Your Life, Our Purpose

WHAT: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) will kickoff its new Your Life, Our Purpose branding and marketing initiative with an event called La Dolce Vita (The Sweet Life).

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Friday (Sept. 5)

WHERE: TTUHSC Preston Smith Library Courtyard, 3601 4th St.

EVENT: Your Life, Our Purpose is a yearlong initiative designed to increase the university’s national visibility and increase community, student and employee engagement.

TTUHSC’s academic programs are consistently ranked among the best in the country. Enrollment continues to rise, and the university will soon exceed 20,000 graduates.

In addition, faculty and staff meet the health care needs of more than 2.7 million people living in a 108-county area stretching from the Texas Panhandle south to the Permian Basin and west into eastern New Mexico.

TTUHSC researchers are making significant contributions in critical areas including aging, cancer, reproduction, genetic diseases and rural health.

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