Learn how to save your students money with textbook affordability options through the library, bookstore, and OERs (Open Educational Resources). The best time to implement this is while you are creating or updating a course. However, it may also be possible to save your students money without switching textbooks.
Category: Academics
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Graduation Application Deadlines for Graduate Students
The College of Graduate Studies has established new graduation application deadlines beginning Fall 2021. Graduate students need to apply for fall graduation by June 1. Students anticipating graduating in Spring 2022 will need to apply by September 1, 2021. Summer semester applications are required by January 1.
If you have any questions, contact Graduate Studies at 931-372-3233 or gradstudies@tntech.edu
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Congratulations to the 2021 Distinguished Service Learning Award Winners
The Service Learning and Community Engagement Center, in partnership with the Provost’s Office, is happy to announce the recipients of the 2021 Distinguished Service Learning Award.
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- Student Recipient: Exercise Science, Pre-OT, Senior, Kaitlyn Springer
Faculty Recipient: Exercise Science, Lecturer, Christina Turnbow
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These recipients have demonstrated exceptional service learning initiatives with the university and we want you to join us in celebrating their efforts and contributions.
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Submit Summer & Fall Bookorders
The semester is quickly coming to an end. If you have not turned in your Summer or Fall book orders please do so before you leave for the summer.
The Bookstore has a new order submission site, AIP (Adoption & Insight Portal). It can be found on your Tech Express. It is the a green box with a book icon and says “BN AIP”. Please reach out to the Bookstore if you have any questions about submitting your bookorder. Thank you! Elizabeth Owens, Store Manager.
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Plan your course with textbook affordability in mind!
The library has created a Textbook Affordability website: https://www.tntech.edu/library/textbooks/index.php. This page is for faculty to learn the options to save students money. The website includes options related to the library, free OERs (Open Educational Resources), and the bookstore. The library is available for individual help so faculty members can find the best option for their students.
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Zoe Dennis receives Kurt Eisen Excellence in Liberal Arts Award
Zoe Dennis, a senior double major in History and Political Science, is the recipient of the Kurt Eisen Excellence in Liberal Arts Award. This is the highest student award given by the Tennessee Tech College of Arts and Sciences. Ms. Dennis is recognized for her excellence in three vital functions of a liberally educated person: (1) critical thinking; (2) context-consciousness; and (3) communication.
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Deiter receives CoAS Award for Research and Scholarly Activity
Dr. Kristen Deiter of the Department of English is the recipient of the 2020-2021 College of Arts & Sciences Award for Research and Scholarly Activity. This award recognizes a significant research publication or creative project appearing during the previous two years and receiving expert critical review. Dr. Deiter is recognized for her paper, “Recasting and Refashioning the Tower of London in Milton’s Eikonoklastes and Paradise Lost,” published in the journal The Seventeenth Century in 2020.
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Luna receives College of Arts & Sciences Award for Innovative Teaching
Dr. Jeannette Luna of the Department of Earth Sciences is the recipient of the 2020-2021 College of Arts & Sciences Award for Innovative Teaching. This award recognizes a recent significant innovation in undergraduate teaching. Dr. Luna is recognized for her use of Google Earth, Virtual Rocks and Mineral Sets in SketchFab, and ArcGIS Pro. Her curated collections of Google Earth assignments and SketchFab 3D renderings of rocks and minerals enabled courses in Earth Sciences to switch to online lab delivery during the pandemic.
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College of Engineering Senior Design Expo
You are Invited!
Event: 2021 Senior Design Expo (virtual presentations)
Dates: April 22 and following (projects posted daily upon completion)
You are invited to view student presentations of Capstone projects at the 2021 Senior Design Expo. This year’s Capstone projects will represent more than:
- 40 teams
- 350 students
- 25 faculty advisors
30 industry sponsors/mentors, many with several employees helping with multiple projects
Log in any time after April 22 to view the exceptional work our students are presenting. For more information about the projects, contact the program chairs. Contact information is available on the Senior Design Expo page.
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Distinguished Service Learning Award Nominations
Each year, the Provost’s Office, along with the Service Learning Center, recognizes one student and one faculty member who have best demonstrated exceptional service learning and service leadership.
“Service learning is defined as a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility and strengthen communities.”
These values are important to Tennessee Tech University and support our rich tradition of community and service.
Any student, faculty member, administrator or staff member may nominate a student or faculty member for this award. If you have someone in mind that you would like to nominate, please follow this link for instruction on how to do so: https://www.tntech.edu/volunteer/slaward.php
The Service Learning Awards Committee will be accepting nominations through Friday, April 23, 2021. When making a nomination, remember the difference between community service and service learning, described at the top of the above link.