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At the beginning of each semester, new or newly transferred international students are assigned a Global Guide. Your Global Guide is assigned to you based on one or more variables. This could be your major, country, or native language. We do our best to pair you with a Global Guide who has something in common with you, but sometimes this is not always the case. No matter what, your Global Guide is here to help you adjust to Texas Tech and life in the United States. They were all once in your shoes, too, and that is why they have volunteered to be part of this program.

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 The goal of this program is twofold: for international students and U.S. families to share their unique cultures, and for Lubbock families to help provide a support network for international students whose primary support networks are oceans away.

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Student Life embodies the student experience here at Texas Tech University. Student Life staff work to enhance the student experience outside the classroom by delivering robust programs and services, opportunities to connect with fellow students, and promoting responsible citizenship as a member of the Red Raider Community. Our desired outcome is to guide students toward accomplishing academic, personal and professional goals.

While on campus, students have the opportunity to get involved in any of our over 600 student organizations, form lifelong friendships, make lasting memories, and have fun! There are a variety of ways to get involved on campus, including the Student Government Association (SGA), becoming a member of a fraternity or sorority, cheering for the Red Raiders along with our TTU Spirit squads, and so much more. We encourage you to explore all that TTU has to offer!

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Supporting students and their families since Fall 2025. Led by the Global Guide Team

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CAP or Cultural Ambassadors Program, gives international students at Texas Tech a chance to share their culture with K-12 students in the Lubbock area. When local schools host a culture fair, event or class they will contact our  K-12 Global Outreach Program. We (ISL) work in partnership with K-12 Global Outreach to run the CAP Program. Together we select students to attend these school functions where you, the student, have a chance to teach children about a country they may never have heard of or may never have the chance to visit!

Talking to students about your culture/country is more important than you may realize. It is important to introduce children to people who are different than themselves. By learning about the world outside of Lubbock, children develop empathy, geography skills, how to interact with other social groups and a curiosity about the world that they may not have had before.

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If you are interested in being a Pickup Volunteer, please fill out the form by clicking the registration link below.

NOTE for NEW volunteers: There will be a volunteer training for NEW pickup volunteers, as it's important that we meet you and are able to share some of the finer technical details so as to minimize problems for you all as volunteers, guarantee our students have a positive experience, AND get you any needed physical materials to hand off to students. This will take place at the TTU International Culture Center.

Thank you so much for taking care of our international students and giving them a great first impression of Lubbock & TTU!