Some advice for Texas Tech University

Some advice for Texas Tech University

I have been studying in Texas Tech University for 14 months. Tech is a such a fascinating place that I enjoy nearly everything here. In most cases, Tech serves quite well for students, faculty and staff, which could be reflected from the detailed survey. However, I insist on finding something that could be improved for serving clients of our university better. From my point of view, I believe that the hospitality department should establish more convenient stores selling food in different buildings, due to several reasons.

Firstly, broader food service coverage would benefit those students who are busy working. They are more inclined to stay in one building for longer time than others. What’s more, they have far less spare time on average as well. Thus, we could speculate that those students would get more accessible food service located in their buildings from the two facts. In brief, more accessibility means less time for those students to get food and more time available concentrating on their business. We don’t need to worry about the limited quality flavor of food in convenient stores as well, since those students would care more for the accessibility than the quality of food. That’s a trade-off which is quite easy to understand.

Secondly, broader food service coverage would create more positions which could benefit students and residents in need. There are never too many positions for them. There would be a lot of students with lower income in need of working in school, since Tech is a public university with low tuition and fees. In this case those students tend to choose Tech at the beginning. Moreover, positions added would particularly benefit international students, as international students hold the kind of student visa that limits weekly working hours and places. In addition, working in school means better guarantee of safety for them.

Thirdly, we have to admit that the current coverage of food service is not enough in Tech. I found that there are only 1/4 of the buildings with food service after checking the map. However, establishing a convenient food store doesn’t require much investment. For most of the potential stakeholders, they only need a close place to enjoy readily delivered food, but not high-quality ones. We only need several refrigerators and one microvan for each store. We don’t need trained staff; in addition, all food sold could be enjoyed readily.

In conclusion, broadening food service via establishing more convenient stores is economically feasible, and it could benefit a lot of students and residents definitely. Why not have a try for that?

(Jin Hao)