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All of these, plus more, offer every student an authentic college experience. Explore our campus and our city, take your time to look 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. SELF-GUIDED TOUR 04 HISTORY 08 TRADITIONS 10 MASCOTS 11 ATHLETICS 13 PUBLIC ART 14 MUSEUMS & CULTURE 16 EXPLORE LUBBOCK 18 BUSINESS INDEX 20 IMPORTANT CONTACTS 22 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. Welcome to Texas Tech University, a campus marked by Spanish Renaissance architecture, steeped in tradition and known for gracious West Texas hospitality. Use this walking tour as your guide and enjoy your visit! STOP Walk south from the Administration Building to the SUB, the 3 Student Union Building, where Red Raiders meet to eat, study and socialize. A bank, post office, theatre, food court and meeting rooms make the SUB one of the most popular spots on campus. Take a break at Starbucks Café or buy a t-shirt at the Barnes & Noble Bookstore. Start Begin your tour at West Hall, home to the Visitors Center, Office The Center for Here of Admissions and Student Financial Center—a one-stop shop for STUDENT INVOLVEMENT. Campus Life and Student Activities, both in the prospective students. The Broadway Entry Gates , fountains and Seal SUB, oversee more than 550 service, academic, mark the main entrance to campus. professional, social and religious student organizations. SEAL OF TEXAS TECH. The 12-foot granite seal is a favorite photo spot on graduation day. SCHOOL OF MUSIC Connected to the SUB, the school offers majors in performance, composition, theory and teacher certification. Extracurricular ensembles like our 400-member Goin’ Band from Raiderland are open to all students. BROADWAY AND UNIVERSITY. Lively student hangouts and spirit shops on the strip east of campus offer the fun shopping and dining found only in a true college town. HONORS COLLEGE McClellan Hall houses the college, which offers Walk south across the street from West Hall to Park Place, an installation in specialized courses, undergraduate research, early registration and a our award-winning public art collection. The sculptures by nationally known residence hall community in addition to outstanding instruction from expert artist and Lubbock native Glenna Goodacre are placed near the College of faculty. Human Sciences because they depict the stages of human life. J. T. & MARGARET TALKINGTON COLLEGE OF VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS The college fosters Grammy-winning musicians, COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCES One of renowned artists and Broadway actors. It’s one of only two colleges in the largest of its kind in the nation, the college offers Texas to offer all the traditional theatre arts degrees. diverse programs like Early Childhood Education, Personal Financial Planning and Fashion Design. The courtyard between the SUB and the University Library displays more unique public art. Read Reader, a figure made entirely of cast books, stands at the north end. Moving south, you’ll find the Tornado of Ideas, with creative figures meant to provoke conversation. The silver sphere, Comma, blends art and science interactively. Sample the sound of the sun by pushing a knob on the sculpture. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Explore the third largest library in Texas with more than two million books, 100,000 journals, newspapers The Administration Building, Texas Tech’s original structure, STOP and periodicals. 2 stands west of Human Sciences and houses offices for the university and system leadership. The building features two bell towers—one for the Victory Bells, which ring after every Texas Tech athletic victory, and the other for the Carillon bells, which play during special events SOUTHWEST COLLECTIONS/ like the holiday Carol of Lights. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY This historical research center houses, among THE HONORABLE PRESTON SMITH. others things, the Vietnam Collection—the largest The larger-than-life statue of Preston Smith depicts collection of material on the Vietnam Conflict the Texas Tech graduate who served as governor outside the federal government. of Texas 1968-1972. He was instrumental in opening our schools of law and medicine. Just behind the University Library you’ll find buildings that make up STOP 4 the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR). Known for its student-friendly faculty and progressive DOUBLE T BENCH. Rest on the bench, even though tradition holds programs, the college consistently produces outstanding student leaders that only upperclassmen can sit there! including the numerous world champion teams. SELF-GUIDED TOUR - PAGE 4 DAIRY BARN In our early days, this original campus building boarded ANIMAL AND FOOD SCIENCES BUILDING This building is some students’ cows and chickens, whose milk and eggs were sold to help among the many state-of-the-art facilities in CASNR, which include a beef pay tuition. cattle center, research farm, food microbiology lab and Equestrian Center. CHARLES E. MAEDGEN JR. THEATRE The Mainstage here annually hosts seasons of major productions, both dramatic and musical. Walk north on Flint to Main Street. Turn east to make your way STOP Auditions are open to all students. 6 back to the center of campus. You’ll pass the Student Wellness Center (SWC), which houses a clinic, pharmacy, wellness programs and the Student Counseling Center. Beyond the SWC, walk Continue west around the Foreign Language Building and enter STOP through the courtyard of the Carpenter Wells Residence Hall Complex, 5 the courtyard of the English, Philosophy and Education which offers apartment-style housing. You’ll pass the bronze horse Wind Complex (EPE).The centerpiece of the space is Headwaters, a River and the Rawls College of Business. Walk under the clock tower and sculpture court and fountain representing a blend of ideas based in English, continue toward Square Spiral Arch, all additional installations in the public philosophy and education. art collection. SCHOOL OF ART Galleries and studios in the school periodically display student and faculty works and are open to the public. COLLEGE OF EDUCATION The north building in the EPE complex houses the college, some unique facilities like the Sowell Center for Visual Impairment and the Burkhart Center for Autism Education. JERRY S. RAWLS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION A comprehensive, research-based business Walk through the courtyard, continuing west. You’ll pass the College of school, the college prepares students with internships and a career Architecture on your way to Flint Avenue. Once you reach Flint, you’ll see management program that has placed more than 85% of recent grads. the western-most part of our main campus, which you are welcome to Challenging programs decrease the time needed to earn an MBA. explore further. The School of Law, the United Supermarkets Arena, the Robert H. Ewalt Student Recreation Center and the Animal and Food Sciences Building are among the sites to see. STOP You’ll see both the Biology and Experimental Sciences buildings 7 before you pass under the archways of the Mathematics Building. COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE Students Continue down the walkway toward the flagpoles and fountain that learn to balance creative and technical abilities as mark Memorial Circle, the heart of campus. In 1948, the Texas Tech War they build impressive portfolios from their very first Veterans Association dedicated the circle to all Texas Tech students who courses as freshmen. served in World War II. The Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering and the College of Arts and Sciences are both north of Memorial Circle. COLLEGE OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION EDWARD E. WHITACRE JR. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Advanced classroom, lab and field study facilities complement faculty who Students learn marketable skills make teaching a priority. The college offers degrees in 10 areas of in innovative, immersive and engineering and dual degrees with disciplines like math and architecture. experiential learning environments that prepare them to be leaders and creators in every industry. Alumni work in a variety of media and Continue west and you’ll pass one of our most recognizable landmarks: communication fields, including Riding into the Sunset, a statue of famous philanthropist Will Rogers on his sports, news, social media, event planning, health, advertising and brand horse Soapsuds . The entire sculpture is traditionally wrapped in red strategy, corporate communication, strategic communication, political streamers the night before every home football game. West Hall and the communication and many others. CoMC is home to the campus radio main campus entrance, where you began your tour, are just ahead. station, newspaper and yearbook. ROBERT H. EWALT STUDENT REC CENTER Feel free to head One tour cannot adequately inside and tour the Robert H.