TSSAA: HS Football Championships At Tech A Possibility
The TSSAA would consider the possibility of bringing the high school football championships back to Cookeville upon the completion of Tucker Stadium renovations. TSSAA Assistant Executive Director Matthew Gillespie said a return has been discussed. Cookeville lost the State Championships in 2021. He said the TSSAA has maintained a strong relationship with Cookeville and Putnam […]
Tech Repeats As Best In State On Return On Investment
Tennessee Tech is once again ranked the number-one public university in Tennessee in student return on investment and career pay. Payscale’s 2023 College Salary Report shows Tech graduates make a median starting salary of some $66,000. The report shows Tech graduates achieve a 20-year return on investment of some $450,000, some $90,000 higher than any […]
Tech Students Receive National Honors For Campus Magazine
A Tennessee Tech student-edited magazine titled “The Iris Review” rated excellent at a national English teachers contest. Assistant English Professor Erin Hoover teaches a Literary Magazine Editing class where students learn to edit, design, and market the Review. She said the magazine includes student work as well as submissions from across the Upper Cumberland. “We […]
Police Chief Celebrating 40 Years Of Law Enforcement Service To Cookeville
Cookeville Police Chief Randy Evans has spent more than 40 years serving the Cookeville community. Evans started with the department in August 1983 and became chief in 2013. Evans said the quality of not only his job, but his life revolves around community and the people he is surrounded by. Evans said his career has […]
UCHRA Public Transit Fleet Adds Two Electric Vehicles
Two Ford Electric SUVs have joined the UCHRA public transportation fleet. UCHRA Transportation Director Holly Montooth said the vehicles were purchased through a $90,000 IMPROVE grant from the state. She said working alongside Tennessee Tech has helped the organization see the benefits of going electric. “Of course, we want to do all we can to […]
New Cookeville Residents Donate Sculpture To Appalachian Center
Tennessee Tech’s Appalachian Center For Craft has a new life-sized bronze sculpture titled “Reverence.” Cookeville resident Bill Miller and his wife Sandy donated the sculpture. Miller said he hopes that its welcoming aura inspires Tech students and intrigues visitors. Miller said Cookeville’s dedication to crafts inspired him and his wife to contribute one of their […]
Tennessee Tech English Professor Debuts Her First Book, Story Collection
A collection of short stories about African American women in a fictional Georgia town marks the writing debut of Tennessee Tech Professor Monic Ductan. Ductan is a Associate English professor. She said “Daughters of Muscadine” began during her graduate studies. She finished writing the book at Tennessee Tech. She said that experience helped her grow […]
Tech Professor: JFK’s Assassination Shaped A Generation, Offers Lessons
The assassination of John F. Kennedy 60 years ago Wednesday shaped a generation and still cultivates perspective. That according to Tennessee Tech history professor Dr. Krystal Akehinmi. Akehinmi said when she asks, people who were alive in the 1960s can almost always tell her where they were when they heard the news that Kennedy had […]
Cookeville Business Leader, TTU Sports Hall of Famer Ottis Phillips Leaves Legacy Of Service
Longtime Cookeville business leader Ottis Phillips will be laid to rest Friday. The Cookeville-Putnam County Chamber of Commerce Chair and Tennessee Tech Sports Hall of Famer passed away at 71-years-old. TTU Athletic Director Mark Wilson said his contributions will have lasting impacts to the Cookeville community. “We lost a great friend,” Wilson said. “A great […]
TTU Partners With Putnam Co Emergency Communications To Improve Alert Systems
Tennessee Tech had a successful test in a new alert system thanks to a partnership with Putnam County 911 and Emergency Management Agency. University Dispatch Operations Supervisor Elizabeth Clemons said the joint effort allows each entity to send out alerts if one group is facing communication issues. “For example if the county is not able […]
