Tech Times

Author: Cody Bryant

  • Faculty Research Committee Announces Call for Proposals

    The Faculty Research Committee is soliciting proposals for funding for FY 2024-25.
    The deadline to submit proposals and all required application materials to the Office of Research is Feb. 21, 2025. Materials may be submitted electronically via email to jdicey@tntech.edu or hand delivered to Derryberry Hall, Room 305. Please visit the Faculty Research Committee website for application materials, and review the guidelines in the handbook.

    Research & Economic Development – Faculty Research Committee

     

     

  • Commission on the Status of Women Award Nominations – DEADLINE EXTENDED

    Commission on the Status of Women Award Nominations – DEADLINE EXTENDED

    DEADLINE EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 11
    CSW Excellence Award is presented annually to a Tech employee who contributes notably to gender equity, honoring women’s perseverance, generosity, mentorship in leadership.
    https://tinyurl.com/CSWExcel24

    Alison Piepmeier Outstanding Student Award celebrates her legacy of fierce feminism. It recognizes an exceptional Tech student whose passion for learning, assisting others, research, activism & outreach advances gender equity.
    https://tinyurl.com/CSWPIEPMEIER24

  • Baja SAE Fundraiser December 2nd at Chipotle

    Baja SAE Fundraiser December 2nd at Chipotle

    Come out and support the Baja SAE team on Monday, December 2nd at Chipotle on Interstate Drive. A portion of all sales will be donated to the team from 5:00-9:00pm. Be sure to mention the Baja team or show them the attached flyer. Thanks for your support!

  • Mental Health Break Day with Psi Chi

    Join us on November 26th during dead hour for a relaxing and supportive Mental Health Day/Break! This is a great opportunity to unwind before the holiday and finals stress. We’ll have a variety of fun activities to help you de-stress, along with helpful resource handouts for everyone. Come by Matt-Dan Room 209 and take a well-deserved break. We’d love to see you there!

  • Using AI to Reduce Your Academic Workload

    Using AI to Reduce Your Academic Workload

    Join the CITL on Tuesday, Nov. 26th at 11 AM for our next session. Discover practical tips and tools to integrate AI into your daily academic routine. Whether you’re new to AI or looking to deepen your understanding, this session will provide insights and hands-on strategies to elevate your academic endeavors. Register here and contact citl@tntech.edu with questions.

  • Festival of Student Writing, RUC 282, T Nov. 26

    Tuesday, November 26, 11:00–12:00
    RUC Multipurpose Room 282 (2nd floor)

    The campus community is invited to the English Department’s Festival of Student Writing, which showcases projects created this semester by students in ENGL 1010 and 1020 classes (English Composition I & II). The main feature of this lively event is the work of hundreds of first-year students who display and discuss their work at various booths and tables. Expect to see posters, exhibits, brochures, multimedia presentations, performances, and surprises. The event is designed for interaction; guests should ask students to talk about their projects: explain, expand, elaborate, elucidate, or enlighten. Now in its twenty-first year, the Festival is an exciting highlight of the fall semester.

  • Art Professor Exhibits in International Exhibition

    Art Professor Exhibits in International Exhibition

    School of Art, Craft & Design Professor of glass, Damon MacNaught, has work accepted into the international juried contemporary fine craft exhibition, Craft Forms 2024 at the Wayne Arts Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania, December 7th, 2024-January 25th, 2025.  MacNaught’s glass work “Art of Science” will be on exhibit alongside  works in all mediums created by 101 artists from around the world.

  • Healthy for the Holidays – Free Vaccination Clinic, 11/24

    Healthy for the Holidays – Free Vaccination Clinic, 11/24

    FREE vaccination clinic offered by Tech’s School of Nursing on Sun., Nov. 24, noon-2pm hosted by the First Presbyterian Church in Cookeville on 20 N. Dixie Ave. Vaccine options: Flu, COVID, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, and RSV. NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED – walk-in clinic.

    The ESTAR Sanos – Be Healthy program, serving rural and Hispanic communities, partners with the Health Hero Vaccination Campaign. Supported by the Tennessee Dept. of Health. See www.tntech.edu/nursing/estar.

  • Pre-sale for hot chocolate reindeer extended through Nov 22!

    Pre-sale for hot chocolate reindeer extended through Nov 22!

    The Student Members of the American Chemical Society is extending the Hot Chocolate Reindeer (hot chocolate mix and marshmallows- each reindeer makes approximately three cups of hot chocolate) pre-sale through Nov 22! You can order through our Square Store through Nov 22. We will deliver them to a Tech mailbox (for students) or office (for faculty and staff) on Dec 2. One reindeer is $2 or you can buy 3 for $5. You will be contacted via email after you order to determine your delivery location. Any questions can be sent to smacsttu@gmail.com. These make cute gifts, so consider ordering for yourself or for someone else. We can deliver your order to other people on campus if you want to send some end of the semester cheer!

  • Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar: Mateo Cacheiro, TTU Physics

    Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar: Mateo Cacheiro, TTU Physics

    This week’s Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar will be given by physics major Mateo Cacheiro. Mateo’s interest is in physics education, and he has been collaborating on the development of a tool to help physics majors reflect on career goals and physics departments better support their majors in the career decision-making process. In his talk Developing an online tool to collect causal maps of students’ subfield interest formation, Mateo will describe this tool, its development, and show results from its use. The seminar will be this Friday at 4pm in Bruner Hall 210, with snacks served starting at 3:30pm. These seminars are geared for undergraduates from any STEM major, but graduate students and faculty are also encouraged to attend!