Texas Tech University Sets Washington, D.C. Media Briefing

News Advisory:

WHAT: Briefing for media on Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and the Texas Tech University System.

WHEN: 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 11

WHERE: National Press Club, Edward R. Murrow Room, 13th Floor, 14th and F streets, NW, Washington, D.C.

EVENT: David R. Smith, M.D., chancellor of the Texas Tech University System, Robert Black, chairman of the Texas Tech University System Board of Regents, M. Roy Wilson, M.D., president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and Jon Whitmore, Ph.D., president of Texas Tech University and other officials will be on hand to talk about major research initiatives pending before Congress and legislative agencies; highlights of our Path to Preeminence Capital Campaign, which seeks to enhance and build on our achievements and enrollment growth at Texas Tech; a description of our Four Year Contract with Students initiative and the current Accountability Plan the Board of Regents and administration have implemented.

CONTACT: Sally Logue Post, associate director of News and Publications at the Texas Tech University System, 806-742-2136 or via e-mail at sally.post(At)ttu.edu, or Alberto P. Cardenas, Jr., J.D., special assistant to the chancellor, Texas Tech University System, 202-546-5410, or via e-mail at beto.cardenas(At)ttu.edu.

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