Overton Budget Committee Approves New 4-H Position
The Overton County Budget Committee approved $51,000 in funding to establish a new 4-H and Agriculture extension position to support youth programming throughout the county. Budget Committee Chairman Darwin Clark said the county will fund the entirety of the position’s cost for the current year to ensure the program can expand its reach. Clark said […]
Tech Hosts Statewide Artificial Intelligence Summit This Week
Tennessee Tech is partnering with UT Knoxville and the AI Tennessee Consortium to host a statewide summit focused on AI uses Tuesday. Tech Acting Vice President for Research and Economic Development Michael Aikens said the event will bring together representatives from multiple universities, private businesses, and government entities. “What our focus is, is how are […]
Nationwide Cybersecurity Attack Hits College Software
The cleanup continues after a nationwide cybersecurity breach involving the third-party online learning platform, Canvas. Regis Billings is the Associate Director of the Tennessee Tech’s Cybersecurity Education Research and Outreach Center. Billings said the true extent of the breach is currently unknown. A hacking group responsible allegedly accessed the back end of Canva’s website and […]
Annual Women In Ag Event Friday Offers Learning, Teamwork
The annual Women in Agriculture Summit returns next Friday, with topics from cattle farming to gardening and weed prevention. The Upper Cumberland Extension Team hosts the annual event, set this year for Liberty. Overton Ag Extension Agent Jason Garrett said the summit is a valuable opportunity for women to gain tangible skills in the industry […]
TTU Online Nursing School Ranked Top Program In Tennessee
Tennessee Tech University’s Whitson-Hester School of Nursing named the the best online nurse practitioner program in Tennessee The honor comes from NursePractitionerOnline.Com’s 2026 rankings. Tech placed ahead of Vanderbilt University and the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Nationally, Tennessee Tech ranks fourth for best online nurse practitioner programs, and third for best online psychiatric mental […]
Cumberland Master Gardeners Host Flower/Garden Festival
The Cumberland County Master Gardeners will host the Flower Lawn and Garden Festival this weekend to celebrate the spring season and promote local horticulture. Margo Carroll serves as a lead organizer for the festival. Carroll said the organization operates as a volunteer group in partnership with the University of Tennessee extension offices to provide gardening […]
Local Expert Said Gingerbread Tradition Offers Family Fun
A retired UT Extension agent has been building on one holiday tradition since the 1970s and the popularity keeps growing. Drucilla Ray recently taught a Gingerbread House class in Granville. She started the work in the 1970s, in her school home demonstration club. Ray said when she started teaching for University of Tennessee, her target […]
STEMOVATE Comes to Putnam, Expands STEM Learning
Putnam County joining a new collaboration between Tennessee Tech, Oak Ridge, and Tennessee 4-H to expand STEM concept education to children across the state. Putnam Ag Extension Agent Trent Jones said STEMOVATE offers students the chance to learn anything from robotics to invasive species. Jones said it is important for children to learn STEM concepts […]
Tech Moving Forward With Nuclear Engineering Program
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission approved Tennessee Tech’s new program in nuclear engineering Thursday. The bachelor’s degree anticipated to begin this fall with a starting group of 10 students. Fifteen new courses are being developed for the program. A survey from February 2023 of 265 engineering students at Tech showed that sixty-five percent of them […]
Overton Chamber’s Cantrell Certified As Economic Developer
Livingston Overton County Chamber Of Commerce Executive Director Shannon Cantrell has a new title next to her name. Tennessee Certified Economic Developer. Cantrell completed a 100-hour program through the University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services to become certified. She said it takes about two years to complete. It includes a number of different courses […]
