Lubbock's Hidden Figures Event Postponed to Monday
February 18, 2021 | Student-Athlete Development
Event has been rescheduled for 7 p.m. Monday with streaming available on Facebook and Twitter
By: Matt Dowdy
LUBBOCK, Texas – Due to current weather conditions, "Lubbock's Hidden Figures," hosted by the Texas Tech Black Student-Athlete Alliance, has been postponed until 7 p.m. this upcoming Monday. Individuals will still be able to watch the event via Texas Tech Athletics' Facebook and Twitter social media platforms. Â
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The conversation will center around the viewpoints of five prominent members of the Lubbock community, namely Lady Raider great and Texas Tech Hall of Famer Carolyn Thompson, who is currently the principal at Matthews Alternative High School for Lubbock ISD, and Lubbock native Jerry Gray, a former four-time Pro Bowl selection and now defensive backs coach for the Green Bay Packers.
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Thompson and Gray will be joined on the panel by Chris Chambers, co-owner of Chambers Engineering in Lubbock and Vice-Chair of Community Development for the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, Dr. Raegan Higgins, an associate professor in the Texas Tech Department of Mathematics and Statistics and one of the first two African-American women to earn a doctoral degree in mathematics from the University of Nebraska, as well as Councilwoman Sheila Patterson Harris, a former juvenile probation supervisor who is now the Lubbock City Council representative for District 2.
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The panel will be moderated by Texas Tech senior track and field athlete Kayli Johnson and Jessica Gray, the Assistant Athletics Director for the J.T. and Margaret Talkington Leadership Academy.Â