NEWS
Top alumni to be honored at Homecoming banquet Oct. 16
Louisiana Tech’s Alumnus of the Year along with six other alumni will be recognized during the 2009 Homecoming activities. Drake Mills, CEO and president of Community Trust Bank in Ruston, will be recognized as Alumnus of the Year by Tech...
Louisiana Tech receives grant to advance women in engineering, science
The College of Engineering and Science at Louisiana Tech University has received a grant from the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE program in the amount of $736,500 to support a four-year project titled, “Creating a Culture of Success for...
Open Letter from Head Coach Derek Dooley
Dear Bulldog Fans, On Wednesday, September 30th at 7:00 PM our team will face Hawaii before a nationally televised audience on ESPN2. The game will be brought to over 97 million homes, and the top ESPN broadcasting crew of Rece Davis, Mark May...
Got an itch? Go and pitch it at Tech’s FYI workshop
The second annual Finding Your Idea workshop will take place Thursday, Oct. 8 at Louisiana Tech’s Enterprise Center, located at 509 W. Alabama Ave. The workshop will assist budding inventors and entrepreneurs develop new opportunities or take...
TOP DAWG Idea Pitch competition slated
Louisiana Tech’s TOP DAWG Business Plan Competition is looking for students from all majors to make their product or service ideas a reality. Students are encouraged to enter the annual TOP DAWG Idea Pitch competition. Students must answer five...
Lecture series to focus on Mayan culture
The Maya people of Mexico and Central America will be the focus in October, when Louisiana Tech and the Lincoln Parish Library team up to present a series of lectures, “The Maya and the World.” The series will feature internationally known...
Tech enrollment up 3.1 percent from last year
Louisiana Tech's total enrollment stands at 11,289 students for the fall 2009 which represents an addition of 339 students, an increase of 3.1 percent. Also, a record enrollment was realized with graduate enrollment totaling 2,530, an increase...
Cook discusses bipartisan relations at first Waggonner Center lecture
Charlie Cook, national political analyst, served as Louisiana Tech’s inaugural Waggonner Center lecturer Tuesday, Sept. 22. Cook, publisher of The Cook Political Report and political analyst for the National Journal Group and for NBC News,...
Faculty concert series of year to begin
The Louisiana Tech Faculty Concert Series will debut Tuesday, Sept. 29, featuring a chamber music program with Tech professors Dr. Steele Moegle, pianist; Dr. Lisa Maxedon, soprano; and guest artist Dr. Diane Boyd Schultz, flute, from the...
Louisiana Tech History Honor Society named Best Chapter again
Louisiana Tech's Lambda-Rho Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta has again been named best chapter in the national history honor society's annual competition. The chapter received the Nels A. Cleven Award for 2009 for colleges and universities with...