The Bookstore is looking ahead to Summer and Fall terms.
Course material information is due March 22.
You can now start submitting adoptions in AIP (Adoption portal). Please remember to adopt any textbooks, access codes and kits/materials needed for class. If you need assistance on how to submit your information, please reach out to Shannon at 931-372-3435.
“EDGE: Enhanced Discovery through Guided Exploration” is Tennessee Tech’s Quality Enhancement Plan. The EDGE Creative Inquiry Course Grant Program offers Faculty the opportunity to redesign undergraduate or graduate courses to include creative inquiry projects and assignments. Funding opportunities include up to $5,000 for individual course grants and up to $15,000 for comprehensive curriculum grants spanning multiple courses. Mark your calendars: the application deadline is April 5. Learn more at the EDGE Grant website.
Creative Inquiry Summer Experience (CISE) grant applications are now being accepted. Grants are for a maximum of $4,000 with up to $3,500 as a paid stipend. Please email your application as a single combined PDF file to lweathers@tntech.edu. Application materials are available on the CISE website. Deadline: March 22, 4:30 p.m.
Does your research require an Annotated Bibliography? Have you never written one, or perhaps you need some pointers on how to make yours pop? WEST, the Writing Excellence Studio at Tech, is here to help! On Thursday, 2/15, we will be leading a dead hour workshop on writing annotated bibliographies. We can talk about the genre and discuss specific concerns you might have. The workshop will be in Henderson Hall 216A, from 11:00-11:50. No registration is required, and all are welcome. If you can’t make the workshop, come for a one-on-one session with one of our consultants. For availability and scheduling, check out our website. We look forward to working with you!
Is this the semester when you stop letting your first draft be your final draft? Does your instructor keep telling you to revise your work, and you’re just not sure what they want? WEST, the Writing Excellence Studio at Tech, is here to help! On Thursday, 2/8, we will host a dead hour workshop on the writing process and revision strategies. We will talk about organization, how to see your work with new eyes, and how to revise your papers like a professional writer. The workshop will be in Henderson Hall 216A. No registration is required, and all are welcome! And if you can’t make the workshop, schedule a a one-on-one session at our website. We look forward to working with you!
Join the College of Education in celebrating the contributions, dedication, and spirit of its faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Help us recognize these outstanding individuals in a variety of categories, from research and teaching awards to service and leadership throughout the departments.
We welcome participation from the university community. Visit www.tntech.edu/education/awards.php to make your nomination(s) and upload a one-page letter of support. Thank you.
Join the Launchpad Student Success Center for Journal Your way to a Fresh Start, from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m, Thursday, February 1 in Room 303 in the Kittrell Hall.
The beginning of the semester is a great time to reflect on your previous semester and set goals for the current term. Learn journaling strategies you can immediately implement to set yourself up for success this spring. *Counts toward the Gold Career Readiness Program.
For more information contact Tenika Burgess at tnburgess@tntech.edu or 931-372-6850.
Get the most out of your course evaluation reports. The Office of Institutional Assessment, Research, & Effectiveness (IARE) will be hosting a session on interpreting your IDEA course evaluation reports. This session will review the components for the IDEA report and the types of scores and comparisons provided in the report. Instructors will gain a greater understanding of how the SLOs selected for their courses impact the summary evaluation score and the five key questions that IDEA course evaluations seek to answer. Join us for this online training session on Friday, February 2nd at 12PM.
Due to the recent university closure, we’re extending the call for QEP topic mini-proposals to February 9. Proposals should align with Tech’s vision, mission, and strategic plan, Tech Tomorrow, integrate current institutional data, and address the QEP topic survey results.
All proposals will be assessed by the QEP Topic Selection Committee using the rubric in the announcement. The top three proposals will be selected for potential further development. Authors of selected proposals receive monetary honoraria, as detailed in the announcement.
For more information and submission details, please click here.
History faculty members, Dr. Allen Driggers and Dr. Laura Smith and their student, Cheyenne Douthitt, recently had their research, “History, politics, and variolation vaccination hesitancy in the American South during the American Civil War,” published in Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings.
In their article, the researchers examine how the history of vaccination in the Civil War reveals lessons about why citizens resisted vaccination and how physicians tried to respond to the problems associated with combating epidemic diseases like smallpox.
Congratulations to all, especially undergraduate Cheyenne Douthitt – what a wonderful accomplishment!