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First graders flock to Farm Day

Several students gather to pet a goat for the first time. Photo by Taylor Curtis. First-graders from all around Putnam County had a first-hand encounter with agriculture at the annual Farm Day event held April 2 and 3 in Tech’s Hyder-Burks Agricultural Pavilion.  Over 1,000 children gathered in Hyder-Burks and […]

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Debate team members defend titles

Sara Stansbury, Madison Davis and Sistina Hammonds. Photo by Jacob Bray. Junior Madison Davis defended her national championship debate title earlier this month, bringing home a victory for the second consecutive year.  Davis usually competes in National Parliamentary Debate Association debate which is a two-on-two format with 15 minutes of […]

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Wings Up Weekend scheduled for April 12 and 13

From left: Captain Absolute (James Alder), Mrs. Malaprop (Chelsea Holland) and Lydia Languish (Dallas Stark) in a scene from “The Rivals.” Photo by Mark Creter Two days, 13 events, one Tennessee Tech University. Tech and the Crawford Alumni Center sponsor Wings Up Weekend April 12 and 13 on and around […]

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Japanese club brings culture to Tech

He is creating a power point presentation for the Japanese club meeting this Friday in Tech library. Photo by Rena Suzuki. Tech’s Japanese Club President Kei Mori, has been teaching Japanese language and culture in Bruner 306 every other Friday since he was a freshman.   “The first Japanese Club president, […]

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Science building and RUC construction

The $90 million Lab Sciences Building is on course for completion in 2020 after a historic year of rainfall in 2018, Tennessee Valley Authority spokesman Travis Bickey said. Cookeville amassed 82.55 inches of rain in 2018 passing 1998’s record of 76.96 inches, Bickey said.  The building construction team pushed through […]

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Journalism students support open records policy change

The board of trustees can legally change their policy requiring proof of residency for access to open records, the president of Tech’s Society of Collegiate Journalists said.   President Kendyl Seals said she consulted Deborah Fisher executive director for the Tennessee Coalition of Open Government and TCOG Lee Pope attorney about […]

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Creative Writing Club hosts poetry reading

Club founder Jake Gentry on stage at the club's first meeting. Photo by Tess Longmire. Tucked away in a second-floor classroom in Henderson Hall, a group of writers gather to share their work. They find refuge amongst Tech’s 10,000 student population to form a community, all thanks to Jake Gentry, […]