A&S Graduate Has a Whale of a Story!

Arts & Sciences graduate and marine mammals are Texas Tech boosters!
Story and videos

Alumni Spotlight

The College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to recognize as a distinguished alumnus The Honorable Steven L. Bell, District Judge, Division X, Fifth Judicial District Court, Roswell, New Mexico. Judge Bell is a native of Lubbock, and a 1975 graduate (BA, Political Science, French) of the College of Arts and Sciences Integrated Honors Program (a predecessor of the current Honors College). 

Read More

A&S Faculty Demonstrate Outstanding Teaching Innovation

The Teaching, Learning, and Technology Center (TLTC) spotlights faculty members who have been involved with the center and used services, programs, workshops, software and more to enhance their classes.  More

Dr. Idoia Elola
Assistant Professor
Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures

Dr. Melanie Hart
Associate Professor
Health, Exercise and Sport Sciences

Dr. Marjean Purinton
Professor
English

(photographs courtesy of Ching Lee)

Department of Economics Receives $1.2 million Anonymous Gift to Create the Institute for the Teaching and Study of Free Market Economics.

Texas Tech University System officials announced today (June 13) the receipt of an anonymous $1.2 million gift to the Texas Tech Department of Economics to create the Institute for the Teaching and Study of Free Market Economics.  Read More

A&S Faculty Receive  University Honors

At the recent  2011 University Faculty Honors Convocation, many Arts and Sciences faculty were recognized for their excellent and outstanding contributions to teaching and research. A complete list of the awardees may be found here.

Student Spotlight

Psychology Senior Wins National Fellowship

Sean Mitchell, a Psychology and Spanish major from Round Rock, has been awarded a highly competitive research fellowship from the American Psychological Association.

Phi Beta Kappa Inducts Members for 2011

On April 28, the Lambda of Texas chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest and most prestigious of the national academic honorary societies, inducted its newest set of members. 

Continue Reading

Continue Reading

Faculty Spotlight

Dr. Dylan Schwilk
Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences

Dr. Bruce Clarke
Horn Professor
English

Dr. Katharine Hayhoe
Associate Professor
Political Science

Dr. Dylan Schwilk is an expert on the effects of fire on the natural environment, a topic of current interest and importance given the drought conditions across Texas this year.

Dr. Bruce Clarke is the College’s newest Horn Professor. In this interview he discusses his research achievements and his early career in rock ‘n’ roll.

A Texas Tech climate researcher, Dr. Hayhoe, appeared this past Earth Day in “Discover Magazine: Changing Planet,” a show co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

Continue Reading

Continue Reading

Continue Reading