Category: Events

Have you checked out the Alumni Book Club yet?  It’s never too late to join and get in on the discussion.  Last month we read Educated:  A Memoir by Tara Westover and this month we’re reading Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell.  We’d like for you to help us choose the book for July!  Vote here:  https://www.tntech.edu/univadv/cac/book-club.php  And join our Book Club Facebook group here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/254358412421446  The Alumni Book Club is open to all students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of Tennessee Tech.

Join the Crawford Alumni Center on Friday, June 12 at 7 pm CDT on our Facebook page for 1960s Pop Culture trivia!  Grab a few friends or family members and play as a team, or compete against one another!  The competition in the Facebook chat is fierce, so bring your A-game.  Hope to see you online at https://www.facebook.com/tntechalumni/

Rural Reimagined congratulates Sarah Moore for her new graduate internship! Sarah is pursuing her master’s degree in Professional & Technical Communication in the English department, and Rural Reimagined is excited to have her on board for the Fall 2020 semester. In addition to providing her communicational skill sets to Rural Reimagined, Sarah’s internship will include duties such as editing and writing stories, learning and utilizing InDesign for Grand Challenge documents, and assisting in the development of our website! After graduating with her M.A., Sarah wants to become an editor, and she states, “Rural Reimagined is going to give me the opportunity to take the knowledge I’ve learned in school and apply it to ‘real life’ situations. I’m excited to learn important skills for my future career on the job and help others while I’m at it.” Wings up, Sarah!

For June, the Tennessee Tech Alumni Book Club will read Talking to Strangers:  What We Should Know About the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell.  The Alumni Book Club is open to anyone with a Tech connection including faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends.  If you’d like to participate, please join our Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/254358412421446

We’ll discuss Part 1 on June 5.  Happy reading!

The Center for Rural Innovation held its annual Eagle Works competition on April 18, 2020, and a special congratulations goes to Agriculture student Annalicia Larsen for winning the Rural Reimagined award of $2,500 for the innovative idea that could most impact rural communities! Annalicia’s “Working Women Design Co.” provides pants specifically designed for working women that are both functional and trendy. Annalicia found her inspiration to design pants through her struggle to find ones that she liked to wear while working on her family’s farm growing up. She states, “Just because I’m in Agriculture doesn’t mean I can’t have cute and trendy clothes on. Women have always been in Agriculture, but it’s getting more popular! My overall goal is to serve these women and give them clothes they love to work in.” Rural Reimagined sees a bright future of impacting rural through Working Women Design Co. Wings up, Annalicia! Stay tuned for upcoming stories and updates!

The next Crawford Alumni Center Trivia Night will be May 29 at 7 p.m. CDT on our Facebook page, and the theme is the 90s! Our host will be dressed in her 90s best, so put on some M.C. Hammer pants and grab a Trapper Keeper to keep score! Be sure to follow us on Facebook for the latest information about upcoming trivia nights:   https://www.facebook.com/tntechalumni

The Center for Rural Innovation (TCRI) is proud to announce its partnership with the Local Business Resource Collective (LBRC), a COVID-19 intervention taskforce with a mission to save small businesses and jobs in the rural Upper Cumberland region. The LBRC is a partnership between the TCRI, the Cookeville Small Business Development Center, the Biz Foundry, and WCTE Upper Cumberland PBS. TCRI Director Michael Aikens states, “We want the entrepreneurs of the Upper Cumberland to know the LBRC is a one-stop-shop to receive no-cost resources to help their businesses survive and thrive throughout the pandemic and beyond.” One free resource the LBRC offers is themed weekly community Zoom calls where business owners can interact with subject matter experts from Tech and the community to discuss topics surrounding remote working strategies, continuity and contingency planning, legal matters, finance, and more.

Do you still love to play Toss Across? Does the sight of a harvest gold appliance fill you with nostalgia? Then this Crawford Alumni Center Trivia Night is for you! Join us on Friday, May 15 at 7 pm CDT on our Facebook page for 1970s Pop Culture trivia! The host will be dressed in her disco best, so feel free to pull out those bell-bottoms, dress for the decade, and share photos of your costume while you play live trivia with us! https://www.facebook.com/tntechalumni

Congratulations on finishing spring semester! The newest Project AWAKEN newsletter is now available at https://www.tntech.edu/awaken/newsletters.php.

Click to read about everything that Project AWAKEN did this semester. Best wishes for a healthy & safe summer!