Tennessee Tech Announces Plan To Start Tucker Stadium West Side Construction
Work on the west side of Tennessee Tech’s Tucker Stadium is officially set to begin after the 2023 football season is completed. Athletic Director Mark Wilson said the project has been several years in the making, the vision starting in 2012. He said it has taken many people to get to the university to the […]
TTU Working To Develop Database To Strategize Enrollment Recruitment
Tennessee Tech working to develop a database that will help the university align recruitment to population growth areas of state. Executive Director of Strategic Planning & Data Dewayne Wright said they are in the early stages of collecting different sets of data from THEC, the state data center, and internal data. He said all of […]
TTU’s Dean Tom Payne: Positive News From Recent Fed Decisions
The Federal Reserve decided to pause interest rate hikes Wednesday, the first time it has done so over the last ten times it has met. Tennessee Tech College of Business Dean Tom Payne said that indicates the Fed’s desire to prevent accidentally overtightening. He said as the nation approaches a year under historic inflation conditions, […]
Provost Bruce: Tennessee Tech Students Career-Driven
Tennessee Tech students tend to be more career-focused during their education. That’s according to Provost Lori Bruce. She said students are serious about their studies but want to know what kind of career their degrees will get them. “Year over year we see that some of our top choices are mechanical engineer, computer science, exercise […]
TTU Athletics Exceeds Academic Progress Rate Standards
Tennessee Tech athletic teams have exceeded the national Academic Progress Rate (APR) standards for the 13th consecutive year. Athletics Director Mark Wilson said the APR standard is a benchmark to determine how an athletics program is meeting its mission of educating its student-athletes. He said he attributes the success to the dedication of the student-athletes, […]
TTU Women’s Basketball Making NCAA Preparations
Tennessee Tech women’s basketball team heading to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2000. TTU Athletics Director Mark Wilson said it is the goal of all teams in every sports program to make it to the NCAA tournament each year. He said the preparations for the tournament itself involve balancing several logistical components. […]
Tennessee Tech College Of Nursing Earns 97 Percent Passing Rate For Licensure Exam
Tennessee Tech’s nursing students earned one of the highest passing rates in the state for the nursing licensure exam. Students averaged a 97 percent pass rate. The nationwide NCLEX pass rate for first-time takers was 80 percent in 2022 while Tennessee earned an average pass rate of 86 percent. Dean Kim Hanna said Tech has […]
Tech Faculty And Students Work To Create Faster Flood Simulator
Tennessee Tech faculty and students are working on running models on flood simulators in a fraction of the time it used to. Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Dr. Alfred Kalyanapu said that is made possible through the TRITON program, which is an advanced model from the one he created while working on his Ph.D. […]
TTU’s “Tech After Dark” Returns For UC Families This Thursday
Tennessee Tech’s annual event “Tech After Dark” returns to campus this Thursday. Director of Admissions Frank Tittle said the event is an exclusive preview night for local high school students and their families. He said parents will speak with President Phil Oldham about what to expect while students are taken around on a personalized tour. […]
TTU Capstone Students Working To Develop Program To Better Parking
A group of Tennessee Tech students is working to develop a program that will make parking on campus more efficient through a computer science capstone project. Lecturer Jesse Roberts said the idea was generated through a partnership with another institute. He said the basic idea is that it would look for available parking spots and […]
