Committed to improving life at Texas Tech University.
PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
We have big goals . . . BIG goals!
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Proposed Solutions |
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No
representation specifically for the couples and families of TTU. |
1. Use TECH Couples & Families student organization to lobby for the needs, concerns, and complaints of TTU couples and families. Network with university and community resources to gain support and build alliances. When necessary, use political strategies (such as petitioning, campaigning, and marching) to represent Tech's couples and families. |
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No on-campus or off-campus housing arrangements set aside specifically for Tech's couples and families. |
2. Begin collecting housing petitions. Research why we are the only Big 12 University without married or family housing and publish this online at XX . Establish temporary off-campus arrangements that will suffice until on-campus housing is affordable and available. Involves long-term lobbying with Student Affairs department. |
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Spouses and children of Tech students, alumni, faculty, and staff are not always treated with equal respect or granted equal access to campus resources. |
3. Work with each department of Texas Tech University to increase equal access to campus resources. Lobby for benefits such as the following: reduced athletic ticket prices, reduced membership fee to Rec. Center, on-campus driving access so partners can pick up spouses from school, access to libraries, access to spouse's private records so as to help with paperwork. |
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Couples and
families at Texas Tech University sometimes feel isolated and discriminated against. |
4. Get couples and families connected through programs like Couple's Night Out and The JUNIOR Red Raider Club. Initiate other programs that enable socializing, networking, and resource-sharing. Establish and maintain a very visible, active marketing campaign to remind couples, families, and the student body that they have a safe place at TTU. |
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Single students can benefit from Tech's couples and families . . . but we don't have an organized program that enables this goal to be realized. |
5. Establish Adopt-A-Student program in which students and local families can be matched and paired up to the advantage and benefit of both parties. Nurture relationships between TTU and the Lubbock community. Single students will have a local family to go to for support and socializing. |
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