Texas Tech Spirit Squads Grab Top Scores, All-American Spots at National
Camp
Texas Tech University’s cheerleaders, pom squad members and mascots notched
up a number of honors, including rare fully paid bids to the national
championship, at the 2009 National Cheerleaders Association/National Dance
Association (NCA/NDA) College Summer Camp.
Eleven Texas Tech cheerleaders earned NCA collegiate all-American spots
during the camp, held [...]
Texas Tech Graduate School Honors High-Quality Theses and Dissertations
Texas Tech University’s Graduate School
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/gradschool/ recently announced awards that
recognize the quality of work displayed in several theses and dissertations
of graduate students.
The Graduate School also will nominate 1st place dissertation award winners
to the Council of http://www.cgsnet.org/ Graduate Schools as part of its
annual competition to recognize an [...]
Texas Tech SPICE Opened New Chess Park on Campus
During Girls’ National Competition
Texas Tech University and the Susan Polgar Institute for Chess
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/spice/ Excellence (SPICE) opened the Texas Tech
Chess Park with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. July 27 during the
Susan Polgar National Invitational for Girls.
The chess park is the first dedicated U.S. chess park at [...]
July 27, 2009
Texas Tech Hospitality Services Employees Elected to Office With
National Food Service Organization
Two Texas Tech University Hospitality Services’ employees were sworn into
office during the 51st Annual National Association of College and University
Food Services (NACUFS) http://www.nacufs.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=1
National Conference, which was held July 10 in Milwaukee.
Sam Bennett, assistant vice president of Student Affairs & Enrollment
Management and director [...]
Texas Tech Chancellor Kent Hance is not backing down from the university’s hiring of former presidential cabinet member Alberto Gonzales. A petition circulating around Tech which opposes Gonzales as a “celebrity hire” has been signed by nearly 50 Tech faculty members. Faculty members also complain that Hance was too involved in the hiring process. Hance [...]
A former U.S. Attorney General joining the Texas Tech faculty disagrees that his link to Washington scandals makes him a bad addition to the university. Two years ago Alberto Gonzales resigned his Bush cabinet post under a cloud of controversy, but he says that‘s all history. At Tech, Gonzales will be teaching political science and [...]
High Plains research aimed boosting safflower crop production will be showcased at a field day next Tuesday at Texas Tech University’s research farm in Lubbock. Safflower seeds are used for cooking oils and in margarine, much like sunflower seeds. Energy officials say safflower also makes an excellent feed stock for biodiesel. The safflower showcase event [...]
The Big 12 has suspended a Texas Tech football punter. Sportsradio 1340 The Fan reports that Jonathan LaCour will sit out of the first six games of the season, due to violating a conference rule. The junior has been Tech’s starting punter over the last two seasons.
CBS College Sports Network to Air Live the 2009 College Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Show
21 legends, including Texas Tech’s Dave Parks, Troy Aikman, Billy Cannon, Lou Holtz, Thurman Thomas,
Fred Dean and Rod Smith, headline the show at college football’s mountain top in South Bend, Ind.
DALLAS, July 15, 2009 -The National Football Foundation [...]
July 15, 2009
New Medical School Offers Hope on the Border
EL PASO — The location of the first, full-fledged medical school on the
United States/Mexico border is almost surreal- nestled in the bustling
central district of El Paso, it sits just a stone’s throw away from
embattled Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
El Paso, the largest international metroplex in the world, is [...]