Category: News
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A cut above the rest: SPC culinary students learn to prepare meat
Photos by Peyton Thomas, News Photography COMM 1316 With sharp knives and steady nerves, students in the Culinary Arts program recently went to work on beef and chicken. The class is called IFWA 1319 Meat Identifying & Processing. It’s a three-hour class listed on the Culinary Arts degree plan for the third semester. SPC Executive…
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Bokeh Boo: Spooky season in soft focus
Photos from students in News Photography COMM 1316. Featured photo by Elias Gomez. Who says Halloween has to be sharp? These photos show the spookiest of lights may be ones out of focus. Students recently set up a photo shoot to practice Bokeh. Derived from the Japanese word “boke” meaning “blur” or “haze”, Bokeh in…
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Take a seat, take a breath: Free massage chairs available at Health & Wellness
Photos from Elias Gomez, News Photography COMM 1316 It looks like a tough job. But then someone had to volunteer to show how these massage chairs work. D’Liesa Burleson, the SPC administrative assistant in Health & Wellness on the Levelland campus, looked happy to help. There are two massage chairs tucked inside the relaxation room…
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Oak overload: Professor explains the surge in acorns
Photos from students in News Photography COMM 1316. Featured photo by Kassandra Martinez. It appears to be a bumper crop. Hundreds of acorns are hanging and falling from the big oak tree outside the Communications/English building on the Levelland campus. Last year, that was not the case. SPC Associate Professor Kristin Bingham, who teaches botany,…
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Farm & Ranch: And the winners are….
Voting was close this semester. But the results are in. You chose your first, second, and third favorite Farm and Ranch photos from News Photography, COMM 1316. And, because the numbers were so close, we also have one honorable mention. All of the photos deserve name credit because they all did a great job.Here is…
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Long exposures, longer imagination: Painting with light
Photos from students in News Photography, COMM 1316. Featured photo by Paxton Crist-Hovley. Photography students recently put their “bright ideas” to the test with their light painting project. Light “painting” is all about leaving a camera’s shutter open long enough for a light source to streak across the front of the camera’s lens. It’s not …
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Bouncing light, capturing selves: A lesson in outdoor lighting
Photos from Myla Wagoner, News Photography COMM 1316 Students in News Photography, COMM 1316, recently tackled snapping portraits of each other in the blazing morning sun. Their instructions: Their challenge: Use a round light reflector ring to capture the sun and bounce it back onto the face of the person being photographed. The reflectors have…
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Farm & Ranch: Vote for your favorite!
Photos from students in News Photography COMM 1316 Once again, SPC photography students took their cameras to find captivating images of the farm and ranch world around them. They didn’t have to go far to find them. We’ve gathered their best work, and please vote for your favorite! Enjoy. Results will be published soon.
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In pictures: SPC Lady Texan basketball tips off pre-season
Photos from students in News Photography, COMM 1316. Featured photo by Denver Atkins/COMM 1316 The season doesn’t start with a game. It starts on the practice court. And weekday mornings that’s where you’ll find the Lady Texans in their pre-season workouts. SPC Head Women’s Basketball Coach Ara Baten says he has been very encouraged this…
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Country Jukebox ensemble opens for Jon Wolfe, Grupo Rival at Cotton & Crude Music Festival
The audition-only Country Jukebox ensemble will open for Jon Wolfe and Grupo Rival at the Cotton and Crude Music Festival, set for Oct. 9 at the Oxy Sports Complex in Levelland. Brent Wheeler, professor of commercial music, says this gives students an opportunity to gain real-life experience about performing in front of a live audience.…
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College invests in facility improvements on campus
By Salma Hernandez/Texan Mosaic COMM 2324 Over the last two years. South Plains College has invested approximately $14 million in facility improvement projects across the campus. Of that investment, approximately $6.7 million was dedicated to the renovation of the aquatic center, while approximately $945,000 was put towards the Texan Dome. Previously known as the Natatorium,…
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Texan Food Pantry provides resources for students
By Kamryn Collins, Alex Montes, and Luisa Dorsa/Texan Mosaic COMM 2324 Balancing classes, work schedules, social calendars, and grocery shopping can be overwhelming, especially when financial burdens get in the way. SPC offers a way for students to still get the necessities when times get tough. “It serves our students who need a little help,”…
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SPC Aquatic Center open to students, faculty, community
Written by Texan Mosaic staff/Video by Marley Nix & Avery Hoover The recently renovated Aquatic Center at South Plains College is officially open, as of Aug. 31. Nick Castillo, executive director of administrative services at SPC, said the college invested $6.7 million into the renovation of the facility, which began last year. Construction on the…
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Pedal, freeze, blur: A lesson in motion
Photos from students in News Photography, COMM 1316. Featured photo by Paxton Crist-Hovley Welcome to KINE 1105 Indoor Cycling class. The SPC Course Catalog says this one-credit-hour class is designed to “improve strength and cardiovascular fitness”. And judging by the tired and determined look on the faces around the room, the course must be accomplishing what…
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Wallace Theater hosts film festival to celebrate one-year anniversary
Video by Amber Elizondo and Isaiah Deleon/Texan Mosaic The Wallace Theater in Levelland is celebrating one year since its grand opening with a film festival this weekend. Originally built in 1928, the Wallace Theater has become a local staple by providing a space for arts, entertainment and community. We caught up with Alycyn Keeling this…
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Lego Day at the SPC Lubbock Downtown Center Library
Featured photo by Tracey Pineda Create it. Build it. Eat it. That’s what the sign in the lobby said to do when students walked into the SPC Lubbock Downtown Center this week. So that’s what many did. Librarian Tracey Pineda called the Lubbock event an “inaugural” one since they’ve never done it before at the…
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Steady hands, new skills: SPC nursing students give practice shots
Photos from Clay Patton and Rodolfo Martinez in News Photography, COMM 1316. Featured photo by Clay Patton. First-semester SPC nursing students recently went from the classroom to the lab to practice the skill of medication administration. “These are all first semester,” says Holly Scrivner, SPC ADN associate professor. “So this is their very first time…
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Hot season, slow harvest: Inside the SPC Garden
Photos are from students in News Photography, COMM 1316, featured photo by Kamryn Collins. Soon, but not yet, might be how to describe this year’s fall harvest in the SPC Garden. Apples, pears, and pumpkins are all planted in the garden behind the Wilburn and Helen Wheeler Science Center on the Levelland campus. And while…
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New semester, new faces: Fall classes begin at SPC
Photos from students in COMM 1316 News Photography. Featured photo by Paxton Crist-Hovley: SPC Livestock Judging Team freshmen Jolie Perry, Dante Mazzanti, Cayden Cronquist, and Lathan Rogers. Fall is here, and so are the students. South Plains College officially started fall 2026 classes on Aug. 24. That means thousands of students headed to classes on…
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Riding high: SPC hosts successful rodeo
Photos from Clay Patton and Peyton Thomas, COMM 1318 Photography 1 South Plains College Rodeo finished its regular season last week hosting the inaugural Joe Dee Brooks Memorial Rodeo. The Texans and Lady Texans qualified seven athletes for the College National Finals Rodeo. For the Caprock Region standings, the Texans finished seventh overall with 2,090…