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2020 Year-in-Review |
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Dear Red Raider Family, Over the last year, we've rallied together as a university community to overcome many challenges. We transitioned to virtual teaching and learning in the spring while adapting our campus for our return a few months later. Our days are full of Zoom calls and discussions of social distancing and vaccine timelines, things we hadn't given much thought to just a year ago. As they always have, Red Raiders persevered. Our community has remained steadfast, committed to our goals as a leading public institution of higher education and research. We crossed the 40,000-student milestone, an effort more than ten years in the making, through the growth in our first-generation and rural student populations. We continue to grow our national research reputation, with a new benchmark of more than $192 million in total research expenditures. Our students won national championships in law advocacy, personal financial planning, and meat judging, and our chess team was named U.S. Chess Program of the Year. The university is grateful to all of our students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni, and community members who worked together to support the Texas Tech experience. The members of our Class of 2020, with their incredible life experiences and perspective, will shape the future of our world. Sincerely,
Matt Dewey |
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Texas Tech's Growth, Advancements Over Last Decade Highlighted by Enrollment GoalThe push for 40,000, student success and research growth enhance Texas Tech’s national stature. |
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Texas Tech University Ranks Ninth Nationally in Workforce Preparation of GraduatesThe survey of national corporate recruiters ranked Texas Tech ninth overall, first in the state of Texas and among the top six public institutions in the nation. |
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Two 'Titans' From Raiderland Make Time 100Former Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes and alumnus Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. were named two of the 100 Most Influential People of 2020 by Time magazine. |
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Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine Achieves Historic MilestoneThe achievement represents another significant step in bringing the first veterinary school in Texas in more than a century to reality. |
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Texas Tech Astrophysicist Named One of Top 10 Scientists to WatchAlessandra Corsi is one of the pioneers of multi-messenger astronomy. |
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TIEHH Laboratory Awarded $2.23 Million for Efforts to Combat COVID-19The Biological Threat Research Laboratory provides testing and materials to the region’s public health departments, hospitals and clinics. |
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Texas Tech Unveils Renovations to Historic Dairy BarnThe renovations were part of a $3.5 million fundraising effort to reestablish the facility as a functional, collaborative educational space |
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Texas Tech Competitive Teams Experience Tremendous Success in 2020Four teams across different colleges earned top honors in their fields. |
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Texas Tech Recognized as a Top University in the U.S. for Hispanic StudentsHispanic Outlook on Education magazine ranks the university as a leader in educating and graduating Hispanic students. |
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College of Education Receives $1.5M Grant to Train 400 Texas Special EducatorsThe Virginia Murray Sowell Center for Research and Education in Sensory Disabilities will offer free intellectual and developmental disability dual diagnosis training across Texas using the grant from Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities. |
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Texas Tech a Partner in U.S. Department of Energy-Funded Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation InstituteThe initiative is a five-year, $111 million public-private partnership led by the University of Texas at San Antonio. |
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Free Market Institute Flourishing at Texas TechDirector Benjamin Powell said the institute fits within the West Texas values of individualism, free enterprise and community. |
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Texas Tech Student Named 2020 Truman ScholarStephanie Kuzmack is the university’s second Truman Scholar. |
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Law Professor Receives State Award for Advocacy for Texans With DisabilitiesThe Governor’s Trophy is part of the Lex Frieden Employment Awards presented by the State of Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities. |
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Texas Tech Upholds Its Tradition of Excellence in Banking and FinanceRawls College of Business has established the E.W. & J. David Williams Institute for Community Banking & Finance and launched the renamed F. Scott Dueser Chair for Excellence in Banking. |
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