Archive for January, 2004
Thursday, January 29th, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: January 29, 2004
CONTACT: Sally Logue Post, sally.post@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK — Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Texas Tech University secured $10,589,471 in 2004 federal appropriations, David R. Smith, M.D., chancellor of the Texas Tech University System announced today (Jan. 29).
�This represents an enormous investment in Texas Tech � our students, researchers, faculty and [...]
Thursday, January 29th, 2004
January 29, 2004
CONTACT: Mary Hudspeth Peters, mary.peters@ttuhsc.edu
LUBBOCK � Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center will offer a program called �Diabetes Education for Health Care Professionals� to facilitate becoming a certified diabetes educator. Program sessions will be Feb. 20-21, 27-28; April 23-24, April 30 and May 1; June 18-19, 25-26 or Aug. 13-14, 20-21. Each four-day [...]
Tuesday, January 27th, 2004
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Date: January 26, 2004
CONTACT: Scott Slemmons, scott.slemmons@ttu.edu
PAMELA EIBECK NAMED NEW DEAN OF ENGINEERING AT TEXAS TECH
Texas Tech University announced today (Jan. 26) that Pamela Ann Eibeck, Ph.D., will be the new dean of the College of Engineering.
Eibeck comes to Texas Tech from Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, where she served as the vice [...]
Monday, January 26th, 2004
January 26, 2004
CONTACT: Suzanna C. Martinez, suzanna.martinez@ttushc.edu
Rachel Cole, rachel.m.cole@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK – The Red Raider Readers early pediatric literacy program is offering the opportunity to give the gift of knowledge this Valentine�s Day. The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center program is asking for donations to buy books for West Texas children. For each $25 donation, a [...]
Monday, January 26th, 2004
January 26, 2004
CONTACT: Rachel Cole,
rachel.m.cole@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK � The Texas Tech Health Sciences Center School of Nursing students have the chance to walk away with scholarships at the annual Scholarship Stampede. The event will begin at 4:30 p.m., on Wednesday Jan.28, at the McIntruff Center. Approximately $10,000 in scholarship money will be awarded to nursing students.
M. Roy [...]
Monday, January 26th, 2004
EVENT ADVISORY
January 26, 2004
WHAT: �How Sweet It Is: The Story of Added Sweeteners in the American Diet�
WHEN: Noon, Jan. 27 (Tuesday)
The media is welcome to attend this event. It is not open to the public.
WHERE: Room 5B148A, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
EVENT: Katherine Chauncey, R.D., Ph.D., an associate professor and nutritionist in the health sciences center�s [...]
Monday, January 26th, 2004
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Date: January 26, 2004
CONTACT: Sally Logue Post, sally.post@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK � The Texas Tech University System has begun work on a new initiative to identify cost savings and revenue enhancements. The effort is a continuation of an efficiency move that began two and a half years ago.
�Gov. Rick Perry�s call for the establishment of accountability [...]
Friday, January 23rd, 2004
Date: January 23, 2004
CONTACT: Tiffany Tubbs-Berry, tiffany.tubbs@ttu.edu
SOCIETY OF HISPANIC PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS
WINS AWARD AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE
The Texas Tech University Chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) has received the Most Improved Chapter of the Year Award at the 30th Annual National Technical & Career Conference.
The award is based upon end of [...]
Thursday, January 22nd, 2004
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Date: January 22, 2004
CONTACT: Sally Logue Post, sally.post@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK — Texas Tech University President Jon Whitmore, Ph.D., today, (Jan. 22), announced that planning is underway for a four-year graduation contract with incoming freshman students, beginning with the Fall 2004 semester.
Texas Tech will be the first university in Texas to guarantee that if both [...]
Thursday, January 22nd, 2004
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Date: January 22, 2004
CONTACT: Sally Logue Post, sally.post@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK � The Marsha Sharp Center for Student Athletes opens today, (Jan. 22), on the Texas Tech campus. The center will recognize the academic achievements of student athletes and provide academic, classroom and computer laboratory space.
The center demonstrates Texas Tech�s commitment to academic excellence and honors [...]
Wednesday, January 21st, 2004
EVENT ADVISORY
Date: January 21, 2004
CONTACT: Sally Logue Post, sally.post@ttu.edu
WHAT: Town-hall meeting.
WHEN: 12:30 p.m., Thursday, (Jan. 22).
WHERE: Croslin Room of the Texas Tech University Library.
EVENT: Announcement of a new Four-Year Graduation Contract with entering freshmen students. The new program will being with the Fall 2004 semester. Texas Tech is the only university in Texas offering such a contract with [...]
Wednesday, January 21st, 2004
Date: January 20, 2003
CONTACT: Tiffany Tubbs-Berry, tiffany.tubbs@ttu.edu
WHAT: The Texas Tech University Vietnam Center will celebrate Tet, the Vietnamese New Year.
WHEN: 3 � 5 p.m., Friday, (Jan. 23).
WHERE: The Formby Room of the Texas Tech Southwest Collections Building.
EVENT: The year 2004 ushers in the �Year of the Monkey�. In Vietnam, each year is �sponsored� by one of the 12 [...]
Tuesday, January 20th, 2004
Date: January 20, 2004
CONTACT: Tiffany Tubbs-Berry, tiffany.tubbs@ttu.edu
WHAT: The Texas Tech University Water Resource Center, Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are sponsoring a water conference.
WHEN: 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturday (Feb. 7).
WHERE: The Home Mercantile Building, located at the corner of Second and Leo Streets in Nazareth, Texas.
EVENT: Ogallala Commons, a resource [...]
Tuesday, January 20th, 2004
EVENT ADVISORY
Date: January 20, 2004
CONTACT: Sally Logue Post, sally.post@ttu.edu
WHAT: Ribbon-cutting for the Texas Tech University Marsha Sharp Center for Student Athletes.
WHEN: 11 a.m., Thursday, (Jan. 22).
WHERE: North side of the Marsha Sharp Center for Student Athletes in the patio area between the center and the Frazier Pavilion.
EVENT: The 15,500-square foot building includes two classrooms, two computer labs, tutoring [...]
Wednesday, January 14th, 2004
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Date: January 14, 2004
CONTACT: Kippra Hopper, kippra.hopper@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK — The seventh annual Girls and Women in Sports Day is scheduled for 8:45 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Saturday, (Jan. 17), at the Student Recreation Center on the Texas Tech campus. The play day for girls in kindergarten through 6th grades and their mothers or other [...]
Wednesday, January 14th, 2004
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Date: January 14, 2004
CONTACT: Sally Logue Post, sally.post@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK — Registration is now open for the spring session of Super Saturdays at Texas Tech University. Super Saturdays is an academic enrichment program for children in kindergarten through 12th grade. Super Saturday�s classes meet for four consecutive Saturdays on the Texas Tech campus beginning Feb. [...]
Tuesday, January 13th, 2004
DATE: January 12, 2004
CONTACT: Sally Post, sally.post@ttu.edu
Daniel Cooke, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Computer Science Department at Texas Tech University and director of the Center for Advanced Intelligent Systems, was with NASA during the planning of the robot explorer �Spirit� mission to Mars.
The program he managed funded some of the computer technology developed to support [...]
Wednesday, January 7th, 2004
Date: January 7, 2004
CONTACT: Tiffany Tubbs-Berry, tiffany.tubbs@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK � Ronald J. Kendall, Ph.D., professor and chairperson of the Texas Tech University Department of Environmental Toxicology and director of the Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), has been appointed a member of the National Research Council Committee on the Superfund Site Assessment and Remediation in the [...]
Monday, January 5th, 2004
January 5, 2004
CONTACT: Suzanna Cisneros Martinez,
suzanna.martinez@ttuhsc.edu
LUBBOCK � President M. Roy Wilson, M.D., today (Jan. 5) named Richard V. Homan, M.D., as vice president of clinical affairs for the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
Homan currently serves as dean of the School of Medicine at the health sciences center and will continue to serve in a [...]
Monday, January 5th, 2004
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January 5, 2004
As the new year begins, the list of resolutions becomes long. One of the most popular, if not the No. 1 resolution, is the quest to lose weight. Losing weight corresponds with exercising and making healthier food choices.
Kathy Chauncey, R.D., Ph.D., a registered dietitian and associate professor in the Department [...]
