The annual Friends of Cookeville/Putnam County Animals’ “Bark in the Park” is next Saturday, and Tech volunteers will once again play a major role in the success of the event.”Bark in the Park” is a big play day for dogs and their owners to converge on the Algood City Park […]
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Spin Dat Record with Kyle Buckner
Justin Townes Earle isn’t exactly a household name.yet. Son of country hard-knock Steve Earle and named after country/folk troubadour Townes Van Zandt, Earle is just barely two years into his professional music career. After spending years battling drug and alcohol addiction, Earle decided it was time to get serious. Justin […]
Rehearsals begin while renovations continue in the Backdoor Playhouse
The Tech Players began working on their production of “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” despite continued construction in the Backdoor Playhouse as part of a major renovation project.The play is a musical based on a book by the same named written by Burt Shevelove and […]
Tech chorale performing with local high school choir Tuesday
Tech’s chorale will be performing alongside the Cookeville High School concert choir and the University orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in The Bryan Fine Arts Building’s Wattenbarger Auditorium. For the last four years, Choral Director Craig Zamer has combined forces with Cookeville High School concert choir Director Michael Choate and […]
New exhibit featuring jewelry on display at the Craft Center
The Appalachian Center for Craft hosts many exhibitions throughout the year and is especially busy this fall semester.Trish L. Harding’s Nature, Nurture and Memory exhibit is just one of the exhibitions at the Craft Center now. “Her past work investigates nature and geometry,” Gallery Manager Gail Looper said, “while more […]
Freshmen in hotels set to move on campus
Ninety incoming freshmen were living in local hotels awaiting rooms in residential halls just two weeks ago, due to Tech’s open enrollment policy. Everyone who enrolls and pays a deposit is guaranteed a room. No one is turned away from Tech, no matter how outrageous the overflow. “We have open […]
Students show demand for Arabic class
A growing desire among some students to learn Arabic has led to one of the most successful turnouts for a non-credit class at Tech. Nineteen out of the 20 seats available for the “Basic Arabic” class that started Monday have been filled, and plans for more classes are being drawn […]
TBR focuses on graduation rates
New Tennessee Board of Regents regulations have Tech using more retention efforts to help students graduate.TBR has enacted a phase-in process that will start Fall 2011. The process is designed to help schools across Tennessee gradually raise their graduation rates up to determine yearly funding. The goal of the legislation […]
New military science professor juggles jobs
Being an officer in the military can be a challenge. Maintaining skills and proficiencies in Civil Engineering while being newly in charge of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at Tech can be a balancing act comparable to few.”If you don’t use it, you lose it,” Major Bret Martin said in […]
“Festival of Voices” set to fill the air with music at Tech with performances tonight
Rehearsals for the second annual “Festival of Voices” begin this morning, and a concert will be held at 7 p.m. tonight in Bryan Fine Arts Building’s Wattenbarger Auditorium.The event, coordinated by assistant professor and choral director Craig Zamer, invites High Schools from across the state to participate in a collaborative […]
