Learning curve┬áThe Texas Tech University System is about halfway through a $1 billion-plus program of investment in facilities and expanded capacity. Ruari McCallion finds out from Mike Ellicott how the landscape is changing. Lubbock, Texas, could be described as centrally placed. ItÔÇÖs around 350 miles from Albuquerque, New Mexico; 350 miles from El Paso, Texas; 350 miles from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and about the same from Dallas, Texas.