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!
Category: Academics
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Nominations are Open for the 2023-2024 College of Education Awards
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.
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Journal Your Way to a Fresh Start with the Launchpad Student Success Center
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.
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Course Evaluation Results with IARE – February 2
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.
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Deadline Extended to Feb 9, 2024, for QEP Topic Mini-Proposals
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.
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History Professors and Their Undergraduate Student Publish Article
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!
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Arts and Sciences Open Educational Resources Program Awardees
The Open Educational Resources Program (OER), made available by Academic Affairs, is designed to save students money on textbooks. OER supports faculty to transition courses from traditional textbooks to zero-cost course materials. Students have saved students over $320,000 since OERs inception in Fall 2021.
Arts and Sciences faculty who received the award for Spring 2024 are Lori Maxwell (Chair, Sociology & Political Science), Jennifer Gray (Assistant Professor, English), Clark Carlton (Associate Professor, Sociology & Political Science), Andrew Hetzel (Associate Professor, Math) and Troy Brachey (Senior Instructor, Math).
Congratulations and a big thanks to faculty who have applied this program to their courses!
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Tennessee Tech Physics Students Win National Recognition
The Tennessee Tech chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) has won an Outstanding Chapter Award from the SPS National Office. The chapter has been recognized for its excellence as a top-tier student-led physical sciences organization, a designation given to fewer than 10 percent of all SPS chapters at colleges and universities in the world.
Tennessee Tech’s SPS chapter is advised by Professor Adam Holley and is led by student officers. The 2022-2023 officers are Mateo Cacheiro, Ethan White and Michael Potts (physics majors), and Emma Krebs (math major).
Dr. Holley stated, “This recognition is a high honor for Tennessee Tech University and for science achievement at the higher education level in Tennessee!”
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Non-Instructional Faculty Assignment Submission 2023-2024
Proposals from faculty are now being accepted for the 2023-2024 academic year for the Non-Instructional Faculty Assignments. The purposes of the non-instructional assignments are: to contribute to the professional growth of the faculty; to improve the teaching and the curriculum across the University; and/or to enhance the scholarship and academic excellence of the University in ways that cannot be accomplished under the constraints of the regular workload assignments. Submission deadlines: January 16, 2024 – Suggested deadline for proposals to department chairs; January 26, 2024 – Deadline for proposals to Academic Affairs. Recipients will be announced after February 22, 2024. Click the link to visit the website for the eligibility requirements, application guidelines and additional timeline dates.
https://www.tntech.edu/provost/noninstructionalassignments.php
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Rented books due back by Thursday, Dec. 7th!
Did you rent a textbook for the fall semester? Don’t forget that the return deadline is the last day of finals, Thursday, December 7th. Are you done with your book now? No need to wait, your book can be returned early.
Finals Week Store Hours Dec. 4th – 9th
Monday – Wednesday 7:30 am – 6:00 pm
Thursday 7:30 am – 7:00 pm
Friday 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am – 2:00pm