January 14, 2010
When Texas Tech opened its doors in 1925, then-President Paul Whitfield Horn impressed upon students that they were partners in a great adventure, participants in an opportunity that comes to people "but once in a lifetime."
Well, 2010 brings Texas Tech yet another of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities as we position ourselves to gain tier one research status and join the ranks of the nation's truly elite institutions of higher education.