Archive for October, 2004
Friday, October 29th, 2004
DATE: Oct. 29, 2004
CONTACT: Tiffany Tubbs-Berry, tiffany.tubbs@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK – The 19th Congressional District election between Republican Randy Neugebauer and Democrat Charlie Stenholm is one of the most competitive and expensive in the nation. As a means of studying how campaigns affect voter behavior, a Texas Tech University political science class is releasing the third and final [...]
Friday, October 29th, 2004
DATE: Oct. 28, 2004
CONTACT: Tiffany Tubbs-Berry, tiffany.tubbs@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK – James W. Bagley, chairman of the board and chief operating officer of Lam Research Corp., today, (Oct. 28), established two endowed chairs at Texas Tech University in the Rawls College of Business and the College of Engineering.
“My family has a strong attachment to Texas Tech University. [...]
Thursday, October 28th, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: Oct. 29, 2004
CONTACT: Tiffany Tubbs-Berry, tiffany.tubbs@ttu.edu
TEXAS TECH PANHELLENIC AND INTERFRATERNITY COUNCILS CO-SPONSOR GREEK TREAT
LUBBOCK – The Texas Tech University Panhellenic and Interfraternity Councils are co-sponsoring the eighth annual Greek Treat 5 – 7 p.m., Sunday, (Oct. 31), at Greek Circle, located on Quaker Avenue between 8th and 15th Streets. Lubbock community parents [...]
Wednesday, October 27th, 2004
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Date: October 27, 2004
CONTACT: Scott Slemmons, scott.slemmons@ttu.edu
TEXAS TECH PROFESSOR EXAMINES CELL PHONE FRAUD
LUBBOCK – Cell phone users must be as on-guard against fraud as users of the Internet, according to a professor at Texas Tech University at Abilene, one of Texas Tech University’s recognized higher education teaching sites.
Remzi Seker, Ph.D., assistant professor of [...]
Tuesday, October 26th, 2004
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October 26, 2004
CONTACT: Suzanna Cisneros Martinez, suzanna.martinez@ttuhsc.edu
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING SCIENCES
SPONSORS NATIONAL CAREER AWARENESS DAY
LUBBOCK – The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center’s Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, in conjunction with the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSSLHA) and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), is sponsoring the National [...]
Tuesday, October 26th, 2004
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Date: October 26, 2004
CONTACT: Scott Slemmons, scott.slemmons@ttu.edu
TEXAS TECH PROVIDES INTERNATIONAL EDGE TO BRAZILIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
LUBBOCK – Young Brazilian college students at universities around the globe are armed with Texas high school diplomas. With this document in one hand, and their Brazilian diploma in the other, these young academics are well-equipped for whatever [...]
Tuesday, October 26th, 2004
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October 26, 2004
CONTACT: Suzanna Cisneros Martinez, suzanna.martinez@ttuhsc.edu
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER
ADDRESSES DIVERSITY ISSUES: WHY CULTURAL SENSITIVITY IS
IMPORTANT IN TODAY’S HEALTH CARE
LUBBOCK – According to State Demographer Steve H. Murdock, if current trends continue, Texas is projected to be less than 50 percent Anglo by 2008 and will have a [...]
Tuesday, October 26th, 2004
DATE: Oct. 25, 2004
CONTACT: Tiffany Tubbs-Berry, tiffany.tubbs@ttu.edu
WHAT: The Texas Tech University Center for Campus Life encourages students to participate in voucher program.
WHEN: Oct. 25 – Oct. 29.
WHERE: Room 201 in the Student Union Building on the Texas Tech campus.
EVENT: The Center for Campus Life is working with the South Plains Food Bank to help raise awareness about hunger and [...]
Monday, October 25th, 2004
DATE: Oct. 25, 2004
WRITER: Tiffany Tubbs-Berry, tiffany.tubbs@ttu.edu
WHAT: Willie Tullis, former NFL player and Kodak All American cornerback, will speak about his recovery and addiction.
WHEN: 7 p.m., Tuesday (Oct. 26).
WHERE: Allen Theater, located in the Student Union Building on campus.
EVENT: October is National Drug Awareness Month. The Center for the Study of Addiction and Recovery is hosting guest lecturer [...]
Monday, October 25th, 2004
DATE: Oct. 25, 2004
CONTACT: Tiffany Tubbs-Berry, tiffany.tubbs@ttu.edu
WHAT: News Conference announcing two new Texas Tech University endowed chairs.
WHEN: 1:30 p.m., Thursday (Oct. 28).
WHERE: Lubbock Country Club, located at 3400 Mesa Road.
EVENT: James W. Bagley, chairman and chief operating officer of Lam Research Corp, established two endowed chairs at Texas Tech University in the Rawls College of Business and the College [...]
Thursday, October 21st, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: October 21, 2004
CONTACT: Scott Slemmons, scott.slemmons@ttu.edu
IROQUOIS CHIEF TO SPEAK AT TEXAS TECH LECTURE SERIES
LUBBOCK – Texas Tech University will host a chief of the Iroquois Nation in its Formby Lectures on Social Justice.
Chief Oren Lyons, traditional Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation Council of Chiefs of the Six [...]
Thursday, October 21st, 2004
DATE: Oct. 21, 2004
CONTACT: Tiffany Tubbs-Berry, tiffany.tubbs@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK– Texas Tech University agricultural economists today, (Oct. 20), announced results of an analysis of the effects of a projected Chinese currency appreciation on world fiber markets.
Samarendu Mohanty, Ph.D., associate professor of agricultural and applied economics and study coordinator at Texas Tech, said that an appreciation in the [...]
Monday, October 18th, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 16, 2004
CONTACT: Suzanna Cisneros Martinez, suzanna.martinez@ttuhsc.edu
WALKING AND CYCLING FOR A GREAT CAUSE
LUBBOCK – Heart disease is the country’s No. 1 cause of death; stroke is No. 3. Together these cardiovascular diseases kill more than 930,000 Americans each year. More than 1,000 area residents walked and cycled for a great cause by [...]
Thursday, October 14th, 2004
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Date: October 14, 2004
CONTACT: Scott Slemmons, scott.slemmons@ttu.edu
TEXAS TECH PROFESSOR NAMED DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS
LUBBOCK – A professor in the Texas Tech University School of Law has received the 2004 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Angelo State University.
Brian Shannon, J.D., Charles “Tex” Thornton Professor of Law and the associate dean for academic affairs at the School [...]
Thursday, October 14th, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: October 14, 2004
CONTACT: Scott Slemmons, scott.slemmons@ttu.edu
TEXAS TECH LAW PROFESSORS NAMED “SUPER LAWYERS”
LUBBOCK – Two professors in the Texas Tech University School of Law have been named “Super Lawyers” in a survey by Texas Monthly magazine.
Adjunct Professor of Law Don Hunt, J.D., and Robert H. Bean Professor of Law Marilyn Phelan, J.D., were [...]
Thursday, October 14th, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 12, 2004
CONTACT: Suzanna Cisneros Martinez, suzanna.martinez@ttuhsc.edu
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER DOCTOR’S WORK FEATURED IN NATIONAL JOURNAL
LUBBOCK – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center’s E. Eldo Frezza, M.D., chief of General Surgery and the laparoscopic program, is featured as the lead article of the prestigious “Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical [...]
Wednesday, October 13th, 2004
Date: October 12, 2004
CONTACT: Scott Slemmons, scott.slemmons@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK – From colonial-era folk songs and Reconstruction spirituals to 1960s singalongs and today’s angry punk rock and country hits, one thing has tied them all together: politics. And a new course at Texas Tech University is examining just how music and political sentiment interact.
Christopher Smith, Ph.D., assistant professor [...]
Tuesday, October 12th, 2004
DATE: Oct. 12, 2004
CONTACT: Tiffany Tubbs-Berry, tiffany.tubbs@ttu.edu
MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TEAMS WIN FIRST PLACE AT RODEO
The Texas Tech University men’s and women’s rodeo teams both won first place at the Vernon College Rodeo, October 7-9.
Stetson Vest, freshman animal and food sciences major from Childress, led the men’s team by finishing first in the all-around [...]
Tuesday, October 12th, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 4, 2004
CONTACT: Suzanna Cisneros Martinez, suzanna.martinez@ttuhsc.edu
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER’S SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES TO HOST JOB FAIR
LUBBOCK – The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center’s School of Allied Health Sciences will host a job fair for students from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 26. at the Health [...]
Monday, October 11th, 2004
EVENT ADVISORY
Date: October 11, 2004
CONTACT: Sally Logue Post, sally.post@ttu.edu
WHAT: Poll results from 19th Congressional District election.
WHEN: Noon, Tuesday, (Oct. 12).
WHERE: Department of Political Science Library, first floor, Holden Hall.
EVENT: A Texas Tech University political science class has begun polling residents living in the 19th Congressional District on the election between incumbents Randy Neugebauer and Charlie Stenholm. The 19th Congressional [...]