Volume 3, Number 2; September 2011
Bob Smith, Katie Allen, and Scott Irlbeck
There continues to be notable responses to the All Things Texas Tech series (Smith, 2009; Smith and Allen, 2010) on integrated scholars. Texas Tech University faculty members are increasingly using the terminology in promotion and tenure files. The feedback has also been very positive from new faculty hires during 2009 and 2010. . . (Read More)
Guy Bailey and Bob Smith
The quest of Texas Tech University (TTU) for National Research University (NRU) or Tier One status could come to fruition in the near future. Indeed, we should soon know about the possible certification of NRU status by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. In the meantime, we benefit from considering the transition. How might the university change in its culture and day-to-day operations? What will happen to already strong characteristics of TTU, such as high-quality undergraduate programs? What possible disadvantages might loom, as we become a public research university of note? . . . (Read More) |
Bob Smith
Imagine undergraduate students who work with nonprofit agencies to assist strategic planning. Imagine too, students who work side by side with congressional staff in Washington DC; others who assume major responsibilities in legal counseling; still others who provide management support in major construction or other projects as part of their education and training in certain professional areas. Sound far-fetched? It may to some, but the examples are all part of the service learning and internship landscape that is influencing greater and greater numbers of students who engage in active learning at Texas Tech University. . .
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Jerry Turner
Good morning! On behalf of the Board of Regents of the Texas Tech University System, it is indeed a pleasure to welcome you to the spring 2011 Commencement ceremonies. Let me say a few words about this camouflage stole that some of our graduates and our faculty members are wearing today. We're introducing this unique stole this year, and it will be worn by those who have served on active duty in the U.S. military or their surviving spouses. And so, if you see someone wearing one of these stoles in the United Spirit Arena, an appropriate response would be, “Thank You for Your Service.”. . .
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Guy Bailey and Bob Smith
Budget matters. Think of it as a double entendre that may be read as “budget elements, policies, and practices” or as the exclamatory “budget matters!” Either way, the matters of budget and the move of the university toward more clarity and transparency in budgeting – especially as it affects our academic community – has prompted the development of this paper and a university website that will be a repository for papers, analyses, reports, and other documents related to academic budgeting at Texas Tech University. . .
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Stephen E. Fritz, Ph.D. and Steven L. Berk, M.D.
Cooperation and collaboration are too often rare commodities in a world charged with extreme partisanship and winner-takes-all attitudes. Texas Tech University has raised the bar and set a new standard in creating a joint venture to benefit top student scholars of our university. The result? We now have a fine example of mutually beneficial cooperation between the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and the Honors College. . . (Read More)
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Bob Smith
Horn Professor! It's the most prestigious professorial designation that the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents bestows on outstanding faculty members at Texas Tech University. Of the 941 tenured and tenure-track professors at the university, only thirty-seven are “Horns.” Thus, the designation is highly distinctive. The benefits are significant. . .
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