The Riddle of the Birth and Sex Life of the European Eel": Intertextuality...
Louisiana Tech one of five universities in nation to implement Grand Challenge Scholars Program
Through its College of Engineering and Science, Louisiana Tech University has become just the fifth university in the country, along with Duke University, Olin College, the University of Southern California and Arizona State University, to...
Pumphrey elected to Child Life Council Board of Directors
Anita Pumphrey, instructor of human ecology in Louisiana Tech University’s College of Applied and Natural Sciences, has been elected to a two-year term as a member-at-large on the Child Life Council’s Board of Directors. Pumphrey, an active...
Journalism students claim top awards at SEJC
Three first-place awards were clinched by editors of Louisiana Tech’s student-run newspaper, The Tech Talk, during the Southeast Journalism Conference meeting held in Hammond Feb. 11-13. Casey Ardoin, editor-in-chief; Robert Wilson, news...
Percussion Ensemble to perform at Tech
Louisiana Tech’s Percussion Ensemble will hold a concert beginning at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20 in Howard Auditorium, Center for the Performing Arts. The event will showcase an eclectic mix of chamber music for percussion by composers such as...
Louisiana Tech faculty challenge area high school students in robotics competition
Professors from Louisiana Tech’s College of Engineering and Science, and College of Liberal Arts teamed up to test the robotic design and programming talents of area high school students at the regional 2010 Mini-Urban Challenge hosted by the...
Institute for Micromanufacturing to collaborate with colleagues in the arts
The Institute for Micromanufacturing (IfM) at Louisiana Tech and the Center for Biomedical Engineering and Rehabilitation Science (CBERS) have joined forces to offer faculty fellowships that promote interdisciplinary collaboration between IfM...