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Louisiana Tech named Top Tier National University in 2020 USNWR rankings
U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) has ranked Louisiana Tech University as a Top Tier National University in its 2020 Best Colleges list released today. Louisiana Tech was also ranked No. 135 on the USNWR list of Top Public Schools.
Nicholas McHugh, ’10, helps astronauts suit up at NASA
If Louisiana Tech students are interested in working for NASA, 2010 biomedical engineering graduate Nicholas McHugh of Whitehouse, Texas, is more than ready to help, just as today he helps astronauts prepare for and perform in human space flight through his role in what NASA calls its “Flight Operations Directorate” in Extra-Vehicular Activity, or EVA, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Auditions for fall musical comedy planned Sept. 16-17
Auditions for Louisiana Tech Department of Theatre’s fall comedy, The Addams Family — A New Musical, will be Sept. 16 and 17 at 6 p.m. in Stone Theatre. Auditions are open to the entire Tech and Ruston communities.
Johnson named to 2019 YPI 40 Under 40
Louisiana Tech Assistant Vice President for Academic Advancement and Partnerships Dr. Donna Johnson has been named to the Young Professional Initiative (YPI) 40 Under Forty class for 2019. Johnson is working to develop, coordinate, and direct...
President’s legacy back on campus in new freshman
Caroline Clifton of Goshen, Ohio, is 18 and already a part of Louisiana Tech history. Now a freshman, Clifton is the great-granddaughter of Dr. F. Jay Taylor, who became the University’s president in 1962 at the age of only 39. He was a World...
ENRICH Director wins international award In Prague
The trip to make the presentation and pick up the winning hardware was more than 16 hours, counting layovers. And that’s just one way. But it was worth it. Dr. Julie Rutledge, a self-proclaimed "unabashed research nerd" and associate...
Working on the Saturn V, George Levert got his shot
NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor visits campus Sept. 24 to kick off Louisiana Tech University’s 2019-20 New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Series at 6 p.m. in Howard Auditorium. To highlight her visit, we’ve talked to alumni who have...
Alumna inducted into Missouri State’s Wall of Fame
Missouri native Linda Smith Pettijohn, who earned both her MBA (1985) and DBA (1987) from Louisiana Tech and is a retired professor at Missouri State University in Springfield, was recently honored along with five other faculty and staff with...
Louisiana Tech scores well in alumni salary survey from Payscale
Louisiana Tech University has been named one of the state’s top colleges for early- and mid-career salaries for graduates in Payscale’s 2019 College Salary Report. Tech graduates with fewer than five years experience in the workplace will earn...
Louisiana Tech well represented in Physician Assistant Program
Of the 39 students who make up the Physician Assistant Program Class of 2021 at the LSU Health Science Center of Shreveport’s School of Allied Health Professionals, nine are from Louisiana Tech. Pretty impressive ratio. Although it’s a...