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Industrial engineer and Tenets of Tech awardee says goodbye to Louisiana Tech
Industrial Engineering graduate Emily Theriot knew from a young age that she wanted to pursue a career in a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) field. When it was time to choose a college, she selected Louisiana Tech University knowing that she would earn a degree from one of the best engineering universities in the country. By the time she completed the University’s first- and second-year Living with the Lab series, Theriot was determined to become an industrial engineer.

Nuclear command, control, and communication (NC3) courses offered at CIC
Airmen and civilians assigned to Air Force Global Strike Command are eligible to take courses in nuclear command, control and communication.
Louisiana Tech previews fall plans
In an email to faculty, staff, and students today, Louisiana Tech University President Dr. Les Guice announced plans to return to normal operations on the campus for the coming Fall Quarter. The email followed a meeting with academic deans and department chairs.
Louisiana Tech named No. 7 on Study.com’s Best Forestry Programs List
Louisiana Tech is listed at No. 7 overall and No. 1 in the South on Study.com’s 2021 rankings of The Best Bachelor Degree Programs in Forestry.
Communication-centered workshop series has potential to become top dog in on-campus resources
Louisiana Tech University’s BARC COMMons hosts a quarterly workshop series designed to provide useful information across the field of communication, and its offerings are geared to the Louisiana Tech community at large.

Louisiana Tech sophomore places second at Integration Bee
Louisiana Tech University electrical engineering sophomore Julia Everett placed second at the 2021 Integration Bee held by the Louisiana-Mississippi Section of the Mathematical Association of America.
Women in STEM pave the way for the future of the College of Engineering and Science
Louisiana Tech students are paving the way for future students and coworkers by engaging with each other and building a community of successful women.

Gehl presents research at DOD-sponsored speaker series
Dr. Robert W. Gehl, F. Jay Taylor Endowed Research Chair of Communication at Louisiana Tech, and colleague Sean Lawson, Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Utah, recently presented research based on their forthcoming book, Social Engineering: How Crowdmasters, Phreaks, Hackers, and Trolls Created a New Form of Manipulative Communication, to a Department of Defense-sponsored speaker series, the SMA (Strategic Multilayered Assessment) Speaker Series.

Designing anew: How the School of Design at Louisiana Tech is handling reaccreditation
Every six years, Louisiana Tech University’s School of Design must go through the reaccreditation process to ensure students are learning what they need to succeed in a changing world and that the program is following safety laws and meeting professional standards.

Boulware gift provides IDEA Place renovation
The Boulware IDEA Place, located in Woodard Hall, has been completely renovated thanks to a donation from alumnus Doug Boulware and his wife Sandra, and the connection between Tech and A.E. Phillips Laboratory School has grown stronger physically.