George T. Madison Hall’s Hibernation Celebration In November, the George T. Madison (GTM) Hall came to life one last time for a Hibernation Celebration. Students, faculty, and staff came together to reflect and pay their respects before the building officially went to sleep ahead of renovations. In the weeks leading up to the event, GTM […]
A Tale of Two Queens
During Louisiana Tech’s 100th Homecoming celebration, a special moment played out on the field as the 1952 Homecoming Queen Miriam Pipes Savage crowned the 2025 Homecoming Queen Annie Heard. To some, this may have been the simple passing of a torch, but it’s a moment that represented a connection between two generations with a shared […]
A Bull, a Ball, and a Bulldog
How Louisiana Tech led Laura home to Spud Laura Korus, a proud 2016 Louisiana Tech Psychology graduate, still speaks of her years in Ruston with unmistakable fondness. Recruited to play soccer, she spent four seasons on the pitch, years she now calls some of the most formative of her life. But when her final fall […]
Hope or High Water
Camp Mystic tragedy inspires generosity Emma Foltz, a Louisiana Tech senior in Speech-Language Pathology, was introduced to Camp Mystic during a Phi Mu meeting her sophomore year. She and a few friends took the leap and signed up to be counselors for part of summer 2024. Foltz quickly fell in love with the nearly 100-year-old, […]
A Gentleman and a Collar
A piece of Tech’s mascot history returns home In the first days of 2025, a small package arrived at Louisiana Tech University containing something far larger than its size suggested: a dog collar from the 1950s that belonged to Tech IX, a member of the historic lineage of the University’s live bulldog mascots. Its return […]
100 Years of Homecoming: Spirit and Styles Through the Decades
Take a trip through the last century of Homecoming fashion by visiting the new exhibit at Louisiana Tech’s Ropp Center. Louisiana Tech University’s Fashion Merchandising and Retail Studies (FMRS) program, in collaboration with Louisiana Tech Special Collections, Manuscripts, and Archives and the Louisiana Tech Legacy Museum, will celebrate 100 years of Homecoming with a special […]