KNIGHT DONATES $40,000 TO TEXAS TECH LIBRARIES
March 15, 2005
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Date: March 15, 2005
CONTACT: Scott Slemmons, scott.slemmons@ttu.edu
KNIGHT DONATES $40,000 TO TEXAS TECH LIBRARIES
LUBBOCK – Texas Tech University head basketball coach Bob Knight has given $40,000 to the Texas Tech Libraries.
Knight and his wife Karen have been supporters of Texas Tech's library system since they arrived in Lubbock in 2001, when they started the Coach Bob Knight Library Fund with a gift of $25,000. Since then, contributors from throughout the nation have given almost $200,000 to the fund.
Dean of Libraries Don Dyal said Knight's continuing generosity to Texas Tech's libraries helps all of the university's students.
"We are extremely grateful to him for his support of the libraries, and we appreciate his consistent commitment to enhancing the academic environment for all students at Texas Tech," said Dyal.
"Each new donation he makes comes with only one stipulation – that it be spent on something that will directly benefit the students at Texas Tech," said Dyal. "That task has not been difficult, since the very nature of the libraries is to support student and faculty academic endeavors and research."
So far, most of the monies from the fund have been used to develop the libraries' new Digital Media Studio. This state-of-the-art area in the University Library provides students with the equipment, software and space to create original multimedia presentations.
In addition to the cash donations, Knight also has donated hundreds of books from his personal library to Texas Tech. Knight's books cover a wide variety of subjects, from political science and history to accounting and popular science.
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CONTACT: Dawn Dockter, director of external relations, Texas Tech Libraries, Texas Tech University, (806) 742-3685, or e-mail dawn.dockter@ttu.edu.
Date: March 15, 2005
CONTACT: Scott Slemmons, scott.slemmons@ttu.edu
KNIGHT DONATES $40,000 TO TEXAS TECH LIBRARIES
LUBBOCK – Texas Tech University head basketball coach Bob Knight has given $40,000 to the Texas Tech Libraries.
Knight and his wife Karen have been supporters of Texas Tech's library system since they arrived in Lubbock in 2001, when they started the Coach Bob Knight Library Fund with a gift of $25,000. Since then, contributors from throughout the nation have given almost $200,000 to the fund.
Dean of Libraries Don Dyal said Knight's continuing generosity to Texas Tech's libraries helps all of the university's students.
"We are extremely grateful to him for his support of the libraries, and we appreciate his consistent commitment to enhancing the academic environment for all students at Texas Tech," said Dyal.
"Each new donation he makes comes with only one stipulation – that it be spent on something that will directly benefit the students at Texas Tech," said Dyal. "That task has not been difficult, since the very nature of the libraries is to support student and faculty academic endeavors and research."
So far, most of the monies from the fund have been used to develop the libraries' new Digital Media Studio. This state-of-the-art area in the University Library provides students with the equipment, software and space to create original multimedia presentations.
In addition to the cash donations, Knight also has donated hundreds of books from his personal library to Texas Tech. Knight's books cover a wide variety of subjects, from political science and history to accounting and popular science.
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CONTACT: Dawn Dockter, director of external relations, Texas Tech Libraries, Texas Tech University, (806) 742-3685, or e-mail dawn.dockter@ttu.edu.