By Melanie Escalante, The Hub@TTU Texas Tech College of Media and Communication’s Raider Cre8ive brand — established in the college’s advertising campaigns course — recently partnered with the Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Southwest, combining an opportunity for real-world work experience with the charity of supporting families across the South Plains. Each semester, the […]
Putting the fun in fundraising: Raider Cre8ive partners with Ronald McDonald House
November 4, 2022 by
Texas Tech’s Makerspace: 3D printing toward a new future
October 19, 2022 by
By Miguel Fernandez-Junco, Special to the Hub@TTU A mind may wander far and explore depths of untapped imagination. Colors that yet exist, improbable structures or fantasy worlds swirl and require an outlet to come to life. Modern technology has progressed to a point where those ideas no longer require years of craftsmanship or skills; instead, […]
Voter Registration Deadline Looms
October 10, 2022 by
By: Urvi Dalal As Election Day draws near, time is running out to register to vote. The 2022 General and Special Elections will take place Tuesday, Nov. 8., but the deadline to register to vote is this Tuesday, Oct. 11. Texas Tech Student Body President Austin Phillips encouraged all Red Raiders to register and vote. […]
Texas Tech implements “servingness” as a Hispanic Serving Institution
May 4, 2022 by
By Melanie Escalante In 2019 Texas Tech became a Hispanic Serving Institution, which is defined by the Federal Government as a non-profit, postsecondary degree-granting institution in which at least 25% of the undergraduate student enrollment population is Hispanic. According to the American Council on Education website, the concept of servingness entails not just enrolling Hispanic […]
Worldwide food shortages impact South Plains
May 2, 2022 by
By Eddie Catano, Malone Graham, Freddie Humes, Branson Nash and Toluwani Osibamowo COVID-19 impacts continue to place strain on the supply and demand chain, leaving South Plains grocery shoppers with few food options. Kora Rush, director of supply chain for United Supermarkets, said the pandemic hindered the process of getting products onto grocery shelves. At […]
Red Raiders across campus prepare for graduation
May 2, 2022 by
By Melanie Escalante On May 13 and May 14 at the United Supermarkets Arena graduating students will walk the stage, closing one door and opening another. Bradley Hewlett, a third-year graduate student pursuing a master’s degree in playwriting, said after graduating he will continue the teaching career he started before he entered the graduate program. […]
Meet Mesgen Gebremeskel, 2022 JCMI Fest Judge
April 29, 2022 by
Finding a career that aligns with one’s interests and passions is no easy task, but it is always rewarding, Mesgen Gebremeskel, Texas Tech alum, shares his journey to realizing his dream career as a colorist. “I was always interested in cinematography as a whole – but there was just always something about it that I […]
Meet Ricardo Cortez, 2022 JCMI Fest judge
April 28, 2022 by
By Melanie Escalante Ricardo Cortez came to Texas Tech to pursue a biology major and graduated in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in electronic media, two weeks before moving to New York to start his career in media production. Cortez, from San Antonio, Texas, said he met a lot of great people at Texas Tech […]
Meet Zackary Brames, 2022 JCMI Fest Judge
April 27, 2022 by
In search of a school with rich traditions and school spirit, Zackary Brames, Austin, Texas native, and Tech alum found inspiration and the career of his dreams after transferring from UTSA to Tech in 2013. Brames, a graduate of the College of Media and Communication, said it was at a Texas Tech football game that […]
Meet Liliana Huantes, 2022 JCMI Fest judge
April 26, 2022 by
By Melanie Escalante Liliana Huantes remembers sitting down with her family to watch home videos as a child and being mesmerized by the camera and what it created. The Texas Tech alum from San Antonio, Texas who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in creative media industries in May 2021, said when she would go to […]
