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Raiders Helping Others: Students Use Spring Break to Volunteer

The on-campus resident group volunteered at Give Kids the World, a resort for children with life-threatening illnesses.

Raiders Helping Others at Give Kids the World Resort

Written by Mattie Steger
Raiders Helping Others (RHO), a group of Texas Tech University on-campus residents, spent spring break volunteering at Give Kids the World (GKTW), a resort for children with life-threatening illnesses in Kissimmee, Fla.
 “It was more than I expected it to be,” one undergraduate volunteer said. “The overall volunteering made such an amazing impact [...]

Mentor Tech's Annual Banquet Hosts Princeton Educator and Author

The event will be held at 7 p.m. April 15 at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.

Mentor Tech’s Annual Banquet Hosts Princeton Educator and Author

Cornel West, educator in the Center for African American Studies and Department of Religion at Princeton University, will serve as the keynote speaker for the ninth annual Mentor Tech Banquet. The celebration is set for 7 p.m. April 15 at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center.
West is a published author who has written 19 books and [...]

Texas Tech Joins Prestigious Consortium

Texas Tech is one of 98 universities making up the Oak Ridge Associated Universities consortium.

Texas Tech Hosts Informative Summer Camp

Students are invited to learn to “run on the wind” this summer.

Texas Tech a Launching Pad for a Pulitzer Prize Winner

Tod Robberson reflects on his time at Texas Tech.

Texas Tech Hosts Informative Summer Camp

Students are invited to learn to “run on the wind” this summer.

Granddaughter of Winston Churchill to speak at Texas Tech

Celia Sandys, Winston Churchill’s granddaughter, to speak at Texas Tech University

As Budgets Tighten, Big Science Gets a New Opportunity to Make Its Case

The Chronicle of Higher Education – Those supporting the change of direction include T. Taylor Eighmy, vice president for research at Texas Tech University, who can often be found visiting Washington to learn which federal agencies have big projects in the works. He has used tips from professors working on temporary assignments in government offices to give him a head start in applying for multimillion-dollar awards that require large teams of researchers.

2011 Texas APME Awards List

The Eagle – Daily: The Daily Texan, University of Texas at Austin; The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University; The Shorthorn, The University of Texas at Arlington; Honorable mention, TCU Daily Skiff, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth; The Daily Toreador, Texas Tech University, Lubbock.

Texas Tech Expert Discusses Autism Awareness Month

Written by Audrey Rickel
April is Autism Awareness Month, and Texas Tech University’s Burkhart Center for Autism Education and Research has several activities planned to increase awareness.
David Richman, professor and chair of the Burkhart Center, said it is important to understand that people with autism are not defined by their disability and medical diagnosis.
“Disabilities are just [...]

Celtic Ensemble to Perform

Solas will perform at 7 p.m. April 8 at the Allen Theatre.

Spirit Squads to Show Off National Routines

The performance takes place at 7 p.m. March 29 at the United Spirit Arena.

Luncheon highlights purse's power

Amarillo Globe-News – Texas Tech officials hope to match the $150,000 raised last year at Friday’s second Laura W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health Power of the Purse Luncheon.

Celtic Ensemble to Perform at Presidential Lecture & Performance Series

Texas Tech University’s Presidential Lecture & Performance Series will present Celtic folk ensemble, Solas, at 7 p.m. April 8 in the Allen Theatre in the Student Union Building (SUB).

Celia Sandys Chased Churchill's Life Story

The presentation will take place at 7 p.m. March 30 at the Helen Devitt Jones Auditorium.

Teens Make History at 2011 SPICE Spring Chess Invitational

Darwin Yang became the youngest International Master in Texas.

School of Law Presents Fifth Criminal Law Symposium

The event will be held from 9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. in the Lanier Professional Development Center.

Texas Tech University academic fair Thursday at DoubleTree Hotel

El Paso Times – Texas Tech University will host an information and academic college fair for prospective students in the El Paso area from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday.