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Giving Them Shelter

Sep 27, 2011

Concrete Producer -Thanks to the awful 2011 season, the public is getting serious about tornadoes and how to survive them. “Everyone is experiencing quite a surge right now,” says Ernst Kiesling, executive director of the National Storm Shelter Association (NSSA), based at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, where Kiesling also is a professor of civil engineering. He believes most precast producers have experienced increases similar to Barger's.

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Epic scorching drought testing Texas' ways

Sep 27, 2011

MinnPost -'Texans, if you look back through history, have always been able to deal with calamity, and that's still true,' says Richard Verrone, a historian at Texas Tech in Lubbock. 'But unless you see it firsthand, it's hard to imagine the complete losses that are taking away livelihoods and hurting families not just now, but potentially for a couple of generations.'

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Help wanted: Advisers in demand

Sep 26, 2011

Investment News -The firm taps the Texas Tech University undergraduate and graduate financial planning programs and the undergraduate program at Virginia Polytechnic Institute for intern candidates, said principal Jon P. Yankee.

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Pavone's group 'unclear' on revocation

Sep 26, 2011

Amarillo Globe-News-“If it still is collecting tax-deductible donations, it’s collecting under false pretenses,” said Vaughn James, a Texas Tech University Law School tax law expert. “I know the IRS won’t take it lying down.”

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