COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Doctoral Candidate earns research award from International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines
Sabinah Wanjugu, a doctoral student within the College of Business at Louisiana Tech University, recently received a research award at the International Academy of Business and Public Administration Disciplines (IABPAD) Spring 2019 Conference...
2019-2020 Caddo and Bossier REAL Scholarship recipients announced
Awarded to first-year undergraduates from Caddo and Bossier parishes, recipients receive $8,000 per academic year, for up to four years, to assist with tuition, room and board, books, and fees. This award is in addition to Louisiana’s TOPS.
Dr. Mary Marshall receives award from Center for Audit Quality and American Accounting Association Auditing Section
Mary Marshall, PhD, CPA, assistant professor of accounting at Louisiana Tech University, has been selected as the recipient of one of four Access to Audit Personnel Program awards given by the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) and the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association (AAA).
Article: ‘Polar Case’ is Top Dog
When Carli Whitfield and her team of other Louisiana Tech University students won first place at the Top Dog New Venture Championship for their device that stores diabetes supplements and regulates their temperature, the victory hit close to home for Whitfield.
Business students present at Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ 2019 Economic Scholars Program Conference
Senior economics major Sam Dinnat of Alexandria examined the impact of Fed excess reserve policy on interest rate volatility and its impact on macro variable forecasts, while senior finance major Grant Nelson of Lake Charles researched exchange rate pass through (the effect of international pricing on exchange rates) in NAFTA countries.
Tech grad student, intern heads to China
Louisiana Tech graduate student Ryan Walters will make a small business trip this month.To China.Walters, who earned his computer science degree from Tech in 2016 and is working toward his MBA, will fly 15 hours from Dallas to Shanghai, then...
Top Dog New Venture Championship winners announced
Team Polar Case won first place and $3,000 in the 2019 Top Dog New Venture Championship for its all-in-one device that holds the most important diabetes supplies in a compact, temperature controlled, inconspicuous unit.
Drake Mills: Louisiana Tech’s newest Tower Medallion recipient
Drake Mills, a 1982 finance graduate of Louisiana Tech, the University’s Alumnus of the Year in 2010, and Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Origin Bancorp, Inc., is the University’s newest Tower Medallion recipient.
College of Business wraps up ‘Inside the C-Suite’ Series with Diversicare CEO
James “Jay” McKnight, Jr., president and CEO of Diversicare Healthcare Services Inc., will deliver the final installment in this year’s “Inside the C-Suite” lecture series for Louisiana Tech University’s College of Business at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 9, iin...
Doctoral candidate earns 2019 Distinguished Paper Award from Federation of Business Disciplines
Md. Shariful Islam, a doctoral student within the College of Business at Louisiana Tech University, recently accepted the Federation of Business Disciplines’ (FBD) Distinguished Paper Award at the 2019 American Accounting Association Southwest...