Guides: Engineering College: Communication in a Global Society

Campus Resources

International Student Organizations at Texas Tech University This link opens in a new window
List all international student organizations at Texas Tech University.

Reaching for Global Understanding
The K-12 Global Education Outreach [GEO] programs are designed to provide culturally relevant experiences for public, private, and home-school classrooms as well as community groups and organizations.
Texas Tech University Muslim Students Association
The Muslim Students Association offers a variety of activities and services in an effort to promote awareness and understanding of Islam on the Texas Tech University campus and throughout the Lubbock community.
Texas Tech University Office of International Affairs
The Office of International Affairs (OIA) provides far-reaching services for Texas Tech University and the multiple and diverse communities served by the University.

Online Resources

Collective Wisdom (Colwiz) Research Management Software
colwiz is free web, desktop, and mobile-based research management software designed by researchers from the University of Oxford. Colwiz incorporates reference management, collaboration at the international level, and networking tools, as well as productivity features.
Mendeley
Create a free Mendeley account in order to manage your references, collaborate with other researchers, and create your own searchable library of research articles.
The Scholarly Societies Project
The Scholarly Societies Project facilitates access to information about scholarly societies or professional organizations across the world and is sponsored by the University of Waterloo in Canada. While the site has not been updated recently due to the retirement of the creator, it is still a good starting point for reviewing scholarly societies across the globe.

Texas Tech University Quality Enhancement Plan

Texas Tech University's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), titled "Bear Our Banners Far and Wide: Communicating in a Global Society," calls for the empowerment of Texas Tech students to communicate effectively in a globally-focused learning environment. The resources on this site support the goals of the plan including:

TTU students will develop communication skills in a variety of media that are appropriate to their disciplines and focus on developing them within a global context.
TTU students will successfully apply these communication skills in a range of situations with audiences, both local and global.

The University's Quality Enhancemnt Plan

Language Resources

Dictionary.com
An online dictionary that translates a word from one language to another. The languages are selected from lists.
Google Translate
Google Translate helps in translating a document from one language to another.
Mango Languages
Mango Languages helps you learn new languages and connect with new cultures.

Global Information Resources

Access World News Research Collection (NewsBank) This link opens in a new window
Extensive full-text coverage of local, state, national, and international newspapers.
Statista: The Statistics Portal This link opens in a new window
Statista aggregates the most important statistics and studies from market researchers, organizations, special publications as well as government platforms. With over 1-million statistics from 600+ areas: market data, consumer data, revenue figures and trends.

Multimedia Creation Resources

Lynda.com
An online video-tutorial library featuring software from Adobe, Apple, Microsoft and many more.
Software Informer, a software library
VERTEX Books
Professional video game development tips and tricks by VERTEX.