This academic year, more than 1,500 students will take the senior exit exam, a test that determines additional funding for Tech and is required for graduation by the Tennessee Board of Regents. The exit exam is a 45-minute, multiple-choice exam that complies with California Critical Thinking Skills Test requirements. Sharon […]
Author: Sarah Reese
New Spot for Bikes Raises Concern of Bike Rack Continuity
After multiple assessments of areas around campus, Facilities and Business Services installed two additional bicycle racks across from Clement Hall Wednesday in hopes of satisfying student needs for additional bicycle parking. “As the campus becomes more pedestrian, the objective is to provide ample bike parking facilities,” Kevin Tucker, director of […]
Local Business ‘Compugeeks’ Sponsors Homecoming Concert
Country music singers Darryl Worley and Joe Diffie wrapped up Homecoming Week Saturday when they played for over 1,000 fans and alumni at the Hooper Eblen Center. Compugeeks President Charles Bell put on the show with help from alumni director Tracey Duncan. Bell, who founded the Sparta-based company, used the […]
Homecoming Week is all Fun and Games
As Homecoming Week came to a close Saturday night, winners were announced and awards were handed out in Tucker Stadium. The overall winners of the 2013 Homecoming competitions were partners Alpha Delta Pi sorority and Kappa Sigma fraternity. Allison Boshears of Phi Mu and Matthew Bimsteim of the Percussion Club […]
Erin Brokovich Encourages Students to Use Moral Compass
Environmentalist and motivational speaker Erin Brockovich came to Tech Tuesday night to talk about her story, as well as spread a message of self-empowerment. Brockovich spoke about fighting for yourself and what is right in her motivational speech. “You cannot look to anyone to tell you what’s right,” Brockovich said. […]
Homecoming candidates campaign for crown
Students experienced the opportunity to vote for Homecoming King and Queen Oct. 17. Candidates utilized different strategies in efforts to receive votes. Derek Decker, senior human resource major, is the candidate running for Sigma Chi fraternity. He said he felt that social media, flyers, food, and location were the biggest […]
Professors coordinate with Russian schools for education
Russia is a place that is moving towards a better understanding of individuals with disabilities, and some professors in the special education department at Tech are getting the opportunity to help with that. On Nov. 2, Helen Dainty, Laura Graves and Amy Callender are making a trip to Siberia for […]
Students design Homecoming floats
Among the many events that take place during the week and day of Homecoming, one of the largest and most observed contests is the float competition. Sarah Reese, senior, is a member of Phi Mu and the sorority’s Homecoming chair. Phi Mu has paired up with Sigma Alpha Epsilon […]
Centennial celebration planning underway
The University’s 100th anniversary is approaching in 2015 and planning and organizing for the commemoration is already taking place. Tech alumna Laura Clemons is the centennial coordinator in charge of planning projects for the occasion. Some projects require the two years of planning that is allotted while others are a […]
Undebatable greatness
In Tech’s Office of Communications there proudly sits a large, old, wooden trophy case, where dozens of glimmering gold trophies stand tall and erect. Some of these trophies date back to the early 1940s. The trophy case appears to be busting at the seams, yet each year more and more […]
