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TUESDAY, OCT. 6, 2015 VOLUME 90 ■ ISSUE 25
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Students find majors through program By SHASHIDHAR SASTRY
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During the process, he was able to figure out his strengths and weaknesses and which career path he should pursue, he said. Ultimately, he decided to get a degree in public relations with human resources as his minor.
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electing the perfect career path and singling out a suitable area of study with which to pursue that path can be a daunting task. For Texas Tech students who are confused or distressed about what they should be studying, the Discovery! program offers help. “A lot of the times our students, especially our first-year students 17 to 18 (year-olds) – they’re not really sure what exactly they like, they don’t know what their skills, interests and values are, what they really want to do for a career,” Ali Luempert, lead academic adviser for Tech University Advising, said. Such confusion among students is not surprising in light of the 150 majors and 120 minors Tech offers across 10 colleges. Thad Brock, a senior public relations major from Henrietta, said he went through the Discovery! program during Spring 2013 because he was not certain that he
It’s really cool to be a part of that ‘aha’ moment when they’re like, “We have that major?’” ALI LUEMPERT UNIVERSITY ADVISING
should pursue public relations and not marketing.
“I wanted to make sure that I was picking the
right major for the right reasons,” Brock said.
Brock said a unique aspect of the Discovery! program is that it cultivates the idea of ‘why.’ Students understand why they are doing what they are doing after exploring all available options. “A lot of students, they sometimes come to Texas Tech, they think they know what they want to do — mom and dad have told them they should do this, they should do that — but they don’t know all
of the options that Texas Tech has to offer,” he said. According to the Discovery! website, it is not a program, but instead it is a process divided into four stages – exploration, research, investigation and confirmation. During exploration, students participate in self-exploration activities to gain a better understanding of their skills, interests and values, Luempert said. Students need to know where their strengths and weaknesses lie before moving forward. “Exploration is all about figuring who you are,” she said. “Research is finding out about what majors are offered at Texas Tech and academically what you would be most interested in pursuing.” During the investigation stage, students look at what possible job paths they could pursue, Luempert said. As students go through the first three stages, they narrow down their choices and declare a major in the fourth and final stage – confirmation.
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Kingsbury gives updates on Tech player injuries
Hispanic enrollment reaches new record
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Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes II warms up in a knee brace on the field before the Baylor game Saturday in Arlington. Mahomes will start in this weekend’s game against Iowa State.
Texas Tech sophomore quarterback Patrick Mahomes II played a little more than three quarters in a 6335 loss to Baylor on Saturday. Mahomes was injured in the first quarter of the previous game and was questionable to play this past Saturday. He played the game with a brace on his knee and was pulled early in the fourth quarter because of the Bears’ large lead, not because of his injury. Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury said Mahomes will be able to start against Iowa State but will continue to get treatment throughout the week. “(Mahomes is) getting treatment every day, and he told me it feels a lot better today,” he said. “So hopefully by this week he can be 100 percent.” After being sidelined during training camp because of back spasms, junior wide receiver Dylan Cantrell was out again against Baylor, and has yet to play in a game this season. Fellow wide receiver Ian Sadler missed his first game of the season in the matchup against the Bears after being hurt against Texas Christian last week, but Kingsbury said he hopes the younger players will step up. “Obviously not ideal,”
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Kingsbury said. “But the (young receivers), we brought them here for a reason and they’ve got to grow up and make plays.” The Red Raiders were without a third starting wide receiver when junior Devin Lauderdale jumped up for a high pass this past weekend and hit the ground hard on his landing. Kingsbury confirmed Lauderdale suffered some upper, internal bruising and offensive coordinator Eric Morris said he is listed as day to day this week. “Hopefully we’ll get Devin back. So day to day, and we’ll see how he responds this week,” Morris said. “But he’s a kid that we need. You know, he’s a kid that’s averaging I think over 20 yards a catch, so he’s got that big play factor.” Finally, redshirt freshman guard Justin Murphy suffered a leg injury while attempting to tackle a Baylor defender on an interception return. Kingsbury would not elaborate on the injury but said Murphy is out for Saturday’s game. Senior offensive lineman Tony Morales is likely to start at the right guard position for Murphy, as he did in the opening game of the season. @JeremyK_DT
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By BRANDON SOLIZ Staff Writer
In 1935, Maria Alejandrina Hevia was the first cited Hispanic student at Texas Tech. Fast forward 32 years and Anita Carmona Harrison became the first Hispanic Lubbock native to graduate from Tech. Now, in 2015, 6,730 students attending Tech are Hispanic, according to a news release. The number of students enrolled at Tech has doubled since 2005, when 11 percent of the university was Hispanic. According to the release, Hispanic undergraduate students make up 23 percent of Tech’s population. Tech is continuing to grow and the recent rise of the number of Hispanic students enrolling at Tech is bringing in more funds for the university and is aiding the growth of the institution, according to the release. “As a public university, Texas Tech is committed to educating the citizenry of the state, and that includes its growing Hispanic population,” Juan Muñoz, senior vice president for Institutional Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement and vice provost for Undergraduate Education and Student Affairs, said in the release. “But if one looks at the continued record enroll-
ment at the university, it is clear that Texas Tech is becoming the school of first choice for exMUÑOZ ceptional students of all backgrounds.” Tech is also working with the local Lubbock schools to bring in more local students. Lubbock currently has a 36 percent Hispanic population, and Daniel Castro, vice president and investment adviser of the Lubbock-Cooper Independent School District board, said in the release he believes cultural groups such as mariachi bands and organizations are helpful in recruiting Hispanic students to attend Tech. “When those kids leave Texas Tech and talk about their experiences, it makes it easier to recruit Hispanics to Texas Tech as opposed to other schools in the southern part of the state,” Castro said in the release. “Groups like that being included in those kind of celebrations is helping.” According to the release, Tech participates in the National Hispanic Institute programming, as well as in community programs in cities such as Austin, Dallas, San Antonio, etc.
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