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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
The Flamenco Louisville dance troupe is scheduled to perform at 7 p.m. Tuesday on the Derryberry Auditorium stage. Co-founder Diana Dinicola is leading a quick-start introduction to Flamenco dance workshop open to all students at 11 a.m. Tuesday on the Derryberry Auditorium stage. “This Spanish dance form is an exciting […]
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam and Democrat Mike McWherter faced off for the first time in Wattenbarger Auditorium Tuesday night. Although the two agreed on illegal immigration policies and the disagreement surrounding the Islamic Center in Murfreesboro, the two clashed over topics such as the state budget. “What I learned […]
The Tennessee Board of Regents is currently in the middle of revamping the teacher education program. This means big changes for Tech’s education department. Ready 2 Teach is a special program in the state that focuses on improving pre-K through 12 outcomes and engaging all six universities and 13 community […]
Education can open lots of doors. While colleges promote all the wonderful opportunities that come with higher education, the main focus of college learning should be professional development, not “finding yourself.”If I wanted to pay for personal development, I’d hire a therapist or a life coach. As it is, I […]
Tech is in the process of implementing and enforcing a new recycling policy. New, secured garbage bins are located around campus in departments and offices. Detailed instructions are posted above existing garbage and recycling bins. The instructions detail where to dispose of non-shredded paper, shredded paper, magazines, newspapers, and non-confidential […]
A change has taken place at Health Services, leaving the nurses limited in treating patients. After 30 years of dedicated service at Tech, Randy Tompkins, Registered Nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner, has retired. Health Services is currently taking applications in search of hiring a new full-time F.N.P. “Along with change comes […]
Ninety incoming freshmen were living in local hotels awaiting rooms in residential halls just two weeks ago, due to Tech’s open enrollment policy. Everyone who enrolls and pays a deposit is guaranteed a room. No one is turned away from Tech, no matter how outrageous the overflow. “We have open […]
A growing desire among some students to learn Arabic has led to one of the most successful turnouts for a non-credit class at Tech. Nineteen out of the 20 seats available for the “Basic Arabic” class that started Monday have been filled, and plans for more classes are being drawn […]
New Tennessee Board of Regents regulations have Tech using more retention efforts to help students graduate.TBR has enacted a phase-in process that will start Fall 2011. The process is designed to help schools across Tennessee gradually raise their graduation rates up to determine yearly funding. The goal of the legislation […]
Being an officer in the military can be a challenge. Maintaining skills and proficiencies in Civil Engineering while being newly in charge of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at Tech can be a balancing act comparable to few.”If you don’t use it, you lose it,” Major Bret Martin said in […]
