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Texas Tech University, expected to lose millions during the COVID-19 Pandemic, will receive over $25 million dollars from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund.

Classes at all South Plains College campuses will be canceled during the week of March 23-27 and will resume normal class schedule on March 30th.

Osborne explained that there will be several benefits, including improving the Lubbock workforce, since graduates of community colleges tend to say in the area they went to school. It will also provide an opportunity for more citizens, who cannot travel to Hockley county, to go to school more locally. And finally, it will also be a pipeline for Texas Tech to grow, especially since students can be enrolled in both campuses at the same time.

"Long term, the surface parking plan for Citizens Tower is not enough parking spaces. Now, could we proceed with the plan we have and have enough parking spaces when we open? Yes. But do we want to spend the money on that surface parking lot and then come back in 2 or 3 years and tear it back up? To me that doesn't make sense. So we are considering some type of parking structure. There have been no decisions made at this point." He went on to say, "We hope that we can make a decision on if we're going to do some type of parking structure by the end of this month."

The Texan to Red Raider Program essentially guarantees SPC students admission into Texas Tech when they meet all the necessary requirements.

South Plains College will offer the Texas License to Carry a Handgun class in October.

South Plains College is hosting a Little Texan Camp for kids this summer, and also the Texan Basketball Camp for young boys.

Texas Tech University President Lawrence Schovanec and South Plains College President Robin Satterwhite are teaming up.

South Plains College is offering the “Explore the Arts" camp for kids July 24th through July 27th in the Fine Arts building.

South Plains College’s Radiologic Technology Program received funding to purchase a new full-body radiographic phantom for its program.