When Texas Tech University’s football team plays The University of Kansas Thursday night in Lubbock, some students and faculty will take the day off to attend the 7:30 p.m. game. Others will be working through the nationally televised contest, administering and taking tests. Students and faculty received an email last Thursday making them aware of the football […]
The Major Change
September 28, 2016 by
Many students at Texas Tech University and across the country risk changing their major in pursuit of happiness. At Texas Tech, an average student has the potential to choose from 12 different colleges and 88 different courses of study. On average, 80 percent of college students in the U.S. changes their major at least once, […]
Teaching Through the Years at Texas Tech
January 29, 2016 by
Few students realize they are not the only ones learning in the classroom. Their professors are, too. Bill Dean, who started teaching journalism and directing the student newspaper and yearbook at Tech in the fall of 1962, is just one example of how much experience can enrich one’s teaching style. Although he has been doing something similar […]
Bear our Banners: China
March 10, 2015 by
Before coming to the United States for graduate studies in biology at Texas Tech, Ben Qin had never tasted cheesecake. He completed his undergraduate studies in the Kantong Province and came to the U.S. in 2008. Qin said finding a dessert similar to cheesecake would be difficult in his hometown of Nanning, which is the […]
