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| The Office of International Affairs (OIA) supports and facilitates the international mission of Texas Tech University. It provides services for faculty and students and offers international educational and cultural experiences for the University and community, and is a major contributor to the globalization process of the University and its growing reputation as a major international educational and research center. | |
| The International Cultural Center (ICC)
is a significant service center and is Texas Tech University's signature
statement of its commitment to international education. It provides a
continual series of conferences, lectures, art exhibitions,
and performances. When visiting the ICC, you will notice the 12 foot stainless steel globe just west of the building. The Award of Merit from the American Institute of Architects was awarded to the architects for the ICC design. Inside, the building is equally beautiful. The Hall of Nations is a rotunda and features flags of nations of the world and a terrazzo floor representing the continents, oceans and seas of the world. A color mural, The Peoples of the World , and sepia murals of education and the arid lands mission of the University can be seen in the halls and gallery outside the Hall of Nations. Our World Room is featured in the center of the building and exhibits a six-foot geo-physical circulating globe by Rand McNally. The Library contains a series of carvings by an Italian artist representing the cultural regions of the world. Photographic and art exhibits can be viewed in both the east and west galleries and on the walls encircling the globe in the Our World Room. |
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