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Top 5: Favorite things about the NBA
Freshman mechanical engineering major from Winnsboro and a student manager for Louisiana Tech’s Dunkin’ Dogs, Jaylen Martin shares with us his Top 5 Favorite Things about the NBA.

Pre-Vet Club named ‘Outstanding Club’ in national symposium
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot of the ways clubs and organizations on Louisiana Tech’s campus operate and function. State guidelines have limited many opportunities for these groups, such as holding meetings, competing in person for events, fundraising, and organizing social gatherings.

Louisiana Tech graduates second-largest class in history
This weekend, Louisiana Tech University conveyed degrees on 1,040 graduates, the second-largest class in University history, in four ceremonies.

Williams earns OER grant to increase student opportunities
Dr. Joseph Williams, Associate Professor of Technical Communication and Rhetoric in Louisiana Tech’s College of Liberal Arts, has been awarded the Interactive Open Educational Resources (OER) for Dual Enrollment Program Grant from the Department of Education and the Louisiana Library Network at the Louisiana Board of Regents (LOUIS) consortium to pursue the creation and development of OERs.

Interdisciplinary student team wins Cyber Storm competition
“The Tower,” a team of computer science and cyber engineering students, earned top honors at Louisiana Tech University’s 12th annual Cyber Storm event.

Spring 2021 Nursing Pinning Ceremony recognizes 39
Thirty-nine graduates received their professional Louisiana Tech nursing pins May 21, as Tech’s Division of Nursing held its Pinning Ceremony for the Spring 2021 graduates in Howard Auditorium.

Architecture grad heads to Waco and internship with Chip and Joanna Gaines
Shelby Gifford is an Architecture graduate student graduating from Louisiana Tech University in Spring 2021. She has accepted a summer internship with Chip and Joanna Gaines at Magnolia in Waco, Texas – beginning right after this weekend’s commencement events.

Aswell and Dudley Suites to be renamed in honor of James Earl Potts and Bertha Bradford-Robinson
Aswell and Dudley suites, University housing located on Adams Boulevard, will be renamed to honor of James Earl Potts and Bertha Bradford-Robinson, the first male and female African-American students to attend Louisiana Tech University.

Ten College of Engineering and Science students earn service-based cybersecurity scholarships
Ten students enrolled in Louisiana Tech University’s Computer Science and Cyber Engineering programs have pledged to devote at least two years of their careers to helping the United States government combat cyber terrorism and improve cyber defense mechanisms.
Thompson receives Louisiana Historical Association’s highest honor
Dr. V. Elaine Thompson, Associate Professor in and Interim Director of Louisiana Tech’s School of History and Social Sciences, was this spring named a Fellow of the Louisiana Historical Association (LHA), the highest honor an LHA member can receive.