Category: Photo Gallery
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Painting with light: Photography students capture illuminating images
Students in COMM 1318 Photography 1 practiced using the manual settings on their DSLR cameras in order to “paint” with light before the Thanksgiving break. Students tried using various slow shutter speeds (along with tripods), large aperture settings, and ISO between 800 and 1600 to capture trails of light. The light came from swinging a…
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Wildlife rehabilitation center takes in migratory birds
Photo gallery by Ashlynn Obannion/COMM 1316 Now that it’s November, the staff at the South Plains Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Lubbock is dealing with migratory birds. The facility is only about 60% occupied with birds due to the recent cold snap. Samantha Garcia, one of the managers at SPWRC, says current issues include birds flying…
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SPC gaming club provides friendly competition
These members of the SPC Casual/Competitive Gaming Club are playing “Super Smash Brothers” in the Game Room of the Levelland campus Student Center. That’s where you’ll find them most Fridays at 2 p.m. They say they play for about an hour each time. Josh Meredith, SPC’s director of student life, says this club got started…
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Photography students snap fast zaps
Students in COMM 1318 Photography 1 are learning how to capture fast motion by adjusting the shutter speed on their school-issued DSLR cameras inside SPC’s Law Enforcement Technology building. Law Enforcement Professor Kenny Burns is firing a taser, and students are trying to photograph his shot. As soon as Burns pulls the trigger, the cartridge…
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Hot air balloon lab elevates learning for physics students
Students in Physics 1410 Elementary Physics are making “hot air balloons.” In groups, students use a careful construction of plastic straws, short birthday candles, and plastic trash bags to create each balloon. Since fire and dripping wax are involved with this project, safety precautions are taken first. Once candles are lit, there is lift off! Professor…
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Theater students rehearse for fall performance of Angel Street aka Gaslight
Photos by Joshua Medina/Texan Mosaic South Plains College theater students perform in one of the last dress rehearsals before opening night of the fall play production of “Angel Street a.k.a. Gaslight.” It is a play involving deceit and trickery all set in Victorian era Britain. The production ran at SPC from Oct. 20 – 23…
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Cosmetology students head up styling challenge
Ghouls, witches, and wizards haunted South Plains College Cosmetology on Halloween. Students worked in the hair and nail labs wearing a variety of costumes. Professors came to class dressed as characters from “The Wizard of Oz.” Students also competed in decorating head mannequins. Instructors say students used these same mannequins, which used to have hair…
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Spooky Science Fest offers frightening fun
The Wheeler Science Center on the SPC Levelland campus transformed into the second annual Spooky Science Fest on Oct. 19, just in time for Halloween. The large learning space was crowded with creepy science exhibits, costumed visitors, and a 3-D human anatomy board. Study labs became spooky labs with hands-on activities including slithering animals, bubbling…
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SPC on display at career expo
Nearly 2000 high school students from a 15-county area crowded into the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center Thursday for the 2022 South Plains Career Expo. South Plains College was well represented showing off 30 out of about 150 exhibitors. Each exhibitor offered career information, some with hands-on activities. Students filled bags with flyers of information, pencils,…
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Painted Lady butterflies sighted in Levelland
A Painted Lady butterfly feeds on purple salvia flowers planted in front of the new Wilburn and Helen Wheeler Science Center in Levelland last week. The North American population of painted lady butterflies migrates to west Texas and northern Mexico during the winter.
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Criminal Justice Club tours DPS facility in Lubbock
Professor John Barnes and 53 students of the Criminal Justice Club recently attended the headquartersof the Texas Department of Public Safety in Lubbock, Texas. As an active club at SPC, Barnes said thatevents like these expose SPC students to many “learning opportunities.” The club takes a tour once ayear as part of a recruitment program…
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Cosmetology students get styling with live clients
Cosmetology students on the Levelland campus are putting in lab hours, some with live clients. Instructors say this gives students a chance to work on hair techniques such as highlights, perms and wet sets. Nail services include acrylic nails and pedicures. “What we do here is we give them, Monday through Thursday, an hour and…
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Cycling classes wind up
Students were sweating it out in KINE1105 Indoor Cycling at the Levelland Fitness Complex, a popular class that offers cardiovascular training. “It’s a great lifetime exercise class,” said Mike Harrison, assistant professor of kinesiology and one of the instructors for this class. “It’s learning how to develop aerobics and strengthening muscles.” This fall there are…
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SPC students get close-up in Tom T. Hall Studio
Students in ARTV 1371 Intro to Video Production are starting to learn how to use studio cameras in the Tom T. Hall Studio on the Levelland campus at South Plains College. Concerts are produced in Tom T. Hall Studio throughout the year and performers are shown on the jumbo screen overhead. The students seen here will…
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Artists display culture through exhibits at Fine Arts building
Editor’s note: The authors for this story are eight students from COMM 2311 News Writing. They wrote this story as a group during class and tackled tough areas such as how to write a lead, what direct versus indirect quotes to use, how to organize information, and how to end a story. Student names are: …
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Nursing students take practice shots
One by one, nearly 200 South Plains College nursing students rolled up their sleeves to give each other flu shots Monday morning. Holly Scrivner, an associate degree in nursing instructor, said this is the first time first-semester nursing students have given an intramuscular injection, such as the flu shot, to a live person. Before this,…
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Campus Beauty Shots Poll–Pick the Best Shot!
Students in COMM 1316 News Photography 1 and COMM 1318 Photography 1 had homework the first week of class. They were asked to take one good photo on their smartphones. What to take a picture of? Find something on campus that is pretty. Something that would promote the school or make it look good if…
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SPC hosts grand opening & dedication of renovated science center
South Plains College hosted a grand opening and dedication ceremony for the newly renovated Wilburn and Helen Wheeler Science Center, Friday. The ceremony featured remarks from SPC President Dr. Robin Satterwhite, Bill Wheeler, and David Etheredge, former department chair and retired professor of biology. The renovations of the nearly 30,000 sq. ft. at the science…
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Student life ramps up on Levelland campus
Students enjoyed a dance Thursday night in the game room on the Levelland campus of South Plains College. Students have also been seen enjoying time playing video games and studying in and around the snack bar area of the Student Life building. Classes started back last week in Levelland and faculty, staff and the community…
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Students return to campus for fall semester
Students returned to the SPC campus this week. Creative arts students were learning about sound technology and video production. Students in the fine arts building were beginning art projects this week. Kristy Kristinek, assistant professor of art, was teaching students in Painting I to blend primary colors to make their own neutrals. Students in Painting…