This week on Outpost TV: Co-Lab Manager Katelynne Newman and Content Manager Sarah Harlan discuss the top three ‘What’s Trending?’ topics, and Dylan George joins us to discuss how Humans of New York has spread awareness on a global scale. To receive news and updates, follow us on Twitter at @TTU_Outpost and like us on Facebook […]
M.E.I.G: Media Entrepreneur And Innovation Group
October 23, 2014 by
A Texas Tech University organization teaches students entrepreneurial skills and guides them on how to efficiently develop pitch-worthy business plans incorporating original ideas. The Media Entrepreneur and Innovation Group also provides a new and unique opportunity to get involved. M.E.I.G. is a student organization developed for media strategy majors, but it welcomes students from any […]
A Chat With Robert Giovannetti: Managing Director Of Public Media At Texas Tech University
October 22, 2014 by
Robert Giovannetti is the managing director of public media in the Texas Tech University System, which includes Angelo State University. He was formerly the associate vice chancellor for communications and marketing in the Texas Tech University System. He co-hosted a popular sports radio show for a number of years, and he is the play-by-play announcer […]
Chatting with Alumni: Anna Schumann
October 21, 2014 by
In “Chatting with Alumni,” I will sit down (at my computer desk) and email alumni of the Texas Tech University College of Media and Communication and catch up about life after graduation and their memories of Texas Tech. This week, I got in touch with Anna Schumann. She is an editor at SmartBrief, a data-driven […]
Outpost TV: Mindly
October 17, 2014 by
This week on Outpost TV: Co-Lab Manager Katelynne Newman and Content Manager Sarah Harlan discuss the top three ‘What’s Trending?’ topics and how students and businesses can use a new app called Mindly. To receive news and updates, follow The Outpost on Twitter: @TTU_Outpost; like us on Facebook: facebook.com/outpostlab; and subscribe to our YouTube channel: […]
Emmy Winner John Quinones Speaks at Diversity Banquet
October 15, 2014 by
ABC’s first Latino correspondant and seven-time Emmy Award winner, John Quinones, spoke to students and faculty about the value of diversity at the Celebrate Diversity Awards Banquet on Tuesday. Quinones shared how his heritage, culture and values regarding diversity have shaped his career and contributed to his overall success in the media industry. Quinones talked […]
Colossal Collapse
October 13, 2014 by
Texas Tech University football team is at it again — like the Chicago Cubs, they give their fans hope to believe and play just well enough to break your heart by finding a way to lose. With a 34-20 lead in the fourth quarter with 7:32 to play against West Virginia University, somehow, and inexplicably, […]
High Crime to High End
October 9, 2014 by
North Overton’s crime and abandonment was the basis behind Delbert McDougal’s decision to redevelop the area just outside of the Texas Tech University campus in 1999. Today, shopping centers and apartment complexes conceal the area’s dangerous history, but one thing is seemingly missing: the crime. In 2005, halfway through the regentrification project, North Overton’s Wal-Mart was in the […]
PUF or drill
October 8, 2014 by
Mineral rights might abound in Texas Tech University’s backyard, but the privilege to milk the Permian Basin has long been granted to The University of Texas and The Texas A&M University Systems. With more than 500 rigs, comprising 56 percent of the total rig count in Texas, the Permian Basin is ground zero for the […]
At The Graduation Fair
October 2, 2014 by
When Texas Tech University opened its doors on Tuesday, the Barnes & Noble at the Student Union Building was packed with students looking to see what the Fall 2014 Graduation Fair had to offer and take care of business. Omar Roman, a personal financial planning major, said he was there to size and order a class […]
