EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING — the process of learning through doing — is a key component of course curricula for colleges and universities across the nation. At Louisiana Tech, students are given the unique opportunity to apply the knowledge gained in the classroom right next door at Tech Pointe with corporate partners like Fenway Group. Rick Bordelon […]
Innovative strength, entrepreneurism, and opportunity team up at Fenway Group
Along the I-20 corridor, Louisiana Tech University has taken on a focused and strategic mission to be a leader in building an innovation ecosystem that has the potential to lead a new era of economic prosperity for our region. A prime example of how this works at base level is the relationship between Fenway Group […]
Project reinvigorates health of campus trees
Louisiana Tech University’s Noble Trees project will reinvigorate the campus terrain, adding more trees to the landscape, while removing some that are nearing the end of their lives. “The trees we’re replacing have lived hard lives, and they’re at the end of their lifespan,” said Dr. Joshua Adams, assistant professor of forestry and Homer T. […]
Teaching moment
Finance, technology merge in bitcoin Whether or not bitcoin becomes common or even mildly understood in north Louisiana remains to be seen. The cryptocurrency isn’t being used on campus with anything nearing regularity, but the intellectual side of this infant worldwide payment system is helping educate Louisiana Tech students. “This is a perfect example,” Tech’s […]
Tech Bossier: A new ‘U’ in town
Louisiana Tech University’s focus expanded with the opening of the new Academic Success Center in Bossier City and a memorandum of understanding between the University and Bossier Parish Community College designed to increase educational opportunities for those who live in northwest Louisiana. The expansion of Louisiana Tech’s physical presence in Shreveport/Bossier, including having faculty and […]
Fall 2019 opening scheduled for Integrated Engineering and Science Building
First- and second-year engineering, mathematics and science students at Louisiana Tech’s College of Engineering and Science (COES) will get a brand new experience starting in Fall 2019. While the College will continue to focus on hands-on, interdisciplinary education, first-and second-year students will attend classes, perform research, program Arduinos, and build prototypes in a new learning […]