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EspañolLOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY
(Redirected from Louisiana Tech)
'Louisiana Tech University', located in Ruston, Louisiana is a coeducational public institution of higher learning with an approximate enrollment of 12,000 students. First instituted as the Industrial Institute and College of Louisiana in 1894, and then as Louisiana Polytechnic Institute in 1921, it is perhaps best known for its engineering programs and its athletics, especially women's basketball. Louisiana Tech has since 1970 been classified as a university and is attended by students from 50 states and 70 countries.
Despite the technical focus implied by its name, Louisiana Tech has always provided a fairly broad spectrum of academic and professional programs. The University maintains a selective admissions policy.
Louisiana Tech operates on the quarter system while awarding semester hours. Three quarters (fall, winter, spring) equal two semesters at other universities. Louisiana Tech operates a satellite campus at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City and maintains an academic relationship with Grambling State University, the area's historically African-American university located a few miles west of Ruston in Grambling, La.
Following Hurricane Katrina Louisiana Tech, like many other universities, opened its doors to those displaced by the storm. Students and non-students alike were welcomed into the Ruston community while the reconstruction efforts continued in southern Louisiana. Affected students were offered deferred tuition while non-students were allowed to stay in a dorm previously scheduled for demolition. Additionally, the Bulldog athletic program also opened up the football facilities including dorms, weight rooms, practice fields, and stadium to the Tulane Green Wave.
Louisiana Tech, a member of the University of Louisiana System, has recently moved up from the Fourth to the Third Tier in the prestigious US News & World Report listing of National Universities. The only other Louisiana public university to rate as highly is the much larger Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Requirements for admission for all applicants includes at least a 15 Composite ACT Score or a 710 combined SAT score, and at least a 2.0/4.0 high school grade point average. Louisiana Tech supports 394 faculty, 80% of whom hold the doctoral or equivalent degree. The University's program in Nanosystems Engineering has become very highly regarded by both industry and media on a national scale. On May 19, 2007, Louisiana Tech awarded the world's first Bachelor of Science, Nanosyestems Engineering Degree to Joshua M. Brown (who simultaneously earned a BS in Electrical Engineering).
Dr. Daniel Reneau has led the University as President since 1987 and the length of his tenure has now nearly equaled that of former longtime President F. Jay Taylor, who led the university through a period of expansion from 1962 through 1987.
★ Business[1]
★ Engineering and Science[2]
★ Education[3]
★ Applied and Natural Sciences[4]
★ Liberal Arts[5]
★ The Graduate School[6]
★ Program in Nanosystems Engineering[7]
★ Institute for Micromanufacturing[8]
★ Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Computational Analysis and Modeling[9]
Students can opt to participate in a Greek system, intramural athletics, or Student Government. For students interested in more focused activities, Louisiana Tech offers many special interest organizations. Among these are a student-run radio station and closed-circuit television station Louisiana TechTV, as well as service organizations such as Circle K International and Habitat for Humanity.
Louisiana Tech requires students to live on campus for 7 quarters or 80 credit hours, in turn coming to a little over two years, unless deemed a commuter. Housing is an issue on campus, and a building program is underway to move from traditional dormitories to apartment-style complexes. The first of these, University Park, was opened in 2005 and houses up to 450 students.
★ 'Type' - Four-year selective admissions university awarding bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees
★ 'Enrollment' - 11,232 students from 47 states and 62 countries.
★ 'Freshman class' - 1,706 students.
★ 'Student/Faculty Ratio' - 23:1
★ 'Average Freshman ACT' - 22.7
★ 'Academic Calendar' - Quarter system awarding semester hours. Three quarters (fall, winter, spring) equals two semesters at other universities.
★ 'Affordability' - Approximately 71% of students receive some form of financial assistance. Tuition for Fall 2006 is $3,873 for state residents (on a 9-month calendar) and $7,668 for out-of-state students (based on 8 credit hours per quarter -excludes summer school).
★ 'Athletics' - with 16 sports, the Bulldogs and Lady Techsters compete in the Western Athletic Conference of Division I of the NCAA
★ Louisiana Tech's colors are Red and Reflex Blue.
★ President Daniel Reneau, a Sigma Nu at Tech, began the biomedical engineering program at Tech while a professor in 1972.
★ In 2005, Louisiana Tech began the first undergraduate program in the nation in Nanosystems Engineering
★ Social Greek-letter organizations' memberships comprise approximately 10% of the undergraduate population. The campus has nine North-American Interfraternity Conference-recognized fraternities and four sororities recognized by the National Panhellenic Conference.
★ Louisiana Tech's Department of Professional Aviation is one of only two aviation programs in the nation that are FAA Part 142 certified, the other being Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida.
★ Louisiana Tech University Arboretum
★ The Quadrangle, featuring a fountain containing the original sculpture The Lady of the Mist
★ Hide-A-Way Park, featuring a walking trail and disk golf course
★ 16-story Wyly Tower of Learning
★ Centennial Plaza and Clock Tower
★ Trace Adkins - country music singer
★ Leon Barmore - former Lady Techsters basketball coach, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
★ Cecil R. Blair - farmer/businessman, member of Louisiana House of Representatives (1952-1956) and Louisiana State Senate (1960-1964, 1966-1976) from Rapides Parish (D)
★ Terry Bradshaw - retired American football Hall of Fame quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. Led Pittsburgh to four Super Bowl championships in six seasons, winning Super Bowl MVP honors in consecutive games XIII, XIV. Donated all four of his Super Bowl rings to Louisiana Tech's athletic Hall of Fame.
★ Chris Elrod, Christian comedian and writer [10]
★ Kix Brooks - country music singer
★ Joshua M. Brown - recipient, world's first Bachelor of Science in Nanosystems Engineering Degree, May 2007.
★ P.J. Brown - professional basketball player with the Chicago Bulls of the NBA
★ Ken Coon - psychologist, Arkansas Republican Party state chairman, former Arkansas Jaycee president, Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1974
★ Fred Dean - retired American football defensive end for the National Football League's San Diego Chargers and San Francisco 49ers; member of two Super Bowl championship teams with San Francisco
★ Mickie DeMoss - former women's basketball coach at the University of Kentucky
★ James L. Dennis - judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (D)
★ Troy Edwards - former American football wide receiver of the NFL, currently plays for the Grand Rapids Rampage of the Arena Football League
★ Tim Floyd - current basketball coach at the University of Southern California
★ Cheryl Ford - professional basketball player in the WNBA
★ Kim Gandy - president of the National Organization for Women
★ John Sidney Garrett - former state representative (D) from Claiborne Parish and Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1968-1972
★ Terry W. Gee - former Louisiana state representative (R) from Jefferson Parish
★ Richard E. Hearne - retired brigadier general, U.S. Air Force; Vietnam War veteran
★ Phil Hiatt - retired Major League Baseball player
★ Keith Hightower - mayor of Shreveport, 1998-2006 (D)
★ Johnathan Holland - professional American football wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders
★ Ken Hollis - state senator from Jefferson Parish since 1982 (R)
★ Louise B. Johnson - former Louisiana state representative from Union Parish (D)
★ David Lee - punter for the Baltimore Colts from 1966-1978
★ Betty Lennox - professional basketball player in the WNBA
★ Karl Malone - retired professional basketball player (most notably with the Utah Jazz) in the NBA
★ Luke McCown - American football quarterback with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL
★ Jim McCrery - Louisiana's Fourth District congressman (R)
★ W. Fox McKeithen - Five-term Louisiana secretary of state (R)
★ Paul Millsap - professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the NBA
★ Ryan Moats - American football running back with the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL
★ Kim Mulkey-Robertson - women's basketball coach, Baylor University
★ Brian Myrow - Major League Baseball player in the Los Angeles Dodgers system
★ Tim Rattay - American football quarterback currently with the Tennessee Titans, and formerly with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and San Francisco 49ers of the NFL
★ Willie Roaf - Retired Offensive tackle with the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL
★ Victor Saracini - captain of United Airlines Flight 175 (graduated 1982)
★ Josh Scobee - American football kicker with the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL
★ David Segui - Retired Major League Baseball player
★ Matt Stover - American football kicker with the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL
★ Francis C. Thompson -- Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives since 1976 (D)
★ Joe Waggonner - retired Fourth District congressman from Bossier Parish (D)
★ James H. "Jimmy" Wilson - former state representative from Caddo Parish and mayor of Vivian, Louisiana (R)
★ Will Wright - American computer game designer, co-founder of the game development company Maxis, and creator of the Sim City computer game series.
★ Teresa Weatherspoon- Retired WNBA player (New York Liberty 1997-2003-LA Sparks 2004)
Currently Louisiana Tech sponsors men's intercollegiate baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track and outdoor track along with women's intercollegiate basketball, bowling, indoor track, outdoor track, volleyball, soccer, softball and tennis.
Louisiana Tech currently competes as a NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision institution in the Western Athletic Conference. The football team has competed at the Division I FBS level since 1989 after previously competing at both the Division I Football Championship Subdivision and Division II levels. Notable alumni, including Charles Wyly, Karl Malone, and Terry Bradshaw, have recently made significant donations intended to enhance both Tech's athletic facilities and sense of insitutional sports history.
The women's basketball program is notable for having won several NCAA national championships, including a title in the first NCAA National Women's Basketball Championship in 1982. The Lady Techsters most recent title came in 1988. Until they failed to make the 2007 tournament the Lady Techsters had participated in every NCAA postseason women's basketball tournament going back to 1982.
Since 2006, Louisisana Tech has played host to Summer Leadership School for Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from public school systems all over the United States. It is operated by normal USAF retirees, but mostly by college level Cadet Training Officers. These sessions are held towards the end of the month of June for nine days.
★ Official university site
★ Louisiana Tech Department of Professional Aviation
★ Official athletics site
★ KLPI (campus radio station)
★ Tech Talk (campus newspaper)
★ Student Government Association
★ Louisiana TechTV
★ Tech Band of Pride
★ Alumni Association
★ Louisiana Tech Cycling Team
★ Louisiana Tech Christian Student Fellowship
| Contents |
| Overview |
| Colleges |
| Specialty programs |
| Student life |
| Quick facts |
| Points of interest |
| Notable alumni |
| Athletics |
| Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Sessions |
| External links |
Overview
'Louisiana Tech University', located in Ruston, Louisiana is a coeducational public institution of higher learning with an approximate enrollment of 12,000 students. First instituted as the Industrial Institute and College of Louisiana in 1894, and then as Louisiana Polytechnic Institute in 1921, it is perhaps best known for its engineering programs and its athletics, especially women's basketball. Louisiana Tech has since 1970 been classified as a university and is attended by students from 50 states and 70 countries.
Despite the technical focus implied by its name, Louisiana Tech has always provided a fairly broad spectrum of academic and professional programs. The University maintains a selective admissions policy.
Louisiana Tech operates on the quarter system while awarding semester hours. Three quarters (fall, winter, spring) equal two semesters at other universities. Louisiana Tech operates a satellite campus at Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier City and maintains an academic relationship with Grambling State University, the area's historically African-American university located a few miles west of Ruston in Grambling, La.
Following Hurricane Katrina Louisiana Tech, like many other universities, opened its doors to those displaced by the storm. Students and non-students alike were welcomed into the Ruston community while the reconstruction efforts continued in southern Louisiana. Affected students were offered deferred tuition while non-students were allowed to stay in a dorm previously scheduled for demolition. Additionally, the Bulldog athletic program also opened up the football facilities including dorms, weight rooms, practice fields, and stadium to the Tulane Green Wave.
Louisiana Tech, a member of the University of Louisiana System, has recently moved up from the Fourth to the Third Tier in the prestigious US News & World Report listing of National Universities. The only other Louisiana public university to rate as highly is the much larger Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Requirements for admission for all applicants includes at least a 15 Composite ACT Score or a 710 combined SAT score, and at least a 2.0/4.0 high school grade point average. Louisiana Tech supports 394 faculty, 80% of whom hold the doctoral or equivalent degree. The University's program in Nanosystems Engineering has become very highly regarded by both industry and media on a national scale. On May 19, 2007, Louisiana Tech awarded the world's first Bachelor of Science, Nanosyestems Engineering Degree to Joshua M. Brown (who simultaneously earned a BS in Electrical Engineering).
Dr. Daniel Reneau has led the University as President since 1987 and the length of his tenure has now nearly equaled that of former longtime President F. Jay Taylor, who led the university through a period of expansion from 1962 through 1987.
Colleges
★ Business[1]
★ Engineering and Science[2]
★ Education[3]
★ Applied and Natural Sciences[4]
★ Liberal Arts[5]
★ The Graduate School[6]
Specialty programs
★ Program in Nanosystems Engineering[7]
★ Institute for Micromanufacturing[8]
★ Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Computational Analysis and Modeling[9]
Student life
Students can opt to participate in a Greek system, intramural athletics, or Student Government. For students interested in more focused activities, Louisiana Tech offers many special interest organizations. Among these are a student-run radio station and closed-circuit television station Louisiana TechTV, as well as service organizations such as Circle K International and Habitat for Humanity.
Louisiana Tech requires students to live on campus for 7 quarters or 80 credit hours, in turn coming to a little over two years, unless deemed a commuter. Housing is an issue on campus, and a building program is underway to move from traditional dormitories to apartment-style complexes. The first of these, University Park, was opened in 2005 and houses up to 450 students.
Quick facts
★ 'Type' - Four-year selective admissions university awarding bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees
★ 'Enrollment' - 11,232 students from 47 states and 62 countries.
★ 'Freshman class' - 1,706 students.
★ 'Student/Faculty Ratio' - 23:1
★ 'Average Freshman ACT' - 22.7
★ 'Academic Calendar' - Quarter system awarding semester hours. Three quarters (fall, winter, spring) equals two semesters at other universities.
★ 'Affordability' - Approximately 71% of students receive some form of financial assistance. Tuition for Fall 2006 is $3,873 for state residents (on a 9-month calendar) and $7,668 for out-of-state students (based on 8 credit hours per quarter -excludes summer school).
★ 'Athletics' - with 16 sports, the Bulldogs and Lady Techsters compete in the Western Athletic Conference of Division I of the NCAA
★ Louisiana Tech's colors are Red and Reflex Blue.
★ President Daniel Reneau, a Sigma Nu at Tech, began the biomedical engineering program at Tech while a professor in 1972.
★ In 2005, Louisiana Tech began the first undergraduate program in the nation in Nanosystems Engineering
★ Social Greek-letter organizations' memberships comprise approximately 10% of the undergraduate population. The campus has nine North-American Interfraternity Conference-recognized fraternities and four sororities recognized by the National Panhellenic Conference.
★ Louisiana Tech's Department of Professional Aviation is one of only two aviation programs in the nation that are FAA Part 142 certified, the other being Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Points of interest
★ Louisiana Tech University Arboretum
★ The Quadrangle, featuring a fountain containing the original sculpture The Lady of the Mist
★ Hide-A-Way Park, featuring a walking trail and disk golf course
★ 16-story Wyly Tower of Learning
★ Centennial Plaza and Clock Tower
Notable alumni
★ Trace Adkins - country music singer
★ Leon Barmore - former Lady Techsters basketball coach, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
★ Cecil R. Blair - farmer/businessman, member of Louisiana House of Representatives (1952-1956) and Louisiana State Senate (1960-1964, 1966-1976) from Rapides Parish (D)
★ Terry Bradshaw - retired American football Hall of Fame quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. Led Pittsburgh to four Super Bowl championships in six seasons, winning Super Bowl MVP honors in consecutive games XIII, XIV. Donated all four of his Super Bowl rings to Louisiana Tech's athletic Hall of Fame.
★ Chris Elrod, Christian comedian and writer [10]
★ Kix Brooks - country music singer
★ Joshua M. Brown - recipient, world's first Bachelor of Science in Nanosystems Engineering Degree, May 2007.
★ P.J. Brown - professional basketball player with the Chicago Bulls of the NBA
★ Ken Coon - psychologist, Arkansas Republican Party state chairman, former Arkansas Jaycee president, Republican gubernatorial nominee in 1974
★ Fred Dean - retired American football defensive end for the National Football League's San Diego Chargers and San Francisco 49ers; member of two Super Bowl championship teams with San Francisco
★ Mickie DeMoss - former women's basketball coach at the University of Kentucky
★ James L. Dennis - judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (D)
★ Troy Edwards - former American football wide receiver of the NFL, currently plays for the Grand Rapids Rampage of the Arena Football League
★ Tim Floyd - current basketball coach at the University of Southern California
★ Cheryl Ford - professional basketball player in the WNBA
★ Kim Gandy - president of the National Organization for Women
★ John Sidney Garrett - former state representative (D) from Claiborne Parish and Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1968-1972
★ Terry W. Gee - former Louisiana state representative (R) from Jefferson Parish
★ Richard E. Hearne - retired brigadier general, U.S. Air Force; Vietnam War veteran
★ Phil Hiatt - retired Major League Baseball player
★ Keith Hightower - mayor of Shreveport, 1998-2006 (D)
★ Johnathan Holland - professional American football wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders
★ Ken Hollis - state senator from Jefferson Parish since 1982 (R)
★ Louise B. Johnson - former Louisiana state representative from Union Parish (D)
★ David Lee - punter for the Baltimore Colts from 1966-1978
★ Betty Lennox - professional basketball player in the WNBA
★ Karl Malone - retired professional basketball player (most notably with the Utah Jazz) in the NBA
★ Luke McCown - American football quarterback with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the NFL
★ Jim McCrery - Louisiana's Fourth District congressman (R)
★ W. Fox McKeithen - Five-term Louisiana secretary of state (R)
★ Paul Millsap - professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the NBA
★ Ryan Moats - American football running back with the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL
★ Kim Mulkey-Robertson - women's basketball coach, Baylor University
★ Brian Myrow - Major League Baseball player in the Los Angeles Dodgers system
★ Tim Rattay - American football quarterback currently with the Tennessee Titans, and formerly with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and San Francisco 49ers of the NFL
★ Willie Roaf - Retired Offensive tackle with the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL
★ Victor Saracini - captain of United Airlines Flight 175 (graduated 1982)
★ Josh Scobee - American football kicker with the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL
★ David Segui - Retired Major League Baseball player
★ Matt Stover - American football kicker with the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL
★ Francis C. Thompson -- Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives since 1976 (D)
★ Joe Waggonner - retired Fourth District congressman from Bossier Parish (D)
★ James H. "Jimmy" Wilson - former state representative from Caddo Parish and mayor of Vivian, Louisiana (R)
★ Will Wright - American computer game designer, co-founder of the game development company Maxis, and creator of the Sim City computer game series.
★ Teresa Weatherspoon- Retired WNBA player (New York Liberty 1997-2003-LA Sparks 2004)
Athletics
Currently Louisiana Tech sponsors men's intercollegiate baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track and outdoor track along with women's intercollegiate basketball, bowling, indoor track, outdoor track, volleyball, soccer, softball and tennis.
Louisiana Tech currently competes as a NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision institution in the Western Athletic Conference. The football team has competed at the Division I FBS level since 1989 after previously competing at both the Division I Football Championship Subdivision and Division II levels. Notable alumni, including Charles Wyly, Karl Malone, and Terry Bradshaw, have recently made significant donations intended to enhance both Tech's athletic facilities and sense of insitutional sports history.
The women's basketball program is notable for having won several NCAA national championships, including a title in the first NCAA National Women's Basketball Championship in 1982. The Lady Techsters most recent title came in 1988. Until they failed to make the 2007 tournament the Lady Techsters had participated in every NCAA postseason women's basketball tournament going back to 1982.
Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Sessions
Since 2006, Louisisana Tech has played host to Summer Leadership School for Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from public school systems all over the United States. It is operated by normal USAF retirees, but mostly by college level Cadet Training Officers. These sessions are held towards the end of the month of June for nine days.
External links
★ Official university site
★ Louisiana Tech Department of Professional Aviation
★ Official athletics site
★ KLPI (campus radio station)
★ Tech Talk (campus newspaper)
★ Student Government Association
★ Louisiana TechTV
★ Tech Band of Pride
★ Alumni Association
★ Louisiana Tech Cycling Team
★ Louisiana Tech Christian Student Fellowship
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