Non-traditional student quit clowning around, works toward master's degree at Tech
Louisiana Tech University
Juggling the responsibilities of graduate school may not come as easily to Michael Williams Jr. as just clowning around did. But the 31-year-old Louisiana Tech master's student in theater has turned his injuries into inspiration.Williams has traveled fro...
Marbury Lecture to be held Tuesday
Louisiana Tech University
Jack Taylor, executive vice chair-operations with KPMG, a Shreveport firm which provides audit, tax and advisory services, will be the featured speaker for Louisiana Tech's next Marbury Lecture, which will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16.Taylor will d...
Phi Kappa Phi announces scholarship recipients
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Louisiana Tech's chapter of Phi Kappa Phi honor society has chosen Brittany S. Hopkins and Richard R. Roe as the recipients of the organization's 2008-2009 scholarship awards. Hopkins, a biology major from Ponchatoula, has a 4.0 GPA and is also the recipi...
Workshop to assist innovators in developing ideas, starting ventures
Louisiana Tech University
A workshop to help people generate ideas, evaluate options and get started on new ventures will be held Wednesday, Oct. 1, from 6-8 p.m. at the Louisiana Tech Enterprise Center.Kathy Wyatt, center director, said 'FYI: Finding Your Idea' can help aspiring ...
Prospective students can plan for Time out for Tech
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Louisiana Tech will welcome prospective students and their families Saturday, Sept. 20, when the university hosts Time Out for Tech.The event, which will begin with check-in from 12:20-1 p.m., costs $10 (nonrefundable) per person. That charge includes din...
A well-deserved reputation for innovation
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A good university uses its intellectual and innovative strengths for the betterment of the institution. A great university uses these assets for the betterment of us all.Once again, Louisiana Tech is leading the way in measures of innovation productivity...
Art galleries to open new year with two shows
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Louisiana Tech's first art exhibits of the new school year will run from Tuesday, Sept. 16, through Oct. 10, spotlighting a mother-daughter duo and a photographer-sculptor.The mother and daughter are Sarah Hollis Perry and Rachel Perry Welty, whose exhibi...
Louisiana Tech helps charter national learning consortium
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Louisiana Tech is one of seven charter members of the New Century Learning Consortium - a group whose mission is to assist universities in implementing high quality, large-scale online and blended learning programs.Representatives from six universities fr...
IDEA Place plans Sci-Fri Parents' Nights
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Louisiana Tech's IDEA Place will soon be the site of Friday night fun -- and scientific ideas, of course -- during Sci-Fri Parents' Nights, when children can visit the center while their parents have a night of respite.Parents will soon be able to have a ...
WELCOME, LOUISIANA TECH STUDENTS!
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Louisiana Tech University welcomes all new and returning students. Please check the Storm Information Center site to the left for changes to class and academic schedules due to Hurricane Gustav.Written by Dave Guerin
Tech plays host to special needs medical center
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech's Memorial Gymnasium is sheltering 80 Hurricane Gustav special needs evacuees currently and will house an extra 70 within the next few hours.Alan Perry, director of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Central California Health Care System, ...
Tech prepares for Gustav evacuees
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Louisiana Tech is already in preparatory mode to house Nicholls State students in anticipation of Hurricane Gustav.Tech's Emergency Response Team met Friday to begin executing support components of the Emergency Management Plan, which includes providing s...
Louisiana Tech awards English students $6,000 in scholarships
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech's department of English has awarded more than $6,000 in scholarships to its undergraduate and graduate students for the 2008-2009 academic year. Missy Wallace, of Ruston; Marguerite Shipley, of Ruston; Courtney Harrison, of Shreveport; Joh...
Top Dawg Plan Competition searches for top 10 teams
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Louisiana Tech's Top Dawg Plan Competition is looking for students from all majors to make their business ideas a reality.Students are encouraged to enter the inaugural Top Dawg 'Pick of the Litter' idea competition during the fall quarter. All students h...
Department gets a name change
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Louisiana Tech's department of health and exercise sciences will soon become the department of kinesiology.The name change will be effective Sept. 1.Dr. Lanie Dornier, department chair, said the name change will occur in order to be consistent with other ...
Louisiana Tech photography students get published
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National photography magazines have recognized the talents of Louisiana Tech student photographers, as two have had their works published this summer.Sarah A. Burns, a senior from Haughton, and Andy Bloxham, a graduate student from West Monroe, took the i...
Tech announces fall continuing education courses to get community shaped up
Louisiana Tech University
As the weather begins to cool and students head back to school, many have the tendency to settle into a lazier routine
Tech offers 38 new online courses for fall quarter
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech has announced 38 new online courses for the fall quarter, which begins Sept. 4.Louisiana Tech University continues to prepare itself to become a world-class leader in eLearning to offer new educational opportunities for a global community w...
Summer honor students announced
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Louisiana Tech has announced the names of students on its summer quarter President's and Dean's honor lists.Students whose names are followed by an asterisk earned recognition as members of the President's Honor List. That distinction signifies achievemen...
Tech adds cyberspace tracks, I/O Ph.D. program
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The state will soon have more doctoral graduates from Louisiana Tech to help boost economic development.The university has been approved to establish two cyberspace tracks for two Ph.D. programs: the Ph.D. in engineering and the Ph.D. in computational ana...