News about next fiscal year’s budget continues to evolve, and we shared the latest information with the Budget Advisory Committee yesterday.
As we continue to work on this issue, our primary objectives are to serve students, protect our core mission, preserve dollars for the academic units, and optimize efficiency of operations through restructuring and process improvements.
At the committee meeting, we...
This semester we will focus as a university on increasing the opportunities to share news about our successes and challenges. I am committed to bringing you news as quickly and directly as possible this semester that is relevant to how we serve students.
This afternoon, we shared information with the Budget Advisory Committee, made up of students, faculty and staff,...
Life is good at Tennessee Tech to begin our second century. As we wrap up our first week of the fall semester, it is a beautiful late summer day in the Upper Cumberland. The 10,000-plus new and returning students animate the campus landscape and hallowed halls with their unique forms of positive energy. We feel the promise of this...
At the end of each academic year, there’s a natural tendency to reflect on the health and well being of the institution.
I’m sharing a State of the University message with you to capture the accomplishments of faculty, staff and students as we conclude the semester. I am happy to report that Tennessee Tech University is exceptionally healthy and secure...
Spring semester at Tennessee Tech is always full of high energy fun with numerous events and activities almost every day. One event that stands out is the annual Research Day, where students celebrate and showcase original research and creative efforts. On Thursday, April 7, Roaden University Center will be packed with students standing beside their respective posters eagerly waiting...
I wanted to share with you the process Tech uses to obtain information that I use in deciding whether to close the campus. I take this decision very seriously and want to help everyone understand what information goes into reaching it.
Throughout the night, I am in constant contact with our head of facilities and our campus police chief, who...
Turning 100 years old is a big deal! We officially started celebrating Tennessee Tech’s centennial last March and still have a few months to enjoy with the dedication of Centennial Plaza, a formal gala, and spring commencement. One hundred years of Tennessee Tech history and tradition gives us much to celebrate proudly.
However as we begin to wind down our...
In baseball, home runs excite fans because they are relatively rare, unpredictable, and most often literal game changers. They immediately stir strategy and raise stakes. The Cookeville Higher Education Campus promises to be that same type of game changer for higher education in the Upper Cumberland region.
When the Tennessee Board of Regents announced the unprecedented partnership of Tennessee Tech...
Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the National Week of Making kickoff event at the White House hosted by the Office of Science and Technology Policy. This past year, thanks to the leadership of Dr. Vahid Motevalli, associate dean of engineering, Tennessee Tech was one of the first of now approximately 70 leading universities around the country...
On March 27, 1915, Tennessee Governor Thomas Rye signed the charter establishing Tennessee Polytechnic Institute in Cookeville, Tennessee.
However, the effort to establish a school, college, or university in Cookeville had begun several years earlier. Cookeville’s remote location and meager population (less than Tech’s current student enrollment) made it an unlikely site to build Tennessee’s newest educational institution specializing in...
