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Residence Life Mission:

It is the mission of Texas Tech Residence Life to create environments that support the intellectual and emotional growth of our residents. We collaborate with students, faculty and staff to foster a seamless learning experience that promotes inclusion, involvement, communication and responsibility to develop life-long learners.

Residence Life Vision:

Residence Life at Texas Tech University strives to be the housing option of choice by creating environments conducive to students' academic and personal success that will assist in the recruitment and retention of students to the university. Additionally, we will collaborate with the university community to develop innovative initiatives that advance the academic goals of our students; thus preparing them to become leaders who contribute to, and learn from, the expanding global community and diversity of the 21st Century.

Residence Life Values:

COMMUNITY - Fostering a group of individuals living and learning together who challenge, support and respect one another.
COLLABORATION - Building mutually beneficial relationships within the university and community to maximize the use of resources in the best interest of the students' development.
INNOVATION - Initiating progressive improvements in services and programs to further our impact on the residential experience.
EDUCATION - Encouraging the active pursuit of academic, personal and professional development.
AWARENESS - Appreciating and celebrating both similarities and differences in groups and individuals including independence, accountability, individuality and diversity.
LEADERSHIP - Promoting opportunities to develop individuals through teamwork in an atmosphere of service.

Mary W. Doak Housing and Residence Life Scholarships:

The Department of Housing and Residence Life recently awarded the 2006 Mary W. Doak Housing and Residence Life Scholarship to 22 students. The $1,000 scholarships are for on-campus housing to upper-class students. The average GPA of the recipients was 3.7.

Amanda Newton	Psychology
Amy Grinnell	Retailing
Angela Garcia	Accounting
Arun Chauhan	Accounting/Finance
Betty Daniel	Pre-Pharmacy
Brooke McIntire	Early Childhood Education
Chase Mueller	Undeclared
Christa Kaminski	Accounting
Elias Alharari	Pre-Pharmacy/Chemistry
Ibegbuna Ezisi	Petroleum Engineering
Jacie Hood	Political Science
Jacquelyn Lynch	Finance/Petroleum Land Management
James Schwinderman	Marketing
Jennifer Martin	Animal Science
Jessica Schwieters	Biology
Kelsey Harris	Human Development & Family Studies
Laura Worthy	Computer Science
Matthew Mann	Music Performance and Pre-Med
Morgan Smith	Accounting/Finance
Nestor Gomez	Computer Engineering
Sibi Mathew	Mechanical Engineering

The Department of Housing and Residence Life is proud to have received the following awards from the Southwest Association of College and University Housing Officers in recognition of outstanding students, staff, and programs

Frank Cloud Award of Excellence

2001 - Safety and Security Issues in Housing
1997 - Staff Training and Development
1995 - Developing Leaders Through Residence Life

SWACUHO Diversity Award-Individual

2003 - Jake Hood, Community Advisor
2001 - Sofia Rodriguez, Assistant Dean of Students

SWACUHO Diversity Award-Institutional

2001 - Texas Tech University, "Exousia"

Bob Cooke Distinguished Service Award

2003 - Erma Daye, Complex Secretary, Bledsoe/Gordon/Sneed
2002 - Amy Ellison, Residence Life Secretary
2001 - Alice Scott, Residence Life Secretary
2000 - Cheryl Pritchard, Complex Secretary, Chitwood/Weymouth

Outstanding Graduate Student Award

2002 - Justin Shepherd
2001 - Cindi Gorter
2000 - Stefanie Stefancic
1999 - Jeff Stefancic

New Professional of Distinction Award

2002 - Megan O'Brien, Assistant Area Coordinator

Additional awards can be found here.