Administrators, supporters attend Texas Tech System Day in Austin

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Today was Texas Tech System Day at the State Capitol. Red Raiders showed up in Austin today to share the success story of the entire system.

The Texas Tech system includes the university here, the campuses in Amarillo, the Health Sciences Center in El Paso, Angelo State University in San Angelo and Midwestern State in Wichita Falls.

Lubbock Representative Carl Tepper recognized the system’s research and educational impact on the house floor this morning.

System leaders, including Chancellor Tedd Mitchell and the university presidents, have spent the day visiting individual lawmakers to push for more support this session.

Lubbock Senator Charles Perry shared his support for the system in the upper chamber. The Senate is honoring the system’s work, highlighting its impact on rural medicine and agriculture.

One of those new legislative priorities includes $20 million for a partnership between the vet school in Amarillo and the Health Sciences Center in Lubbock.

The Institute for One Health Innovation is intended to support research for both human and animal health.

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