NEWS
English professor publishes Willa Cather article
RUSTON - Dr. Kimberly Vanderlaan, associate professor of English, has published an article, "Eden's Blissful Bowre in ‘Coming Aphrodite!'" in the most recent edition of The Willa Cather Newsletter and Review. Vanderlaan's article investigates...
Gullatt’s teaching skills recognized throughout the state
He was his Man of the Year in 2008, according to the International Association of Truancy and Dropout Prevention, and this year, he can add another accolade to his success. Dr. David Gullatt, dean of Louisiana Tech's College of Education, has...
COES to present 2009 Senior Projects Conference
Each spring, Louisiana Tech University's College of Engineering & Science presents a senior projects conference which enables students to put what they have learned into action. The student teams choose a real world problem and create a...
College of Business Graduate Information Assurance Certification Program receives National Security Agency Certification
The College of Business' Graduate Certification Program in Information Assurance received recognition for meeting the National training Standard for Information Systems Security Professionals 4011 from the National Security Agency's Committee...
Nursing students experience, learn from mock disaster
Louisiana Tech nursing students gained first-hand experience in crisis care and response during a recent mock disaster drill at Lomax Hall located on Tech's South Campus. The exercise involved the students, as patients and practitioners, as...
Alumni Association passes resolution
Louisiana Tech's Alumni Association passed a resolution recently in hopes of encouraging the Legislature to lessen the budget cuts facing higher education institutions. Alumni Association President John Allen said the board passed a...
IDEA Place celebration to be out of this world
IDEA Place celebration to be out of this world RUSTON - Louisiana Tech's IDEA Place and Planetarium will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Space Days the week of May 4-8 with exciting astronomical activities. More than 2,000 students from...
Final two events for Shaping the 21st Century series announced
The last two events for Louisiana Tech's Shaping the 21st Century: Focus on Latin America will be a brownbag lunch video and discussion and a film screening. The brownbag lunch video and talk will take place at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, May 7 at the...
Louisiana Tech Eco Car makes Top Ten at Shell Eco Challenge
Louisiana Tech's eco car, developed by a student and faculty team from the College of Engineering and Science, placed in the top ten of the Shell Eco Challenge and increased their mileage from last year by 50% with their...
Nutrition professor receives grant for diabetes intervention, rural health program
Dr. Mary Murimi, associate professor of nutrition in Louisiana Tech's School of Human Ecology, has been awarded a $375,000 grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for the...