Tech Times

Category: General

  • Reporting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse – Fall 2020

    Reporting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse

    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.html

    Additional 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.

  • 2021 Annual Benefit Enrollment ENDS Friday, October 16 at 4:30 PM CST

    2021 Annual Benefit Enrollment ends Friday, October 16, 2020, at 4:30 pm CT.  This includes submission of all dependent verification documents.

    Register for Virtual HELP SESSIONS at the following link:  Help Sessions

    The time frame for the Help Sessions is two hours, however it is not required for you to attend the whole time. The Help Sessions are a drop-in opportunity for you to ask questions and speak with our TTU Benefit Specialist regarding Open Enrollment.

    Wednesday, October 14, 2020                 9:30 am – 11:30 am

    Friday, October 16, 2020                          2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

  • REMINDER – Sick Leave Bank Enrollment – Faculty & Staff

    The annual enrollment period for Faculty and Non-Faculty Sick Leave Banks is October 1 through October 31, 2020. If you are already a sick leave bank member, you do not need to re-enroll.

    Please complete your enrollment form via DocuSign at Sick Leave Bank Form. Your form must be received by 4:30 pm on October 31, 2020. Please note that if you do wish to participate, the assessment will be fifteen (15.0) sick leave hours for full-time employees (prorated for permanent, part time). This will be deducted from your November Leave Report which will be turned in at the first of December.

    NOTE: You may receive sick leave donations from other employees only if you are a sick bank member. Since the beginning of the program in 1989, there has not been a need to require more than the initial assessment of 15 hours for each full-time member.

  • Tennessee Tech Today this week

    Tennessee Tech Today this week

    Here is this week’s Tennessee Tech Today radio show: https://www.tntech.edu/news/files/TNTech_Today_Show_10-9-20.mp3

    This week’s show includes astronaut Barry Wilmore, an alumnus and Board of Trustees member, discussing his new opportunity to return to space; archivist Megan Atkinson talking about the new addition to the Tech archives; and, project design manager Christine Daniels offering up insight into the new west patio area.

  • DON’T FORGET – 2021 Annual Benefit Enrollment Ends October 16

    2021 Annual Benefit Enrollment ends Friday, October 16, 2020, at 4:30 pm CT.

    Register for Virtual HELP SESSIONS at the following link:  Help Sessions

    The time frame for the Help Sessions is two hours, however it is not required for you to attend the whole time. The Help Sessions are a drop-in opportunity for you to ask questions and speak with our TTU Benefit Specialist regarding Open Enrollment.

    Monday, October 12, 2020                       9:00 am – 11:00 am

    Wednesday, October 14, 2020                 9:30 am – 11:30 am

    Friday, October 16, 2020                          2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

  • Join TTU Water Pros & EWB as they hear from their first speaker of the semester!

    TTU Water Professionals and Engineers Without Borders (EWB) will be having our third joint meeting of the semester on Thursday, October 8th on Zoom from 11:00 – 11:45 am. At this meeting, we will be hearing from our first speaker of the semester, DeLayne Miller P.E.. DeLayne currently serves as Tennessee Tech’s Sustainability Manager and has a background in mechanical engineering. All are welcome to join!

    To join through Zoom, please use https://tntech.zoom.us/j/82384979667?pwd=V2I3K1F1cUtFRkI5UW16Rm1jbFhHdz09

  • Drive Thru Drop-off Holiday Food Drive

    Drive Thru Drop-off Holiday Food Drive

    The National Society of Black Engineers has joined the annual efforts of the Food, Nutrition and Dietetics Club and the Campus Food Pantry in order to provide more holiday food baskets this year. We predict that there will be more folks in need this year than in years past. The first event, kicking off the Holiday Food Basket Project, will be Thursday, October 8, 2020. From 4pm – 6pm you can bring your items you want to donate and we will pick them up, curbside, at the campus food pantry. Tech Village 910 N. Willow Ave., Cookeville, TN 38501. This first drive thru drop-off will be hosted by NSBE. Keep an eye out for the next event toward the end of the month being hosted by the Food, Nutrition and Dietetics Club.

    Items being collected: mashed potatoes, stuffing mix, gravy mix, corn bread mix, canned sweet potatoes, green beans, corn, and other canned veggies, cranberry sauce, pineapples, cream of mushroom or chicken, cake and brownie mixes, pie filling and pie crusts, salt/pepper packets, and other items you would expect to see on a holiday food table.

     

    More information to come about how you can sponsor a ham or turkey for the baskets.

    https://www.tntech.edu/volunteer/outreach.php

  • REMINDER – Help Sessions for 2021 Annual Benefit Enrollment

    REMINDER to register for 2021 Annual Benefit Enrollment Virtual HELP SESSIONS.

    The time frame for the Help Sessions is two hours, however it is not required for you to attend the whole time. The Help Sessions are a drop-in opportunity for you to ask questions and speak with our TTU Benefit Specialist regarding Open Enrollment.

    Registration Link:  Help Sessions

    Thursday, October 8, 2020                       1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

    Monday, October 12, 2020                       9:00 am – 11:00 am

    Wednesday, October 14, 2020                 9:30 am – 11:30 am

    Friday, October 16, 2020                          2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

     

  • Suit Sale

    Suit Sale

    If you’re looking for a new professional outfit or are in the thrifting mood, come visit Student to Career’s annual Suits2Cheap Sale! It ends tomorrow, Thursday, October 8! We’re open 9 am – 1 pm in JOHN 402 and are putting out new items DAILY! Suits, jackets, and dresses are $2. Everything else is $0.50! We accept cash and card!

  • Food Pantry Closed Monday and Tuesday

    Food Pantry Closed Monday and Tuesday

    The campus food pantry will be closed during fall break on Monday and Tuesday, October 12th and 13th.  However, we are open until 6pm this Thursday, October 8th, to accommodate those who need to stock up for fall break.  Please remember to sign up before you arrive in order to fast track your shopping experience.  See link below.

    https://www.tntech.edu/volunteer/pantry.php