Astronauts Roger Crouch and Barry Wilmore are scheduled to receive honorary doctorate degrees at Tech’s May 5 commencement ceremonies. Both Crouch and Wilmore will be the first recipients awarded honorary doctorate degrees by Tech since the Tennessee Board of Regents permitted their institutions authorization to award the degrees. “We have […]

Tech plans to relocate fall 2012 students living in M.S. Cooper and Pinkerton halls at the end of the semester in preparation for spring 2013 renovations. Upgrades are planned for the plumbing, floors, rooms and the overall design of the halls. “We have more space in the spring than we […]

The third and final stage of Pharos printing system is scheduled to begin this summer.  Students who exceed the established printing limit will begin incurring charges, with those charges returning to the Technology Access Fee funds. Faculty and staff are being tracked by Information Technology Services on a separate Pharos […]

Tech’s Residential Life Office is hosting To Write Love on Her Arms, an event promoting suicide prevention, from 5 to 7 p.m. April 19 on the main quad of campus. TWLOHA is a non-profit organization that was created to people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. Students will write […]

With finals just around the corner, Tech Health Services has seen an increase in students suffering from stress and lack of sleep. “At the end of semester, we always have people that have waited to the end of the semester to say they’re drowning, meaning failing their classes and stressing […]

Tech’s annual Relay for Life kicks off tonight at 6 p.m. with a theme honoring the unlucky day. “Superstitions is the overall theme,” Jessica Hyder, Tech’s Relay for Life chairman, said. “Then everybody chose a theme that was underneath that, such as walking under a ladder, black cats or broken […]

The Student Council for Exceptional Children will host Speak Up, a rally that promotes disability awareness, March 31. The rally is scheduled to take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tech’s campus at Memorial Gym. According to Katherine Cox, president of SCEC, the purpose of this rally is […]

Tech’s Residential Life is hosting Cardboard City from 7 p.m. March 30 to 7 the following morning March 31 at the main quad. Cardboard City, co-hosted by Habitat for Humanity, is an event raising awareness about homelessness and hunger. Proceeds and donations for the event will be split between the […]

Tech’s Information Technology Services has implemented phase two of the Pharos Uniprint system and changed the billing process to eliminate future printing problems. Charges will not incur during the second testing phase. The new change, printing in arrears, will allow students to pay after they print if they exceed quota. […]

Tech’s Department of Exercise Science, Physical Education, and Wellness is wanting to open a center for kids of all ages in youth sports to learn and thrive in life as a person and a player. The department has proposed to create a Center for Positive Youth Sports. This center will […]