Texas Tech University

often at Texas Tech, Tech, or referred to as TTI Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, is a public research university in the United States. Founded on February 10, 1923, originally known as Texas Technological College, it is the most important institution of the four institutions of Texas Tech University System. University Fall 2014 semester as student records, it is the sixth largest in the state of Texas. University undergraduate college at the same venue, home to one in Texas law school and medical school campus not only, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center campus share.

The University offers more than 150 degree courses of study with 13 colleges and 60 research centers and institutes are hosting. Texas Tech University 40,000 more graduate and professional degrees, including, has awarded more than 200,000 degrees since 1927. Carnegie Foundation for the "high research activity" is classified as having Texas Tech. epidemiology, pulsed power, grid computing, nanophotonics, atmospheric science and research projects in the field of wind energy is among the leading universities. "If the most beautiful west of the Mississippi until you get to Stanford as" author James themed Spanish Renaissance described by Michener campus Grand Prize was awarded to the ground holding excellence and a public art has attracted attention because it contains the best collection of them in the United States.

Texas Tech Red Raiders Big 12 Conference is a member of the charter and will compete in Division I for all varsity sports. 17 Red Raiders football team has made 36 bowl appearances most of any university. Red Raiders basketball team made the NCAA Division II tournament in 14 games. Bob Knight men's NCAA Division I basketball history, the second most coaching wins and Lady Raiders basketball team won the 1993 NCAA Division II Tournament in 2001, he served as head coach of the team for 2008. In 1999, Raiderland Texas Tech Goin 'Band "recognize excellence in university marching bands, especially" given Sud took Trophy.

Although the majority of the southwestern United States-origin students of the university, the school, in all 50 states and has served students from more than 100 countries. Texas Tech University graduate and former student government, business, science, medicine, education, sports and entertainment went on to prominent careers.


History

The establishment

call to open a university in West Texas began shortly after the arrival of settlers in the region in the 1880s. In 1917, Texas A & M Abilene place Texas legislature passed a bill creating a branch. Then Governor James E. Ferguson discovered that the wrong location site selection committee was reported only during the next session of the draft was abolished two years later. In 1921, new legislation in the state house and senate after Governor Pat Neff West Texas, citing tough financial times vetoed it. Effi angry about the veto, the West Texas went so far as to recommend some to leave the state West Texas.


In 1923, the legislature, a totally new university better legislation Lubbock State Senator William H. Bledsoe and southern Lubbock Slaton State Representative Roy Alvin Baldwin by to serve the needs of the region under a common pen rather than a branch outside the campus, decisions county. February 10, 1923 signed legislation creating Neff Texas Technological College, and in July this year, a committee began looking for a site. The committee members visited Lubbock, they were overwhelmed to find residents lining the streets to show support for the idea institution.that August hosting Lubbock in Floyda, Plainview, other regions, including Big was elected in the first vote on the town of Spring and Sweetwater.

Ten days after the construction of the university campus in 1924, Administration Building stone was laid in front of a crowd of 20,000 began on November 1. Texas Tech was the first business manager of Governor Pat Neff, Amon G. Carter, Pastor B. E. Robinson, Colonel Ernest O. Thompson and Representative Richard M. Chitwood, House Education Committee chairman, he spoke at the event. Chitwood position served only fifteen months; That November 1926.With Technological College October 1, the beginning of four school-Agriculture, Engineering, Home Economics, and Liberal Arts consisted opened for classes in 1925, 914 students-both male-Texas women died record.

Texas Tech has grown slowly in the first year. In the 1930s, Bradford Knapp, the university's vice president, new dormitories, the first library (now math building), a golf course, swimming pool, and continued with asphalt streets and roads and expansion program, including landscaping. the proposed allocation of $ 80,000 was removed from the shelves for a football stadium. Library James V. Allred has won the approval of the Governor. State of the Great Depression at the beginning of 30% allowance is cut, because President Knapp Works Progress Administration, Public Works Administration (PWA), including the Civil Works Administration, Texas applied for help from the great New Deal agency to expand Tech and the National Youth Administration. Wyatt C. Hedrick, son-in-law of Governor Ross S. Sterling, the entire campus was the architect of the PWA project.

Military training was held at the university as early as 1925, but official Reserve Officers' Training Corps training in 1939 until 1936, did not start school enrollment had reached 3,890. Although enrollment decline during World War II, Texas Tech in 1946, war detachments.following 4747 male military training, which saw 1,696 college-educated low enrollment jump to 5,366 in 1943.

Expansion and growth

By the 1960s, the school only technical subjects from the Faculty Advisory Board of the phrase "Technological College" I feel inadequate to describe the institution.whil coverage, "Texas State University" has proposed changing the name had expanded its product portfolio, many students, Double T protect wanting this change, management and many graduates Board supported Southwest Texas Technological College and State University of Arts, Science and Technology, the University of Texas agreed to it.oth the names-University, but 1964 is a school housed in Texas a & M University System, as well as the ongoing conflict and Governor John Connally motion failed by sending the Board of heated debate regarding the state legislature, Texas Tech University chose the school's new name kept the name change to be approved. despite objections by many students and faculty members, the Board re-end 6 received the approval of the parliament in June 1969, the Texas Tech University is a change and provide the name entered into force September. All of our school institutions, except for the law, was in college.

The three African-American students accepted in 1961 was integrated into Texas Tech. recording and subsequent lawsuits threatened the students after the first rejection, university by university fans in 1967, Danny Hardaway first athletic scholarships to black students "regardless of all the qualified applicants of color" confessions policy force the Red Raiders football team.'s hired to play in 1970, Hortense W. Dixon became the first African-American to earn a PhD student from the university.

In the 1960s and 1970s, the building for the university library, foreign language, social sciences, communication, philosophy, electrical and petroleum engineering, art and architecture has invested US $ 150 million to build the campus. Some other buildings significantly expanded.o May 29 was 1969, 61 Texas Legislature medicine.th Texas Legislature Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, creating in 1979 created expanded the medical faculty statute. Now which part of Texas Tech University System TTUHSC, Allied Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences include the schools of the Institute. This lubbock. 2011. There are two main areas in addition to four Texas cities on the campus of Texas Tech University combined record in the System 2000, Chancellor Kent Hance Texas Tech was reiterated master plan more than 42,000 stu-% since 48 increase campus of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in 5000 in addition to students and Angelo State University, with 10,000 students, 40,000 students by 2020 to reach record.

Recent history

In 1996, Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University System Board of Trustees has created. Later, in San Antonio, combined academic enterprise.regents Chairman Edward Whitacre, Jr., the lead was chosen as the first chancellor Former State Senator John T. Montford, the organization's size and complexity was due to the movement, he said. O "in the 21st century to take the university," he said "time has come". [31] Texas Tech University and Texas Tech University System initially including Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. 6 November 2007, Texas with such acts as the representative electorate United States Texas Tech University system.kent Hance, Texas Tech graduate with Angelo State University realigning the Texas constitutional amendment approved one of three elected members regulates the oil and gas industry in Texas Council of 1 December 2006 he assumed the office on the chancellor.

Growth Despite continuing Texas Tech, the university was not immune to controversy. In 2003, the Texas Tech Law School in the third grade students next year, one of the fans' free speech gazebo "limited free speech zone policy on student speech case against the university, a federal judge declared unconstitutional policy.

To meet the demands of expanding the increased enrollment and research universities Since 2000, new construction for over $ 548 million invested in the same time, private donations. April 2009, more than $ 65.9 million lower of Representatives passed a bill in Texas House for seven state universities to increase state funding. Texas Tech University an "Emerging Research University" and classified by the state as "Tier 1" status receive additional state aid for the true progress are among the universities. Three fund-Research University Development Fund, the Texas Research Incentive Program and the National Research University Benchmark Fund-have been established and 2nd September 2009 fiscal year was $ 500 million in grants during 2010 and 2011.Our and to provide matching funds, the university that the $ 24.3 million amount special It announced that it presents. Of these, $ 21.5 million in January 2015, President Duane Nellis resigned from office and replaced by interim President John Opperman Texas Research Incentive suited for match under program.A.

At the end of 2011 and during 2012-13, construction of a new $ 20 million Petroleum Engineering and Research Building, Business Rawls College for a new building to house two new residence halls, including campus.th construction began a few new buildings $ 3.5 million chapel, Rawls College of Business, and previously home to large remodeling of the building.


school donated $ 1043000000 for the first time in March 2014 exceeded the $ 1 billion barrier.