Tech University Office of Communications & Marketing Writers Style Guide

A comprehensive guide for content producers in the Office of Communications & Marketing to enhance writing skills and ensure continuity and clarity of message for .

Chief Marketing & Communications Officer: Matt Dewey

Guidelines for Writers June 24, 2021 The student body at Texas Tech University is as diverse as it has ever been, with the university recently reaching the enrollment requirement of Hispanic Serving Institution designation thanks to a Hispanic population that totals more than 25 percent of the overall student body.

Just as diverse as the student body is every other aspect of Texas Tech, from the colleges and departments of study to the buildings, student organizations and intricate details encompassing every square inch of the campus that makes it such a unique and rewarding place to study and work.

As content producers, we are tasked with telling the story of Texas Tech and its people – the faculty, staff, students, research endeavors, community engagement and so on. Doing so requires a great attention to detail, a task that can be daunting given all the various aspects of the university we encounter each day. In order to tell that story in as clear and concise a manner as possible, a clear set of writing style and grammatical guidelines is necessary. The Associated Press Stylebook is an excellent starting point and should be used in most instances, but it does not get into the intricate details of life on the Texas Tech campus.

Therefore, it became necessary to develop an enhanced stylebook specifically detailed for Texas Tech. Taking the old writing guidelines that were developed in 2008, this new stylebook expands on that writing guideline to hopefully give a clear idea of the styles content producers should use when referring to certain colleges, buildings, organizations and other facets of campus life.

This was a collaborative effort from the entire Office of Communications & Marketing with input from everyone who has written or uttered a word in telling the story of Texas Tech University and its people.

If, in your work, you discover some aspect of campus that was inadvertently omitted, please contact George Watson or Glenys Young.

We hope you find this style guide to be a useful tool that enhances your content, whether it is the written or spoken word or the wonderful graphic design work that is done by our staff.

Thanks, The Office of Communications & Marketing Staff Texas Tech University

name. When abbreviations are used, always include periods and offset from the name by a comma. A Ex: Joe Johnson earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry on Tuesday. Academic classification Or Avoid capitalizing words that describe Ex: Joe Johnson earned his bachelor’s how a student is classified or a state of study degree on Tuesday. – freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, Or graduate student, master’s student or Ex: The lecture will be conducted by Joe doctoral student. Johnson, B.S. When referencing an individual in a Academic degrees include: doctoral program, use doctoral student to • B.S.: Bachelor of Science • indicate an individual during the studies that B.A.: Bachelor of Arts • B.B.A.: Bachelor of Business Administration leads to their degree. Use doctoral candidate • M.S.: Master of Science for a student who has completed all • M.A.: Master of Arts coursework and comprehensive • M.F.A: Master of Fine Arts examinations and is working on a • M.D.: used for medical doctorate dissertation. • Ph.D.: used for academic doctorate Ex: Jane Doe entered Texas Tech as a • J.D.: juris doctorate, used for those earning a sophomore thanks to her work in junior law degree The Texas Tech University Health college. Sciences Center and Angelo State

University may have differing style Academic degrees requirements. The writer should follow the For faculty, degrees are not used after a style used by that institution. person’s name. The person’s specialty should be stated in the first or second reference. Using the last name alone is Agricultural Sciences & Natural acceptable after the first reference. Resources (College of) Ex: Howard Smith will lecture to the Part of the original four colleges at Texas class. Smith is an associate professor in the Tech, the College of Agricultural Sciences Department of English at Texas Tech & Natural Resources (CASNR) is one of the University. oldest and largest colleges at Texas Tech Or University. It has a total enrollment of more Ex: Howard Smith, an associate than 2,000 undergraduate and graduate professor in the Department of English at students with 100 tenured/tenure-track Texas Tech University, will lecture the class. faculty and a total endowment of more than Do not use the courtesy title Doctor or $61 million. Dr. unless the person being identified holds The college houses seven departments: a medical degree. • Agricultural and Applied Economics For undergraduate or graduate students, • Agricultural Education & Communications • Animal & Food Science capitalize when the full degree designation • Landscape Architecture is used after a person’s name. Do not • Plant and Soil Science capitalize when referring to the generic • Natural Resources Management degree title. • Veterinary Sciences Use abbreviations only when the need to FIRST REFERENCE: Always use the identify several individuals by degree on full name of the college and each subsequent first reference would make the preferred department on first reference. When writing form cumbersome. Use abbreviations only the college’s name, always use the after a full name, never after just a last ampersand (&); do not spell out ‘and.’ But use ‘and’ when referring to one of the 1996. It offers one bachelor’s degree, specific departments. When referencing a two master’s degrees and a doctorate degree department for the first time, always use as well as a dual graduate/undergraduate ‘Department of’ prior to the department. degree program and the Curtis W. Clerkley SECOND REFERENCE: CASNR is an Architecture Academy. acceptable second reference to the college The Master of Architecture degree is but use of the term should be very limited, accredited by the National Architectural mostly to research entities that have the term Accrediting Board but the Bachelor of in their official name (i.e., CASNR Water Science degree in Architecture is not. Center). Similarly, limit abbreviations for FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name, the various departments. ‘College of Architecture,’ on first reference. SECOND REFERENCE: ‘CoA’ is Angelo State University acceptable on all subsequent references. Angelo State University is a component of the Texas Tech University System in San Arts & Sciences (College of) Angelo, Texas. It became a member of the Established in 1925 as one of the TTU System in 2007. The university offers university’s four original colleges, the more than 100 majors and concentrations in College of Arts & Sciences is the largest six colleges: college on the Texas Tech campus with • Archer College of Health and Human more than 10,000 students pursuing degrees Services in 41 bachelor’s, 34 master’s and 14 • College of Arts and Humanities doctoral degree programs. • Norris Vincent College of Business The college houses 16 programs and • College of Education • College of Graduate Studies and Research majors: • College of Science and Engineering • Biological Sciences FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name, • Chemistry & Biochemistry • ‘Angelo State University’ on first reference. Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures • Economics SECOND REFERENCE: For all • English subsequent references, use ‘Angelo State’ or • Environmental Toxicology (See TIEHH) ‘ASU.’ • General Studies • Geosciences Arbor Day • Kinesiology & Sport Management Sponsored by the Student Activities • History Board, Arbor Day is an annual event where • Mathematics & Statistics • Philosophy students, faculty and staff help beautify the • Physics & Astronomy Texas Tech campus by planting flowers and • Political Science other vegetation at various points on • Psychological Sciences campus. The event also helps build a sense • Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work of community. FIRST REFERENCE: Always use the The tradition was created by former full name of the college and each subsequent president Bradford Knapp in 1938, but was department on first reference. When writing ended by 1948 for a lack of an adequate the college’s name or the name of a water supply. It was revived in the late department, always use the ampersand (&), 1990s by Chancellor John T. Montford and do not spell out ‘and.’ When referencing a his wife, Debbie, who founded the Campus department for the first time, always use Beautification Program and the Public Art ‘Department of’ prior to the department. Program. SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable Architecture (College of) to use ‘Arts & Sciences’ on all subsequent Originally established as a department references. Do not use the acronyms ‘CAS,’ within the College of Engineering in 1927, ‘A&S’ or ‘COA&S.’ Architecture became its own college in

who have been central to advancing the educational direction of the university. Named Buildings B • Bob L. Herd Petroleum Engineering Building • Burkhart Center for Autism Education and Bayer CropScience Research Bayer CropScience is one of the nation’s • Charles E. Maedgen Jr. Theatre (TCVPA) leading agricultural innovation and research • Doak Hall companies focused on sustaining high- • Drane Hall quality food, animal feed and renewable raw • Frazier Alumni Pavilion materials for a growing world population. • Garrison Geriatric Education and Care Center The company has contributed • Goddard Range & Wildlife Management significantly to research efforts at Texas (CASNR) • Gordon W. Davis Meat Sciences Laboratory Tech University and its College of • Kent R. Hance Chapel Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources. • Hemmle Recital Hall (TCVPA) In September of 2015, Bayer • Holden Hall (Arts & Sciences) CropScience opened the Seeds Innovation • Lanier Professional Development Center Center, a $16 million, 100,000-square-foot (Law) facility that hosts the company’s global • Livermore Center (Engineering) • Maddox Engineering Research Center cotton business operations and facilities, (Engineering) including laboratories and a 50,000-square- • Marsha Sharp Center for Student Athletes foot greenhouse. (Athletics) In October of 2015, the company • McKenzie-Merket Alumni Center contributed the lead gift to the new Bayer • Preston Smith Library Plant Science Building, a $14.3 million • Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center addition adjacent to the Goddard Wildlife • Terry Fuller Petroleum Engineering Research Building (Engineering) Building that hosts the CASNR Department • Urbanovsky Park of Plant & Soil Sciences. Unnamed Buildings • Administration building Board of Regents • Administrative Support Center As directed by the Texas Legislature, the • Agricultural Education building Texas Tech University System Board of • Regents has the power and authority to • Agricultural Sciences building govern, control and direct the policies of the • Animal & Food Sciences building • TTU System. It is composed of nine Art building • Art 3D Annex members appointed by the governor of • Biology building Texas who serve staggered, six-year terms, • Biology Greenhouse plus a student regent appointed by the • CASNR Annex governor to a one-year term. • Chemical Engineering building The regents usually convene twice per • Chemistry building semester and once during the summer. • Civil Engineering building FIRST REFERENCE: Use the phrase, • Classical & Modern Languages and Literatures building ‘Texas Tech University System Board of • Computer Science building Regents.’ • Creative Movement Studio SECOND REFERENCE: ‘Board of • Electrical and Computer Engineering Regents’ or ‘regents’ is acceptable on building subsequent references. • Engineering & Technology Lab • Engineering Center • English & Philosophy building Buildings • Experimental Sciences building At Texas Tech University, certain • Experimental Sciences building II buildings are named after donors or people • Fisheries & Wildlife Research building

• Food Technology building designed to train educational • Greenhouse & Horticultural Garden professionals from rural and underserved • Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems districts. Engineering building FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name • International Cultural Center • Kinesiology & Sport Management building ‘Burkhart Center for Autism Education and • Marsha Sharp Center for Student Athletics Research.’ • Mathematics & Statistics buildings SECOND REFERENCE: ‘Burkhart • Mechanical Engineering North building Center’ is acceptable on all subsequent • Mechanical Engineering South building references. • Music building • Psychology building • Physics & Geosciences building • Student Wellness Center • Texas Tech Federal Credit Union • Theatre & Dance Complex C • USDA Agricultural Research Service Carol of Lights® building The Carol of Lights® is an annual • Weeks Hall • West Hall ceremony between Thanksgiving and Christmas where the buildings around Burkhart Center for Autism Education Memorial Circle, the Engineering Key and and Research the campus’ Broadway entrance are lit up Located within the College of Education, for the holiday season. the Burkhart Center for Autism Education Sponsored by the Texas Tech Residence and Research opened in 2005 and is a Hall Association, the event is attended by comprehensive, life span center with the more than 20,000 students and local goal of increasing the quality of life for residents each year and is one of the individuals with autism and their families school’s oldest and largest traditions, having been founded in the 1950s. through services, education and research. ® It is the only comprehensive center in ALL REFERENCES: ‘Carol of Lights ,’ West Texas and one of the only university- including the registered mark symbol, affiliated autism centers in the country (and should be used on all references the only center in the state) to offer forma PREFERRED: It is optional to include programs and services across the life span the year annual, but preferred, on first reference. for individuals with autism. th ® The center partners with numerous Ex: The 60 Annual Carol of Lights is a individuals, corporations and service beautiful Texas Tech tradition. organizations to provide educational and research opportunities for people with Centers and Institutes autism, as well as their families and others All colleges at Texas Tech University who deal with autistic individuals. offer centers and institutes that conduct The center includes: research and help students further and CASE (Connections for Academic enhance their education. For information on Success and Employment), a fully each center, visit its website under the inclusive program for college students with appropriate college. autism. Architecture: • The Transition Academy, which helps Architecture Research and Design Center • Digital Design and Fabrication Shops adults aged 18 to 30 learn to live Arts & Sciences: independently and secure employment. • Center for Chemical Biology The Teacher Training Institute, the • Center for Environmental Radiation Studies only program in the country specifically • Center for Geospatial Technology

• Center for Integration of STEM Education • Thomas Jay Harris Institute for and Research (CISER) Hispanic and International Communication • Center for Public Service Rawls College of Business: • Climate Science Center (see individual entry) • Career Management Center • College of Arts & Sciences Microscopy • Center for Global Engagement • Institute for Forensic Science • Georgie G. Snyder Center for Business • Institute for Peace & Conflict Communication • The Institute of Environmental & Human School of Law: Health (TIEHH) (see individual entry) • Center for Biodefense, Law and Public • Institute for Studies in Pragmaticism Policy • Medieval & Renaissance Studies Center • Center for Military Law and Policy • National Institute (see individual entry) • Center for Water Law and Policy • Texas Tech Population Center J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of CASNR: Visual & Performing Arts: • CASNR Water Center School of Art • Center for Agricultural Technology Transfer • Landmark Arts gallery • Fiber and Biopolymer Research Institute • Satellite gallery (SoA downtown gallery) • International Center for Food Industry Excellence School of Music • • Texas Cooperative Research Unit Concert Band • • Thornton Agricultural Finance Institute Court Jesters • Education: Ensembles • Goin’ Band from Raiderland • Burkhart Center for Autism Education and • The Lubbock Chorale Research (see individual entry) • Matador Singers • Center for Research in Leadership and • Education (CRLE) Opera Theatre • • Center for Integration of STEM Education String Orchestra and Research (CISER) • Symphonic Band • Center for Innovation in E-Learning (CIEL) • Symphonic Wind Ensemble • Doctoral Support Center • University Bands • Institute for Measurement, Methodology, • University Choir Analysis and Policy (IMMAP) • University Orchestra • Virginia Murray Sowell Center for Research • University Singers and Education in Sensory Disabilities • • The University-School Partnerships for the • Women’s Choral Renewal of Educational Preparation National School of Theatre & Dance Center (US PREP) • BurkTech Players Graduate School: • WildWind Performance Lab • Graduate Center Whitacre College of Engineering: Human Sciences: • Center for Multidisciplinary Research in • Addiction Recovery Research Cluster Transportation • Center for Adolescent Resiliency • Center for Nanophotonics • Center for Collegiate Recovery Communities • Center for Pulsed Power and Power • Center for Financial Responsibility Electronics • Child Development Research Center • Materials Characterization Center • Covenant BodyMind Initiative • Murdough Center for Engineering • Curriculum Center for Family and Consumer Professionalism/National Institute for Sciences Engineering Ethics • Early Head Start • Nano Tech Center • Obesity Research Institute • (see individual entry) • Red to Black-Student Financial Planning • Water Resources Center • Texas Tech Neuroimaging Center Other Centers: • Texas Wine Marketing Research Institute • Center for Transformative Undergraduate • United Future Leaders Experiences (TrUE) (see individual entry) Media & Communication: • Center for Campus Life • Center for Communication Research • Free Market Institute (see individual entry) • Outpost Social Media Lab • Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

• Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) • College of Education and Small Business Technology Transfer • Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of (STTR) Resource Center Engineering • Teaching, Learning & Professional • Graduate School Development Center • Honors College • College of Human Sciences Chairman/Chairwoman • College of Media & Communication A chairman or chairwoman is the person • J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of in charge of an individual department within Visual & Performing Arts • School of Law a college or school. Do not use chairperson, chair or co-chair FIRST REFERENCE: Always use the unless it is an organization’s formal title for full name of the college on the first an office. reference, especially those that have a For uses, see Institutional Titles proper name attached to them. For information on each college and style Chancellor guides for each, see each college’s The chancellor of the Texas Tech individual entry. University System is Dr. Tedd L Mitchell. For uses of this title, see Institutional Communications & Marketing (Office Titles of) The Office of Communications & Climate Center Marketing is the official news source and The Climate Center, formerly known as marketing source for Texas Tech University. the Climate Science Center, is a collection The communications office compiles of researchers from across numerous news releases, media advisories and expert disciplines who conduct research to address pitches highlighting the work of Texas Tech the effects of climate variability across a full faculty, staff and students. The office also array of landscapes within the South Central creates feature stories both in written and United States. The center uses science, tools video and photographic form that helps tell and information to link current conditions these stories. The office also assists media with regional climate projections to examine who wish to speak to experts from Texas real-world decision making and planning to Tech on a variety of subjects. be used to anticipate, monitor and adapt to The marketing office creates strategies projected climate change. for both the university and individual The CSC is part of the South Central colleges and departments that highlights Climate Science Center, a part of a network their work through advertising and of eight regional CSCs supported by promotional items. The marketing office is numerous universities and organizations responsible for establishing the university’s across the South Central U.S. identity guidelines to bring consistency and The areas of expertise among members of greater visibility to the office and university, the CSC include agriculture, native wildlife, and it also develops the various logos and renewable energy, health, air pollution, regulates how they are used. human migration and water policy. The Office of Communications & Marketing is not affiliated with the College Colleges and Schools of Media & Communication. Texas Tech University consists of 12 FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name colleges: of the office, ‘Office of Communications & • College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Marketing,’ on first reference. Resources • College of Architecture SECOND REFERENCE: • College of Arts & Sciences ‘Communications & Marketing’ is • Jerry S. Rawls College of Business acceptable on all subsequent references.

Courtesy Titles Courtesy titles such as ‘Mr.,’ ‘Mrs.,’ Dean ‘Miss,’ and ‘Ms.’ are social titles and should A dean is the person in charge of an be avoided. Do not use the courtesy title individual college or school. Doctor or Dr. unless the person being For uses, see Institutional Titles identified holds a medical degree. On second reference, refer to people by Dean of Students their last name only. Avoiding social titles Under the Division of Undergraduate can help lessen the chances of sexism in Education & Student Affairs, the Office of writing. the Dean of Students focuses on non- academic issues affecting student life, Chief Compliance and Security Office success and learning. That is accomplished The Compliance and Security Office through several departments: under the Office of the President of Texas • Behavioral Intervention Team Tech University is responsible for assisting • Center for Campus Life and advising the president and university • Office of Student Conduct • community, coordinating institutional Risk Intervention & Safety Education (RISE) • Student Counseling Center compliance activities, oversight of campus Matthew Gregory is the Texas Tech security and emergency management University Dean of Students. activities and coordinating the President’s Government and Public Service Internship Degrees Program. See Academic Degrees

Departments and Concentrations For departments within a certain college, see that college’s individual entry. D Other Departments: Dairy Barn University Studies allows students the One of the most iconic and recognizable opportunity to earn a degree through a buildings on the Texas Tech campus, the flexible learning experience in a variety of Dairy Barn was constructed in 1926 and academic subjects. Students in University allowed students to bring up to three cows of Studies can choose areas of study in their own to be housed in the barn, which numerous subjects with other colleges and included milking facilities a calving stall, can earn bachelor’s degrees in Applied Arts feeding rooms, a chiller and an office. This & Sciences. led to the formation of the Student Dairy General Studies is an interdisciplinary Association business and the Dairy bachelor’s degree offered in the College of Manufacturing Department that furnished Arts & Sciences not based on a specific milk and ice cream to the university and major or minor but rather courses from three Lubbock community. areas of study from established minors that Over time, a fire, abandonment and years offers students a well-rounded educational of neglect threatened demolition of the experience. building. After being vacant for more than 50 years, however, Texas Tech administrators approved $2.6 million for the The Double T is the official logo of Dairy Barn Renovation project that will turn Texas Tech University and is copyrighted by the historic landmark into a usable space the university. complete with plans for collaborative space Use of the Double T must reflect on the first floor and a multi-purpose loft positively on the university and must be space on the second floor. reproduced accurately by a licensed vendor

of Texas Tech. Approval from the Director Distance Learning program, the Master of Licensing is required. Management and of Education in Educational Technology, licensing use of these trademarked identities was approved in 1996. resides within the athletic department and is Texas Tech now has the following in partnership with the Collegiate Licensing regional educational sites: Company. • Texas Tech University at Collin • Texas Tech University at El Paso • Texas Tech University at Fredericksburg • Texas Tech University at Highland Lakes • Texas Tech University at Hillsboro • Texas Tech University at Junction E • Texas Tech University at Waco

Education (College of) Engineering (College of) The College of Education is home to The College of Engineering is one of the more than 1,900 students seeking degrees in four original colleges established by Texas two bachelor’s, seven master’s and eight Tech University in 1925. doctoral programs. The college is accredited It was named the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. by nine different accrediting agencies. College of Engineering in 2008 after a $25 Undergraduate degrees are offered in two million gift from AT&T, where Whitacre, areas: who earned his bachelor’s degree in • Multidisciplinary Sciences • Multidisciplinary Studies industrial engineering from Texas Tech in Graduate and doctoral degrees are offered 1964, served as chairman, chief executive in two departments: officer and president for 17 years until his • Curriculum & Instruction retirement in 2007. He also served as • Educational Psychology & Leadership chairman and CEO of General Motors Two types of non-degree programs are Company (GM) from 2009 to 2010. offered in the college. The college educates more than 6,400 • Professional certification: necessary to be undergraduate, graduate and pre-engineering licensed and/or practice at an advanced level students, offering bachelor’s, master’s and in chosen career doctorate degrees as well as graduate • Graduate certificates: provide an additional credential in field of study but do not certification in 18 programs of study necessarily lead to licensure. Graduate covering seven departments: certificates can also be used as an • Chemical Engineering introduction into a chosen master's degree • Civil, Environmental and Construction program. Engineering FIRST REFERENCE: Always use the • Computer Science full name of the college and each subsequent • Electrical and Computer Engineering department on first reference. • Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable • Mechanical Engineering to use ‘Education’ on all subsequent • Bob L. Herd Department of Petroleum references. Do not use abbreviation ‘COE.’ Engineering FIRST REFERENCE: Always use the eLearning & Academic Partnerships full name of the college and each subsequent Marketing & Communications department on first reference. When ELearning refers to academic degree referencing a department for the first time, programs that occur off campus or by the always use ‘Department of’ prior to the internet. The first authorization to deliver department. With Petroleum Engineering, instruction away from the main campus was use ‘Bob L. Herd Department of …’. granted in 1971, and the use of video tape SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable technology for a Master of Engineering was to use ‘Engineering’ on all subsequent authorized in 1993. The first official references. It is unnecessary to use

‘Department of …’ on second reference for and land development for all four the individual departments in the college. components. Do not use the abbreviation ‘COE.’ FIRST REFERENCE: Use the office’s full name, ‘Office of Facilities, Planning & Engineering Key Construction.’ The Engineering Key is a section of SECOND REFERENCE: The acronym campus of Texas Tech University where the ‘FP&C’ is acceptable on all subsequent majority of buildings that house the various references. Do not use ‘facilities.’ departments within the Edward E. Whitacre Faculty/Staff Jr. College of Engineering. It is formed on Faculty and staff are collective nouns that both sides of a long roadway adjacent to may be used in the singular or in the plural. Memorial Circle, giving the section the In either case, the antecedent should agree. shape of a key. Faculty refers to employees of Texas Tech University who serve in teaching or Equal Employment Opportunity research roles. (Office of) Staff refers to employees of Texas Tech The Office of Equal Employment University who serve in support or non- Opportunity is charged with upholding anti- academic roles. discrimination and anti-retaliation policies that ensures employees and applicants of the Fraternities and Sororities (Greek Texas Tech University System are treated Life) fairly, equally and respectfully. Under the Center for Campus Life, Texas Each component institution of the Texas Tech offers students the opportunity to Tech University System has its own Equal experience Greek life through numerous Employment Opportunity office. fraternities and sororities. The office handles employee complaints There are four Fraternity and Sorority of unlawful discrimination and harassment, Life Councils, or governing bodies including sexual harassment, and responds representing national fraternities: on behalf of the Texas Tech University • Interfraternity Council System to complaints filed with external • Multicultural Greek Council civil rights agencies. It also is a resource for • National Pan-Hellenic Council • administrators and managers regarding Panhellenic Council Follow each council’s specific guidelines personnel issues, monitors compliance with on how to refer to their respective equal employment opportunity laws and organizations. regulations and maintains Affirmative

Action Plans. Free Market Institute The Free Market Institute (FMI) conducts teaching and research related to the free F enterprise system by promoting scholarship across disciplinary boundaries and providing Facilities, Planning & Construction a forum for discussion and debate across all (Office of) aspects of the free market. The Office of Facilities, Planning & The FMI Board of Directors is composed Construction is under the purview of the of academics and researchers at both Texas Texas Tech University System and is Tech and other universities across the responsible for campus master planning, United States. The FMI attempts to develop campus art, project updates and vendor a comprehensive effort to understand and information for all components of the TTU explain the societal benefits of market System. The office manages construction exchange, entrepreneurship and innovation. and renovation projects as well as facility

Free Speech Area Students develop into highly skilled, See SUB West Plaza civically minded learners who are engaged globally.

Goin’ Band from Raiderland G The Goin’ Band from Raiderland is the GEAR official name of the Texas Tech marching Get Excited About Robotics (GEAR) is a band. Established in 1925, it is the oldest program in the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. student organization on campus with more College of Engineering that provides a than 400 members. Membership is open to hands-on LEGO robotics challenge to area all students regardless of major. elementary and middle school students in an The band includes the 10-member Texas effort to increase interest in science, Tech Twirlers team technology, engineering and mathematics FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name, (STEM) disciplines. Undergraduate ‘Goin’ Band from Raiderland.’ engineering students also serve as mentors SECOND REFERENCE: ‘Goin’ Band’ is to the students to improve their education acceptable on all subsequent references. and increase retention rates. The annual Texas Tech University Governmental Relations (Office of) GEAR competition is held annually during The Office of Governmental Relations in the spring and is open to students in the Texas Tech University System is kindergarten through eighth grade from all responsible for representing the system and schools or after-school clubs sponsored by a its component institutions at the various teacher or coach. levels of government, both state and federal. FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name, It acts as a liaison between the system and ‘Get Excited About Robotics.’ elected officials and is responsible for SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable supporting each university’s initiatives and to use the acronym, GEAR, on subsequent efforts locally and in Austin and references. Washington, D.C. The office ensures adequate General Counsel (Office of) representation on the state level and The Office of General Counsel in the increases awareness of each university’s Texas Tech University System provides academic and research programs while legal services, advice and representation for monitoring state legislation and garnering the TTU System and each of its four public and governmental support necessary components. The services provided cover a to the operation of the TTU System. broad spectrum of issues affecting the entire TTU System, its students and employees. Graduate Center The Graduate Center at Texas Tech General Studies, University Studies University supports graduate students and General Studies is a 120-hour postdoctoral fellows at Texas Tech through interdisciplinary bachelor’s degree plan in professional and career development and the College of Arts & Sciences not based on non-academic activities. The center hosts a specific major or minor. It consists of numerous academic support services, courses from three areas of study from including the Graduate Student Writing established minors. Center, as well as providing a range of University Studies is a program that facilities, including a computer lab, meeting engages students in a highly recognizable, space, networking, leisure and work spaces. valued and flexible learning experience designed to advance their academic and community knowledge engagement.

The Graduate Center is open 24 hours per day, seven days per week, 365 days per year. The Graduate Center is separate from the H Graduate School. High Riders The High Riders is a women’s spirit Graduate School organization that supports women’s The Graduate School at Texas Tech helps athletics. It was created in 1976. foster graduate education covering 60 Members of the High Riders are doctoral degrees, more than 100 master’s responsible for ringing the Victory Bells degrees and more than 60 graduate after all women’s athletic victories as well certification programs. as taking part in parades and other campus The Graduate School is separate from the events. Graduate Center. Honors College FIRST REFERENCE: Always use the The Honors College was formed in 1999 full name of the school and each subsequent with the goal of providing an enriching department on first reference. However, learning experience for undergraduate ‘The’ is not an official part of the name so it students representing a variety of majors does not always have to be capitalized, just from programs across the campus. It was in instances dictated by normal grammar. originally formed in the 1960s as the Honors SECOND REFERENCE: ‘Graduate Program within the College of Arts & School’ is acceptable on second reference. Sciences before moving to the purview of Do not abbreviate (GS). the Office of the Provost in 1993. In addition to enhancing undergraduate Grants coursework, the Honors College also Researchers at Texas Tech receive supports undergraduate research through funding for their work from a variety of various programs, scholarship and activities. sources. The two most common, and most FIRST REFERENCE: Always use the prestigious, come from two sources. full name of the college and each subsequent National Institutes of Health (NIH) is department on first reference. Do not use the largest public funding source for ‘College of Honors’ or ‘College of Honors biomedical research in the world, College.’ contributing more than $32 billion each year SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable for work that enhances life and reduces to use ‘Honors College’ on all subsequent illness and disability. references. Do not use ‘HC.’ National Science Foundation (NSF) funds research and education mostly in Horn Professor science and engineering, funding See Institutional Titles approximately 11,000 research, education and training projects each year. The NSF Human Sciences (College of) accounts for about one-fourth of the federal The College of Human Sciences offers support for basic research received by education in programs related to social academic institutions. science, business, design, education and FIRST REFERENCE: Always spell out nutritional sciences focused on individuals, the full name of the granting entity on first families and their environment to improve reference, placing the abbreviation in and enhance the human condition. parentheses immediately afterward. The college is composed of seven majors SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable and departments: to use the granting foundation’s abbreviation • Community, Family & Addiction Sciences on all subsequent references. • Department of Design • Family & Consumer Sciences Education

• Hospitality & Retail Management FIRST REFERENCE: Use ‘The • Human Development & Family Sciences Innovation Hub at Research Park’ on first • Nutritional Sciences reference. • Personal Financial Planning SECOND REFERENCE: Use of ‘the FIRST REFERENCE: Always use the Hub’ is acceptable on second reference, but full name of the college and each subsequent do not abbreviate. department on first reference. When

referencing a department for the first time, Institute for Peace & Conflict always use ‘Department of’ prior to the The Institute for Peace & Conflict department. (IPAC) was created to enhance research, SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable scholarship and classroom teaching with to use ‘Human Sciences’ on all subsequent regards to war and society, global peace, references. Do not use the abbreviation conflict resolution and society’s response to ‘COHS.’ it.

IPAC was created from the convergence

of the Vietnam Center & Archive, the graduate certificate in strategic studies, the Army and Air Force ROTC programs and the Archive of Modern American Warfare. I The Vietnam Center and Archive Information Technology Division contains two separate entities – the Vietnam The Information Technology Division is Center and the Sam Johnson Vietnam responsible for development and Archive, named after a U.S. Congressman maintaining reliable, contemporary and who helped secure the federal funding to integrated technology to enable teaching, support the Vietnam Center and Archive. learning, research and service. It is FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name responsible for all internet access, of ‘The Institute for Peace and Conflict’ on availability and tools used by faculty, staff first reference. Use ‘Vietnam Center and and students at Texas Tech as well as Sam Johnson Archive’ on first reference. facilities, communication services, When referring to the archive specifically, it technology operations and systems should be the ‘Sam Johnson Vietnam management. Archive.’ FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name, SECOND REFERNECE: It is acceptable ‘Information Technology Division.’ to use ‘IPAC’ on second reference for the SECOND REFERENCE: For all other institute. It is acceptable to use ‘Vietnam references, it is acceptable to use the term Center’ and Vietnam Archive’ on second ‘IT.’ reference.

Innovation Hub at Research Park Institutional Advancement The Innovation Hub at Research Park Institutional Advancement serves as the was created to foster innovation and fundraising mechanism for the Texas Tech entrepreneurialism at both Texas Tech and University System. It encourages in the community. Established in 2015, the contributions and raising money for student Hub has established numerous programs that scholarships, faculty support and research. support creative innovation, research commercialization and start-up Institutional Diversity, Equity & development. Inclusion (Division of) The Hub is located on Fourth Street The Texas Tech Division of Diversity, between Quaker Avenue and Texas Tech Equity & Inclusion works to prepare ethical Parkway, just northwest of University leaders for a diverse, globally competitive Medical Center. workforce. The division fosters

collaborative partnerships between faculty Ex: Lawrence Schovanec, president and staff, community organizations and Al Sacco Jr., dean students through programs, activities and Michelle Pantoya, chairwoman events that help students develop skills, Scott Burris, interim chairman creativity, personal excellence and social For honorary titles, such as the last name awareness. preceding professor, use the last name only Divisional Units that help in that and capitalize both the name and the title. endeavor include: Ex: Horn Professor • IDEAL Not • Mentor Tech (see individual entry) Ex: Paul Whitfield/Paul W. Horn • Military & Veterans Programs Professor • Office of Academic Enrichment • First Generation Transition & Mentoring Programs International Affairs (Office of) • Dream Resource Center The Office of International Affairs (OIA) • TRIO is responsible for expanding Texas Tech’s • Texas Tech Chess Program global footprint through international • University Interscholastic League • Upward Bound education, scholarship and engagement and • Office of Community Engagement by helping integrate international students, • Office of LGBTQIA faculty and staff into the scholastic FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name community. of the division on first reference. This is done through several departments: SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable • Administration and Finance to refer to ‘the division’ or ‘DDEI’ on • International Grants and Partnerships subsequent references. Do not use any • International Enrollment Development and Operations acronym to refer to the division. • International Research and Development • International Student and Scholar Services Institutional Research (Office of) • International Relations The Office of Institutional Research • Study Abroad assists the university, its partners and FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name stakeholders in institutional planning and of the office on first reference. decision making by compiling, analyzing SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable and providing relevant data that goes into to use the acronym ‘OIA’ on subsequent making strategic decisions on initiatives and references. promoting accountability. FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name of the office on first reference. SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable J to use ‘Institutional Research’ on subsequent Judging and Competitive Teams references. Do not use any acronym to refer The Texas Tech Livestock, Meat and to the division. Wool Judging Teams from the Department of Animal & Food Sciences in the College Institutional Titles of Agricultural Sciences & Natural A formal title is capitalized when it Resources (CASNR) are some of the most precedes a name, but is not capitalized when successful student competitive teams on it follows a name. campus. Both the livestock and meat Ex: President Lawrence Schovanec judging teams are annually favorites to win Dean Al Sacco Jr. national championships. Chairwoman Michelle Pantoya The Livestock Judging Team, composed Interim Chairman Scott Burris of mostly juniors and seniors interested in But advancing their knowledge of the livestock

industry, is open to students of all majors. It participates in numerous competitions throughout the fall and spring semesters, culminating with the National Collegiate L Livestock Judging Contest in Louisville, Library Kentucky each November. The Livestock See University Libraries Judging Team owns nine national titles (1934, 1953, 1985, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, Law (School of) 2015, 2016). The Texas Tech University School of The Meat Judging Team, composed of Law opened in 1967. It was granted mostly sophomores and juniors interested in accreditation by the Supreme Court of Texas advancing their knowledge of the meat in 1968 and American Bar Association industry, is open to students of all majors. It accreditation in 1970. The school offers 10 participates in numerous competitions dual-degree programs. throughout the fall and spring semesters, FIRST REFERENCE: Use ‘School of culminating with the American Meat Law’ on first reference. Science Association (AMSA) International SECOND REFERENCE: Use of ‘law Meat Judging Contest in Dakota City, school’ is acceptable, but do not capitalize. Nebraska each November. The Meat Do not abbreviate ‘SOL.’ Judging Team owns 13 national titles (1989, 1991, 1996, 19976, 1999, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2017). In the spring of 2019, the meat judging M team competed in and won a world championship at the Australian Masked Rider Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest. is the official mascot Head coaches Ryan Rathman (livestock) of Texas Tech represented by a masked and Mark Miller (meat) are two of the student riding, traditionally, a black horse. winningest judging team coaches in history. The Masked Rider, in addition to making The Wool Judging Team, composed of numerous public relations appearances, mostly freshmen, is open to students of all leads the Texas Tech football team onto the field at all home games. majors. It participates in numerous The mascot’s first appearance came in competitions throughout the spring semester. The Wool Judging Team owns 1936 as a prank, leading the team onto the two national titles (1986, 2013). field. It didn’t become a tradition until 1954 Other judging and competitive teams when the horse and rider led the Red Raiders within CASNR include horse judging, onto the field prior to the Gator Bowl. equestrian, food technology, meat science The first female Masked Rider, Anne quiz bowl, ranch horse and rodeo. For more Lynch, was selected in 1974. information, visit the judging and Those wishing to serve as a Masked competitive teams’ website. Rider must submit an application, score a FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name, minimum of 80 percent on a written depending on the team, ‘Texas Tech horsemanship test and an equestrian skills University (Livestock/Meat/Wool) Judging test and pass a truck-and-trailer driving test Team.’ just to reach the interview stage. Masked SECOND REFERENCE: Capitalize on Riders are then chosen by a committee of second reference, ‘(Livestock/Meat/Wool) faculty, students and one former student. Judging Team.’ Each spring, a new Masked Rider is chosen and a ceremony called the ‘Transfer of Reins’ is held where the previous Masked Rider presents the traditional mask and cape

to the one who will serve as Masked Rider Mentor Tech for the upcoming academic year. The Lauro Cavazos & Ophelia Powell- Malone Mentoring Program helps enhance Media & Communication (College of) the educational experience for students from The College of Media & Communication underrepresented groups through offers undergraduate degrees in seven programming, services, advocacy and different disciplines. involvement in campus and community • Advertising activities. • Communication Studies Faculty and staff mentoring and peer- • Creative Media Industries group networking seeks to improve retention • Digital Media & Professional and graduation rates of all students at Texas Communications • Journalism Tech with a specific focus on minority and • Media Strategies underrepresented groups. • Public Relations It is named after Lauro Cavazos, the first The college also offers three master’s undergraduate to serve as president of Texas degrees, including an online Master of Arts Tech, and Ophelia Powell-Malone, the first program, as well as a doctorate in Media & African-American undergraduate at Texas Communication. Both undergraduate and Tech. graduate certificates in a number of The program is housed under the disciplines are available. Division of Institutional Diversity, Equity & Note: The Office of Communications & Inclusion. Marketing is not affiliated with the College FIRST REFERENCE: Refer to the full of Media & Communication. name of the program on first reference with FIRST REFERENCE: Always use the Mentor Tech in parenthesis. full name of the college and each subsequent SECOND REFERENCE: Use Mentor department on first reference. When Tech on all subsequent references. referencing a department for the first time, always use ‘Department of’ prior to the Museum of Texas Tech University department. An educational and research asset for SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable Texas Tech University, the Museum of to use ‘Media & Communication’ on all Texas Tech University houses numerous subsequent references. Do not use the collections covering a wide range of abbreviation CoMC or ‘Media & Comm.’ interests, including anthropology, fine arts, clothing and textiles, history, natural Memorial Circle/Pfluger Fountain sciences and paleontology. A total of more Originally dedicated to honor World War than 7 million objects are displayed through II veterans, Memorial Circle now exhibitions and public programming. commemorates current students who have Founded in 1929 as the West Texas lost their lives. It is a central hub of the Museum, the museum is a nonprofit university with thousands of students institution and admission to the museum is passing through each day and is located off free and open to the public. It has been the Broadway entrance to the campus. accredited by the American Alliance of The Student Senate passed a resolution in Museums since 1990. 2001 that students should not walk on the The museum is located on Indiana grass in Memorial Circle to respect Red Avenue north of the Marsha Sharp Freeway Raider veterans of all wars. and east of University Medical Center. In 2002, thanks to a generous gift from FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name the Pfluger family of San Angelo, a fountain of the museum on first reference. was added to Memorial Circle. SECOND REFERENCE: ‘The museum’ or ‘Museum of Texas Tech’ are acceptable on subsequent references.

Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF) was developed, updating the original Fujita Scale developed in 1971, to measure the impact of N tornadoes by how much damage is caused. National Ranching Heritage Center The National Weather Service implemented The National Ranching Heritage Center the EF-scale to its rating system in 2007. preserves and interprets the history of As part of the NWI, the Debris Impact ranching in North America while addressing Facility conducts accredited testing of storm contemporary ranching issues through shelters, safe rooms, commercial and exhibits and programs highlighting all residential doors, windows and other aspects of ranching throughout the years. components in an effort to promote public The NRHC consists of a 44,000-square- safety and welfare and help prevent deaths foot museum with seven galleries featuring and property losses incurred during extreme permanent and temporary art exhibits, wind events such as tornadoes and photography and ranching artifacts, 42 life- hurricanes. size bronze outdoor art pieces and a 19-acre historical park featuring 49 historic Natural Science Research Laboratory structures arranged chronologically to A division of the Museum of Texas Tech display the evolution of ranch life from the University, the Natural Science Research late 1700s through the mid-1990s. Of the 49 Laboratory (NSRL) is dedicated to the structures, 33 are between 100 and 177 years preservation of the natural heritage of the old. planet for educational and research purposes FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name through innovative methodologies used in of the center on first reference. biological collections and data management. SECOND REFERENCE: Use the The laboratory collects, researchers and acronym NRHC or ‘the Ranching Heritage disseminates information about natural and Center’ on subsequent references. cultural heritage of local and related regions. The NSRL uses classroom instruction, National Wind Institute internships, practicums and fieldwork, along The National Wind Institute is one of the with the efforts of the museum, to provide a world’s leading research entities in wind theoretical and practical education. damage mitigation and wind energy. It was FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name, established in 2012 from a convergence of ‘Natural Science Research Laboratory.’ the Institute for Disaster Relief (WiSE) and SECOND REFERENCE: The acronym the Texas Wind Energy Institute as a central ‘NSRL’ is acceptable on all subsequent location for interdisciplinary and references. transdisciplinary research, commercialization and education related to wind science, wind energy, wind engineering and wind hazard mitigation for O faculty, affiliates, students and external Osher Lifelong Learning Institute partners. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute is In 2003, Texas Tech began offering the an educational program under the Office of first interdisciplinary doctoral program the Provost that provides non-credit learning dedicated to wind science and wind and cultural opportunities for its members engineering. A graduate certificate in wind both at Texas Tech Universities and at its energy was established in 2009 and a campuses in Fredericksburg, Junction and bachelor’s degree in wind energy was Marble Falls. launched in 2011 Supported by membership dues, class With the help of what is now known as fees, donations, support from the university the NWI and researcher Kishor Mehta, the and the Texas Tech Alumni Association and an endowment from the Bernard Osher the community. Performances can Foundation, the institute offers adults age 50 range from classical music to modern dance and older a variety of learning experiences performances and thought-provoking in subjects such as cooking, religion, art, lectures by authors, poets and other well- economics, photography, philosophy, music known figures. and many more. The series supports the university’s Yearly dues for the Lubbock/South strategic plan through promotion of student Plains OLLI are $35. success through inclusive access, FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name transformative experiences, innovative of the institute, ‘Osher Lifelong Learning research and creative activities with the hope Institute.’ of enriching society and quality of life. SECOND REFERENCE: Use of the FIRST REFERENCE: Use ‘Presidential acronym ‘OLLI’ is acceptable on all Lecture & Performance Series’ on all subsequent references. references. Do not use the acronym ‘PLPS.’

Professor P When ‘professor’ follows a proper name, it is preceded by the appropriate rank (see Police below). Use the following descriptions when The Texas Tech Police Department is a referring to a faculty member: fully accredited law enforcement agency • Professor responsible for the safety and security of all • Assistant Professor properties, students and employees of Texas • Associate Professor Tech University while on campus. The • Instructor jurisdiction of the department covers all • Lecturer property owned, leased, rented or under the For uses, see Academic Degrees control of the Board of Regents of the Texas Tech University System. Provost The Texas Tech Police not only patrol The provost of Texas Tech University is both the main campus and the Texas Tech Michael Galyean. University Health Sciences Center campus For uses of this title, see Institutional but also investigate all crimes that occur on Titles campus. The department employs more than 140 individuals. FIRST REFERENCE: Use ‘Texas Tech Police Department’ on first reference. R SECOND REFERENCE: Use ‘Texas Tech Police’ on all subsequent references. Raider Red is the costumed mascot for Texas Tech. It was created after the President Southwest Conference instilled a rule The president of Texas Tech University preventing teams from bringing live mascots is Lawrence Schovanec. to out-of-town games. For uses of this title, see Institutional Saddle Tramps member Jim Gaspard Titles created Raider Red based on drawings from famed local cartoonist . Presidential Lecture & Performance Only members of the male spirit Series organization Saddle Tramps and the female Under the Office of the President, the spirit organization High Riders are allowed Presidential Lecture & Performance Series to serve as Raider Red, and the identity of brings engaging entertainment and learning that person is kept secret from the public and opportunities to Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech community.

Each spring, a ceremony is held known externally sponsored research, as the ‘Passing of the Guns’ where the partnership with industry and community, Saddle Tramps and/or High Riders members and application of research to benefit who served as Raider Red are revealed and society. new individuals serving as Raider Red are The Small Business Innovation Research presented to the Texas Tech community. (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Resource Center coordinates the federal SBIR/STTR Rawls College of Business (Jerry S.) programs that provide funds for early-stage The College of Business Administration research and development at small U.S. was founded in 1942 and renamed the Jerry businesses. Through these programs, the S. Rawls College of Business after a $25 federal government designates $2.5 million million donation to the college in 2000. The in research support to small businesses college and its programs consistently earn a engaged in technology innovation research. variety of rankings, putting the college among the best in the nation. It boasts more Research Services (Office of) than 4,000 undergraduate and more than 700 The Texas Tech University Office of master’s and doctoral students. Research Services supports the mission of The college offers degrees in six the university through administrative and academic areas: management services for sponsored projects, • Accounting including grants, contracts and agreements • Energy, Economics and Law • Finance from both the public and private sectors that • Information Systems and Quantitative support research, instruction and service Sciences projects. • Management A part of the Office of Vice President for • Marketing and Supply Chain Management Research, Research Services offers such FIRST REFERENCE: Always use the services as training faculty and staff to use full name of the college, ‘Jerry S. Rawls various types of program information, College of Business,’ and each subsequent assisting with budget preparation for department on first reference. When projects, ensuring all project and funding referencing an area for the first time, it is not requirements are met and processing all necessary to refer to them as departments. awards for acceptance, among others. SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable to use ‘Rawls College of Business’ or Residence Halls ‘Rawls College’ on all subsequent Texas Tech houses students in 13 references, but be consistent throughout the traditional-style residence halls, five release on how it is used. Do not use the apartment/suite-style residence halls and one abbreviation RCOB. pod-style hall. All students who have fewer than 30 credit hours, excluding hours earned Research & Innovation (Office of) from concurrent high school credit and Formerly known as the Office of Vice credit by exam, are required to live on President for Research, the Office of campus. All students who live in a residence Research and Innovation at Texas Tech hall are required to purchase a dining plan. University is responsible for facilitating Some residence halls are paired together research, scholarship and creative activities joined by a common area. to promote an academic environment that Traditional residence halls: Bledsoe, embraces curiosity, innovation, debate, Chitwood, Clement, Coleman, Gates, Horn, diversity, ethics and integrity. Hulen, Knapp, Murdough, Sneed, Stangel, The office works to ensure safe conduct Wall and Weymouth. of research, faculty development and Apartments/suites: Carpenter/Wells, recognition, interdisciplinary collaboration, Gordon, Murray, Talkington, West Village.

Pod: Honors within the system to identify, analyze FIRST REFERENCE: Always use the and control the risk of loss, whether it be full name of the residence hall on first human, physical, financial or reputational. reference. There is no need to use the word Medical professional risk management is ‘Residence’ as part of the name. Do not administered by the Professional Liability refer to a residence hall as a ‘dormitory’ or Office at the Texas Tech University Health ‘dorm.’ When referring to two halls that are Sciences Center. paired together, separate them by a slash. Ex: The student lived at Chitwood Hall. The event will be held at Horn/Knapp Hall. SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable S to use only the name of the residence hall on Saddle Tramps subsequent references. The Saddle Tramps is an all-male booster organization created by Texas Tech student Risk Intervention & Safety Education Arch Lamb in 1936. (Office of) (RISE) The Saddle Tramps are responsible for The Texas Tech University Risk wrapping the Will Rogers-Soapsuds statue Intervention & Safety Education (RISE) in crepe paper before big home athletic office deals with safety and wellness efforts events, forming the bell circle before for the university community through a football kickoffs, ringing Bangin’ Bertha variety of services, educational workshops and participating in other campus events and events. RISE also administers the such as Carol of Lights® and ringing the required Think About It course for all Victory Bells after men’s athletic victories. incoming first-year and transfer students. Safety and wellness measures can cover a Spirit Program variety of areas, such as alcohol and drug The Texas Tech Spirit Program is education, gender and sexuality, campus composed of two cheerleading squads – the safety, violence prevention and response, All-Girl Cheer and Co-Ed Cheer – as well as suicide prevention and peer education the Pom Squad, Raider Red and Masked program. Rider. FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name Both the Co-Ed Cheer squad and the Pom of the office on first reference with the Squad captured national championships at acronym ‘RISE’ in parenthesis. the 2017 National Cheerleaders Association SECOND REFERENCE: For all other and National Dance Association Nationals, references, it is sufficient to use the acronym respectively. ‘RISE.’ Southwest Collection/Special Risk Management (Office of) Collections Library The Office of Risk Management under The Southwest Collection/Special the Texas Tech University System works Collections Library (SWC/SCL) houses with component institutions on issues such special archives, collections, exhibits, oral as workers’ compensation, automobile histories, university archives and other claims, third-party claims, contractual archival material donated to the university. review, insurance acquisition, public access It has several permanent displays along defibrillation, drug screening, driver the north side of the building that display approval, loss prevention, consultative various aspects of the history of Texas Tech, services and emergency management. Lubbock and West Texas. More exhibits on The office promotes a philosophy of local history are on display in the rotunda prevention when it comes to risk along with the 1688 Coronelli Globe. management, not just responding to events. The library also serves as the historical The office encourages all departments archive for former Southwest Conference

athletic records, of which Texas Tech was a students to express concerns and member of until joining the Big 12 resolve psychological distress through a Conference in 1996. wide range of services offered. The second floor of the library houses The Student Counseling Center is located climate-controlled stacks of archives that on the second floor of the Student Wellness help maintain these works in a constant Center on Flint Avenue and is open from 8 temperature and humidity as well as positive a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. ventilation that helps prevent bacteria and The Student Counseling Center also fungi that can damage valuable books and operates the Texas Tech Crisis HelpLine for documents. students having mental health issues or State-of-the-art preservation of valuable suicidal thoughts or suffering from sexual and one-of-a-kind materials is done in the assault or interpersonal violence. It is open Hoblitzelle Conservation Lab. 24 hours per day, seven days a week, 365 The library is also home to the Remnant days per year. Trust, a collection of more than 1,300 FIRST REFERENCE: Use ‘Student original and first-edition documents that Counseling Center’ on all references. have influenced the ideas of liberty and dignity through such genres as politics, Student Health Services economics, mathematics, science, history, Student Health Services provides quality philosophy and religion. Included in the and accessible health care to Texas Tech collection is an edition of the Magna Carta students, faculty and staff through the from 1350, a copy of the third Dunlap Student Wellness Center. printing of the Declaration of Independence Staffed and managed by Texas Tech and a first-edition of the King James Bible University Health Sciences Center, the from 1611. Student Wellness Center is located on the FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name main campus just west of the of the library on first reference. Carpenter/Wells Residence Hall complex on SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable Flint Avenue. It is open from 8 a.m. to 5:30 to use Southwest Collection or the acronym p.m. Monday through Friday. ‘SWC/SCL’ on subsequent references. The second floor of the Student Wellness Center houses the Texas Tech Physicians State Employee Charitable Campaign Family Medicine Faculty/Staff Clinic to The State Employee Charitable provide care for urgent medical issues or Campaign (SECC) is a statewide annual minor injuries for faculty and staff at Texas giving campaign that the Texas Tech Tech University. University System and its member FIRST REFERENCE: Use ‘Student components participates in each year. It Health Services’ and ‘Student Wellness allows faculty and staff to donate a portion Center’ on all references. Do not use of their salary to various charitable causes ‘hospital.’ from across the U.S. Since inception of the SECC, the Texas Student Media (Department of) Tech University System has raised more The Department of Student Media at than $789,000 that has helped change lives, Texas Tech University is responsible for shape futures and made a difference in the producing the print and online versions of community. the student , , and the campus yearbook, La Ventana. All publications in the department are Student Counseling Center considered non-academic, experience-based The Student Counseling Center serves as learning opportunities open to all students the primary student mental health clinic on regardless of major. It provides students campus, providing a safe environment for opportunities to apply academic knowledge in the areas of journalism, broadcast, design, Lockers, towels and showering business and communication in a practical facilities are also available. setting. Also, Texas Tech’s intramural sports Previously, Student Media operated leagues operate out of the Student independently from any academic college. Recreation Center and are open to all Texas But the department moved from the Division Tech students. of Undergraduate Education and Student FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name, Affairs to the College of Media & ‘Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Communication in 2017, however it Center,’ and all accompanying facilities on maintains its independence in terms of first reference. editorial and advertising content. SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable Editors for ‘The Daily Toreador’ and ‘La to use ‘Rec Center’ on subsequent Ventana’ are chosen each spring for the references. following academic year by a committee of six faculty and seven students from across SUB West Plaza campus covering multiple disciplines. The SUB West Plaza at Texas Tech is The Daily Toreador is printed twice per located in the walkway between the west week, on Monday and Thursday, during side of the Student Union Building and the each semester and once per week during the east side of the University Library extending summer, on Tuesday. It is one of the oldest to Detroit Avenue. traditions on campus, having published This area is often referenced to as the continuously since 1925. Free Speech Area by students; however, this Student Organizations is not the name of the area and should not be Texas Tech offers students a chance to used. join organizations, whether they be Student organizations often set up academic, cultural, faith-based, Panhellenic, informational tables on a variety of subjects professional, athletic or a variety of in the SUB West Plaza. characteristics. For a full list of student organizations, visit the Student Organizations website under Campus Life. Follow how those organizations are listed for guidelines on T how to reference them in writing. Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts (J.T. & Margaret) Student Recreation Center (Robert H. The J.T. & Margaret Talkington College Ewalt) of Visual & Performing Arts houses all the The Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation disciplines related to the study and Center houses athletic and workout facilities performance of art, music and theater. The for students, faculty and staff, including college offers degrees in three separate weightlifting equipment, recreational sports schools as well as a Fine Arts Doctoral facilities and leagues, an aquatic center and Program. the Texas Tech Leisure Pool. The School of Art allows students to Use of the facilities is by membership explore their creative and scholarly potential only, but annual and semester rates are through exhibition opportunities, offered to all faculty, staff, alumni and contemporary technologies, interdisciplinary employees of University Medical Center, study and critical discourse. state and local school districts. The School of Music encompasses all Undergraduate and graduate students pay aspects of musical education, research and a recreation center fee each semester in performance, whether is classical or modern order to use the facility. music in all forms.

The School of Theatre & Dance allows To sign up for TechAlert, go to the students to pursue a degree enhancing their Office of Communications and Marketing skills in design, acting, directing, dance, website at texastech.com. stage management, history and playwriting. FIRST REFERENCE: Always use the TechTeach full name of the college, ‘J.T & Margaret TechTeach is a program offered in the Talkington College of Visual & Performing College of Education that prepares students Arts,’ and the subsequent schools, on first to become teachers while earning their reference. degree and enhancing their future impact on SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable students through intensive clinical to use the acronym ‘TCVPA’ on all experiences, incorporating video technology subsequent references. Do not use ‘College and focusing on student learning. of Visual & Performing Arts’ or ‘VPA.’ TechTeach is one of the top 35 programs of its kind in the country and has earned top Teaching Academy marks from the National Council on Teacher The Teaching Academy is a resource for Quality. faculty at Texas Tech that advocates for The College of Education is the sole teaching excellence, promotes service teacher certification office for Texas Tech related to the teaching mission of the University. university, advices and mentors colleagues Texas Alliance for Water Conservation and shares knowledge about teaching The Texas Alliance for Water strategies and implementation. Conservation (TAWC) is part of the In conjunction with the status of Texas Department of Plant and Soil Science in the Tech as a Tier One Carnegie university, the College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Teaching Academy helps faculty succeed Resources. It is a collaboration of area and grow with regard to their scholarship agricultural producers, data collection and creative activities through institutional technologies and other entities that include support and encouragement. The academy industry, universities and government contributes to the support and development agencies designed to conserve water for of a strong teaching culture through a future generations through best production variety of services to help faculty achieve practices and technologies. their goal of being a good teacher. It The goal of the alliance is to reduce the promotes new pedagogical techniques, depletion of ground water, mainly the theories of student learning and scholarship Ogallala Aquifer, while maintaining or of teaching. improving agricultural production and The Teaching Academy helps grow economic opportunities. Texas Tech’s reputation as a well-known teaching institution in addition to its Texas Tech Alumni Association research activity. The Texas Tech Alumni Association is a non-profit association independent of the TechAlert university but which works to support the TechAlert is the emergency university and other groups in promoting communication and notification system used excellence. The association acts as a by Texas Tech to inform students, faculty, communication liaison between the staff and others regarding important alerts university and its alumni through both and emergency response information. individual members and regional chapters as TechAlert utilizes text message, email well as providing financial support for the and telephone calls to inform of emergency association, its members, the university, or other important situations on and around administration, faculty and students. campus. It is part of the overall emergency Membership is open to anyone who has communications center for Texas Tech. enrolled in a course at Texas Tech or other member of the Texas Tech University identify areas of mental health research, System, all those who have received a but also have the ability to influence mental degree from Texas Tech or a TTU System health policy and collaborate with various member, or any individual who makes a entities engaged in work that supports the minimum annual contribution to the institute. association. Texas Tech University Public Media Texas Tech Mental Health Institute Texas Tech University Public Media The Texas Tech Mental Health Institute consists of the campus television station, (TTMHI) was created in 2018 with the goal KTTZ-TV, and the campus radio station, of bringing together mental health KTTZ-FM. professionals both from academia and the Both KTTZ-TV and KTTZ-FM produce medical profession to conduct research and local programming focused on Texas Tech intervention, develop portfolio and strategic and the community. It is associated with the planning priorities, lead efforts in collecting Public Broadcasting System (PBS) and is and disseminating mental health-related supported by donations, memberships, information and positively influence mental sponsorships and underwriting and major health policy. gifts. It is dedicated to sharing the diverse The TTMHI is a collaboration between voices of Texas Tech and Lubbock through Texas Tech University and the Texas Tech education and inspiration. University Health Sciences Center. The TTMHI tackles the issues Texas Tech University surrounding mental health in numerous One of four institutions that comprise the ways: Texas Tech University System, located in Research and intervention Lubbock, Texas. implementation: Bringing together FIRST REFERENCE: The full name of researchers, deans and department heads the institution should be used on first from the four member institutions of the reference. ‘Texas Tech’ is acceptable for use Texas Tech University System to implement in headlines. a portfolio of mental health research and SECOND REFERENCE: Texas Tech intervention projects to ensure effective may be used to refer to the university on collaboration with member participants as subsequent references. Avoid all uses of well as advocacy groups, health care ‘Tech’ as a standalone as this implies a providers and hospitals. technical institution. If ‘university’ is used Strategic planning and portfolio as a standalone, use lower case letters. development: Providing strategic direction ‘TTU’ is permissible but only when part of and identifying priorities related to mental an official name, otherwise do not use. health issues through research, patient care and other initiatives while identifying Texas Tech University Costa Rica funding opportunities to facilitate that Texas Tech University Costa Rica is the research. first international campus established by Communication and partnership Texas Tech. It will offer high-quality development: Devising communication academic undergraduate and certificate materials for presentation and publication programs beginning in August 2018 that are for both internal and external use while aligned to strategic development goals of establishing a working relationship with Costa Rica and the Central American region. external and academic partners and serving Texas Tech University Costa Rica will as the primary contact for inquiries into offer bachelor’s degrees in five areas: mental health research and patient care. • Electrical Engineering Policy analysis: Serving as an expert in • Industrial Engineering mental health policies in order to not only • Computer Science

• Mathematics use ‘Texas Tech Health Sciences • Restaurant, Hotel and Institutional Center’ or ‘TTHSC’ on any reference. Management OTHER CAMPUSES: Texas Tech The campus for Texas Tech University University Health Sciences Center has Costa Rica will be located in the Escazú regional campuses in Amarillo, Dallas-Fort suburb of west San José and will include Worth, Abilene and the Permian Basin. Do classrooms, laboratories, a library/media not use a hyphen or ‘at’ and the location center, administrative offices and student when referring to a TTUHSC campus other services. than the main one in Lubbock. The faculty will consist of professors Ex.: Texas Tech University Health from the main Texas Tech campus in Sciences Center El Paso. Lubbock as well as locally recruited adjunct professors. All instruction will be conducted in English. Texas Tech University Health Sciences FIRST REFERENCE: Use ‘Texas Tech Center El Paso University Costa Rica.’ The Texas Tech University Health SECOND REFERENCE: Use ‘TTU-CR’ Sciences Center El Paso is a separate on subsequent references. academic institution from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Texas Tech University System Lubbock and consists of two schools: The Texas Tech University System was • Paul L. Foster School of Medicine created in 1996 and established by the State • Gayle Greve Hunt School of Nursing of Texas in 1999. Four institutions comprise the system – Texas Tech University, Texas Texas Tech University Press Tech University Health Sciences Center, Established in 1971, the Texas Tech Angelo State University and Texas Tech University Press is the book publishing arm University Health Sciences Center El Paso. of Texas Tech University. It disseminates FIRST REFERENCE: The full name of original research through publishing of peer- the system should be used on first reference. reviewed works to the public to highlight SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable works and entertain the university’s to use ‘TTU System’ or ‘the system’ on constituency. second reference. Do not use ‘TTUS.’ The Texas Tech University Press became a member of the Association of American Texas Tech University Health Sciences University Presses in 1987. It publishes 15- Center 20 new titles each year and has a total of 450 Texas Tech University Health Sciences titles in print. Center houses the medical school at Texas Additionally, the press publishes non- Tech and consists of five schools: fiction titles focused on the history and • Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences culture of Texas, the Great Plains and the • School of Health Professions American West as well as natural history, • School of Medicine border studies, peace and conflict studies • School of Nursing and select books on Texas Tech University • School of Pharmacy FIRST REFERENCE: Use ‘Texas Tech athletics. University Health Sciences Center’ on first FIRST REFERENCE: The full name of reference. Always use the full name when the organization should be used on first not using an acronym. reference. SECOND REFERENCE: ‘TTUHSC’ SECOND REFERENCE: It is acceptable may be used on second reference and is to use ‘TTU Press’ on second reference. always capitalized. Do not use ‘HSC’ on any reference in regard to the Texas Tech Texas Tech University School of University Health Sciences Center. Never Veterinary Medicine

The Texas Tech University School of Membership in TAMEST consists of Veterinary Medicine is located on the academics and researchers at institutions of TTUHSC campus in Amarillo. Ground was higher education in Texas who are members officially broken on the school on Sept. 19, of the three national academies: the National 2019 and its first class is expected to be Academy of Sciences, the National enrolled in 2021. Academy of Engineering and the National An innovative model developed by Texas Institute of Medicine. Tech will recruit and select students most Texas Tech faculty who are members of likely to practice and succeed in small, TAMEST are: agricultural and regional communities. The • Satya Atluri, Department of Chemical school will focus on producing practice- Engineering ready veterinarians who will specialize in • Chau-Chyun Chen, Department of Chemical Engineering mixed animal medicine with a strong • Luis Rafael Herrera-Estrella, Department of emphasis on large and food-industry Plant & Soil Science animals. A unique aspect of the school is • Fazle Hussain, Department of Mechanical students will spend their fourth year in Engineering residencies with local and statewide • Kishor Mehta, Department of Civil, veterinary partners in order to gain the Environmental and Construction Engineering • Danny Reible, Department of Civil, experience needed, which eliminates the Environmental and Construction Engineering need for a costly teaching hospital. and Department of Chemical Engineering. In June of 2019 the Texas legislature approved $17.35 million in its biennial The Institute of Environmental & budget for the school that will go toward Human Health (TIEHH) operational needs. The Institute of Environmental & Human Philanthropic efforts have resulted in $90 Health is the hub for environmental and million being pledged from industry, civic health sciences research at Texas Tech and individual donors to go toward University. Faculty and graduate students construction and infrastructure. conduct research on the integration of FIRST REFERENCE: Use ‘Texas Tech environmental impact assessment of toxic University School of Veterinary Medicine’ chemicals with human health consequences. on first reference. Always use the full name TIEHH (pronounced ‘Tie’) is part of the when not using an acronym. College of Arts & Sciences, but it is unique SECOND REFERENCE: ‘School of in that it blends the faculty, expertise and Veterinary Medicine’ may be used on resources of both Texas Tech and the Texas second reference and is always capitalized. Tech University Health Sciences Center. Do not use ‘SVM’ on any reference in Research at TIEHH covers areas such as regard to the Texas Tech University School ecotoxicology and wildlife toxicology; of Veterinary Medicine. analytical toxicology; nonwoven and advance materials; microscopy; human health sciences and aquatic toxicology. The Academy of Medicine, FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name Engineering & Science of Texas of the institute on first reference. The Academy of Medicine, Engineering SECOND REFERENCE: TIEHH is & Science of Texas (TAMEST) is a not-for- acceptable for use on subsequent references. profit, interdisciplinary, scientific organization that promotes the top achievers Time/Day/Date in Texas in the areas of medicine, Follow the guidelines listed in the engineering and science while enhancing the Associated Press styleguide for most reputation of the state as an important instances. However, in releases, advisories destination and center of achievement in or features that require a time and/or day these areas. sequence, using the following guidelines.

Time sequence: and state laws and regulations relating For time sequences for an event that will to sex-based discrimination. be held entirely during the a.m. or p.m., use Each Texas Tech University System a dash (-) to separate the beginning and employee is required to undergo Title IX ending times. compliance training every two years. Ex.: The reading will be held 2-6 p.m. For time sequences for an event that will Thomas Jay Harris Institute for span both the morning and afternoon, use Hispanic and International the word “to” to separate the beginning and Communication ending times. The Thomas Jay Harris Institute for Ex.: The reading will be held from 10 Hispanic and International Communication a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Texas Tech University College of Day/date sequence: Media & Communication was established in If an event spans more than one day, use 2006 to pursue teaching, research and the dash (-) to separate the days. If the event community engagement opportunities spans different months, use the word “to” to focused on Hispanic-oriented and separate the months. Continue to abbreviate international communications. the months when appropriate. It is named after former Lubbock Ex.: The event will be held Monday- Avalanche-Journal editor Thomas Jay Wednesday. Harris, an advocate of international and Ex.: The event will be held March 23-26 cross-cultural communication whose estate Ex.: The event will be held March 23 to gave a sizeable gift to the institute in 2013. April 2 FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name, Ex: The event will be held Dec. 23, 2018 ‘Thomas Jay Harris Institute for Hispanic to Jan. 2, 2019. and International Communication.’ When listing a time and day for an event SECOND REFERENCE: Use ‘the Harris in a release or advisory that is within one Institute’ on all subsequent references. Do week of the day the release/advisory is sent not use the acronym ‘HIHIC.’ to the media, include both the day and date. When the event is more than a week out, do Transportation & Parking Services not list the day. Transportation & Parking Services is Ex.: 3 p.m. Wednesday (Sept. 1) responsible for assigning and monitoring all 3 p.m. Wednesday-Friday (Sept. 1-3) automobile, motorcycle and bicycle parking 3 p.m. Sept. 23 on campus as well as supporting shuttle bus transportation for students to various Title IX locations throughout campus. Title IX was created in 1972 under the All faculty, staff and students are United States Code of Federal Regulations assigned a parking permit for their vehicle if and prevents any person in the United States they desire to park on campus. Students from being discriminated against in any living in residence halls are provided form or fashion on the basis of sex. This parking near their residence halls while includes the prevention of exclusion from students living off campus normally park in participation, being denied benefits or being commuter lots located on the outskirts of the subjected to any form of discrimination campus. under any program or activity which Other special parking designations are receives federal financial aid. made depending on circumstances, and the At Texas Tech University, the Title IX university also offers various Park and Pay Coordinator is the primary person locations throughout the campus. Also, there responsible for coordinating the university’s are designated parking areas for bicycles compliance with Title IX and other federal located outside most buildings.

PARKING LOT REFERENCE: Parking lots on the Texas Tech and Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center campuses are designated by a combination of alphabet U and numerals. When referring to a specific Undergraduate Education & Student parking lot on the Texas Tech University Affairs (Division of) campus, do not use a hyphen between the The Division of Undergraduate alphabetic and numeric designation, i.e. R1, Education & Student Affairs promotes C16, Z7, etc. student success through retention and Ex.: “Students may use the R1 parking academic achievement, leadership lot at the corner of …” opportunities inside and outside of the When referring to a specific parking lot classroom and aiding student professional on the TTUHSC campus, use a hyphen achievement. between the alphabetic and numeric Undergraduate education enhances designation, i.e. F-3, A-1, B-2, etc. student success through excellence, Ex.: “Students may use the F-3 parking particularly in teaching, research and lot at the corner of …” scholarship. Student affairs promotes the TrUE advancement of knowledge, especially As part of Academic Affairs within the learning that occurs outside the traditional Office of the Provost, the Center for classroom environment, by encouraging Transformative Undergraduate Experiences participation in activities around the (TrUE), formerly the Center for Active university community. Learning and Undergraduate Engagement, is committed to supporting and increasing University Career Center undergraduate participation in active The University Career Center provides all learning and community engagement at students and alumni with career Texas Tech University. The center uses development, exploration and job search programs and initiatives to support this opportunities. That includes career mission. assessments, critiques of resumes, cover In 2014, TrUE began offering TrUE letters, personal statements and faculty Service Breaks, service trips for students, documents; mock interviews, salary faculty and staff held during winter, spring negotiation assistance and career events. and summer campus breaks. Service Breaks FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name also includes weekend and local of the center, ‘University Career Center.’ opportunities. SECOND REFERENCE: The acronym TrUE Undergraduate Research provides ‘UCC’ is acceptable on subsequent support and funding for undergraduate references. students and faculty while developing innovative programs and activities to enhance undergraduate research. University Libraries TrUE hosts the Texas Tech University The University Libraries consist of three Undergraduate Research Conference, one of on-campus libraries – the Preston Smith the largest undergraduate research Library located west of the Student Union conferences in Texas. Building; the Architecture Library located FIRST REFERENCE: Use the full name within the College of Architecture; and the of the center, ‘Center for Transformative Southwest Collection/Special Collections Undergraduate Experiences.’ Library located on 15th Street west of SECOND REFERENCE: The acronym Detroit Avenue. ‘TrUE’ is acceptable on all subsequent Also a part of University Libraries is the references. Texas Tech University Press.

The Preston Smith Library holds the US PREP resources include coaches campus’ largest collection of books and who help design, support and grow teacher- media, periodicals, databases, digital training programs; guidance and hands-on collections, government documents, maps, assistance with designing intensive clinical microforms, theses and dissertations needed experiences which feature a yearlong by undergraduate and graduate students for teaching residency; the use of video research purposes. Students can also reserve technology to capture and review individual and group study spaces, instruction; and help redesigning teacher- laboratories or studios as well as desktop education coursework to focus on and laptop computers and printing, copying competency-based learning, which provides and scanning services. teacher candidates with more practical and The Architecture Library is located on relevant skills for the classroom. the ninth floor of the Architecture building Each university partner works closely and houses materials on architecture, design, with a nearby school system in a high-need urban planning and landscape architecture. It community to produce effective teachers also includes an imaging library of digital who meet specific school needs. collections on architecture, art and design. Data shows three-year retention rate of For information on the Southwest 88 percent for US PREP educators and a Collection/Special Collections Library, see greater likelihood to stay in a district and its individual entry. become veteran teachers. They often are The Texas Tech University Press is the described as being as effective in their first book publishing entity of Texas Tech three years as advanced teachers. University, enhancing knowledge and preserving research and scholarship through the publishing of books and journals. The Texas Tech University Press publishes up to V 30 new works each year and has Victory Bells approximately 450 titles in print. As mentioned in the official Texas Tech fight song, the Victory Bells are located in US PREP the east tower of the Administration Created in 2015, the University-School Building and are rung in celebration of Partnerships for the Renewal of Educator Texas Tech athletic victories as well as after Preparation (US PREP) focuses on graduation ceremonies and other occasions. strengthening teacher-talent pipelines and Responsibility for ringing the Victory preparing educators for diverse classrooms. Bells lies solely with the Saddle Tramps and US PREP has prepared more than 5,000 High Riders. educators per year using innovative training methods developed and implemented through Texas Tech University’s renowned teacher preparation program, TechTeach. W US PREP was created as an initiative Women’s & Gender Studies involving six university-school partners, Women’s and Gender Studies examines which was expanded with two new partners the cultural and social construction of in 2017 spanning Louisiana, Mississippi, gender and its influences on the lives of men Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. A second and women, and explores the history, cohort of universities was launched in 2018 experiences and contributions of women in to include partners in Texas, New York and society. California, including the New York City public school system, one of the largest in the country.

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