Welcome to the home of the Hispanic Student Society of Texas Tech University. Our purpose first and foremost is to promote Hispanic culture among the student body at Texas Tech University, the Lubbock community, and surrounding areas. Furthermore, to recruit, mentor, provide leadership support and opportunities of socialization, and to promote community service among prospective and current students. Whether here to specifically find information about our organization or just browsing, we thank you for stopping by and encourage you to take this opportunity to browse the site and learn more about the Hispanic Student Society.

In 1964 a small group of Hispanic students, known as “Los Tertulianos” formed a student organization to promote the Hispanic culture of Texas Tech University. At the time, Los Tertulianos was the first minority student organization established at Tech and set the building blocks of things to come. As the organization traveled through time and grew, the name changed with it. In the mid-70’s it was known as UMAS (United Mexican American Students) before the organization finally settled on the Hispanic Student Society in 1984.