Activities abound for Women’s History Month
Posted on March 8th, 2012 by Judith Roberts
Louisiana Tech’s department of history and Phi Alpha Theta history honor society have teamed up to celebrate Women’s History Month with a variety of lectures, films and a research paper competition. Dr. Laurie S. Stoff, an assistant professor of history, said the purpose of the events is to highlight women’s accomplishments throughout history. Students enrolled [more]
Louisiana Tech Administrative Position – Louisiana Tech/LSU-Shreveport Merger
Posted on March 8th, 2012 by Dave Guerin
Dear Louisiana Tech Family and Friends, If you have opened a newspaper, watched a television newscast, or perused a local media website over the past couple of weeks, you have surely seen coverage of a proposed merger of Louisiana Tech University and LSU-Shreveport in the UL System, which was recommended in a study conducted by [more]
Tech announces honor students
Posted on March 7th, 2012 by Judith Roberts
Louisiana Tech has announced the names of students on its winter 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 achievement of at least a 3.8 academic grade point average on a minimum of nine semester hours completed [more]
Renowned guitarist to perform at Tech
Posted on March 6th, 2012 by Judith Roberts
Odair Assad, a world-renowned guitarist, will perform at Louisiana Tech’s Howard Auditorium on Thursday, March 8. Sponsored by the Louisiana Tech Concert Association, Assad’s performance is the first of two solo performances as part of the 67th LTCA season during the spring quarter. Tickets are available for $10 for adults, $6 for non-Tech students and [more]
Graduation literally a family affair for Simmons, Watson relatives
Posted on March 3rd, 2012 by Dave Guerin
It might have been double the pressure, but now it’s double well-done for twin sisters Maegan and Mallory Watson, who graduated together Saturday—both with 4.0 GPAs. The sisters, 21, from Luling, said they took all their courses together to have a built-in study partner, and it seems to have paid off. Both Watsons graduated with bachelors’ [more]
Forestry student wins national journal article contest
Posted on February 29th, 2012 by Dave Guerin
For the second consecutive year, a Louisiana Tech University forestry student has taken first place in the undergraduate category of Soil Survey Horizons’ 2011 Student Article Contest. Daniel Cooke, a junior forestry major from Ruston, coauthored his winning article titled, “Topography and Parent Material Effects on Forest Productivity on a North-Central Louisiana Site” with Dr. [more]
Journalists bring home awards from regional conference
Posted on February 27th, 2012 by Judith Roberts
Louisiana Tech’s student-run newspaper, The Tech Talk, along with its staff, received multiple accolades from the Southeast Journalism Conference, held recently at the University of Tennessee-Martin. SEJC, an eight-state regional group, provides two opportunities to enter competition: the Best of the South Competition, where students and school publications submit work prior to the competition, and [more]
ANS professor participates in national symposium on the future of zoos
Posted on February 26th, 2012 by Dave Guerin
If Dr. Jeffrey Yule, assistant professor of biological and environmental sciences at Louisiana Tech University, and his colleagues are correct, zoos in the future could feature cloned extinct species, robotic animal exhibits, and parks where the visitors are confined and the animals are free to roam the grounds. Yule was among a group of experts [more]
TBDC to offer business overview workshop
Posted on February 24th, 2012 by Judith Roberts
Louisiana Tech’s Technology Business Development Center is gearing up for Leap Day by encouraging prospective business owners to learn before they leap into a new project. A new venture overview will be held from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 29. The overview will cover how to identify opportunities, decide on the best option, establish a budget, [more]
Psychology student has research featured in Golf Digest
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 by Dave Guerin
Luke Simmering, an industrial and organizational psychology doctoral student at Louisiana Tech University, has once again landed his research into the psyche of the avid golfer on the pages of Golf Digest. Simmering and co-investigator Dr. Dan Sachau, director of the graduate program in industrial and organizational psychology at Minnesota State University-Mankato, asked over 2,000 [more]