Tennessee Tech Hits Modern Era Record Retention Rate
Tennessee Tech has set a modern era record retention rate of some 80.1 percent of students returning to campus. Tech Vice President for Enrollment and Communication Karen Lykins said improving retention is a campus wide effort. Lykins said student challenges can lead to students leaving the University. “The first year is when students are the […]
TTU Student Ranks Top-10 In The World For One-Handed Cube Solving
9.73 seconds. That is the time that got Tennessee Tech Senior Eli Parker ranked 10th in the world for a one-handed Rubik’s cube solve. Parker competed in the Pittsburgh Summer A 2022 competition where he achieved the record breaking time. “My soul left my body for a second, because I finally got top 10 in […]
Putnam Closes Fiscal Year With A New Record For Building Permits
Putnam County set an all-time building permit record for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. The county had 436 permits for $89.4 million. 245 of those permits were for new single family homes. The 2020-2021 Fiscal Year had 382 permits for $61 million with 243 of those being new homes. Mayor Randy Porter released the numbers Tuesday […]
Cookeville Breaks Sales Tax Record In December 2021
Cookeville has reached an historic high for sales tax collections exceeding $4 million for the first time in history. In December 2021, some $4,235,000 were collected, a 6.5 percent increase compared to December 2020, according to Cookeville City Manager James Mills. More than $2 million of the sales tax was given to the Putnam County […]
Putnam Building Permits Sees Record-Breaking January
Putnam County broke another building permit record in January, the highest on record for a traditionally slow month. The month saw 28 permits that totaled $8.5 million, with 20 of those being new single-family residential homes. County Mayor Randy Porter said that last year set a January record, with 21 permits for $6.2 million. In […]
Tennessee Tech Sees Record Year For External Research Funding
Tennessee Tech set a new record for externally funded research, with funds exceeding $22 million for the 2020-2021 academic year. Tech researchers saw some 172 sponsored research projects started last year, which is almost a 12 percent increase from the year before. For the current year, Tech had almost $12 million in research funding activated […]
