By: Brittany Hoover on May 14, 2013 - 9:30am - Add new comment
Texas Tech University will host academic enrichment summer camps this summer for children entering grades 4-11. The programs are offered through Tech's Institute for the Development and Enrichment of Advanced Learners (IDEAL), according to a Tech news release.
The students live in Tech residence halls and eat in dining halls.
The available programs are:
Wind Engineering Camp: Run on the Wind
By: Brittany Hoover on May 8, 2013 - 3:56pm - Add new comment
Four Texas Tech University School of Music colleagues are partnering to perform in “A Musical Celebration,” a concert dedicated to Mother’s Day, at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Helen DeVitt Jones Sculpture Court at the Museum of Texas Tech University.
Featured will be: Chuck Seipp, assistant professor of trumpet; Katrin Meidell, visiting assistant professor of viola; Tiffany Holmes, Hemmle Recital Hall manager and flutist; and Nataliya Sukhina, senior staff accompanist and pianist, according to a Tech news release.
By: Brittany Hoover on April 30, 2013 - 4:30pm - Add new comment
Texas Tech Universities Library will host a book signing with alumna Nita Gibson at 4 p.m. Thursday at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Formby Room.
Gibson's recent book, "That Cotton Pickin' Woman: How One Lady Farmed Farmers, Politicked Politicians and Made a Difference," describes her efforts to help farmers nationwide, according to a Tech news release. She has testified 23 times to agriculture committees in the House and Senate.
By: Brittany Hoover on April 30, 2013 - 11:34am - Add new comment
South Plains College’s Hispanic Student Organization will sponsor a Cinco de Mayo Celebration at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday in the snack bar area by the Student Activities Office on the Levelland campus.
The SPC ballroom team will perform during the event.
A few weeks ago, I wrote a story about the team, which you can read here.
By: Brittany Hoover on April 24, 2013 - 3:16pm - Add new comment
Chew on This, an interactive road show aimed to raise awareness of world hunger, will make a stop at Texas Tech University from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, April 26.
The agriculture tour promotes the need to increase production of crops and livestock using technology, according to a Tech release.
Former NFL lineman and champion wrestler, Bill Goldberg, is the tour's spokesman. Nutra Blend, a micro-ingredients distributor, and Elanco, an animal health product developer, are co-sponsors of the event.
By: Brittany Hoover on April 24, 2013 - 10:50am - Add new comment
A 5K run/walk next weekend will celebrate the life of Megan "May" Rough and benefit her family and a scholarship in her memory.
By: Brittany Hoover on April 24, 2013 - 10:28am - Add new comment
I mentioned in this story last week that a Texas Tech student was working to set up a donation site to benefit the people affected by the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas.
According to the Texas Tech Panhellenic Facebook page, the drop-off site is up and running:
Texas Tech home to 8th "hottest" college cheerleading squad, according to likes.com (higher ed blog)
By: Brittany Hoover on April 18, 2013 - 4:18pm - Add new comment
According to website likes.com, Texas Tech is home to the eighth "hottest" college cheerleading squad.
By: Brittany Hoover on April 17, 2013 - 9:07am - Add new comment
The founder of the Young Conservatives of Texas group will visit Texas Tech University next week to speak to students about conservatism and the Republican Party of Texas' future.
By: Brittany Hoover on April 16, 2013 - 9:08am - Add new comment
The Texas Tech University Women's Studies Program will host several events focused on worldwide campaign Sexual Assault Awareness Month in April.
The campaign's goal is to raise public awareness about sexual violence, focusing on sexual assault and rape, and to educate communities and individuals on how to prevent sexual violence, according to a news release from the Women's Studies Program.
Here are some of the events:
