Category: Spring 2026
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Aperture and atmosphere: Students explore the magic of bokeh
Photos are from students in COMM 1318 Photography 1. Featured photo by Gavin Carr. Photography students at South Plains College blurred the background and sharpened their creativity with a recent bokeh project. It’s all about adjusting a camera’s aperture to create a shallow depth of field. The resulting background blur is a technique called…
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TM Podcast: Monte Carlo Evening
The Texan Mosaic podcast continues with a conversation about the upcoming Monte Carlo Evening fundraiser benefiting student scholarships at South Plains College. During the episode, hosts Tanner Hurd and Jaxson Putman, sit down with Samantha Goldie, director of development and alumni relations, to discuss the event’s new format and how it fits into the foundation’s…
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Lumos: Painting with Light
OK, so they weren’t in any of the “Harry Potter” movies. But it may have felt like it. And it certainly looked a little like it. Students recently learned how to use light wands or tube lights to “paint” in a dark room. They also used Christmas lights and flashlights. To achieve any of these…
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Saddle up: Spring rodeo season gets underway at South Plains College
Editor’s note: All photos are from Jayden Morris, COMM 1318 Photography 1; students in COMM 2311 Newswriting wrote the text For weeks now, the men and women on the SPC rodeo teams have been practicing at least four days a week. Head Coach Kerry Doster says this spring is the second half of the rodeo…
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Google helps create new study space for math students
Editor’s Note: This story was written by students in COMM 2311.001 on the Levelland campus. Students conducted a group interview with Dr. Sheyleah Harris-Plant to gather information about the recently renovated study space inside the Math and Engineering building on the Levelland campus. Students include: Conner Duncan, Nealeigh Burrow, Miabella Rosa, Marley Nix, Cale Horton,…
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Texan Mosaic Podcast: Spring Episode 1
The Texan Mosaic kicks off the Spring semester with a conversation about Student Government at South Plains The Texan Mosaic kicks off the Spring semester with a conversation about Student Government at South Plains College. Hosts Zy Pierson and Madeline Puckett gather student responses about what they believe Student Government does, then sit down with…
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When images become words: Using photographs to inspire creative writing
Editor’s note: Students in COMM 2311-601 Newswriting help write this story as a class, deciding what direct and indirect quotes to use and how to organize the material. These students include: Luisa Dosal, Giovanni Martinez, Saige Jolley, Michelle Moreno, and Tori Underwood. Several of the photographs are from students in COMM 1318 Photography 1. What…
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What is art? It’s not always pretty.
Editor’s note: Photos are from students in COMM 1318 Photography 1. Featured photo by Jayden Morris. Sometimes it’s hard to tell something is art, even when you stare right at it. Don’t believe it? Try strolling through the Christine Devitt Fine Arts Center on the South Plains College Levelland campus this week. If you look…
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Meet Coach Boone:
Story and Video by Jaxson Putman/Texan Mosaic Patrick “Cinco” Boone is in the middle of his first coaching season at South Plains College. Boone joined the Texans as the head basketball coach last summer. Coach Boone brings with him a vast knowledge of the game, along with more than 20 years of experience. “I’ve just…
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Picture This: Interesting Patterns
Featured Photo by Cale Horton/COMM 1318 Photography I Pattern this. Pattern that. Some of them can be unique. And lot of them are allaround us. You just have to look. Students in COMM 1318 Photography 1 recently did. There assignment was to becreative and find interesting patterns. They were looking for anything that repeats like…
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Exercise indoors: Walking the Dome
Photos are from students in COMM 1318 Photography 1; featured photo by Jayden Morris It might be 11 degrees outside, but it’s warm inside the SPC Texan Dome. And that’s probably why, on any given morning, you’ll find several people walking the upper level of the Dome for exercise. On the Thursday morning before the recent…