With solar panels being noticed around Tech’s campus and the importance of sustainability being stressed by many, questions are being raised about where Tech’s energy derives from. Ten years ago, Tech made the decision to stop burning coal for an energy source and convert to more efficient and reliable means. […]
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Summary Judgment Requested By Faculty Suing Tech
Two Tech faculty members who have filed a lawsuit against the university’s provost recently requested a summary judgment in federal court. Attorney Robert Bigelow, representing Dr. Julia Gruber and Andrew Smith — associate professor of German and English instructor respectively — claims the university used surveillance technology to “unmask and […]
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Tech Counseling Center and Mental Health
Tech continues to grow, with over 10,000 freshmen on campus in the fall of 2022. With this rise in numbers, students should be aware of the university’s resources. The university provides health and safety tools. Leigh Ann Ray, director of JJ Oakley Health Services, stated, “There are lots of resources […]
A Way of Dealing With the Times
If you go into any houseware store, or locally owned boutique, you’ll find wooden signs speaking to our ways of life. Each one is different, but yet the same; however, when you see them in someone’s home, office and personal space, you begin to get glimpses into their humor or […]
Tech Family Weekend
Tech held its annual Family Weekend from Friday, Sept. 16, until Sunday, Sept. 18. The weekend consisted of many activities including: family golf and bowling, a bus tour of Cookeville, as well as a Tech football game against Samford University on Saturday night. As many students welcomed their families […]
Chief Diversity Officer Aims to Make Tech a Welcoming Campus
“What does it look like for a student who has a single parent who worked hard, but they just barely made ends meet, and they were poor—what does it look like for that student to come to Tennessee Tech?” This is the type of question Dr. Rob Owens aims to […]
24th U.S. Poet Laureate Performs at Backdoor Playhouse
On Tuesday, Sept. 20, the current United States poet laureate, Ada Limón, performed a poetry reading at the Backdoor Playhouse. The event drew a crowd of an estimated 155 people to the theater where Lemón recited 13 poems from her newest book, “The Hurting Kind,” with subjects ranging from love, […]
Women’s Center Art Gallery
Tech’s Women’s Center hosted their first women’s art gallery on Sept. 1 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., featuring the artwork of Anna Grayson, a metals major from Gallatin, Tennessee. The Women’s Center, located in Roaden University Center room 339, hosts a series of events throughout the year and […]
John Wayne Gacy- inspired musical to world premiere at Tech
The Backdoor Playhouse is preparing for the world premiere of a new, true crime musical based on the life of serial killer John Wayne Gacy titled “Crawlspace.” The musical will begin its run on Nov. 3. After its opening night, Crawlspace will hold shows at 8 p.m. on Nov. […]