Tennessee Tech’s Kappa Sigma Fraternity Earns National Recognition
Tennessee Tech’s Kappa Sigma fraternity earned national recognition as one of the top chapters in North America. The Kappa-Mu chapter was awarded the Founders Award of Chapter Excellence (FACE), the benchmark award in the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Chapter President Nolan Burgess said it recognizes outstanding chapter management, achievement, and program development in all areas of […]
TTU Nursing Enrollment Back To Normal For Fall Semester
Tennessee Tech nursing student enrollment holding steady this fall semester after recent low enrollment. School of Nursing Director Barbara Jared said Tennessee Tech’s School of Nursing typically sees about 600 undergraduate students. At the graduate level, the average is about 140 students. Jared said she believes the drop in enrollment numbers was influenced by the […]
Tennessee Tech Puts Putnam Students First With Early Application
Tennessee Tech giving Putnam County residents early access to admission applications through its third annual Putnam First program. Karen Lykins is the Interim Vice President for Enrollment Management and Career Placement. She said that there are several advantages to letting Putnam County students have that early access. “Tennessee Tech is home, that’s a natural place […]
Students Taking Advantage Of Tech’s Online Courses For This Summer Session
Tennessee Tech’s summer session is seeing slightly decreased numbers than usual. Karen Lykins is the Interim Vice President for Student Enrollment. She said that despite lower than average numbers, they are offering even more courses for summer sessions than ever before. Lykins said that offering more online courses and has been a big plus for […]
TTU Professor Funded To Research Climate Impacts Of Solar Panels
A Tennessee Tech Mechanical Engineer Assistant Professor has been awarded $500,000 to research solar panel impacts on the climate. Ahmad Vaselbehagh said scientific leaders and policy makers have two goals today: electrifying everything and generating that required electricity through renewable energy. Vaselbehagh said he wants to know how the atmosphere responds to this. “There is […]
TTU Foundation To Purchase Crossville Land For Wind Tunnel And Other Research
The TTU Foundation will be purchasing nearly four acres of land and existing structures in Crossville to be used for both research and instruction and house a recently acquired, large low-speed wind tunnel. President Phil Oldham said that a wind tunnel will allow students to do physical models of research compared to theoretical. He said […]
Cookeville-TTU Gateway Signage Project Waiting T-DOT Approval
New Cookeville gateway signage project awaiting T-DOT approval. City Manager James Mills said that the partnered project with Tennessee Tech must meet specific guidelines from T-DOT. He said that guidelines are even more specific when the project is on a T-DOT right-of-way. “They do this for any type of community that has these signs,” Mills […]
Tech Traditional Housing Rate 5% Increase To Help With Maintenance
Tennessee Tech set to increase rates for traditional housing by some five percent. Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. Cynthia Polk-Johnson said that the increase will help with needed maintenance to some of the halls. “We had some renovations happen some years ago and now we really have been looking at our facilities and determining […]
TTU Has Not Made Definitive Decision On New Parking Garage
Tennessee Tech President Phil Oldham said the university has not made a definitive decision on building a new parking garage. Oldham made the report to the Putnam County Joint Economic and Community Development Board Tuesday. “We’d love to have one on campus,” Oldham said. “We would actually love to have more than one on campus, […]
TTU Approves New Agricultural Technology Innovation Center
Tennessee Tech will get a new $1 million Agricultural Technology Innovation Center as one of the approved projects for the fiscal year. Dean of the School of Agriculture and Ecology Dr. Darron Smith said that he calls the new facility a “student success center.” He said it will serve as a place where students can […]
