Texas Tech’s Department of Plant and Soil Science is hosting the National Collegiate Soil Judging Contest on March 21-26 here on the South Plains. Participants, in this the 50th annual gathering of the grueling undergraduate contest, spend days describing, classifying and interpreting soils and landscapes on their way to becoming national champions. more »
Texas Tech’s potent meat judging team continued its winning ways Sunday (Feb. 7), breezing past nine other universities to take first place honors at the Southwestern Livestock Show’s Meat Judging Contest in Fort Worth. The victory was the second major win for the Red Raiders during the 2010 season. more »
Texas Tech University’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources will recognize six distinguished alumni Monday (Feb. 15) at the Scottish Rite Building. The Distinguished Alumnus Award was established to recognize some of the most outstanding alumni of Texas Tech’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. more »
Texas Tech’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources is set to recognize its 2010 Dean’s Scholars at special reception on Feb. 19 at the Red Raider Lounge in university’s student union building. The awards are based on academic excellence as well as leadership, character and citizenship. more »
With the spring growing season just about the corner, Texas Tech University’s Agricultural Economics Association today announced the launch of its annual fertilizer sale. Benefits from the fertilizer sale are used to support the association’s scholarship program. more »
A deeply experienced New Mexico landscape architect has been named an assistant professor in Texas Tech University’s Department of Landscape Architecture. Patricia Westbrook, a native of Wichita Falls and a New Mexico transplant, began her teaching and design duties on Jan. 11. more »
McKinney junior standout Caleb Crosswhite took high individual overall honors and Texas Tech University’s livestock judging team won at Denver’s National Western Stock Show on Sunday. The Red Raiders tallied a total team score of 4,770 points, distancing the competition by 46 points. more »
Riding a 56-point margin of victory, Texas Tech University’s nationally-recognized meat judging team took first place Jan. 18 at Denver’s National Western Stock Show. The team placed first in beef judging, lamb judging, specifications and reasons, running up a total score of 4,034 points. more »
Judith Wilmington, a longtime instructor and manager of Texas Tech’s Department of Plant and Soil Science greenhouse complex, will retire at the end of the month after more than a dozen years of service at the university, Tom Thompson, professor and chairman for the department, announced Friday. more »
Texas Tech’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources is hosting a ‘Spring Career Expo’ from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 3 at the Student Union Ballroom. The program features company representatives from some 30 agriculture-related businesses ready to meet and schedule Tech students for potential interviews. more »
