The School of Music at Tennessee Tech will present a special music program on Wednesday, April the 14th honoring the music of retired TTU Professor Robert Jager. In a “Tribute to the Music of Robert Jager” the Tuba/Euphonium Studio has prepared a program representative of some of the compositions Professor Jager created over the years he was on the faculty at TTU. During his thirty-year tenure at TTU, from 1971 to 2001, in addition to his many other award- winning compositions, influenced by his friendship with Professor Winston Morris, the tuba instructor at TTU, he felt motivated to and was commissioned to create many major works for the low brass instruments. The performance will consist of several major concertos accompanied by Kanako Reames on piano. The concert is free and is open to the public with limited seating at 7:30 p.m. in the Wattenbarger Auditorium of the Bryan Fine Arts Building on the TTU campus. The program will also be live streamed and available through the School of Music Website.
Category: Events
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April 5 – 9 The Clothesline Project displayed
Witness and applaud these visual testimonies created by survivors of interpersonal violence from our campus and the local community. A collection of shirts decorated to represent survivors’ personal experiences with power-based violence will be displayed daily in the RUC lobby from 9-4 from April 5 through 9. Survivors may design a shirt during office hours at the Women’s Center. The Women’s Center and Project AWAKEN have created an additional virtual display, with different shirts, which is available here. Hope and healing hang on the clothesline!
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Grand Opening Celebration
Join us for a special event celebrating the opening of the largest buildings on Tennessee Tech University’s campus: the Laboratory Science Commons with the Stonecipher Lecture Hall and the Marc. L Burnett Student Recreation and Fitness Center!
Friday, April 9 we will celebrate these new facilities with events featuring outdoor activities, refreshments, commemorative giveaways and socially distanced tours.
Laboratory Sciences Commons – 1 p.m.
Stonecipher Lecture Hall – 1:30 p.m.
Marc L. Burnett Student Recreation and Fitness Center – 2 p.m.
Face coverings are required. Parking will be reserved for guests in the lots immediately around the new fitness center, at Oakley STEM Center, in front of Southwest Hall, and in the gravel parking lot along Willow Avenue.
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CoE Eminence & Spectrum Awards
Please join the College of Engineering as we honor our phenomenal students in the 2020-2021 Eminence and Spectrum Awards Ceremony.
The Eminence Award recognizes outstanding students for their superior accomplishments throughout the academic year. The Spectrum Award recognize junior and senior students for their exceptional initiatives and achievements in education, research, and experiential education activities throughout their undergraduate career.
The ceremony will be help today at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom at
https://tntech.zoom.us/j/81151693945?pwd=Z09HMFlIcmIzdlMzSG9yTGFVYnZIZz09
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Geist Received Tolbert Research Award
Dr. Melissa J. Geist received the Tolbert Research Award to serve as PI for ESTAR Sano (Education, Support, Training, Awareness, and Resources) to mitigate the negative effects of COVID-19 on the Hispanic/Latinx population in the Upper Cumberland Region. The ESTAR team includes co-PI, Dr. Mark Groundland (Associate Professor of Foreign Languages-Spanish), Cary Cass, MSN, RN, CHSE, TESL (WHSON Lab Coordinator and former Peace Corps Volunteer in El Salvador), Adriana Montalvo (S1 Nursing Student), and Cesar Espinosa (J2 Nursing Student). They conducted educational workshops for over 100 people, provided hand sanitizer, masks, Lysol spray, antibacterial wipes, etc., and distributed 200-Spanish language laminated cards with information about COVID-19 at the recent RAM clinic. They hope to reach more people this year and to continue partnerships to provide education and resources for chronic diseases. The ESTAR team is grateful for the financial support provided by Rebecca Tolbert.
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Wings Up Weekend Scheduled for April 9-11
Like so many events in 2020-21, this year’s Wings Up Weekend will look a bit different with a smaller schedule and both in-person and virtual event options for alumni and friends. This year, both the Evening of Excellence Awards and the Legacy Gala, benefitting the Diversity Scholarship Initiative, will be held virtually, while the Appalachian Center for Craft will host its annual Celebration of Craft in person and online. And Tech will celebrate the grand openings of not one, but three new buildings! Visit the Crawford Alumni Center events page for more information: https://www.tntech.edu/univadv/cac/events.php.
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Evening of Excellence Recognizes 2020 alumni award recipients
On April 9, the Tennessee Tech Alumni Association will recognize the following 2020 alumni award recipients in a virtual ceremony: Jake Hoot (Outstanding Young Alumnus), Maggie R. Smith (Outstanding Service), Leanna Garrick, H. Ray Sells, and J. Michael Winchester (Outstanding Philanthropy), and V. Leon Davis (Distinguished Alumnus). Some award winners have requested a virtual reception. To register for a virtual reception or to watch the acceptance speeches online, visit https://www.tntech.edu/univadv/cac/alumni_association/alumni-awards_recipients.php. And if you’d like to send a note of congratulations to one or more of these recipients, email alumnievents@tntech.edu and we will compile a list of messages for the recipients. The Evening of Excellence is part of Wings Up Weekend.
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Bookstore Yard Sale
The Bookstore will be having a “Yard Sale” on April 1st from 10 am to 2 pm. Come check out what we have on sale!! We will be set up on the back patio of the University Center, behind the fire pit. *if it is raining our outdoor event will be postponed, but we will still have the items on sale in the Bookstore.
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Rural Journeys Speaker Series: Tues., Mar. 30, at 11 a.m.
The Rural Reimagined Club (RRC) is excited to announce our next Rural Journeys Speaker Series with guest speakers Libby Baldwin Duke and Daniel Hines. They are the co-founders of BrantleyMarie Medical Devices, Inc. and winners of the 2020 EagleWorks Competition. They won the competition with their idea for an endotracheal intubation device that was described as “the future of emergency medicine.” Libby and Daniel work together to identify unmet needs in the field of intubation that impacts patients in rural and pre-hospital settings.
Join the next session on Tuesday, March 30th, at 11 am via Teams, by visiting http://www.tntech.edu/tab and clicking on the Teams link provided on the page. Hope to see you there!
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Let’s Get Trivial! on April 1
Love trivia? We have good news for you!
COB’s Student to Career is hosting a trivia night for ALL majors on Thursday, April 1 from 6-8pm. With classic team-style trivia, a variety of categories ranging from career readiness to Disney, and FREE dinner, it’s no question that you should come join the fun. Additionally, winners will receive some super fun prizes. The event will take place in the UC’s Multipurpose Room.
Register as a team or as a solo player using the following link: https://tf.tntech.edu/machform/view.php?id=1091662