When you walk into the cafeteria for lunch or dinner there is chance that students may be doing more than eating and talking. The chance that an activity is going is great with Chartwells, Tech’s campus dinning services.”The activities and themed meals that we hold are what we consider monotony […]

The month of March is so well known for its inclement weather that it has been dubbed “Weather Awareness Month.” Thunderstorms can do more damage than ruining picnic plans and sporting events, however. They can also be harmful to your computer.Will Hoffert of Tech’s Information Technology Services department agrees. “Usually […]

Health Services is offering a wide range of medical services to students for free.Students can go to Health Services and receive medical help such as immunizations, allergy shots, treatment for athletic injuries, and even treatment for gynecological problems. “We can handle most anything that any general practitioner office can handle,” […]

Tech students, faculty and staff receive a 50 percent discount on all workshops offered at the Appalachian Center for Craft and can obtain a one-hour elective credit for the six-day intensive summer workshops.More than 100 workshops are offered each year in six mediums: blacksmithing, clay, fibers, glass, metals and wood. […]

If you haven’t noticed, we are in a recession that may well lead to a full-on depression. Yeah, I said it: depression. No jobs, soup lines, the erosion of American economic power. Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, then, should be considered a hero for refusing stimulus money in hard economic times. […]

The Tech men’s tennis team earned three victories, including two Ohio Valley Conference wins, moving it into first place in the OVC over the weekend in Cookeville, Tenn.The Golden Eagles defeated Morehead State University by a 6-1 score on March 20. On March 21, Tech improved its OVC record to […]

I’ve been thinking a lot about the environment lately. I spent my summer in the Smokey Mountains, my fall break in the Blue Ridge Mountains and my spring break in the Rockies. Those mountains are so beautiful, so incredible, so green-so unlike the smoggy, filthy gross cities across the globe. […]

Although the state continues to make budget cuts, the Tech Marketing Department still has a job to do. A partnership with the Office of Admissions has led to sponsorship of “cool schools,” a segment featured on Nashville’s Channel 4 News. Middle Tennessee high schools are taped spotlighting their programs every […]

Health Services now offers a special Women’s Health service to all female students, faculty and staff at Tech.All female students, faculty and staff can receive services such as complete physical examinations, birth control administration, sexually transmitted disease testing, Pap smears, and breast examinations. Physical examinations are included in each visit […]

Along with buyouts and budget cuts affecting student life at Tech, scholarships may be next to fall under the critical eye of administrators looking for ways to shore up diminishing funds.Due to the souring economy, the Tech endowment is also put at risk. The endowment is where most of the […]