Category: General

Need a break from the end of the semester grind? Check out the Tennessee Tech Archives’s newest digital exhibit on the history of the Leona Lusk Officer Black Cultural Center!

The exhibit traces the philosophy of Black cultural centers to the Black student movement of the 1960s and 1970s in the United States. It outlines the climate in which Tech Black students decided to push for the founding of their own center in the late 1980s. Exhibit pages describe the continuity and changes in the Center overtime, spotlight the staff and leaders of the Center, and provide a detailed biography of the Center’s namesake, Leona Lusk Officer, the first African American student and graduate of Tennessee Tech University. The exhibit includes over 60 items, ranging from photographs, webpages, scrapbook pages, news releases, flyers, and other documents.

The exhibit can be viewed at: https://tntecharchives.omeka.net/exhibits/show/bcch

Tech’s Commission on the Status of Women reminds you to submit your nominations by Monday, November 23 for the following two awards:

The Alison Piepmeier Outstanding Student Award

1. – 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

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The CSW Excellence Award

1. – 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

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See the Tech Women’s Center Facebook page or email Stephanie Adams (sjadams@tntech.edu) for more information.

Want to be included in the 2021 Tech yearbook? Scan the QR code and log in with your student/faculty email to submit your portrait photo!

Alpha Phi Omega at Tennessee Tech is sponsoring a Blood Drive with Blood Assurance in the main quad on Wednesday, November 18, from 10 am to 4 pm. Blood supplies are currently critically low right now, so every pint donated is greatly appreciated!

You can sign up to register at http://bloodassurance.org/ttuapo/

A few facts about giving blood:

• 4.5 million Americans will need blood during each year.

• 43,000 pints of blood is used each day in the US and Canada.

• 1 in 7 people entering a hospital need blood.

• There are four blood types (A, B, AB and O). AB is the universal receipient. O is the universal donor.

One pint of blood can save up to three lives.

Please donate blood on Wednesday!