Student-athletes at Tennessee Tech have the highest overall graduation rate among all four-year public universities in the state of Tennessee, according to the most recent Graduation Success Rate figures announced Wednesday by the National Collegiate Athletic Association.Tech student-athletes also continue to graduate at a higher rate than the general student […]
Day: October 29, 2010
Submitted policy calls for more video surveillance
Standardization of the use of video cameras is what Chief Gay Shepherd said she hopes to accomplish with the policy she submitted to the buildings and grounds committee last month. “These cameras won’t be monitored, but they’re good to go back and look at if you do have an incident,” […]
Six soccer seniors say so long
The Tennessee Tech soccer team wrapped up its 2010 campaign on Sunday, falling to Austin Peay 2-1 and marking the end of the careers of six seniors.Taren Brown, Michelle Decker, Jen Hoffman, Brooke Mayo, Ashley Smith, and Kathryn Lally laced up their cleats for the final time as Golden Eagles. […]
Golden Eagle Player Profile: Richmond Tooley
If I could play any other sport: “It would be tennis. I used to play with my dad. Federer is just so good. I just want to drop my racket and fall to my knees if I won. And I like the grunts. I would use those. I would revolutionize […]
School of Nursing receives new director
The School of Nursing is now under the direction of new leadership. Sherry Gaines took the position of director Oct. 1. “I am excited to finally be on campus. (hikeaddicts) ” Gaines said. “I am especially excited about the faculty and the amount of excellence they bring.” Gaines will have […]
Guest speakers encourage Tech to ‘Take this Job and Love It’
A presentation titled “Take this Job and Love It” will take place from 3 p.m. to 5:50 p.m. Monday in Henderson Hall Room 205. The American Association of University Professors has invited two United Campus Worker organizers from Middle Tennessee State University to speak. Karly Safar, United Campus Workers organizer […]
Health Services to restock flu shots
Because of the high student and faculty turnout for receiving flu shots, Health Services gave out every flu vaccination it had within the first week of the shots being made available. A new shipment of flu shots is expected to arrive by next Monday. “We had a positive turn out […]
Midterms are not half elections
Election Day is Tuesday. Statistics say most of us will ignore the media coverage and the never-ending campaign commercials and stay home that day. After all, it’s not a real election, just a midterm, right? No. Midterms are just as important as other elections.First, there are 109 seats in play […]
Withdrawal rates affect future students
University officials are studying the reasons students opt out of classes in order to design a better retention method.Retention efforts on campus have become a greater focus because the funding formula was recently changed. Funding is now based on graduation rate rather than enrollment. “We have not seen any significant […]
Red Dead release suits season
Zombies are a staple of this time of year, but Rockstar has put a new spin on the traditional monster: have them invade the Old West.That’s the idea behind the latest downloadable content, “Undead Nightmare,” released Tuesday for Red Dead Redemption, the second installment of the series set in the […]
