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ExxonMobil matching gift program increases philanthropic impact
ExxonMobil donated $173,940 to Louisiana Tech University as part of their Educational Matching Gift Program. This program is intended to encourage employee giving by providing a 3-to-1 match on employee gifts up to $7,500 to higher education...

Tech launches inaugural Giving Day
In the wee hours of the morning of April 25, Ruston was rocked by a tornado. The funnel cloud tore through neighborhoods and shopping centers – and Louisiana Tech. The destruction on campus was catastrophic. Every residential hall and...

Tech Foundation distributes first storm donations to faculty, staff in need
The first funds given to the Louisiana Tech University Foundation to help with recovery from the April 25 tornado will be used to provide assistance to faculty and staff members who suffered significant losses during the EF-3 storms that...

Tech to host talk on computational protein modeling
Louisiana Tech University’s New Frontiers in Biomedical Research Series next lecture will be given by Dr. Lydia Kavraki, the Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science and Professor of Bioengineering at Rice University. Kavraki’s presentation...

‘Big Event’ bigger, better, and right on time
All hands and all Dogs were on deck Saturday as Louisiana Tech students, the campus community, and many University friends, businesses, and organizations pitched in to pick up storm debris and encourage each other during Tech’s Big Event....

College of Business wraps up ‘Inside the C-Suite’ Series with Diversicare CEO
James “Jay” McKnight, Jr., president and CEO of Diversicare Healthcare Services Inc., will deliver the final installment in this year’s “Inside the C-Suite” lecture series for Louisiana Tech University’s College of Business at 4 p.m. Thursday,...

Doctoral candidate earns 2019 Distinguished Paper Award from Federation of Business Disciplines
Md. Shariful Islam, a doctoral student within the College of Business at Louisiana Tech University, was recently accepted the Federation of Business Disciplines’ (FBD) Distinguished Paper Award at the 2019 American Accounting Association...
Hunt for the Top Dog happens Friday in University Hall
Who will be Best in Show? The answer comes this Friday in the 2019 TOP DOG New Venture Championship (NVC). A total of $16,000-plus in cash and prizes will be awarded among the seven multi-disciplinary teams competing, teams that advanced from...

College of Business student earns regional Delta Sigma Pi award
Louisiana Tech University management major Carolyn D. Chadwick was recently recognized as the Delta Sigma Pi Regional Collegian of the Year for the Gulf South region, a competitive award selected from local chapter Collegians of the Year and...

COES hosts nearly 600 students, teachers for 71st annual Engineering and Science Day
The Louisiana Tech University College of Engineering and Science (COES) hosted Engineering and Science Day on Friday, April 12, 2019. Nearly 600 students and teachers from high schools throughout Louisiana and Southern Arkansas came to...