COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Louisiana Tech named a Top Tier National University in 2023 USNWR rankings
Louisiana Tech’s undergraduate business programs were ranked No. 219 in the country on U.S. News’ 2023 Best Undergraduate Business Programs list.
First ‘Living with Technology’ Lecture to Focus on Cryptocurrency
The lecture will feature a panel of finance and economics faculty including Dr. William McCumber, Dr. Patrick Scott, and Dr. Nono Gueye. Discussion will center on cryptocurrency, its volatility, and how the underlying technology of blockchains is useful in other applications.
School of Accountancy receives $250,000 Gift from Dick and Charlotte Fowler
Funds will support student scholarships, current and future programming, summer research grants, and awards for publication in top academic journals.
Cameron Lewis Receives Prestigious PCAOB Scholarship
Cameron Lewis has been awarded a $10,000 scholarship by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board intended to encourage outstanding accounting students to pursue careers in audit. A recent accounting graduate who is now pursuing his MAcc, Lewis was one of only 250 students selected to receive the scholarship.
Business Data Analytics MBA concentration introduced at Louisiana Tech
The concentration offers students a distinctive MBA experience by combining general cross-disciplinary knowledge of the core MBA program with courses that provide in-depth quantitative analysis and data visualization methodologies.
MBA student receives Chartered Financial Analyst award
Awarded by the CFA Society of Mississippi, Annaliese Russell received the honor for her outstanding academic achievements and interest in pursuing the CFA charter, widely considered the investment profession’s most rigorous credentialing program.
First-year Business students pitch innovations in annual Top Pup competition
Team RoadMed took home the first-place prize in the 2022 Top Pup, an entrepreneurial pitch competition designed exclusively for first-year students in Louisiana Tech University’s College of Business.
McGaha Memorial Scholarship awarded to marketing student
Brode Paige, a first-year marketing student from Biloxi, Mississippi, received the Lane McGaha Memorial Scholarship which provides support for a student on the Louisiana Tech Bass Fishing Team.
Hunt Forest Products establishes endowed scholarships
Scholarships include a $25,000 scholarship in Sustainable Supply Chain Management and a $25,000 scholarship in Accounting. The scholarships will support Louisiana Tech’s strategic initiative to develop programs and research that bolsters collaboration within academic areas, a unique aspect of the Tech culture.
First cohort of bankers attend Louisiana Tech University School of Banking
Forty-seven bankers from across Louisiana and Mississippi attended the first Louisiana Tech University School of Banking. Presented by the College of Business in collaboration with the Louisiana Bankers Association, the
professional development program aims to expand the skills and knowledge base of rising bank leaders.