Louisiana Tech University News

Louisiana Tech University spring quarter commencement exercises were held May 18, with 879 graduates receiving diplomas.

The San Francisco 49ers have signed wide receiver Quinton Patton to a four-year deal.

Louisiana Tech University Police Department is investigating an assault on campus.

To help fight one of the leading issues for college students, dozens woke up bright and early Saturday morning for a special walk on the Louisiana Tech University campus.

After a relationship that has spanned 50 years, Louisiana Tech University President Dan Reneau is preparing to take a seat on the sidelines of the university that has defined his entire career.

RUSTON - Students in Brandon Moore's spring quarter Biology of Reproduction class at Louisiana Tech University recently completed one of the most unique and innovative project assignments they will ever experience.

Shelby Smith, who started bowling when she was 7 years old, is now reaping the benefits of her dedication to the sport as one of the state's top bowlers.

Joe M. Pullis, professor of business communication at Louisiana Tech University, will serve as commencement speaker for Saturday's spring graduation ceremony in the Thomas Assembly Center.

Phil Robertson , the patriarch of the " Duck Dynasty " family, appeared on "Good Morning America" on May 7 to promote his hit TV show and brand new book titled "Happy, Happy, Happy." The hit series on A&E drew in an astonishing audience of 9.6 million viewers for its season three finale and it's more popular than ever.

Jessica Lasiter, an assistant professor of medical laboratory science at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, received the Louisiana Society for Clinical Laboratory Science's Educator of the Year Award at the recent LSCLS luncheon in Alexandria.

Dr. Joe M. Pullis, professor of business communication at Louisiana Tech University, will serve as commencement speaker for Louisiana Tech's spring graduation ceremony Saturday in the Thomas Assembly Center.

If you spent an hour with Louisiana Tech University President Dan Reneau, you would never draw the conclusion that he's a gambling man.

Kathy Guice, wife of Les Guice, will become Louisiana Tech University's first lady on July 1 when her husband becomes president.

RUSTON - Louisiana Tech University's International Affairs Lecture Series comes to an end on May 8, with a lecture by Ahmad Nazir Atassi, assistant professor of history, titled, "Making a Place for West Asia in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective on the Syrian Crisis." Atassi will speak at 4 p.m. in room 105 of George T. Madison Hall on the ... (more)

Highly intelligent, yes. Proud of his institution, yes. Politically savvy, yes. But those who've watched Reneau's tenure at Tech unfold know that there was a time in his career when he decided he needed to lead the university.

RUSTON - Diane Madden, science educator for the IDEA Place and SciTEC at Louisiana Tech University, has received a grant from the Louisiana Environmental Education Commission for "Project 'Way' Water and You" - a program designed to educate people on the problems affecting America's waters and to bring awareness to the naturally-occurring and human ... (more)

Louisiana Tech University has moved one step closer to creating an online post-baccalaureate certification program in business foundations.

RUSTON - Louisiana Tech University Nursing 210 students opened the door to "GTM Memorial Hospital" and found a "victim" of domestic violence weeping in a wheelchair.

Those concerns have mounted over the past few months as privatization of the public hospital has been pushed and our higher education officials have been told to expect significantly smaller budgets in the coming year.

RUSTON - Alexandre Buck, an Air Force ROTC cadet and a freshman in the professional aviation program at Louisiana Tech University, is one of just three Air Force ROTC students in the United States to have been selected to participate in the University of Pittsburg's Intensive Beginning Russian program this summer on a ROTC Project GO scholarship.