Spring is in full bloom at Tennessee Tech and, this semester, a little school spirit has been added to the campus flowerbeds. As the months grow warmer, campus facilities are making sure the landscape is polished and eye-catching for spring and summer. In particular, the flowerbeds are now bursting with […]
Author: Shelbey Ashburn
Kicking Kanye out of the UK
Kanye West has done it again, without actually doing anything this time. It seems that the infamous award snatcher has landed him into another controversial situation by simply being himself. The Glastonbury Music Festival is a five-day music fest held every year in Pilton, Somerset, England and features artists mainly […]
Best-selling Author comes to Tech
Alissa Nutting, author of the controversial satirical novel “Tampa,” will visit Tennessee Tech to read selections from two of her books Thursday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. at the Backdoor Playhouse. Nutting's 2013 novel, "Tampa," about a middle school teacher who seduces her students, received acclaim for its satirical look […]
Student groups, organizations prepare for Saturday parade
The 2014 Tennessee Tech Homecoming Parade will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Many of Tech’s groups, dorms, organizations, fraternities and sororities will be showcasing their themed floats during the parade. This year’s Homecoming theme is “Every day’s a Holiday.” All participants have been designing and building variations of holiday […]
Cookeville highlighted in ‘Cookevegas’ app
Cookeville native and Tech graduate Daniel Sutton has designed Cookeville’s first app called Cookevegas, which offers many features to locals such as deals, entertainment, shopping and event listings. Cookevegas was originally planned to be a community-based website before being converted into an interactive app for Apple and Google Play users […]
Senator proposes to raise program admissions standards
Tenn. Sen. Dolores Gresham proposed Senate Bill 664, which would require future teacher education program candidates to attain a composition score of 25 or higher on the ACT for program acceptance. If passed, Senate Bill 664 is projected to take effect statewide July 1. Gresham was a leader in the […]
Web directors redesign Tech website
The Tennessee Tech website underwent many changes this summer as web directors Lisa Maas and David Willis took on the task of visually and technologically improving its features. Visitors to the new website will notice significant changes in the overall appearance of the homepage along with updated features such as […]
