Category: Events

Join the Center for Career Development on Thursday, Mar. 31, beginning at 11 a.m. in the Roaden University Center Multipurpose Room (2nd floor) for this Purple Career Readiness PART TWO Meetup. This meetup will feature Regions Bank, who will provide insight regarding how to plan a successful budget while starting your career!

This event is open to all students in all majors and counts towards Part Two of the Purple Career Readiness application for junior and senior students. Bring your Eagle Card for a quick sign-in.

https://tntech.joinhandshake.com/events/977434/share_preview

Career Readiness Workshops are hosted by the Center for Career Development

career@tntech.edu

931-372-3232

Join the Cumberland Quintet, the faculty wind quintet in residence at Tennessee Tech University’s School of Music, on Wednesday, April 6 at 7:30 P.M. as they celebrate their 50th-anniversary season. The Cumberland Quintet, comprised of flutist Dr. Mary Matthews, oboist Dr. Michael Adduci, clarinetist Dr. Mark J. Cramer, bassoonist Dr. Jeff Womack, and hornist Dr. Greg Danner, will present a program of five works by living composers, featuring three world premieres commissioned for this anniversary concert: Lift Up by Nicole Chamberlain, Interchanging Parts by Tennessee Tech music alum Aaron Hunt, and Les Adieux by Mathieu Lussier. Additional works include Into the Blue, written by Cumberland Quintet member and TTU faculty composer Greg Danner, and Suite for Wind Quintet by Amanda Harberg. The concert is a celebration of the quintet’s rich past, exciting present, and vision for the future.

To learn more about the Cumberland Quintet and see examples of their teaching and performing activities, visit their YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/3LmN2aN. Please join us on April 6, either in person in Tennessee Tech’s Wattenbarger Auditorium, or livestream the concert at tntech.edu/music/live. For more information, contact Dr. Cramer at mcramer@tntech.edu.

Eagle Works, in partnership with the WCTE PBS, is excited to present the free screening of Benjamin Franklin: A Film by Ken Burns tomorrow, March 31. The film represents the first part of an engaging documentary series exploring the life and work of Franklin, the world-renowned inventor, innovator, and scientist of American history. All students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to attend this free screening, which will be followed by an enlightening discussion led by Michael Aikens, director of Eagle Works, to consider Franklin’s impact on our nation and the power of innovation and entrepreneurship. The screening will be held in the Stonecipher Lecture Hall Room 126 Wednesday March 31st at 6pm. Let’s engage our campus and community through considering how Ben Franklin used innovation, science, and civic engagement to make his mark on American History. For more information, contact maikens@tntech.edu. Wings up!

Visit the annual Clothesline Project display from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. & 4 p.m.-7 p.m., Tuesday, April 5, in the RUC Tech Pride Room. The Clothesline Project supports and bears witness to survivors of interpersonal violence. Those affected by interpersonal violence can visit the Women’s Center during office hours or the Clothesline Project display to create or drop off a shirt to add to the display. To learn more visit https://www.tntech.edu/women/clothesline.php.

Join the Tri-Beta Club in welcoming Be the Match to campus! Be the Match is an organization designed to help the thousands of people diagnosed with life-threatening blood cancers and disorders like leukemia and lymphoma. They work in partnership with colleges and universities (like ours!) to raise awareness and help build the database of the National Marrow Donor Program. A cure exists! Help save a life and educate yourself on Thursday, March 31st from 11-12 am in the Tech Pride Room (RUC 101). There will be pizza, pastries, and fun prizes! Feel free to contact cmkiser42@tntech.edu for any questions!

Event postponed until Monday, April 18, 2022.

Center Stage and the Commission on the Status of Women are very excited to present “Medical Misogyny: A Conversation with Maya Dusenbery” on Monday, April 18, 2022 at 7:00 PM in the Derryberry Auditorium. The author will discuss her award-winning book Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leaves Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick followed by a Q&A with the audience, reception, and book signing.

https://www.tntech.edu/centerstage

About the Author:

Maya Dusenbery is a journalist, editor, and author. Her book Doing Harm was a New York Times Editors’ Choice pick and the winner of the 2019 Minnesota Book Award for general nonfiction. She has been a guest on NPR, Good Morning America, and a variety of podcasts and radio programs to discuss her book, medical misogyny, and reproductive issues. Formerly the editorial director of the feminist blog Feministing.com, Maya has written for publications including the New York Times Magazine, Scientific American, Slate, Mother Jones, and Pacific Standard. She regularly speaks about gender bias in medicine to students, health care providers, patient advocates, and researchers.