COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Spearheading Westward Expansion
By: Teddy AllenNote: This article originally appeared in the Fall 2018 issue of 1894 Magazine. If you are in Shreveport or Bossier City, Louisiana Tech is no longer an hour’s drive east to Lincoln Parish.“Visitors can see Tech and talk to Tech...
COB Introduces New MBA Concentration
Note: This article originally appeared in the Fall 2018 issue of 1894 Magazine. Louisiana Tech University has always been a leader in developing innovative academic programs that respond to community needs. Master of Business Administration —...
Innovative Strength, Entrepreneurism, and Opportunity Team Up at Fenway Group
By Teddy AllenNote: This article appeared in the Fall 2018 issue of 1894 Magazine. 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...
Teaching Moment: Finance, Technology Merge in Bitcoin
In Ray’s Trading Room in Tech’s College of Business, students can virtually buy and sell bitcoin as they would any other financial asset. “Students learn to be professional analysts and investment managers,” McCumber said. “Fundamental and macro analysis, and the skills used to trade on such information, are transferable across industries, and well beyond Wall Street.”
Student Spotlight: Ellie Willcox
Her past achievements in and outside the classroom have already been noticed. She was selected as one of five recipients of the prestigious REAL Scholarship awarded annually to College of Business students from Caddo and Bossier parishes.
Sophomore Marketing student named a University Innovation Fellow
Lexie Lybrand, a sophomore Marketing major, has been named a University Innovation Fellow.The University Innovation Fellows, a program of Stanford University’s Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, empowers students to become agents of change at...
A Life-Saving Difference
As Christian Brown did, you can make a life-saving difference by donating just a few moments and a mouth swab in Wednesday’s on-campus drive to help those fighting blood cancer diseases.Wednesday (Nov. 7) in the Louisiana Tech Plaza, Tech’s...
Student Spotlight: Anna Garner
A desire to be in a warmer climate led Missouri-native Anna Garner to tour Louisiana Tech. After her first visit, she was sold.“I fell in love with campus and how nice everyone was,” said Garner. “Being from Missouri, I didn’t know a lot of...
ASC earns instructional site status
Louisiana Tech University’s Academic Success Center (ASC) in Bossier City will soon be able to offer students in the Shreveport-Bossier area additional opportunities to complete their undergraduate degrees close to home.Open for just about a year, the...
Brett Hooks
Authentic leadership is to be open with your followers about who you are and what you bring to the table in terms of strengths and weaknesses. For Brett Hooks, ’17, this quote has truly impacted his understanding of what it means to be a...