Tech is not only a place to begin four years of a college career, it is also a place that roughly 3,500 students transferred to finish their degree. “A third of our student body are transfer students,” Alex Callis, tech’s transfer specialist, said. October 21-25 is National Transfer […]
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Third annual door decorating contest approaches
Students and faculty members are haunting the Tech hallways for the third year in a row. The decorating contest began in 2017 in the College of Graduate Studies office and a few other departments in Derryberry Hall, Becky Blalock, an academic support associate with the College of Graduate Studies, […]
Grand Challenge promotes involvement in rural areas
President Phil Oldham’s new initiative Grand Challenge, is helping increase student involvement in rural areas throughout the state. “The Grand Challenge is the big new initiative under President Oldham that is following Governor Bill Lee’s new executive order to serve rural communities,” Kinsey Potter, a professional communications intern for […]
Speech and Debate Team to sponsor national tournament
The Tennessee Tech Speech and Debate Team wins the bid to sponsor the 2019-2020 International Public Debate Association National Championship Tournament and Convention for the first time. They event is scheduled during spring break in March. “This is the first time that Tech has ever hosted a national […]
Alumni Center displays exhibit to commemorate 50th anniversary
Through the end of this semester, students and community members can glimpse an exhibit featuring original items from the Varsity Cinema Theatre — a Cookeville icon for 32 years. The exhibit in Crawford Alumni Center, which is the theater’s home, features memorabilia from the original movie theater, iconic movie […]
Rotaract Club conducts blood drive
Tech Rotaract Club members conducted their third annual blood drive Wednesday. “One donation saves three lives. If you add it up, that saves a lot of lives,”Vice President Huyen Dam said. The Rotaract Club began in 1968, and currently consists of 81 members. They are a service-based club that focuses […]
Tech alumnus Jake Hoot chosen on “The Voice”
In 2011, Jake Hoot hugged his teammates after winning the Ohio Valley Conference football championship. Eight years later, Hoot hugged Kelly Clarkson, three-time Grammy and MTV Music Video Award Winner, after she chose him to be on her team for NBC’s “The Voice.” “I blacked out when she […]
Cybersecurity awareness month at Tech
Almost every day on Tech’s campus, a scam email is found on a student’s account and is terminated, according to Deb Zsigalov, Tech’s Chief Information Security Officer. National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, occurring in October, is dedicated to making the public aware of the resources available to navigate safely and […]
Networking issues discussed at Tech seminar
Susmit Shannigrahi, an assistant computer science professor at Tech, presented a seminar Thursday on his research from his Ph.D titled, “The Network of Everything — Challenges and Opportunities” in which he discussed the problem with networking today and how it can improve. The networking issues stem from the Internet’s […]
Suits2Cheap provides professional clothing
Students needing professional clothes at affordable prices can look no further. This week Student to Career is conducting the second annual Suits2Cheap event giving students the opportunity to buy professional clothes at affordable prices. “We offer them to students at cheaper prices than they could find at a […]
