Women in Higher Education in Tennessee (WHET) provides opportunities to cultivate personal and professional potential. The annual conference happens on October 15 and WHET hosts additional networking and workshop opportunities throughout the year. If you’d like to participate in WHET with the Women’s Center, please contact director Dr. Helen Hunt, hhunt@tntech.edu, by Wednesday, Aug. 18.
Category: General
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YuJa Media Tutorial
One of the representatives from YuJa Media will highlight the features of YuJa, demonstrate how to utilize each feature, and be available for questions. Topics to be covered include an overview of the platform, how to manage media, uploading media, linking to media, video quizzes, and more.
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LAB TEACHING ASSISTANTS – PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
Lab Teaching Assistants needed for the fall semester for the following labs: Physics 2010, 2020, 2110, 2120, and Astronomy 1010. Please contact Linda in the Physics office in Foundation Hall, Room 219B, or by email at lkreis@tntech.edu for information and applications. Physics experience preferred.
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YuJa Media Overview
One of the representatives from YuJa Media will highlight the features of YuJa, demonstrate how to utilize each feature, and be available for questions. Topics to be covered include an overview of the platform, how to manage media, uploading media, linking to media, video quizzes and more.
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Vivid Online Training is Down for Major Upgrade
Vivid, the online training tool for our safety training, is down as we are working on a major upgrade to the program from our provider. Thank you for your patience.
Environmental Health & Safety.
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Food Pantry Schedule – August 2021
Thanks to 2 amazing summer volunteers (from the Food, Nutrition and Dietetics Program), the main campus food pantry, located in Tech Village, will remain open for the month of August.
See important dates below:
August 1 – 29, 2021: Open on Wednesday from 11am – 5pm
August 30 – December 8, 2021: Regular Pantry Hours, Monday – Thursday, 8am – 5pm (excluding campus breaks and holidays)
***REMEMBER: We always have the auxiliary pantry available to you in the library at the front desk, during library hours
***NEW: As of July 16, 2021, the pantry has an outside pantry box for anyone who may find themselves in a hunger-related situation at a time neither pantry is open. It is stocked with pop-top foods, easily accessible and eat on-the-go items, including plastic-ware. This is a Butterfly Blessings Box (a new, local nonprofit).
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Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
After serving as Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences for 14 years and as a faculty of Tennessee Tech for 33 years, Dr. Paul Semmes is retiring in September. Through his teaching and research in physics and his servant approach to leadership as Dean, the positive impact of Dean Semmes’ service is deep and lasting.
Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences will be Dr. Jeff Roberts. Dr. Roberts has served as Chair of the Department of History for 19 years and a faculty member at Tennessee Tech for 30 years. He has also served as Faculty Athletics Representative for 15 years. To facilitate a smooth transition in the Dean’s office, Dr. Roberts’ interim appointment will take effect August 1.
Interim Chair of the History Department will be Dr. Kent Dollar. Dr. Dollar is a Professor in History and has served as a faculty member at Tennessee Tech for 16 years. Dr. Dollar’s interim appointment will take effect August 1.
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General Complaint Reporting – Summer 2021
In addition to the Fraud, Waste, or Abuse reporting form, Tennessee Tech also has a form on Internal Audit’s website for confidentially reporting complaints about accounting, internal control, auditing matters, code of conduct, and other related issues that are NOT fraud, waste, or abuse. Complainants remain COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS to Internal Audit unless the last section of the form is completed. General complaints received on this form are routed to appropriate campus departments for follow-up.
The form can be submitted online or completed, printed, and mailed to Internal Audit, PO Box 5154, Cookeville, TN 38505.
The online form can be found at https://tf.tntech.edu/machform/view.php?id=322625.
The printable form can be found at https://www.tntech.edu/internalaudit/pdf/generalcomplaints/gencomp.pdf.
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Reporting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse – Summer 2021
Tennessee Tech endeavors to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse and to investigate allegations of such. If you have any knowledge of fraud, waste, or abuse, please report it to one of the following:
Your supervisor
Tech Internal Audit – (931) 372-3045
Tech Online Reporting – https://tf.tntech.edu/machform/view.php?id=42101
Tennessee State Hotline – (800) 232-5454
Tennessee State Online Reporting – https://comptroller.tn.gov/office-functions/investigations/fraud-waste-and-abuse.htmlAdditional information along with reporting options that allow the complainant to remain COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS can be found at https://www.tntech.edu/internalaudit/fwa.php or by contacting Tech Internal Audit at (931) 372-3045.
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iLearn: Getting Your Course Ready for the Next Semester (Replay)
The end of the semester is the time to prepare iLearn courses for copying components to the next semester’s courses. This process involves updating Master iLearn courses as well as cleaning up existing semester courses. In this session, we will discuss the exact procedures for adding, deleting and modifying content topics, quizzes, assignments, discussions, and other iLearn components. The process of copying, exporting and importing entire courses and between semesters will be explained in detail. I will also include elaboration on the steps for selecting specific items to be copied as well as how to manage or offset start, end, and due dates.