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The Texas Tech University Career Services held its third annual Career Connection on March 30 in the Jones AT&T Stadium. The career type fair was aimed toward promoting networking between local businesses and Texas Tech students, said assistant director for the university career services Stephanie West. “It’s an opportunity for students looking for full-time, part-time [...]

Celebrate your body

Some girls grow up playing with Barbie dolls. Some boys play with GI Joe. According to Jenna Pool, health educator at the Texas Tech University Student Health Sciences Center, because of idealistic images from society, such as Barbie and GI Joe, people grow up with a misunderstanding of what a healthy body image is. “Ever [...]

Tech kicks off StrengthsQuest celebration

February is StrengthsQuest Month at Texas Tech. The month-long awareness campaign seeks to increase participation in the program’s career and development services. According to the Gallup Organization’s Web site, StrengthsQuest is a talent development program aimed at helping students and educators identify their natural strengths. Jay Killough, associate director of University Career Services and a [...]

Toys For Tickets Gives Students Options

This holiday season University Parking Services has partnered with local Marines in support of the national Toys for Tots Foundation to create the Toys for Tickets campaign. Between Nov. 15 and Dec. 5, University Parking Services is collecting unwrapped toys in exchange for parking citations. Heather Medley, marketing and training coordinator for University Parking Services, [...]

Showcase spotlights student work

Deadline is Friday, Nov. 20 for students to enter their work in the annual College of Mass Communications Student Showcase. The MCOM Student Showcase will take place 6-8 p.m. Tuesday,  Dec. 1.  Events will include an opening remarks/reception in MCOM 101 followed by the showcase in MCOM 001. Student work will be judged in four categories: Graphic [...]

Holiday Transportation Offered to Texas Tech Students

For the first time, the Texas Tech Parents Association is offering Texas Tech students an alternative to driving home for the Thanksgiving holiday. In conjunction with Kings Highway, a Lubbock bus company, the association will provide transportation from Lubbock to the Dallas-Fort Worth area and Houston. Ken Gassiot,  Texas Tech Parent and Family Relations associate [...]

Homecoming Week Takes Texas Tech Community Around the World

The 2009 Texas Tech University Homecoming activities featured a theme of diversity, as countries from around the world were represented in West Texas. The Homecoming parade, which took place on Saturday morning before the Homecoming game against Kansas State, was attended by current students, alumni and other Lubbock residents. The theme titled “Your Passport to [...]

Tech Traditions Entice Alumni

It was a tradition that slowly pulled Chad McGee from North Carolina to West Texas, landing him among fans and Texas Tech University students Sept. 12 for Texas Tech’s football game against Rice University. “My first Raider Gate experience was amazing,” McGee  said Saturday. “Everyone is there supporting the same cause and all because they [...]

Tech Leisure Pool To Open In May

Summer is in the air, and Texas Tech is nearing completion of its new leisure pool. In 2005, Tech students voted in favor of adding a leisure pool to the rec center amenities.  Some students were hesitant to approve the $10 additional fee, but the idea passed with a 75 percent approval rating. The leisure [...]

Students Test Their Lyrical Recall In Tech Gameshow

“Sweet home Alabama, where ____ ______ ____ __ _____.” This is just one of the songs that challenged student’s recall at  Tech’s first “Do you Remember the Lyrics” gameshow held in the Allen Theatre last Friday night. Derek Kelsheiner, senior business major from Richmond, Texas, and special programs coordinator for the Tech Activities Board, said [...]

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