Texas Tech student organization recognized as role model chapter - LubbockOnline.com

  • By zz-omni-cms
  • November 28, 2012

Texas Tech’s Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science received the 2011-12 Role Model Chapter award for outstanding professional development during a recent National SACNAS Conference.

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The award was given for the chapter’s Science in 3-D monthly events, which take place the third week of each month. Professors and graduate students from Tech and the Health Sciences Center talk to students about their research and give a tour of their research facilities.

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