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...
I wanted to share this opinion piece that I wrote about the FOCUS Act. It ran in today’s edition of the Tennessean.
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FOCUS Act will improve Tennessee’s universities
The FOCUS Act, a bill currently not familiar to most Tennesseans, will produce six public universities far superior in quality to those you...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Even a short conversation regarding budgets can have the effect of a commercial strength sedative.
Although annual budgets seldom reflect accurate year-end expenditures, the value of a well-designed budget process for institutional stability and consistent progress toward strategic goals cannot be overstated. The old sayings “put your money where your...
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...
This past week has been one of the most unusually beautiful and challenging in the 100-year history of Tennessee Tech University. Nature often humbles us and forces us to reassess our priorities and plans. Although any record of campus closings are hard to come by, canceling classes and closing...
Have you ever really looked at the official University seal for Tennessee Tech? Chances are, if you are like most of us, you have glanced at it on occasion but never really considered the relevance of its symbolism.
One of the more subtle, yet nevertheless intriguing, elements in the seal...
