The original mission of the college was for the education of students in the arts and sciences for the purpose of developing an industrial economy in post-Reconstruction Louisiana.

On May 14, 1894, the Lincoln Parish Police Jury held a special session to outline plans to secure a regional industrial school.

Wages Power Plant, Reese Agricultural Hall (located on the South Campus Tech Farm), and the Howard Auditorium & Fine Arts Building.

The main athletic facilities were constructed during the Taylor Era including Joe Aillet Stadium, the Thomas Assembly Center, J.C. Love Field, and the Lady Techster Softball Complex.

In order to house the increasing student body of Louisiana Tech, Dr. Taylor led the construction of Graham, Harper, Kidd, Caruthers, and Neilson residence halls.

This university has increased their admissions criteria four times since 2000 by raising the minimum overall grade point average, composite ACT score, and class ranking.

The portion of the Main Campus located west of Tech Drive and north of the railroad include all of the university's major athletic facilities except for J.C. Love Field.

The land east of Tech Drive and north of the railroad include the Lambright Intramural Center, J.C. Love Field, and the University Park Apartments.

In 2002, a $1 million renovation was completed to transform the Ropp Center into a faculty and staff club that is used for special events and housing for on-campus guests.

[27] Large oak trees and park benches all around the Quad provide students and visitors a quiet place to study and relax.

The new COES building will provide new learning space for the university's first-year and second-year engineering and science students for the first time since the completion of Bogard Hall in 1940.

The MBA is offered in several delivery modes including Traditional, Professional (online), Hybrid (with a focus on Information Assurance), and Executive.

The Executive MBA is housed in Louisiana Tech's Bossier City Academic Success Center and is specifically designed for students who already have management experience.

Structured to provide minimal disruption to work schedules, students pursuing the Executive MBA meet for classes every other weekend (Friday evenings and all-day on Saturday).

In early 2011, Louisiana Tech announced plans to construct a new Integrated Engineering and Science Building adjacent to Bogard Hall.

[72] Tech's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Detachment 305 is also part of the College of Liberal Arts.

The newest Halls Cottingham, Richardson, Mitchell, are all 3 stories dormitories that offer Suits, Single and Flex Private rooms.

[100] Louisiana Tech's sixteen varsity athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I sports as a member of Conference USA.

These are Lady Techster Head Coach Leon Barmore (#12), Karl Malone (#32), and collegiate All-American player Jackie Moreland (#42).

The Bulldogs are led by head coach Talvin Hester and play their home games on Karl Malone Court at the Thomas Assembly Center.

Alumni of the program include WNBA All-Stars Teresa Weatherspoon, Betty Lennox, and Cheryl Ford in addition to Women's Basketball Hall of Fame coaches Leon Barmore, Kurt Budke, Mickie DeMoss, Sonja Hogg, and Kim Mulkey.

The team played their home games at Memorial Gym on Louisiana Tech's campus from 1974 until 1982 when the Thomas Assembly Center was constructed.

The granite sculpture sits in the midst of a fountain in the middle of the quadrangle (The Quad), one of the focal points of the university and part of the older section of the Main Campus.

The brick path stretches from the corner of Adams Boulevard and Dan Reneau Drive through the heart of Centennial Plaza to the footsteps of Tolliver Hall.

The plan is to extend the alumni brick walkway through the University Park student housing apartments that were built near J.C. Love Field.

Louisiana Tech alumnus Nick Akins is currently serving as chief executive officer of Fortune 500 company American Electric Power.

Country music superstars Kix Brooks and Trace Adkins are Louisiana Tech alumni along with two-time Grammy Award nominee Wayne Watson.

Other notable former Bulldog football players include Leo Sanford, Roger Carr, Pat Tilley, Matt Stover, Troy Edwards, Tim Rattay, Tramon Williams, and Ryan Allen.

Legendary Lady Techsters coach Leon Barmore; two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Karl Malone; Wade Trophy winner Teresa Weatherspoon; and Kim Mulkey, the only person to have won NCAA Division I national championships as head coach of two different programs (Baylor and LSU), are Louisiana Tech's four inductees into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame has inducted seven Louisiana Tech alumni including Barmore, Janice Lawrence Braxton, Mickie DeMoss, Sonja Hogg, Pam Kelly, Mulkey, and Weatherspoon.