NEWS
Mathematics and Statistics program holds fifth annual integration bee
The Louisiana Tech University Mathematics and Statistics program held its fifth annual Integration Bee April 19.
LS LAMP program increases minority recruiting and mentoring in STEM programs
Four faculty members from three colleges at Louisiana Tech have secured grant funding focused recruiting and mentoring students from minority groups in order to increase their participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.
Tech Family: Cavin leads SGA, UB for campus
For every on-campus organization, there must be a faculty adviser who oversees all decisions made within the organization. For Union Board and Student Government Association that adviser is Wes Cavin. Cavin has served in this position for three years but Louisiana Tech University has always been in his life story.
South Campus prepares students for future
Located southwest of Louisiana Tech University’s Main Campus sits the home of the School of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry, South Campus. While most programs reside on Tech’s Main Campus, a more rural setting provides the students within this school a more valuable learning experience and better prepares them for their respective fields of study.
Doctoral student prepares to graduate, continue parallel computing research
When Computational Analysis and Modeling (CAM) student Wenjing Xu moved from Shanghai to Ruston to study at Louisiana Tech University, he was surprised to arrive in a small town that looked nothing like the America he’d seen in the movies. Now, as he prepares for graduation, he can’t imagine leaving the University and town that has become home to him and his family.
Louisiana Tech’s ASCE competes in Deep South Conference
A team representing Louisiana Tech University made up of student members of the American Society of Civil Engineers presented their design for the Sustainable Solutions Competition at the Deep South Conference. This competition requires participants to create a design for a sustainably constructed park that could be built on a college campus.
International community faces unique challenges during COVID-19
COVID-19 forced Louisiana Tech to switch gears and find new ways to provide students, faculty and staff a quality education and work space while maintaining a safe environment. The international community on campus has experienced this shift in unique ways.
ANS grad student Cone first place in BSSRC
College of Applied and Natural Sciences graduate student Jesse Cone of Minden won first place for his oral presentation at the virtual 21st Biennial Southern Silvicultural Research Conference (BSSRC) hosted in Starkville, Miss.
School of Design sets dates for three gallery events
Louisiana Tech’s School of Design has a busy month ahead with three exhibitions; each of the following events are in the Taylor Visual Art Center and its galleries, open Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Mechanical Engineering senior earns prestigious DoD scholarship
Louisiana Tech University Mechanical Engineering senior Richard Fontenot has earned a SMART (Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation) Scholarship from the U.S. Department of Defense for his academic and research success.