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<\/p>\n This prestigious group is selected based on academic excellence, leadership, service
\n and striving for honor.<\/p>\n
\t\tCREATORS<\/p>\n
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Texas Tech University<\/a> recognized the Tech 10<\/a>, a group of high-achieving graduating seniors from across campus, during an event The Tech 10 consists of students chosen based on their commitment to four cornerstone \u201cEach year, the Tech 10 recognizes students who truly embody the Red Raider spirit This year\u2019s group represents a half dozen colleges on campus and boasts a cumulative The members of the Tech 10 Class of 2026 are (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n Mohammed Alabdali, a mechanical engineering<\/a> major in the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering<\/a>. Alabdali organized the first TEDXTexas Tech event in university history, which accumulated Affan Anas, an economics<\/a> and mathematics<\/a> major in the College of Arts & Sciences<\/a>. Anas served as a summer intern for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jackson Chapman, an acting<\/a> major in the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts<\/a>. Chapman played the lead in the university theatrical production of \u201cHamlet.\u201d<\/p>\n Dayra Figueroa-Agosto, a biochemistry<\/a> major in the College of Arts & Sciences. Figueroa-Agosto founded the Friendly Raiders Helena Garza, a biology<\/a> major in the College of Arts & Sciences. Garza served as a summer research intern Anum Javeed, an early childhood education<\/a> major in the College of Health & Human Sciences<\/a>. Javeed served as a congressional intern in the Government & Public Service Internship Shravani Koli, a computer science<\/a> and mathematics major in the Whitacre College of Engineering and the College of Arts Atharva Lade, a computer science and mathematics major in the Whitacre College of Nicholas Morris, a sciences, humanities<\/a> and philosophy<\/a> major and Honors College<\/a> student in the College of Arts & Sciences. He is an intern for the U.S. Northern Lance Nicholas, an agricultural education<\/a> major in the Davis College of Agricultural Science & Natural Resources<\/a>. Nicholas was part of the Davis College Research Scholars program for the 2025-26 The Tech 10 are chosen based on an application process that began earlier this semester.
\n Thursday (April 30) at the Frazier Alumni Pavilion<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n principles of Red Raider spirit: academic excellence, campus leadership, service and
\n striving for honor. Texas Tech\u2019s Student Life<\/a> and Academic Innovation & Student Success<\/a> offices created the recognition in 2023.<\/p>\n
\n \u2013 those who excel academically, lead with purpose and serve others with integrity,\u201d
\n said Ron Hendrick<\/a>, provost and senior vice president. \u201cThese outstanding graduates represent the very
\n best of Texas Tech University, and their commitment to excellence and honor sets a
\n powerful example for our entire community.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n GPA of 3.89. Their majors range from theatre arts to early childhood education to
\n mechanical engineering and biochemistry.<\/p>\n
\n more than 1.3 million online views.<\/p>\n
\n for Education student organization that tutors local elementary and middle school
\n students.<\/p>\n
\n at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York during the summer of 2025.<\/p>\n
\n Program in the summer of 2024.<\/p>\n
\n & Sciences. Shravani served as a data engineering intern for the National Weather
\n Service in the summer of 2024.<\/p>\n
\n Engineering and the College of Arts & Sciences. Lade led the largest coding competition
\n in West Texas.<\/p>\n
\n District Court of Texas.<\/p>\n
\n academic year.<\/p>\n
\n From those submissions, a smaller group was selected for 20-minute interviews with
\n a panel of judges that then made final selections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This prestigious group is selected based on academic excellence, leadership, service and striving for honor. CREATORS Texas Tech…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":["post-276663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}