Day: September 17, 2010

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New military science professor juggles jobs

Being an officer in the military can be a challenge. Maintaining skills and proficiencies in Civil Engineering while being newly in charge of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at Tech can be a balancing act comparable to few.”If you don’t use it, you lose it,” Major Bret Martin said in […]

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TBR focuses on graduation rates

New Tennessee Board of Regents regulations have Tech using more retention efforts to help students graduate.TBR has enacted a phase-in process that will start Fall 2011. The process is designed to help schools across Tennessee gradually raise their graduation rates up to determine yearly funding. The goal of the legislation […]

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Students show demand for Arabic class

A growing desire among some students to learn Arabic has led to one of the most successful turnouts for a non-credit class at Tech. Nineteen out of the 20 seats available for the “Basic Arabic” class that started Monday have been filled, and plans for more classes are being drawn […]

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Freshmen in hotels set to move on campus

Ninety incoming freshmen were living in local hotels awaiting rooms in residential halls just two weeks ago, due to Tech’s open enrollment policy. Everyone who enrolls and pays a deposit is guaranteed a room. No one is turned away from Tech, no matter how outrageous the overflow. “We have open […]