Student Spotlight: Locke Takes on New York

It took many hours of research and many Google searches for Lauren Locke, a Texas Tech graduate student, to find her dream internship. But the effort paid off. This fall, she is hard at work at the Rockefeller Center  in New York as an intern for the “The Meredith Vieira Show.” “It still gives me chills walking […]

Meet Mass Comm: Forouhi describes Iranian journalism background, activism pursuits

She greets all with a warm hug, brushing back dark, curly hair from her lean figure to reveal a friendly smile. Leila Forouhi’s outgoing nature can be witnessed by fellow students in the Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication. While currently a 32-year-old graduate student studying mass communications, Forouhi began her career in journalism […]

Bear our Banners: China

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 […]