Month: October 2019

Sports

Equestrian Show Season Begins

Tech’s equestrian team brought home awards in multiple classes at University of Tennessee’s home show on Sept. 28 and 29 and at Sewanee: University of the South on Oct. 5 and 6.   The team traveled to Elder’s Last Lap Ranch in Maryville for the western show. They brought four […]

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Rotaract Club conducts blood drive

Tech Rotaract Club members conducted their third annual blood drive Wednesday. “One donation saves three lives. If you add it up, that saves a lot of lives,”Vice President Huyen Dam said. The Rotaract Club began in 1968, and currently consists of 81 members. They are a service-based club that focuses […]

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Tech alumnus Jake Hoot chosen on “The Voice”

In 2011, Jake Hoot hugged his teammates after winning the Ohio Valley Conference football championship.   Eight years later, Hoot hugged Kelly Clarkson, three-time Grammy and MTV Music Video Award Winner, after she chose him to be on her team for NBC’s “The Voice.”   “I blacked out when she […]

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Networking issues discussed at Tech seminar

Susmit Shannigrahi, an assistant computer science professor at Tech, presented a seminar Thursday on his research from his Ph.D titled, “The Network of Everything — Challenges and Opportunities” in which he discussed the problem with networking today and how it can improve.   The networking issues stem from the Internet’s […]

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Cybersecurity awareness month at Tech

Almost every day on Tech’s campus, a scam email is found on a student’s account and is terminated, according to Deb Zsigalov, Tech’s Chief Information Security Officer.   National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, occurring in October, is dedicated to making the public aware of the resources available to navigate safely and […]

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Suits2Cheap provides professional clothing

Students needing professional clothes at affordable prices can look no further.   This week Student to Career is conducting the second annual Suits2Cheap event giving students the opportunity to buy professional clothes at affordable prices.   “We offer them to students at cheaper prices than they could find at a […]

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Preview day a success

About 1,400 people explored Tennessee Tech and all it has to offer as part of the sixth annual preview day on Oct. 5.   Every fall semester, the university hosts a campus-wide event in which incoming freshman and their families can come see what Tech is all about.   In […]

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Soccer players receive framed jerseys

Four senior soccer players received framed jerseys during Sunday’s 2-1 win over Austin Peay University.   Forward Katie Shipley, midfield Tina Marolt, midfield Rachel Blow and forward Nora Vicsek affected the team from the beginning of their career at Tech by turning a losing record into a winning record, coach […]

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SOLO Concert puts on first double headline show

Student Government Association’s SOLO Concert plans to have two headlining acts for the first time in Tech history.   Scotty McCreery and Russell Dickerson are scheduled to take the stage at the Hooper Eblen Center on Oct. 17.   “This is the first time that we’ve had two headliners, which […]