We will treat everyone with kindness and give them our full attention.
In a busy world full of distractions, it’s easy to go through the motions when someone has a question or a problem you have heard many times before.
This principle reminds us that each individual carries a history, and this may be their first time dealing with an issue....
I introduced The Wings Up Way to you earlier this semester, and for the next few weeks, I want to walk through my thoughts on each of the seven principles.
Someone asked me recently why I chose this semester to introduce these principles and why these seven points. Because in a time of external influences and stress, it forces you...
I grew up hearing the common proverb, “Hindsight is 20/20.” I never imagined anxiously looking forward to flipping that proverb to fit our current circumstances: “2020 is Finally Hindsight!” Thank Goodness! We are all more than ready to put 2020 in the rear view mirror. But, not so fast. Maybe, just maybe, these two proverbs have something important in...
Dear students, faculty and staff,
This evening, our return to campus accelerates with students moving into residence halls. The energy and excitement associated with this has always been one of my favorite parts of the year.
As we come back together in person and in virtual environments, nothing is more important to me than everyone’s safety and health — nothing.
I appreciate...
Dear Golden Eagle Community,
I am impressed and encouraged by the amount and quality of work you all are doing on behalf of Tech students.
Faculty, department chairs, deans, and academic staffs are showing such thoughtfulness in preparing physical classrooms and delivery methods. Administrative offices, with Facilities at the forefront, are finding ways to support students and faculty.
We just completed our...
Unprecedented, challenging, inconvenient, strange, boring, lonely, uncertain, costly, anxious, depressing, quiet, surreal. These are just a few of the words used to describe the COVID-19 pandemic, surely the most significant challenge of our lives. In fact, words seem inadequate to describe the complete impact on each of us physically, emotionally, socially, psychologically, and financially.
I have personally lived through numerous...
To say that this past week has been one of the most difficult in the history of Cookeville, Putnam County, and Tennessee Tech would be a gross understatement. Eighteen fatalities, 88 injured, over 500 buildings damaged, over 100 families lost homes. Five families lost precious children and some children lost both parents. The numbers are staggering. The stories of...
Kindness matters! It makes a difference. It may be simple, but it’s a really big deal. It doesn’t cost a dime, but the ROI is huge. And it’s clear that in our world today we need kindness more than ever.
Tennessee Tech is known for its basic sense of values, work ethic, and culture of kindness. I am excited to...
Please enjoy this video, highlighting our 3rd Annual Lighting the Quad.
https://youtu.be/Fntg7NcII-k
As I stood at the end of the tunnel at the Hoop last Saturday before commencement, a mother approached me with a message. She was full of emotion and gratitude for her daughter’s experience at Tech. She said faculty members had supported her daughter in extraordinary ways, and she...
Tech also presented financial news to the Board of Trustees. Given that our fall enrollment bested the projections used to formulate the 2019-2020 budget, we shared with the board one possible plan: a 1% salary increase pool and a 1% one-time bonus pool. Details of the proposal are still being worked out. Pending board approval, any proposal would take...
