The CoMC Center for Student Success, Outreach & Engagement was created in October 2014 to provide students with the best resources available to assist in their transition from high school to college as well as guide them as they transition from college into professional careers. The center, which originally started as the CoMC Career Center, focuses on the big picture of engagement, retention, recruitment and overall student success in the college.

Aleesa Ross, M.Ed., is the director of the College of Media & Communications’ Center for Student Success, Outreach & Engagement. Ross, who has degrees from Texas Tech in journalism, English and education, is the former director of the college’s career center and now oversees a team of seven full-time employees and five student assistants who work in the areas of career counseling, recruiting, event management, and communications and marketing. Her hometown is Plainview, Texas and she earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Journalism and in English from Texas Tech University in 1998. She earned her Master’s of Education in Instructional Technology from Texas Tech University in 2010.

What is your professional experience?
Prior to coming back to Texas Tech and working for the College of Media & Communication, I was a high school journalism and English teacher at Fairview High School in Fairview, Tenn., and an assistant director of student media with Vanderbilt Student Communications, Inc., in Nashville, Tenn.

What does the Center for Student Success, Outreach & Engagement do?
We oversee the College’s recruiting, career, event and communication and marketing efforts.           

Why should a student utilize the resources in the Center for Student Success?
Our goal is to have a “big picture” view of everything going on in the college so we can connect students to these opportunities.

You can contact Mrs. Ross for more information about student success at: aleesa.ross@ttu.edu or 806.834.0348.