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Landscaping Recognized at Green Star Awards

Nov 30, 2010

School Construction News - Penn State University – University Park won a Grand Award, the highest award in the University College Grounds category. Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, Texas Woman’s University, the University of Alberta in Canada and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas won Honor Awards in the same category. Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, Texas Tech University’s Arbor Day annual event in Lubbock and the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania earned Merit Awards in the category.

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Amend while the iron is hot?

Nov 29, 2010

Washington Post - On the one hand, he said at a recent event at Texas Tech University that 'there's very little that I would change' about the Constitution, adding that activists should not 'mess' with it.

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OUT YONDER: Passel of books shed light on Civil War on its anniversary

Nov 29, 2010

Go San Angelo - Another book that has some interesting Civil War stories is from Texas Tech University Press titled “The Accidental Historian,” by Monte Akers, an Austin lawyer who has had a romance with history most of his life. He and his wife, Patty, also an attorney, got involved in Civil War re-enactments, and both appeared in major movie productions about the war years, including the acclaimed “Gettysburg.”

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Tech leader looks back on Katrina

Nov 29, 2010

Poten & Partners - A little more than five years after Hurricane Katrina pummeled New Orleans, an administrator at Texas Tech who helped coordinate the government's rebuilding efforts says the city has made miraculous progress.

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