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Marbury Lecture to be held Tuesday
Jack Taylor, executive vice chair-operations with KPMG, a Shreveport firm which provides audit, tax and advisory services, will be the featured speaker for Louisiana Tech's next Marbury Lecture, which will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16.Taylor will discuss ethics...
Phi Kappa Phi announces scholarship recipients
Louisiana Tech's chapter of Phi Kappa Phi honor society has chosen Brittany S. Hopkins and Richard R. Roe as the recipients of the organization's 2008-2009 scholarship awards. Hopkins, a biology major from Ponchatoula, has a 4.0 GPA and is also the recipient of Tech's...
Workshop to assist innovators in developing ideas, starting ventures
A workshop to help people generate ideas, evaluate options and get started on new ventures will be held Wednesday, Oct. 1, from 6-8 p.m. at the Louisiana Tech Enterprise Center.Kathy Wyatt, center director, said 'FYI: Finding Your Idea' can help aspiring innovators...
Prospective students can plan for Time out for Tech
Louisiana Tech will welcome prospective students and their families Saturday, Sept. 20, when the university hosts Time Out for Tech.The event, which will begin with check-in from 12:20-1 p.m., costs $10 (nonrefundable) per person. That charge includes dinner and...
A well-deserved reputation for innovation
A good university uses its intellectual and innovative strengths for the betterment of the institution. A great university uses these assets for the betterment of us all.Once again, Louisiana Tech is leading the way in measures of innovation productivity and...
Art galleries to open new year with two shows
Louisiana Tech's first art exhibits of the new school year will run from Tuesday, Sept. 16, through Oct. 10, spotlighting a mother-daughter duo and a photographer-sculptor.The mother and daughter are Sarah Hollis Perry and Rachel Perry Welty, whose exhibit will...
Louisiana Tech helps charter national learning consortium
Louisiana Tech is one of seven charter members of the New Century Learning Consortium - a group whose mission is to assist universities in implementing high quality, large-scale online and blended learning programs.Representatives from six universities from across the...
IDEA Place plans Sci-Fri Parents' Nights
Louisiana Tech's IDEA Place will soon be the site of Friday night fun -- and scientific ideas, of course -- during Sci-Fri Parents' Nights, when children can visit the center while their parents have a night of respite.Parents will soon be able to have a night out...
WELCOME, LOUISIANA TECH STUDENTS!
Louisiana Tech University welcomes all new and returning students. Please check the Storm Information Center site to the left for changes to class and academic schedules due to Hurricane Gustav.Written by Dave Guerin
Tech plays host to special needs medical center
Louisiana Tech's Memorial Gymnasium is sheltering 80 Hurricane Gustav special needs evacuees currently and will house an extra 70 within the next few hours.Alan Perry, director of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Central California Health Care System, said the new...