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Texas Tech University - Services and Facilities

Overview - Services & Facilities - Campus Life - Extracurriculars

Address:
Box 42013
Lubbock, TX 79409

Website: http://www.ttu.edu
Email: admissions@ttu.edu

Student Services

Basic Services Offered: nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, health insurance
Remedial Services Offered: reading, math, writing, study skills, other
Counseling Services Offered: minority student, career, personal, academic, psychological, other

Careers

Career Services Offered: co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training, other

Students That Enter the Job Market...

Within 6 Months of Graduation: 68%
Within 1 Year of Graduation: 71%
Within 2 Years of Graduation: N/A
Firms that Hire Most Graduates: General Dynamics; Cintas; Ernst & Young; ExxonMobil; IBM; Lockheed Martin; PriceWaterhouseCoopers; US Gypsum; Mervyn's; Ferguson Enterprises; Chevron Phillips Chemical; KPMG; Parkhill; Smith & Cooper; Raytheon; Texas Department of Transportation; Walgreen

Library

Does the school have a library on campus? Yes
Is it a member of a library consortia? Yes
Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents: 2,478,489
Number of current serial subscriptions: 26,690
Number of microforms: 2,344,274
Number of audiovisuals:
Number of ebooks: 21,000
Other library facilities: Southwest Collection: The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library research collections include Rare Books, the university archives, the Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative, and the Southwest Collection. The Southwest Collection is the regional repository for historical information pertaining to West Texas and the Southwest. It has collected and makes available for research more than 1,700 collections of personal papers, and over 4,000 hours of oral history interviews, noncurrent business and institutional records, as well as a noncirculating library of Texana, Western Americana, maps, periodicals, photographs, newspapers, taped interviews, films, videotapes, and microfilm. It houses one of the nation's most important collections on the Literature of Place, the James Sowell Collection of Literature, Community, and the Natural World.

Museums or other Special Academic Buildings on Campus:Museum of Texas Tech; National Ranching Heritage Center - 16-acre outdoor museum of 36 historic structures.

Technology

Is a computer course required? No
Is a computer required? No
Number of available computers for all students: 2,000
Available internet access? Yes
Available email accounts? Yes
Computers available in: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center

Number of available wired connections available in...

The Library (not including computer labs): 1,040
Classrooms: 1,750
Labs: 1,725
Other areas: 145

Is there a wireless network? Yes
Where is wireless available?
Wireless simultaneous connection capacity: 19,600

Recommended operating system: Microsoft
Percentage of hosting units owned by college for internet access: 100%
Are students permitted to have webpages? Yes
Is there online registration? Yes

Safety

Campus Safety Services Offered:24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)




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