Some Things You Need to Know and Do
Addresses
Phone Numbers
Email Addresses
Directory Info
Prescription
medicine, include
mgs and timing of
dosage
Known allergies
Dire medical info
Immediate family contact
information
Blood type, if you know it
Permanent
Local
Mailing
Diploma
Diploma address
Permanent address
• Where do I send the diploma, if need be?
• How do I reach the people who would need
to give a hospital permission to do surgery?
Mailing address
Local address
• Where would we send an object or
document related to your college
education or graduation?
• What door would we knock on,
should you vanish?
• What phone number(s) do we use
to contact you?
Email address
Teacher’s inbox
@.ttu.edu
Teacher’s junkmail
@.gmail.com
@.hotmail.com
@.yahoo.com
etc.
Click
Registration
Day & Time
Holds
How do you know on which
day YOU register?
Registration Status answers
“What’s MY day and is there
anything blocking me?”
A hold is a block that
prevents some action.
Holds
Holds, cont’d
The hold information you see in Raiderlink tells
you what you need to know. Read it carefully.
Holds, cont’d
The information in MyTech is first
entered in a system called Banner.
This is what your Holds screens look
like there. Same boxes; different
arrangement.
Holds, cont’d
Future hold
Past hold
Current hold
If you wonder, politely ask the
staff member to read you the
From and To boxes. That will
help both of you!
Advance Registration
QUIZ
1. How do you know when Advance Registration
begins?
2. How do you know on which day YOU register?
3. When do you register for summer classes? For
fall classes? For spring?
1. How do you know when Advance
Registration begins?
Use the Academic Calendar on the
main TTU website (www.ttu.edu). It
will give you the range of days
during which students are “turned
on.”
Status
Qualifications
Special
Depends
Seniors
90+ hours
Juniors
60-89 hours
Sophomores
30-59 hours
Freshmen
0-29 hours
Students begin
registering at different
times based on their
status as a senior,
junior, etc.
2. How do you know on which day YOU register?
3. In which two months does Texas Tech
register for classes? When do you register for
summer classes? For fall classes? For spring?
Spring
Summer I
Summer II
Fall
Other links of interest
Enrollment Verification:
documentation
sometimes needed by
your parent’s insurance
companies.
Other links of interest
Academic Transcript:
If something isn’t there,
you’ll need to follow up.
It’s your job!
Degree audit: A tool to help
you with what has been
completed and what is still
needed.
Other links of interest
Doesn’t work for
Arts & Sciences
majors at the
moment!
Other links of interest
GPA calculator: a handy tool
Emergency Alert Notification System
Emergency Alert Notification System, cont’d
www.ttu.edu/emergency
Texts are sent from 806-742-3177.
Recordings are sent from 806-7449336.
Emergency Alert Notification System, cont’d
Shots Fired Student Training
Information Sources
TechAnnounce
messages are on the
Raiderlink home
page and are sent to
your email address.
You can indicate
Preferences which
limit the number of
items.
TechAnnounce messages
Information Sources, cont’d
The English and Philosophy Depts also send out messages to
all our majors and minors with information about dept
activities as well as information we think you need to know
about. Be sure and put the appropriate email address in your
safe senders list!
English_undergrads@lyris.ttu.edu
Philosophy_undergrads@lyris.ttu.edu
www.english.ttu.edu
This link will take
you to teacherwritten descriptions
of our English
classes!
You can find catalog
descriptions in Look Up
Classes as well as in the
catalog.
I am not sending you here for this!
You are
RESPONSIBLE for
knowing the
prerequisite!
You are also
responsible for
knowing when you can
REPEAT a class.
www.philosophy.ttu.edu
The End