The Texas Tech Board of Regents convened at 11 a.m. Feb. 25, to discuss Tech System matters.
Tech System Chancellor, Dr. Tedd Mitchell, provided a report on COVID-19, presenting national statistics of vaccinations. In the statistics provided, Lubbock was number three nationwide in COVID-19 vaccinations.
Additionally, because of COVID-19 precautions such as wearing masks, social distancing and washing hands, influenza cases have been low, Mitchell said.
Regent Dustin Womble said, âThe attitude here in West Texas about this crisis and how weâre handling it, and whether itâs coming to an end and that things will return to normal is so different than it is in other parts of the country.â
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Updated at 3:50 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17
The Texas Tech Health Sciences Center (academic) will be closed Feb. 18 and Texas Tech Physicians will be delayed until 10 a.m., according to an email sent by the Health Sciences Center.
Updated 3:37 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center and Texas Tech Physicians will be delayed until 10 a.m. Feb. 19, according to an email sent by the Health Sciences Center.
Panelists for the news conference include Director of Public Health Katherine Wells, Mayor Dan Pope, President of Texas Tech Health Sciences Center Dr. Lori Rice-Spearman and Dr. Ron Cook.
Pictured, Molly Beckman Tech student & ex boyfriend, Colton Totzke.
Molly Beckman Texas Tech student stabbed to death at Lubbock apartment. Woman’s ex boyfriend found dead hours later. Domestic related homicide suspected.
A 23-year-old
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center student was found stabbed to death in her
Lubbock apartment, while the body of the woman’s ex-boyfriend was found hours later according to reports.
Molly Beckman of
Midlothian was found dead after officers responded to a request for a welfare check at around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at the
Ashton Pointe Apartments in Lubbock.
She had been stabbed repeatedly, police said.