The Rural Reimagined Club (RRC), Tennessee Tech’s Grand Challenge initiative to transform rural living through science, technology, and innovation, wants to invite you to their first meeting on Tuesday, February 2nd, at 11 am via Zoom. Guest speaker Andrea Kruszka, the Rural Outreach Coordinator at the Tennessee Center for Rural Innovation, will be sharing about innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities at TN Tech. Come learn more about Rural Reimagined at TN Tech and how you can get involved in rural service and outreach, as well as the upcoming Rural Journeys speaker series. For more information, contact RRC President Kester Nucum at knucum42@tntech.edu.
Author: Bailey Phonsnasinh
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Alpha Kappa Psi Walkathon
Alpha Kappa Psi Walkathon
When: February 1-28th
Where: Online
Why: Friendly competition and exercise
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English Club meets Feb 02
Hey everyone! We are excited to have you back on campus! Please join us Tuesday, Feb 02, during dead hour (11 a.m.), for the first English Club meeting of the semester on Zoom. We will catch up and talk about our plans for the semester. All majors are welcome! If you’re interested in joining, please contact Lena Albro (lkalbro42@tntech.edu). We are looking forward to seeing you!
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Learn how you can win $10,000 for your Innovative Idea
Do you have an idea for a product, business, or nonprofit? Join us for the Eagle Works Competition virtual kickoff event this Wednesday February 3rd at 5 p.m. to find out how you can win $10,000! Eagle Works is a great opportunity to learn about innovation and entrepreneurship, make a difference, and gain valuable real-world experience. Visit www.tntech.edu/eagleworks for more information.
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Join us TONIGHT for An Evening with Alex Jenny, The Drag Therapist
The day has finally come! Join Center Stage, the Women’s Center and Project Awaken TONIGHT (Feb. 1) for “An Evening with Alex Jenny, the Drag Therapist” at 6 P.M.!
This event is free and open to everyone. Register for the event by 5 pm on February 1st here to get the Zoom information sent to you via e-mail.
Alex Jenny is a Chicago-based trauma therapist and drag queen known as The Drag Therapist. She is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in trauma recovery, identity development, gender affirming care, and changing our relationships to our younger selves. Her drag and art focuses on uplifting and celebrating trans people of color and more specifically trans women and trans feminine people of color. Most recently, she hosts a show called The Moment, part drag show, part talk show, that celebrates trans artists. She has been engaged in community organizing, activism, and social justice education for over a decade. We hope you will join us as we learn from Alex about her life, her work and her passions!
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Alpha Phi Omega Spring Recruitment — First Info Meeting
Alpha Phi Omega at Tennessee Tech is starting its spring recruitment next week. We are currently an extension group looking to obtain our charter and are looking for any student interested in community service opportunities and developing leadership skills to join as charter members. Alpha Phi Omega is the largest, co-educational intercollegiate service organization in the United States, with international chapters in the Philippines and Canada, and over 500,000 members since 1925. Some of the projects that the group has done sin the past year includes a tornado relief drive, card-making for senior citizens and first responders, and a blood drive in November collecting almost 50 pints of blood for the local community.
We will be meeting on Tuesday, February 2 at 7:00 pm in the new Laboratory Science Commons, room 1201 (to the right of Einstein Bagels as you enter the building from the front). The meeting will also be available on Zoom if that is more convenient for some people:
https://tntech.zoom.us/j/81673062170?pwd=TFZZblU1cHZqMHBlekt3YjVXM0Uvdz09
Meeting ID: 816 7306 2170
Passcode: 1925If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us at apo.tntech@gmail.com.
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First Meeting for the “Know My Name” Book Club
Looking to connect with other students? Join book club! This term’s read is Know My Name by Chanel Miller, an immersive memoir of Miller’s highly publicized sexual assault by Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner, the high-profile court case, and its aftermath. All students are welcome to attend this book club sponsored by the Women’s Center, PEP & Project Awaken.
The first meeting is on Tuesday, February 2nd at 11 A.M. We will discuss Miller’s victim impact statement which can be found online (Read the victim impact statement here: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2852615-Stanford-Victim-Letter-Impact-Statement-From.html)
Here is the Zoom information: https://tntech.zoom.us/j/83223001170?pwd=cXowZnZ5R3R3R2d5ZGlOdTNpSFFOdz09
Meeting ID: 832 2300 1170
Passcode: 591328
See you there!
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Omega Phi Alpha Spring Recruitment 2021
Omega Phi Alpha Spring Recruitment 2021
We are holding our spring recruitment February 8-11th! The location is to be announced, so be sure to follow @ttu_opa on Instagram for important updates! Any TTU student is allowed to come and check us out. Be sure to sign up in the link below!Sign up for our recruitment!! : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdacEX_leghqPTuqHD6rdS5Gm0i4miMwfhzpc8QT7bGKniw6g/viewform?usp=sf_link
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Avant-Garde (French club) meeting
Avant-Garde (TTU’s French Club) will meet on Thursday, February 4 at dead hour (11-12) in Oakley 219. We’ll decide on activities for the semester, at a safe, social distance. Avant-Garde does not collect dues, and the only requirement for participating in its activities is an interest in French and francophone culture. If that sounds good to you, come see us on February 4 and say “bonjour!”
