Laughter echoed out of Room 056 in the Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication building as Jakob Jensen, University of Utah professor of communication and sarcastically self-proclaimed futurist, began his high-energy lecture. Jensen initially remarked he was asked to give a “big talk” for his Center of Communication Research Colloquium, so he came to […]
Meet Mass Comm: Faith Inspires Plunk on Journalism Career Path
February 16, 2015 by
For Texas Tech University undergraduate student Courtney Plunk, choosing a university was not much of a decision. “It’s actually the only school I applied for,” Plunk says of Texas Tech, with a laugh. “My mom and dad graduated from here and my sister just graduated from here last May. So it was in my blood.” While […]
Asbestos on Campus: Part 1
December 2, 2013 by
Part 2 | Part 3 Texas Tech University owns a large number of currently occupied buildings that are built with or contain the once-popular, but now problematic, building material asbestos, according to documents obtained under the Texas Public Information Act. As stated by documents provided by Ronny Wall, Texas Tech associate general counsel, 97 of the […]
