Students, regents and politicians rubbed shoulders at the United Spirit Arena Wednesday night as Governor Rick Perry honored outgoing Texas Tech University Chancellor Kent Hance. Hance has been chancellor since 2006 and has made contributions to Tech such as raising over $1 billion and increasing student enrollment by 45 percent since taking office. Perry was […]
Growing Enrollment Pushes Committee to Consider New Sorority on Campus
March 24, 2014 by
As Texas Tech’s enrollment continues to grow towards it’s institutional goal of 40,000 students by the year 2020, an exploratory committee has presented a proposal for a new sorority to eventually join Greek life on campus, according to a delegate on the Texas Tech Panhellenic Council. Carolyn Simpson, chapter adviser for Texas Tech’s Kappa Kappa […]
Tech Regents Approve Tuition & Fee Increase
March 11, 2014 by
Even though Kiplinger Personal Finance Magazine recently touted Texas Tech University as one of the most affordable public colleges, Tech students are about to see a slight increase in tuition and fees. The university system’s Board of Regents approved a 3.95 percent net increase in tuition and fees for the 2014-15 academic year during a meeting […]
Financial Magazine Ranks Tech Among Tops
March 6, 2014 by
Texas Tech University was recently ranked the 20th best value among schools that cost less than $30,000 per year by the same magazine that recently listed Tech as No. 11 for having students graduate with the least average debt. Tech is the only Texas college on Kiplinger Personal Finance magazine’s list, but Oklahoma State University […]
Final Campaign Efforts Underway for SGA Runoffs
March 5, 2014 by
See Full Election Coverage With runoffs looming, The Hub@TTU is giving voters a final look at the remaining Student Government Association presidential hopefuls and their executive boards. Two campaigns, One Tech and Experience Where It Counts, are continuing to campaign for students’ votes before the runoffs on March 6 and 7. Each campaign’s presidential candidate was […]
SGA Election Results: Mostly Runoffs
February 28, 2014 by
See Full Election Coverage Students can expect another week of SGA executive candidates campaigning for their votes, as the results of this week’s election yielded runoffs for most of the positions. Two of the presidential candidates, Hayden Hatch and Tyler Frevert, earned spots in the runoff, garnering 42 percent and 35 percent of the vote […]
An Inside Look Into the New Petroleum Engineering Research Building
February 26, 2014 by
Video by Blake Silverthorn The New Petroleum Engineering Building When entering the new Terry Fuller Petroleum Engineering Research Building, you first notice the Double T on the floor, but then you notice how the entrance hall tells the story of petroleum engineering. Visitors cannot miss the wall to the right that resembles geological layers in […]
Conversations With Candidates: Experience Where It Counts
February 24, 2014 by
See Full Election Coverage In preparation for the upcoming executive candidate forum jointly hosted by the Student Government Association and The Hub@TTU, we spoke with candidates from each campaign running for election to the SGA executive board. “Conversations With Candidates” is a chance for you to learn about their hopes for the future of Texas Tech […]
Conversations With Candidates: Connect Tech
February 24, 2014 by
See Full Election Coverage In preparation for the upcoming executive candidate forum jointly hosted by the Student Government Association and The Hub@TTU, we spoke with candidates from each campaign running for election to the SGA executive board. Conversations With Candidates is a chance for you to learn about their hopes for the future of Texas […]
Fortune 500 Companies Donate Money to Tech
February 13, 2014 by
The new Texas Tech University petroleum engineering building will receive another $2 million thanks to donations from the third largest U.S. corporation and a Texas-based Fortune 500 oil and gas company. Chevron, a California-based energy corporation ranked third on the Fortune 500 list, is giving $500,000 to Tech. The money will be used to create the […]
