Texas Tech University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Texas Tech University. Former names. Texas Technological College. Motto. From here, it's possible.[1]Established. February 1. 0, 1. Type. State university. Endowment. US $1.
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- Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 10.
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Texas Tech University System. URAAPLUWebsitettu. Texas Tech University, often referred to as Texas Tech, Tech, or TTU, is a public research university in Lubbock, Texas, United States. Established on February 1. Texas Technological College, it is the leading institution of the four- institution Texas Tech University System. The university's student enrollment is the sixth- largest in the state of Texas, as of the Fall 2.
The university shares its campus with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, making it the only campus in Texas to house an undergraduate university, law school, and medical school at the same location. The university offers degrees in more than 1. Texas Tech University has awarded over 2. The Carnegie Foundation classifies Texas Tech as having "high research activity". Research projects in the areas of epidemiology, pulsed power, grid computing, nanophotonics, atmospheric sciences, and wind energy are among the most prominent at the university. The Spanish Renaissance- themed campus, described by author James Michener as "the most beautiful west of the Mississippi until you get to Stanford", has been awarded the Grand Award for excellence in grounds- keeping, and has been noted for possessing a public art collection among the ten best in the United States.
The Texas Tech Red Raiders are charter members of the Big 1. Conference and compete in Division I for all varsity sports. The Red Raiders football team has made 3. The Red Raiders basketball team has made 1. NCAA Division I Tournament. Bob Knight, the second- winningest coach in men's NCAA Division I basketball history, served as the team's head coach from 2.
The Lady Raiders basketball team won the 1. NCAA Division I Tournament. In 1. 99. 9, Texas Tech's Goin' Band from Raiderland received the Sudler Trophy, which is awarded to "recognize collegiate marching bands of particular excellence". Though the majority of the university's students originate in the southwestern United States, the school has served students from all 5. Texas Tech University alumni and former students have gone on to prominent careers in government, business, science, medicine, education, sports, and entertainment. History[edit]Establishment[edit]The call to open a college in West Texas began shortly after the arrival of settlers in the area in the 1. In 1. 91. 7, the Texas legislature passed a bill creating a branch of Texas A& M to be located in Abilene.[1.
However, the bill was repealed two years later during the next session after it was discovered that Governor. James E. Ferguson had falsely reported the site committee's choice of location. After new legislation passed in the state house and senate in 1.
Governor Pat Neff vetoed it, citing hard financial times in West Texas. Furious about Neff's veto, some in West Texas went so far as to recommend that West Texas secede from the state.[1.
In 1. 92. 3, the legislature decided, rather than a branch campus, an entirely new university would better serve the needs of the region under legislation co- authored by State Senator. William H. Bledsoe of Lubbock and State Representative. Roy Alvin Baldwin of Slaton in southern Lubbock County.[1.
On February 1. 0, 1. Neff signed the legislation creating Texas Technological College, and in July of that year, a committee began searching for a site.[1. When the members of the committee visited Lubbock, they were overwhelmed to find residents lining the streets to show support for the idea of hosting the institution.[1. That August, Lubbock was chosen on the first ballot over other area towns, including Floydada, Plainview, Big Spring, and Sweetwater.[1. Construction of the college campus began on November 1, 1.
Ten days later, the cornerstone of the Administration Building was laid in front of a crowd of 2. Governor Pat Neff, Amon G.
Carter, Reverend E. E. Robinson, Colonel Ernest O. Thompson, and Representative Richard M. Chitwood, the chairman of the House Education Committee, who became the first Texas Tech business manager, spoke at the event. Chitwood served in the position only fifteen months; he died in November 1.
With an enrollment of 9. Texas Technological College opened for classes on October 1, 1. It was originally composed of four schools—Agriculture, Engineering, Home Economics, and Liberal Arts.[1. Texas Tech grew slowly in the early years. During the 1. 93. Bradford Knapp, the university's second president, proceeded with an expansion program, which included new dormitories, the first library (now the mathematics building), a golf course, a swimming pool, paved streets and alleys, and landscaping. A proposed $8. 0,0.
The library won the approval of Governor James V. Allred. Because the state cut appropriations by 3. Great Depression, President Knapp applied for assistance from the major New Deal agencies to expand Texas Tech, including the Works Progress Administration, Public Works Administration (PWA), Civil Works Administration, and the National Youth Administration. Wyatt C. Hedrick, son- in- law of Governor Ross S. Sterling, was the architect of all campus PWA projects.[2.
Military training was conducted at the college as early as 1. Reserve Officers' Training Corps training did not commence until 1. By 1. 93. 9, the school's enrollment had grown to 3,8. Though enrollment declined during World War II, Texas Tech trained 4,7.
Following the war, in 1. Expansion and growth[edit]By the 1. The Faculty Advisory Committee suggested changing the name to "Texas State University", feeling the phrase "Technological College" was insufficient to define the scope of the institution.[2. While most students supported this change, the Board of Directors and many alumni, wanting to preserve the Double T, opposed it.[2.
Other names—University of the Southwest, Texas Technological College and State University,[2. The Texas University of Art, Science and Technology—were considered,[2.
Board of Directors chose Texas Tech University, submitting it to the state legislature in 1. A failed move by Governor John Connally to have the school placed into the Texas A& M University System, as well as continued disagreement and heated debate regarding the school's new name, kept the name change from being approved.[2. In spite of objections by many students and faculty, the Board of Directors again submitted the change in 1. It finally received the legislature's approval on June 6 and the name Texas Tech University went into effect that September.[2. All of the institution's schools, except Law, became colleges.[1. Texas Tech was integrated in 1. African- American students were admitted.
After its initial rejection of the students' enrollment and the threat of a subsequent lawsuit, the university enacted a policy to admit "all qualified applicants regardless of color".[2. The university offered its first athletic scholarship to a black student in 1.
Danny Hardaway was recruited to play for the Red Raiders football team.[3. In 1. 97. 0, Hortense W. Dixon became the first African American student to earn a doctorate from the university.[3. In the 1. 96. 0s and 1. US$1. 50 million in the campus to construct buildings for the library, foreign languages, social sciences, communications, philosophy, electrical and petroleum engineering, art, and architecture. Some other buildings were significantly expanded.[3.
On May 2. 9, 1. 96. Texas Legislature created the Texas Tech University School of Medicine.[3. The Texas Legislature expanded the medical school charter in 1. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
TTUHSC, which is now part of the Texas Tech University System, includes Schools of Allied Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. It has locations in four Texas cities in addition to the main campus in Lubbock.[3.
In 2. 01. 1, the combined enrollment in the Texas Tech University System was greater than 4. Chancellor Kent Hance reiterated plans for Texas Tech's main campus to reach enrollment of 4.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and 1. Angelo State University.[3. Recent history[edit]. Texas Tech's English and Philosophy Building, with architecture influenced by English manors, faces a building of similar style for the College of Education. In 1. 99. 6, the Board of Regents of Texas Tech University created the Texas Tech University System.
Former State Senator. John T. Montford, later of San Antonio, was selected as the first chancellor to lead the combined academic enterprise.[3. Regents Chair Edward Whitacre, Jr., stated the move was made due to the size and complexity of the institution. It's time", he said, "to take the university into the 2. The Texas Tech University system originally included Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. On November 6, 2. Texas approved an amendment to the Texas Constitution realigning Angelo State University with the Texas Tech University System.[3.
Kent Hance, a Texas Tech graduate who had served as United States Representative and as one of the three elected members of the Texas Board which regulates the oil- and- gas industry, assumed the duties of chancellor on December 1, 2. Though growth continued at Texas Tech, the university was not immune to controversy.
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