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Administration Building The campus of Texas Tech University is located in the city of Lubbock in the center of the South Plains region near the Caprock Escarpment of the Llano Estacado. Situated on 1,839 acres (7.44 km 2).The Lubbock campus is home to the main academic university, law school, and medical school. This arrangement makes it the only institution in Texas to have all three units ...
The Agricultural Pavilion (formerly known as the Livestock Judging Pavilion) is a contributing property to the Texas Technological College Historic District on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The Agricultural Pavilion was one of the campus' original buildings and opened in 1926.
Lubbock (/ ˈ l ʌ b ə k / LUB-ək) [7] is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County.With a population of 266,878 in 2023, [3] Lubbock is the 10th-most populous city in Texas and the 84th-most populous in the United States. [8]
The following is a list of colleges and universities with campuses in Lubbock, Texas: Covenant School of Nursing (Covenant Health System) [1] Covenant School of Radiography (Covenant Health System) [1] Kaplan College [2] Lubbock Christian University [3] South Plains College [4] Sunset International Bible Institute [5] Texas Tech University [6]
Texas Tech's athletic teams are known as the Red Raiders with the exception of the women's basketball team, which is known as the Lady Raiders. Texas Tech competes in NCAA Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A) and is a member of the Big 12 Conference. From 1932 until 1956, the university belonged to the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
The Metro Tower, also known as the NTS Tower, is an office high-rise building located in Lubbock, Texas. Completed in 1955, it is the tallest building in Lubbock at 274 feet (84 meters). [ 2 ] The 20-story building was originally known as the Great Plains Life Building after an insurance company that was its first occupant.
Former Texas Tech Board of Regents member [125] Amon G. Carter: 1930 Former Texas Tech Board of Regents member [125] Tom C. Clark: 1947 United States Supreme Court Justice and United States Attorney General [125] Glenna Goodacre — Sculptor [126] Fred Gurley: 1953 President of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway [125] Kent Hance [a] 2005
The Texas Tech Red Raiders played their first game in Jones AT&T Stadium on November 29, 1947—a 14–6 win against the Hardin–Simmons Cowboys. [41] The Red Raiders have a posted a 336-162-13 (.670) record at Jones AT&T Stadium record through the 2013 victory over Iowa State. [ 41 ]