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Visitors Guide & Self-Guided Tour VISITORS GUIDE & SELF-GUIDED TOUR 2017 - 2018 {2} Shining with Tech Spirit There are so many reasons to visit the Overton Hotel & Conference Center! Enjoy Four-Diamond hospitality, savor exquisite cuisine at the Pecan Grill, or plan an event of a lifetime in Lubbock’s most beautiful ballroom. The Overton Hotel & Conference Center, everything you expect, in a place you never expected. Near Campus Walking Distance to Jones AT&T Stadium Fine Dining Restaurant & Lounge Complimentary Internet Complimentary Airport Transfer Join us at the Pecan Grill Restaurant for Lubbock’s most decadent Sunday Brunch. overtonhotel.com 806.776.7000 2322 Mac Davis Lane Lubbock Texas {3} CONTENTS. elcome to Texas Tech University! 4• SELF-GUIDED TOUR Established in 1923, Texas Tech is now 8• HISTORY W home to more than 37,000 students from all across the globe. We are a national research 10• TRADITIONS university with over 150 diferent felds of study that put 11• MASCOTS our students on any career path. 13• ATHLETICS We also have more than 550 student organizations, the 14• PUBLIC ART excitement of Big 12 Athletics and traditions such as 16• MUSEUMS & CULTURE Arbor Day and Carol of Lights. All of these, plus more, EXPLORE LUBBOCK ofer every student an authentic college experience. 18• 20• BUSINESS INDEX Explore our campus and our city, take your time to look 22• IMPORTANT CONTACTS around and experience why so many students feel immediately at home here and why alumni have such fond memories. We hope you feel the same. From here, it’s possible. www.visit.ttu.edu The Texas Tech University Visitors Guide is written and designed by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. To learn more about advertising opportunities, please call (806) 742-1480. {4} SELF-GUIDED TOUR. elcome to Texas Tech University, a campus marked by WSpanish Renaissance architecture, steeped in tradition and known for gracious West Texas hospitality. Use this walking tour as your guide and enjoy your visit! HONORS COLLEGE McClellan Hall houses the college, which ofers specialized courses, undergraduate research, START Begin your tour at West Hall, home to the Visitors Center, Ofce of HERE early registration and a residence hall community in addition Admissions and Student Financial Center—a one-stop shop for to outstanding instruction from expert faculty. prospective students. The Broadway Entry Gates , fountains and Seal mark the main entrance to campus. J. T. & MARGARET TALKINGTON COLLEGE OF VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS The college fosters Grammy-winning musicians, SEAL OF TEXAS TECH. The 12-foot granite seal is a renowned artists and Broadway actors. It’s one of only two colleges in Texas favorite photo spot on graduation day. to ofer all the traditional theatre arts degrees. BROADWAY AND UNIVERSITY. Lively student hangouts The courtyard between the SUB and the University Library displays more and spirit shops on the strip east of campus ofer the fun unique public art. Read Reader, a fgure made entirely of cast books, stands at shopping and dining found only in a true college town. the north end. Moving south, you’ll fnd the Tornado of Ideas, with creative fgures meant to provoke conversation. The silver sphere, Comma, blends art Walk south across the street from West Hall to Park Place, an installation in and science interactively. Sample the sound of the sun by pushing a knob on our award-winning public art collection. The sculptures by nationally known the sculpture. artist and Lubbock native Glenna Goodacre are placed near the College of Explore the third largest library in Human Sciences because they depict the stages of human life. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Texas with more than two million books, 100,000 journals, newspapers and periodicals. COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCES One of the largest of its kind in the nation, the college ofers diverse programs like SOUTHWEST COLLECTIONS/SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Early Childhood Education, Personal Financial Planning and LIBRARY This historical research center houses, among Fashion Design. others things, the Vietnam Collection—the largest collection of material on the Vietnam Confict outside the federal The Administration Building, Texas Tech’s original structure stands government. west of Human Sciences and houses ofces for the university and system leadership. The building features two bell towers—one for the Victory Just behind the University Library you’ll fnd buildings that make up the Bells, which ring after every Texas Tech athletic victory, and the other for the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR). Carillon bells, which play during special events like the holiday Carol of Lights. Known for its student-friendly faculty and progressive programs, the college consistently produces outstanding student leaders including the numerous THE HONORABLE PRESTON SMITH. The larger-than-life statue of Preston world champion teams. Smith depicts the Texas Tech graduate who served as governor of Texas 1968-1972. He was instrumental in DAIRY BARN In our early days, this original campus building opening our schools of law and medicine. boarded some students’ cows and chickens, whose milk and eggs were sold to help pay tuition. DOUBLE T BENCH. Rest on the bench, even though CHARLES E. MAEDGEN JR. THEATRE The Mainstage tradition holds that only upperclassmen can sit there! here annually hosts seasons of major productions, both dramatic and musical. Auditions are open to all students. Walk south from the Administration Building to the SUB, the Student Union Building, where Red Raiders meet to eat, study and socialize. A Continue west around the Foreign Language Building and enter the bank, post ofce, theatre, food court and meeting rooms make the SUB one of courtyard of the English, Philosophy and Education Complex the most popular spots on campus. Take a break at Starbucks Café or buy a (EPE), one of our newest academic buildings. The centerpiece of the space is t-shirt at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Headwaters, a sculpture court and fountain representing a blend of ideas based in English, philosophy and education. STUDENT INVOLVEMENT. The Center for Campus Life and Student Activities, both in the SUB, oversee more than 550 SCHOOL OF ART Galleries and studios in the school periodically display service, academic, professional, social and religious groups. student and faculty works and are open to the public. SCHOOL OF MUSIC Connected to the SUB, the school COLLEGE OF EDUCATION The north building in the EPE ofers majors in performance, composition, theory and complex houses the college, some unique facilities like the teacher certifcation. Extracurricular ensembles like our Sowell Center for Visual Impairment and the Burkhart Center 400-member Goin’ Band from Raiderland are open to all for Autism Education. students. {5} UNIVERSITY AVENUE UNIVERSITY AVENUE 23 93 19 HERE 50 START 35 107 14 P 53 GLENNA GOODACRE BLVD GOODACRE GLENNA 37 E P U P 36 N 108 E V A 31 N 58 O 6 BROADWAY AVENUE BROADWAY R 60 49 13 K 97 A 34 P 73 27 P 56 15TH STREET 84 AKRON AVENUE 19TH STREET 43 28 P P 80 P 1 P 7 75 77 101 99 71 P 30 39 41 BOSTON AVENUE BOSTON AVENUE P 42 4 82 72 68 25 40 26 61 67 48 15 3 CANTON AVENUE P 92 106 90 2 45 96 105 70 S N 104 O 18 I P 33 M 16 A 52 H C 5 F O 20 51 E 17 V I P DR 88 P 78 18TH STREET 46 85 38 21 44 89 59 57 12 22 76 98 83 9 FLINT AVENUE FLINT 15TH STREET 47 P P P FLINT AVENUE 100 FLINT AVENUE 24 29 P MARSHA SHARP FREEWAY SHARP MARSHA 110 64 81 P PARK 91 URBANOVSKY URBANOVSKY 11 P 86 19TH STREET 87 18TH STREET HARTFORD AVENUE P 79 63 9THSTREET P P 10 66 P P 54 STREET MAIN INDIANA AVENUE INDIANA AVENUE ENUE A AV AN DI IN 4TH STREET 8 74 7TH STREET 7TH JOLIET AVENUE MARSHA SHARP FREEWAY SHARP MARSHA 109 65 69 P P P 32 P 95 P 56 P 103 PARKWAY 102 P TEXAS TECH 5TH STREET5TH 10TH STREET CHECK US OUT VIRTUALLY WWW.YOUVISIT.COM/TTU AT TEXAS TECH PARKWAY MEMPHIS AVENUE 19TH STREET . 4TH STREET N 94 MARSHA SHARP FREEWAY SHARP MARSHA 62 CAMPUS MAP {6} | 6, 23 | 91 ORLANDO AVE | 81 | 79 | 63 | 10 PEORIA AVE | 99 | 14 GREEK CIRCLE GREEK CIRCLE Q U A K E R A V E N U E 16TH ST. 15TH ST. 14TH ST. 13TH ST. 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