What is TLI?

The Tech Leadership Institute (TLI) is a 8-week program designed to help new students (first-year and transfer) develop their personal and professional skills so they can be more successful both in and out of the classroom and have a positive impact on the Texas Tech community.

Students admitted into the TLI program will meet weekly for two hours during the semester they are admitted for (offered in fall and spring). Each week will cover a different topic of leadership that is taught through discussions and activities done in both small and large group settings.

Leading program activities are peer mentors who are graduates of the program and leaders on-campus. Every student in the TLI program will be put into a small group with other students who share a common area of study, interest, etc. and have two peer mentors who are to serve as guides for them in their first year at Texas Tech. 

Make Friends. 

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Become a leader.

 

"First year students should join TLI if they are looking to develop themselves in better ways. You will learn leadership skills, communication skills, professional skills, life skills, and make many new friends. There is no standard definition to who can be a leader, but you can make yourself a leader with the right tools, and TLI will help you to establish that."

Nejahla Hopkins
Public Relations
Houston, Texas
 

"TLI will present you with a multitude of skills such as resume development and networking. Then just as valuable is the opportunity to make friends and learn and grow from influential people such as your peers and the peer mentors."

Hunter Robinson
Marketing
Dallas, Texas