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Tech announces Fall 2019 graduates
Louisiana Tech University held its fall commencement ceremony Saturday, Nov. 18, in the Thomas Assembly Center. Graduates were:
Borden named a University Innovation Fellow
Noah Borden, a Mechanical Engineering major, has been named a University Innovation Fellow. The University Innovation Fellows, a program of Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, empowers students to become agents of change...
Tech students learn about internships from NASA representative
Dr. Mitch Krell, University Affairs Officer in the Office of STEM Engagement at Stennis Space Center (SSC), recently visited SciTEC’s NASA Educator Resource Center in the College of Education.
Fall quarter honor roll announced
Louisiana Tech University has announced the names of students on its Fall 2019 quarter president’s and dean’s honor lists.
Lagniappe Ladies award 14 campus grants
The Lagniappe Ladies, the women’s philanthropic network of the Louisiana Tech Foundation, will make the holiday season a little brighter for 14 units across the University by awarding them grants to help with strategic projects. More than $50,000 will be distributed to academic and administrative units at Tech in the coming year. The Lagniappe Ladies’ grant process began earlier in 2019, when students, faculty, and staff submitted a total of 39 proposals to the organization.
Pierre gives Tech’s fall graduates five principles for their future lives
Dr. Markey W. Pierre, President and Managing Partner of Southern Strategy Group of North Louisiana, celebrated the triumph of education in her commencement address Saturday at Louisiana Tech University. Almost 300 graduates marked the completion of their degrees at the ceremony.
Tech professor serves as industry expert on equine disaster medicine
Dr. Rebecca McConnico, professor and veterinarian in the School of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry, joined a group of 23 experts to help develop and improve protocol for equine disaster medicine for the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP).
Students compete in TOP DOG pitch contest
Oct. 29, 21 teams of Louisiana Tech students shared their innovative ideas in the annual TOP DOG Idea Pitch competition. During the event, each team had five minutes to make their pitches to judges. After, the room was opened to the public to view and discuss ideas.
NIH funds further development of Tech professor’s invention for brain research
Dr. Prabhu Arumugam, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering/Institute for Micromanufacturing at Louisiana Tech, has secured a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in collaboration with Advanced Diamond Technologies, a small business located in Romeoville, Illinois. The award will fund further development of a brain chemical probe he has been developing in his lab for the past two years.
NASA scientist to lecture Feb. 17 in Sigma Xi Series
The Louisiana Tech Chapter of the Sigma Xi Research Honor Society will host NASA senior scientist Dr. Compton James Tucker III for a free, open-to-the-public lecture in University Hall Room 134 at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 17.