We are excited to announce that Dr. Ann Hellman and Dr. Shelia Hurley have recently been awarded a grant to start a SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) program at Health Services. This is something that has been needed in the Tech and Cookeville communities for some time. SANEs are RNs who have been trained to provide comprehensive care to sexual assault patients and to show compassion and sensitivity to survivors of sexual assault. They have competency in evidence collection and court testimony. This program will be serving members of the Tennessee Tech community affected by sexual violence including students, staff, and faculty. As part of this grant, Drs. Hellman and Hurley have also secured funds to train several Victim Advocates to support survivors. Erin Murray, previously of Project AWAKEN, will be working with ASPIRES as a Victim Advocate. Current plans are for the grant to launch January, 10, 2022. Stay tuned for more details as we approach the new year.
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Group Work Part 2
Join us for the second part of our Group Work series as we continue to discuss the ways group work can help induce collaboration and community in your course. In this session, we will apply some of the knowledge gained in part 1 as well as take a look at different applications for group work in your course.
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Blood Drive! – Hospitals need blood to help save lives!
Hospitals are in desperate need of blood to help treat trauma patients and other patients. Please come out this Monday between 10AM and 4PM on main quad in front of Oakley Hall/Bell Hall to donate blood through Blood Assurance! Be sure to eat a good meal beforehand!
Alpha Phi Omega – Leadership, Friendship, Service.
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Nominations Open for Awards to Honor Women’s Leadership and Equality at Tech!
Tech’s Commission on the Status of Women invites you to submit your nominations by Monday, November 22 for the following two awards:
The Alison Piepmeier Outstanding Student Award
This award celebrates Piepmeier’s legacy of fierce feminism by recognizing an exceptional Tennessee Tech student whose research, activism and/or outreach advances gender equity. It acknowledges a student who shows a passion for learning, goes the extra mile to assist others, and contributes significantly to campus and/or the local community. Nominate here.
The CSW Excellence Award
This award is presented annually to an individual employed by Tennessee Tech University who has contributed significantly to gender equity. The award honors three qualities that characterize the tradition of women’s leadership at Tech: perseverance, generosity, and mentorship. The award celebrates the efforts of Tennessee Tech employees to provide ongoing leadership and mentoring for the campus community and work towards gender equity for all. Nominate here.
See the Tech Women’s Center Facebook page or email Stephanie Adams (sjadams@tntech.edu) for more information.
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The kittens need your help!
The kittens need your help! You can earn service hours by assisting in any of the following ways:
- Signup for Project Whiskers, an on-campus adoption event on Friday, October 22nd, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (contact Denise Colwell at dcolwell@tntech.edu or Tina Girdley at tgirdley@tntech.edu to volunteer).
- Donate any of the following supplies to Carin’ About The Strays (CATS)
- Friskies canned cat food
- Purina Kitten Chow Naturals (dry food)
- Kitty litter
- Toys
- Temptations (cat treats)
- Puppy pads
- Smallest breakaway kitten collars
- PetSmart Gift Cards
Bring supplies to the Quad on Friday, October 22nd, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. or email Elizabeth Sofia at esofia@tntech.edu for other donation opportunities. This can count towards service hours!
- Volunteer to help clean the cat condos, and check on the animals at PetSmart (contact Laura Spiecker via text at (931)529-1883)
Carin’ About The Strays (CATS) is a 501(c)3 organization based out of Cookeville, Tennessee that specializes in the rescue and support of felines in Putnam County, Tennessee. The focus of CATS is to help care for abandoned or mistreated animals through foster programs, spay and neuter interventions, and socialization of orphaned kittens in order to facilitate successful adoptions. Most kittens taken in by CATS are abandoned, orphaned, and/or severely mistreated.
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Annual Cyber-Security Training
We’re recognizing Cybersecurity Awareness Month this October by sharing tips to stay cyber secure, both at work and at home. To turn away cyber attacks, a little knowledge teamed with critical thinking skills can go a long way!
Please complete your annual security awareness training before October 31, 2021 midnight. You can access the training through the Tech Express Work Life card-look for the red Cyber-Security Training tab. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to the Information Security Team at ociso@tntech.edu
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Friday Focus: IDEA Evaluations
Friday Focus sessions are designed to provide just-in-time resources and information for faculty throughout the semester. Each session focuses on a different resource, tool, or program available to faculty. During this session, Dr. Kevin Harris, the Associate Director of the Office of Institutional Assessment, Research, and Effectiveness (IARE) will provide an overview of the University course evaluation process, called IDEA. He will discuss how to select appropriate Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) prior to student completion of the IDEA evaluations and provide tips on how to garner a good response rate. Join us on Friday, October 22nd at 12 PM.
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Suicide Prevention Booster
Join Angela Rector, with the Counseling Center, via Zoom on October 19th at 11:00am for information on Tennessee Tech’s Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Plan. Zoom link: 3421837206, passcode: 95007171. Email arector@tntech.edu for more information.
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Research 101 Series: Identifying Funding
Don’t miss the next session in our Research 101 Series, Identifying Funding on October 21st at 11 AM. During this session participants will walk through the process for identifying funding including learning more about funding resources such as SPIN, Grants.gov, and Cornerstone OpsWATCH.
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Group Work Part 1
Student engagement and community are characteristics of a quality course regardless of the modality. While poorly structured group projects can lead to frustrations and stifle motivation for students, well-organized projects can pull students together as a team allowing them to learn from each other by sharing perspectives, mindsets, cultural expectations, and ideas. Join us for part 1 of this two-part series and learn how to successfully plan and utilize group work in your courses, as well as have a chance to hear from a student’s perspective.