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Debate Team starts season strong at TCU
Louisiana Tech’s Debate Team finished second overall and each Tech competitor earned at least one trophy in a late October tournament at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. The program is coming off back-to-back state championships. Here is how Tech...
Doctoral student returns to Louisiana Tech to make a difference
This fall, Louisiana Tech University’s College of Engineering and Science (COES) had a nearly 10 percent increase in doctoral program enrollment. Why do Louisiana Tech engineering and science PhD programs attract students? Doctoral Engineering student...
LTRI opens its doors on the I-20 cyber corridor
Louisiana Tech University held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new, state-of-the-art Louisiana Tech Research Institute (LTRI) at the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City, La. on Oct. 30. “The institute embodies the robust alliance focused on...
Kelly earns Best in Track at HighEdWeb national conference
Louisiana Tech University Social Media Strategist Gavin Kelly won one of only seven Best in Track awards in the recent HighEdWeb 2023 Conference in Buffalo, New York. A native of Sikes, Louisiana, and a marketing major in Tech’s Class of 2018, Kelly won...
Longleaf pine course and graduate student work featured in national magazine
Dr. Paul Jackson, Ray & Dorothy Young Professor of Plant Science in the School of Agricultural Sciences and Forestry, designed a graduate course called Longleaf Pine Dynamics, which gained excitement from The Longleaf Alliance’s national magazine....
Jim Henderson named Louisiana Tech University president
The Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System has unanimously voted to name Dr. Jim Henderson as the next president of Louisiana Tech University. Henderson has served as president and CEO of the University of Louisiana System for nearly...
II’s better than I: Tech opens Tech Pointe II
A new addition to Louisiana Tech University’s Enterprise Campus — Tech Pointe II — has officially opened. The plans for the construction of Tech Pointe II were announced in 2019 by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards. Four years later, Edwards attended...
Tech, Tourism Commission partner for Miller Quarters branding
The Webster Parish Convention and Visitor’s Commission (CVC) is partnering with Louisiana Tech University’s School of Design to brand Miller Quarters Park, a beautiful 11-acre community nature spot in Minden fit for festivals, families, and fun for all...
Louisiana Tech names Wick COES dean
Louisiana Tech University has announced the appointment of Dr. Collin Wick as Dean of the College of Engineering and Science (COES). Wick has been with Louisiana Tech for 16 years, a decade of which he has spent in leadership roles within the COES. “Under...
First Kinesiology endowment established by Higginbotham family
Lawrence and Alice Higginbotham have been dedicated supporters of the College of Education and Human Sciences at Louisiana Tech University for many years. Following the loss of his mother, Mary, Lawrence's father, Fred Lee “Coach” Higginbotham, took the...