NEWS
ROTC cadet earns national engineering military award
Louisiana Tech University Mechanical Engineering senior, Corey Fyfe, earned the Society of American Military Engineers Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (SAME ROTC) Award of Merit, being selected as an Outstanding Air Force ROTC Engineering Student of the Year.
Second faculty, staff ‘Friday Q&A Café’ this week
The Café is a virtual meeting held online as a Zoom session for faculty and staff to discuss challenges involved in moving to online teaching, strategies for overcoming them, and sharing ways that have already proven to be helpful.
Debate team ends shortened season fifth in novice, 14th overall
The National Debate Championship and Convention has been cancelled, but the good news is that Louisiana Tech’s team performed well in its final competition and finished the season ranked 14th out of 129 schools nationally.
Institute on Blindness gets grant extension for improved mobility and rehabilitation programs
Louisiana Tech’s Institute on Blindness has received grant approval for Structured Discovery Cane Travel (SDCT) and Structured Discovery rehabilitation training.
Faculty, staff encouraged to join ‘Friday Q&A Café’ online Friday
Between moving classes online and being encouraged to practice social distancing, teaching can be frustrating and lonely right now. A brown-bag lunch among faculty and staff to discuss challenges from the present pandemic would be ideal, but that’s not currently possible or prudent.
Latta joins LTAC as director
Jarred Latta will join the Louisiana Tech Advancement team and athletics family as the director of the Louisiana Tech Athletic Club.
Tech team wins first place at Louisiana Transportation Conference
Students in Louisiana Tech University’s Civil Engineering program won first place in the 2020 Louisiana Transportation Conference in early March.
Louisiana Tech’s Food Pantry ready to assist with student nutrition needs
Louisiana Tech’s Good Nutrition Mission Food Pantry is the reason no Tech student has to worry about going hungry, especially right now, when grocery stores are running low on some items.
Tech announces winter honor roll
Louisiana Tech University has announced the names of students on its Winter 2019-20 quarter president’s and dean’s honor lists. Students whose names are followed by an asterisk earned recognition as members of the president’s honor list. That distinction...
Cast announced for ‘River Pirates’
The cast has been announced for the original production of ‘River Pirates and the Treasure at Pointe Coupee.’