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Month: October 2010
Balloon art benefits children’s museum
Scientists and artists joined together Wednesday to create multi-balloon sculptures and provide hands-on science demonstrations at Tech’s Millard Oakley Stem Center.Balloons Around the World celebration is an international event in its 11th year. Locally hosted at Tech’s STEM Center, this event took place Wednesday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admission […]
Study abroad: a good tool for independence
The admission of international students at Tech never stops. Tech always focuses on international education and cross-cultural experience, which accounts for a great number of international students within the University, according to Charles Wilkerson, Office of International Students Affairs director.”We have about 500 applicants,” Wilkerson said. “We get more for […]
Commercial unleashed
The commercial that the marketing department has been working on as part of the new marketing campaign is complete, airing on cable channels and available on YouTube.The storyboards, planning and creation of the commercial was an in-house project by the design department creative team who partnered with James Mabery, a […]
Tech soccer hits road for OVC play
The Tennessee Tech soccer team will travel to Kentucky to face conference foe Morehead State as it begins its stint of Ohio Valley Conference road games. The Golden Eagles look to have a good showing in their conference match after finishing up their non-conference play with a hard-fought 1-0 overtime […]
Brown up for Coach of the Year
To college football fans, pride and support for their team is everything – donning team colors; following favorite players as they reach milestones on the field; dedicating countless Saturdays to watching their alma mater do battle.Every season, fans commit time and energy into each game hoping for the win, the […]
Cross country holds Tech Invitational today
Runners from across the region are converging on Cookeville today to compete in the seventh-annual Tennessee Tech Cross Country Invitational. “We’re looking forward to it,” Tech coach Tony Cox said. “It should be a great day for it.” At deadline, three other teams have confirmed their participation including Alabama A&M, […]
Craft Center debuts new exhibit and prepares for annual Bacchanal
A furniture exhibitions and a wine tasting are in store for the Appalachian Center for Craft this month.Artist Chris Bowman’s Surface and Repurpose furniture exhibit is being presented at the Craft Center in Gallery Two. “[Bowman] translates his agricultural influence into wood and other materials making it shapely and colorful,” […]
Gender discrimination in workplace still real
Did you know that on average working women make 78 cents to every man’s dollar? In some cases, women who make less are not doing their job or have chosen not to get a degree. I am not talking about those women who have decided to be stay-at-home mothers (though […]
Personal choices create wage gap
The Equal Pay Act, passed in 1963, made it illegal to pay woman less than men based strictly on sex. So why, almost 50 years later, is there still a wage gap? It’s a fact that on average, men earn more than women, but no amount of legislating will change […]
