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This has been a sad few weeks for Tennessee Tech and the entire Upper Cumberland community. We had to say good-bye to one of our greatest champions and most iconic personalities in Millard Vaughn Oakley (1930-2022) of Livingston, Tenn. In my now 10 years as Tennessee Tech president, I...
Even though we have accomplished much thanks to the focus that Tech Tomorrow brought to our efforts, there is still much more we must do to ensure our continued success in serving students.
We certainly have success to build upon. Already, Tech provides our students with the highest ROI of...
The working group efforts aren’t the only way Tech Tomorrow has impacted the university. Offices and colleges across campus took the four strategic goals to heart and looked for ways that their units, both academic and administrative, could help move us forward.
Institutional Dashboard: The Office of Institutional Assessment,...
Strategic planning is only as successful as our strategic doing. Here is an update on what has been done, and what continues to be done, to help us accomplish our strategic goals set out in Tech Tomorrow.
From college SWOT analyses and an academic programs gap analysis – which are...
When Tennessee Tech introduced its strategic plan, Tech Tomorrow, in summer 2018, it was a blueprint to provide the university with a clear strategic direction by establishing four overarching strategic goals:
Education for Life
Tennessee Tech provides education that unleashes the potential and passion within our students and prepares them...
We will work hard to find solutions, not excuses.
It is easy to be a critic of ourselves and others. It is hard to match each of our criticisms with a solution. It’s easy to see limitations and obstacles. It is hard to turn negative situations into opportunities. But to...
We will constantly look for ways to make the process easier, not harder.
Remember, when you are helping people through a process you are very familiar with, they may not have the experience or information you have. You may use and understand terms they don’t know. Going to college can...
We will take personal responsibility to provide excellent service and do the job right the first time.
We take pride in being problem solvers, but a job done right the first time leaves a great impression on those we help and gives a great example for our co-workers. Taking personal interest means...
We WILL go the extra mile every day to help students reach their goal to graduate from Tennessee Tech and launch successful careers!
We need to do our part to make the path to graduation as clear, efficient and timely as possible. If a student hits a rough spot with...
We WILL serve students first, along with their families, and assist and support the Tech faculty and staff that inspire and guide students.
Every decision, every action, every policy should start with one question: How can this positively affect students? That focus in our day-to-day work has to be intentional. Serving students...
