Tech Times

Author: Bailey Phonsnasinh

  • TTU Percussion Club Hosts Donation Drive

    TTU Percussion Club Hosts Donation Drive

    On Thursday, December 3rd, the TTU Percussion Club is teaming up with local non-profit, Upper Cumberland Foster Closet, to host a donation drive. This event will be from 3:00pm – 5:00pm at Centennial Plaza and will feature live Christmas music by the TTU Percussion Ensemble.

    When children are placed in a foster home, they often arrive with only the clothes on their backs. While financial assistance is provided, sometimes there is a delay between accepting children and receiving funds to help support them. The Upper Cumberland Foster Closet attempts to bridge this gap. UCFC acts as a resource that foster families can quickly visit upon receiving a placement and get items these children need such as: clothing, shoes, car seats, and other basic needs, free of charge. Through the generous donation of these items from our local community, foster families will be able to use their own resources in other ways while the children are in their homes.

    Needed Donation Items:
    Clothes for kids and teens, booster seats / car seats, newborn diapers or pull-ups, new packs of underwear/panties, new packs of socks, backpacks, bunk beds, baby carriers, diaper cream, toothbrushes, lunchboxes, and *cash donations* (preferred).

  • Bookstore Holiday Party Dec. 1, 2020

    Bookstore Holiday Party Dec. 1, 2020

    Bookstore Holiday Party

    Dec. 01, 2020

    8:00 AM to 4:30 PM

    Biggest Sale of the Season!

    *give aways while supplies last!

  • Support University Archives & Special Collections on Giving Tuesday

    Support University Archives & Special Collections on Giving Tuesday

    Giving Tuesday is an international day of giving celebrated on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving each year.  This year, Tech’s Giving Tuesday will feature University Archives & Special Collections.

    Walking into University Archives is like stepping back in time. It’s a view into the Tennessee Tech of the past. Comprised of more than 3,300 cubic square feet of manuscripts, photographs, and archives from Tennessee Tech and the Upper Cumberland, Archives makes materials accessible digitally and on site. But what University Archives has done for the Golden Eagle community in 2020 is remarkable. From helping the Mar. 3 tornado survivors recover and restore lost items to documenting the COVID-19 pandemic, they are a valuable resource for Tech and the Upper Cumberland.

    Join us on Dec. 1 in saying thanks for everything they do to help our students, alumni and community. We recognize many nonprofits are participating in Giving Tuesday this year. But if supporting Tech is on your mind, we hope you’ll consider a gift to University Archives & Special Collections to ensure Tech’s history is preserved for the Golden Eagles of tomorrow.

  • Virtual Research and Creative Inquiry Day set for April 2021

    Virtual Research and Creative Inquiry Day set for April 2021

    Research and Creative Inquiry Day is an annual event designed to promote undergraduate and graduate student research and creative inquiry and provide a venue for presenting that work. The 16th annual event will be held in April 2021. Due to the ongoing pandemic, we are moving forward with a digital/virtual format.

    The abstract submission portal will be open from Monday, Feb. 1, through Wednesday, March 10. Abstract guidelines can be found on the Office of research https://www.tntech.edu/research/research-day/index.php.

    Please share this information with your students and consider including information related to Research and Creative Inquiry Day, as appropriate, in your spring course syllabi. Faculty will receive an email at the beginning of the spring semester providing additional event information and inviting you to participate as a Research and Creative Inquiry Day judge.

  • Students invited to participate in virtual Research and Creative Inquiry Day

    Students invited to participate in virtual Research and Creative Inquiry Day

    Research and Creative Inquiry Day is an annual event designed to promote undergraduate and graduate student research and creative inquiry and provide a venue for presenting that work. The 16th annual event will be held in April 2021. Due to the ongoing pandemic, we are moving forward with a digital/virtual format. We hope you will consider participating.

    The abstract submission portal will be open from Monday, Feb. 1, through Wednesday, March 10. Abstract guidelines can be found on the Office of research https://www.tntech.edu/research/research-day/index.php. It is expected that each submitted abstract will be developed into a poster file to be submitted April 12.

    Additional event information will be sent out in the spring, but we wanted to give you an opportunity to start thinking about your submission early.

  • Data Science last meeting of the semester on Tuesday, the 24th at 11:00 AM

    Please join the Data Science League for their last meeting of the Fall 2020 semester. Recent alumnus Nathan Martindale (MS ’20) will be speaking about one of the newest and most powerful deep learning building blocks for natural language process, how it works, and what it can do. Join us at 11 am on Nov. 24th at this link: https://bit.ly/3nJWqJt

  • 2020 Angel Tree

    2020 Angel Tree

    The Student Involvement & Leadership is sponsoring an angel tree again this year.  The ornaments are ready for selection.  Register your ornament at the Information Desk in the RUC Lobby.

     

    Thanks for your support of our angel tree project.

  • Water Professionals Virtual Meet & Greet

    Water Professionals Virtual Meet & Greet

    TTU Water Professionals is having a Meet and Greet / Q&A Tuesday, November 24th during dead hour!! This is such a great opportunity to speak with professionals in the field and to hear from some Tech Alum!

    The meeting will be on Microsoft Teams. If you have any questions or need help accessing the link, feel free to email us. All are welcome 🙂 The link is below:

    https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YWI3NmUwMWEtYWRmYS00NzM5LTgxOWYtNjQ3NDRjYjBhZWU4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22083fc4d2-72ad-412b-ae7d-6b81b83916dd%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%225e3df95c-36b5-402d-ac4e-307353e8c488%22%7d

  • Ten Tips for a Sustainable Thanksgiving!

    Ten Tips for a Sustainable Thanksgiving!

    As Thanksgiving break is quickly approaching, some of us are wondering how we can keep up with our sustainable practices over the break? The Office of Sustainability has just the article for you! Be sure to check out our newest blog post—Ten Tips for a Sustainable Thanksgiving. Even through the holidays, it is important not to give up on your eco-friendly habits!

    www.tntech.edu/sustainability/greennotes

    Let us know if you have any ideas or questions for future blog posts! ttugreen@tntech.edu

  • Annual Security Awareness Training Reminder

    As the holidays are quickly approaching, we wanted to remind you all of your annual Security Awareness Training. Currently, only 35% have completed this training, which is due by December 31, 2020 11:59 PM. Statistically, this is the worst time of year to be caught by phishing emails and scams. We hope this training will help you keep a sharp eye out for incoming malicious campaigns. The training is accessible from the TechExpress card & “Be Aware” quick link, as well as the “Annual Security Awareness Training” link from the Employee tab in SSB.

    Thank you, and continue to Be Aware & Stay Aware!