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Texas Tech Alumni Association Hosts Carol of Lights Pre-Lighting Festival

Come early for the Carol of Lights and enjoy good parking and free food.

Open Forum Set for Texas Tech Provost Finalist

Forum offers chance to meet provost finalist

Jones AT&T Stadium Expansion Groundbreaking Set

Jones AT&T Stadium expansion groundbreaking

Texas Supreme Court Recognizes Texas Tech with First-ever Service Award

School of Law honored for faculty and student contribution to legal services in the community.

Sweet! It's the Holiday Season!

President Guy Bailey invites you to the Texas Tech University Holiday Open House.

Texas Supreme Court Recognizes Texas Tech with First-ever Service Award

Texas Tech University School of Law received the first-ever Law School Commitment to Service Award, presented by the Access to Justice Commission of the Supreme Court of Texas.

Texas Tech Press Book Wins Texas Writer’ League Award

“Texas Quilts and Quilters,” by Marcia Kaylakie, with Janice Whittington, wins Violet Crown award for nonfiction.

Finalists Named for Texas Tech Provost Position

Administrators narrow the search for university provost to two candidates: Robert Smith of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and Gail Hackett of University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Finalists Named for Texas Tech Provost Position

Robert Smith and Gail Hackett have been named finalists for the position of provost at Texas Tech.

Get Your Guns Up this Holiday

Each year a new ornament depicting a Texas Tech icon is available to Texas Tech supporters.

President Appoints Vietnam Center Director to Education Foundation

President George Bush appointed the director of the Texas Tech University’s Vietnam Center and Archive to a term on the Board of Directors for the Vietnam Education Foundation

Web Suicide Viewed Live and Reaction Spur a Debate

M. David Rudd, chairman of the psychology department at Texas Tech University, said the Internet did not fully live up to its potential to help with suicide prevention. “Most of what’s available via the Internet only serves to make the problem worse,” Mr. Rudd said, whether it is information about how to commit suicide or [...]

Texas Tech School of Law Teams Continue Success in National Competition

The Texas Tech University School of Law students continue to bring home championships from American Bar Association (ABA) competitions.

Thornberry running for top military committee post

If U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry becomes top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, he’ll be in one of the most powerful positions in the House where the military is concerned.

“The Republican congressmen will ask the different members to outline how they see their role on Armed Services and how they can use that position [...]

String of isle suicides drives crowd to forum

A high state suicide rate marked by six suicides last month on Kauai, including three teens in Anahola, drew large crowds at two meetings to address the alarming trend.

David Rudd, an expert on suicide issues, emphasized the importance of promoting “hope and resiliency” to reduce suicide risks in an address to more than 300 people [...]

MythRaiders-Will Rogers Statue Edition

The Texas Tech MythRaiders find out whether the rear end of the Will Rogers and Soapsuds statue really points toward rival Texas A&M University.

Texas Tech Professor Receives Fulbright Award

A professor at Texas Tech University received the Fulbright Award from the Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State.

MythRaiders-Will Rogers Statue

The Texas Tech MythRaiders find out whether the rear end of the Will Rogers and Soapsuds statue really points toward rival Texas A&M University.

Meat Judging Team Wins National Championship

Texas Tech University is the newly crowned champion of intercollegiate meat judging.

Texas Tech Professor Honored by Sigma Delta Pi

Texas Tech University professor Harley D. Oberhelman will be honored by the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, Sigma Delta Pi, at 5 p.m. Friday (Nov. 21) in room 001 of the Education Building on the Texas Tech campus.

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