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Celebrate Homecoming at Tech Nov. 7-9
A highlight of Louisiana Tech University’s year-long celebration of its 125th anniversary will be Homecoming 2019, Nov. 7-9, when events will be going on all over the Ruston campus.
Tech faculty, staff commit $1 million to Forever Loyal campaign
Monday, Louisiana Tech University honored faculty and staff members who have committed nearly $1 million in the past year to support their University as a part of the Forever Loyal campaign. In the University’s 125th anniversary year,...
‘Neon Art’ exhibit opens in Visual Arts Center
Memory & Desire: A Personal Exploration of Neon Art, Past & Present by Missouri-based artist David Hutson opens Oct. 1 with an artist talk at 5 p.m. and opening reception at 6 in the Bethea Gallery of the F. Jay Taylor Visual Arts Center on the Louisiana Tech campus.
School of Design keeps building winners
The ARCH 335 Tech Design team, instructed by Tech faculty Robert Brooks and Brad Deal, was recently recognized at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 2019 Louisiana Design Awards with another Member’s Choice award for its Peregrine Zip Line and Tree House at MedCamps.
Dr. Bess Haley: ‘Louisiana Tech shaped my life’
Dr. Elizabeth G. “Bess” Haley, Louisiana Tech Class of ’66, recently retired as the only woman at Texas Tech University to serve as a professor, a college dean, an interim president, and a deputy chancellor for operations; she’s had...
First Sigma Xi Science Café of 2019-20 to feature ‘The Parkinson Resource Center’
Louisiana Tech nursing faculty members Dr. Donna Hood and Tara Haskins will discuss “The Parkinson Resource Center at Louisiana Tech University: A Collaborative Journey” to launch the University’s chapter of the Sigma Xi Research Honor Society’s 2019-20 Science Café discussion series at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 15 at Ruston Artisans, 203 West Alabama Avenue.
Taylor Guitars Exec to Headline College of Business Sustainability Lecture
Aaron Dablow (’99, ’01), Sales Manager of The Americas for Taylor Guitars, will present the 2019 College of Business Sustainability Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 4 p.m. in Davis Auditorium (College of Business 101) on the Louisiana Tech...
Cast of ‘The Addams Family’ announced
Louisiana Tech School of Theatre has announced its kooky and creepy cast for The Addams Family, its first production of the 2019-20 season.
Dancing with the stars: Engineering grad takes Tech experience to NASA
Until late in her senior year at Caddo Parish Magnet High in Shreveport, Elizabeth Mitchell Taylor was focused on becoming a professional dancer.
But late in the game, she decided to keep dance as a hobby only and, since she was good at math and science, pursue engineering instead. Which is why today she is dancing with the stars, working as an industrial engineer for NASA, developing the software for the space station being designed to orbit the moon.
Cutts honor Petroleum Engineering professor with donation to help rebuild soccer complex
Louisiana Tech graduate Tim Cutt, ’83-Petroleum Engineering, and his wife Carolyn recently donated $250,000 in honor of former Petroleum Engineering professor Dr. Robert Caruthers to assist in rebuilding the Lady Techster soccer complex, which was one of five Louisiana Tech Athletics facilities damaged or destroyed during the April 25 tornado.