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Events scheduled for Shakespeare Birthday Festival, “Shakespearit”
Louisiana Tech’s English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta is hosting a series of events as part of “Shakespearit,” the Sixth Annual Shakespeare Birthday Festival, April 23 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the GTM Courtyard. The schedule of events...
Hurtig publishes article in ‘French Review’
Dr. Dolliann Hurtig, an associate professor of foreign languages at Louisiana Tech University, recently published an article in the spring edition of the “French Review.” Hurtig reviewed the book, “The French Who Fought for Hitler,” which was...
Hamrick honored in Oxford American
Louisiana Tech’s School of Art assistant professor Frank Hamrick has snapped himself into the Oxford American “100 Under 100: The New Superstars of Southern Art.” Hamrick, a native of Georgia, said this achievement means a lot to him. “The...
Two events open up the Shaping the 21st Century series
Louisiana Tech’s first two events of the Shaping the 21st Century: Focus on East Asia series will take place Thursday, March 22. First, at 10:15 a.m., Dr. William M. Tsutsui, a professor of history and dean of the Dedman College of Humanities...
Louisiana Poet Laureate to read poetry at Tech
As part of Academic Excellence Week at Louisiana Tech, Dr. Julie Kane, the current Louisiana Poet Laureate, will read her poetry at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 27 in George T. Madison Hall, Room 105. Kane’s poetry collections are “Jazz Funeral”...
Tech focuses on East Asia during spring quarter
This spring, Louisiana Tech will Focus on East Asia for its annual "Shaping the 21st Century" series. The experience will begin Thursday, March 22 at 10:15 a.m. in Wyly Tower Auditorium for the first of four distinguished speakers. Dr. William...
Tech to host annual student art show, photographer’s book signing
Louisiana Tech University’s School of Art will host its annual student art show March 29 through April 10 in the Main Gallery and the Bellocq Gallery in the F. Jay Taylor Visual Arts Center. Kelli Connell, who earned her M.F.A. in art history...
Tech department head’s article carries warning to historians
All historians should be more careful about their work after reading the latest article written by Louisiana Tech professor of history Dr. Stephen Webre. “Family and Descendants of Bernal Díaz del Castillo: A Seventeenth-Century Episode with a...
History professor’s article focuses on Russian nurses in WWI
In a recently published article, Louisiana Tech University assistant professor of history Dr. Laurie S. Stoff takes a new look at the vitally important roles of Russian women in medical services during World War I. Titled “The ‘Myth of the War...
Genaro Smith to participate in poetry reading
The second annual “Experience Poetry in Vicksburg,” a day of poetry workshops and readings, will feature three poets, including one from Louisiana Tech, Genaro Smith, along with Angela Ball and Sandra Beasley. Lorelei Books, an independent...