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HONORING SENIORS
Honoring
Texas Tech
Service
Members and
Veterans
ince its founding, Texas Tech tribute to our military service incorporate a walkway plaque
has established a proud members and veterans. honoring Texas Tech Purple
Slegacy of military service Heart recipients or those
from World War II to the present As illustrated on the artist’s wounded or killed in action.
day. As the university approaches rendering, the following
the milestone 2023 Centennial enhancements will be incorporated: Please join us in honoring the
anniversary, Texas Tech has a • Texas Tech Military & Veterans service and sacrifice of our Texas
unique and exciting opportunity Tribute Walk — On the grassy Tech military and veterans. You
to honor and remember the area adjacent to the Pfluger may purchase a brick, paver, or
generations of Texas Tech military fountain east side exterior, bench at the following donor levels:
service members and veterans who between the two Medal of -Red Brick, 4" x 8" (3 lines, 15
have served to protect and defend Honor monuments dedicated characters/spaces per line) --
our freedom.
in 2018, we will install a brick/ $300
Memorial Circle has been an paver walkway dedicated to all -Cast stone Paver, 18" x 12" (7
integral part of our campus service members who attended lines, 18 characters/spaces per
since our beginning as a place to Texas Tech. line.) -- $3,000
remember and honor our fallen • Any Texas Tech alumni or
service members and students. affiliate who served in the -Granite Bench, 60" x 17" (6
In 1948, the Tech War Veterans military may be represented lines, 40 characters/spaces per
Association dedicated this area to (name, rank, services branch, line) -- $25,000
“All Whose Service Has Brought dates) on a brick, paver, or
Honor to College and Country”. bench at the specified donation The project is slated to be complete
Located near the main campus level. in 2023 in conjunction with Texas
entrance, Memorial Circle is the Tech's Centennial. If you have any
most recognizable and appropriate • Non-military and the public questions or would like to make
location to honor the many Texas may sponsor a Texas Tech a purchase or simply donate to
Tech military and veterans who military or veteran, but all this project, please contact Kyle
have served our nation. represented in the plaza will be Chapman, President, Military
Texas Tech military and veteran & Veterans Alumni Network
With the full support of Texas alumni or affiliates. at mvcpresident@texastechalumni.
Tech leadership, the Texas Tech org or (806) 790-7632. This is your
Alumni Association, and the • Additional points of interest for opportunity to sponsor a Texas
Texas Tech Military & Veterans students and campus visitors Tech military service member or
Alumni Network, we are proud will be provided. veteran and commemorate their
to announce plans to add a service at the Texas Tech Military &
complementary feature at • As the first Purple Heart Veterans Tribute Walk.
Memorial Circle that will pay University in Texas, we will
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