Students will begin moving into the resident halls on August 16. Beginning on this date, you must have a green parking permit to park in the residential zones.
Category: General
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Fall 2020 Peer Mentor Application Still Available… Apply Now!
The deadline to apply to be a Fall 2020 Peer Mentor is quickly approaching, don’t miss your chance to apply! Visit the Peer Mentor website at www.tntech.edu/connections/peermentor.php for more information and to apply.
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TTU Native Plant Garden needs your help!
The TTU Native Plant Garden is in need of a weed-intervention! Due to the COVID-19 transition to online last spring, we didn’t have any students or volunteers to help with weeding and working in the garden. The garden really needs help and we want to make it look as nice as possible before students return. Now that the summer heat is beginning to wane, it’s not as bad to work in the garden. If you are available to volunteer, we would be extremely appreciative. Social distancing and mask guidelines will be observed for all volunteers to ensure everyone’s safety.
There are two ways to become involved:
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- If you are TTU faculty or staff: from within MS Outlook, look for “groups” and search for TTU Native Plant Garden and join the group mailing list. You can unsubscribe at any time, but I will send emails through this group for volunteer days and update the calendar.
If you are a student or know a community member that wants to help: you can email me at skrosnick@tntech.edu and I will add you to this list.
Thank you so much!
Shawn Zeringue-Krosnick
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Tennessee Tech Today for this week
Here is this week’s Tennessee Tech Today radio show: https://www.tntech.edu/news/files/TNTech_Today_Show_8-7-2020.mp3
This week’s Tennessee Tech Today includes Melissa Robertson and her youngest son, Thomas, talking about their journey together to commencement; and, Cory Gleasman, assistant professor in curriculum and instruction, discussing the new computer science education program.
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WE NEED YOUR HELP with PPE Distributions!
We are still in great need of help with PPE Distribution this month!!!
If you are interested in helping distribute PPE on campus to students and your department will approve you to help during work hours, please sign up here: https://signup.com/go/xnAjErL
Masks, along with personal bottles of hand sanitizer, will be distributed on:
• Thursday, Aug. 20 (8am – 4:30pm)
• Friday, Aug. 21 (8am – 4:30pm)
• Monday, Aug. 24(8am – 4:30pm) First Day of ClassesThe following distribution centers will be located across campus to provide easy access to students:
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- Roaden University Center, 2nd Floor MPR (Last names beginning with A-E)
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- Hooper Eblen Center (Last names beginning with F-J)
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- Bryan Fine Arts Building (Last names beginning with K-O)
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- Volpe Library (Last names beginning with P-T)
- Memorial Gym (Last names beginning with U-Z)
Queues at the distribution sites should incorporate proper social distancing (6 feet apart).
Distributors will be expected to wear masks and gloves during their shift(s).
Questions? Contact Michelle Huddleston (6120) or Dan Warren (3407)Update: We will be handing out new Eagle Cards to these students as well. This will eliminate the amount of lines students have to stand in.
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UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES: TORNADO & COVID-19 DOCUMENTATION PROJECT
The Tennessee Tech University Archives is documenting, preserving, and making accessible the experiences of the university community and the Upper Cumberland following the March 3rd tornadoes and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Archives is already collecting the official response of the university to the pandemic and tornado, but the nature of university records neglects the personal experiences of people like you! Future researchers will value documentation of the day-to-day lives of people during the pandemic, no matter how mundane it might feel now.
The Archives encourages students, faculty, staff, alumni, and residents of the Upper Cumberland to submit written, visual, audio, or video documentation of their experiences during the pandemic. There are no requirements for style, spelling, or grammar. The Archives will accept materials in any language. Participants are welcome to document what they wish as it relates to their life following the tornado and during the pandemic.
To learn more and submit, go to: https://www.tntech.edu/library/archives-project.php
Para español: https://www.tntech.edu/library/pdf/archives-project-spanish-version.pdf
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Website Update: Express Link
The Express link in the top navigation has been updated to link directly to Tech Express! In Tech Express, you have quick and easy access to resources and services such as Tech Email, iLearn, Self Service, Banner, and more. With this change, the drop-down menu (visible when you hover your mouse over “Express”) has been updated, as well as the Faculty, Staff, and Student Resource pages, to focus on campus resources and services.
If you have any questions about Tech Express, please contact the myTECH Helpdesk at (931) 372-3975 or helpdesk@tntech.edu.
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New Campus COVID-19 Signs & Fliers Available
New signage and fliers related to health and safety precautions for COVID-19 are available for offices and departments to download and print. Custom signage is available upon request. Visit: https://www.tntech.edu/return/signage.php.
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Tennessee Tech Today this week
This week’s Tennessee Tech Today radio show: https://www.tntech.edu/news/files/TNTech_Today_Show_7-24-20.mp3
This week’s Tennessee Tech Today includes Michael Aikens explaining a $300,000 CARES Act grant for the TCRI CARES project; President Phil Oldham, Pingen Chen and Mohan Rao commenting on the EV Charging Station project; and, in-coming freshman Hailey Jennings and her mom Natalie talking about attending a SOAR session on campus.
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Policy 803 Email Use
Effective May 1, 2020, TN Tech policy 803 Email Use was published. The purpose of this policy is not only to detail the appropriate usage of University email but also to add an additional layer of security to help protect the privacy of our students, employees, and University data. Specifically, this policy prohibits the “bulk forwarding of *tntech.edu emails to personal or private email addresses”
Examples of Violation
Creating a rule that sends your tntech.edu emails to another organization or to a personal address.
Forwarding student worker emails to a student email or vice versa.
Exceptions
Managers may request to have the email for individuals in certain job roles who have left the University or have retired to be forwarded to another email within the University.
Please note that all email forwarding rules violating this policy will be removed on 7/30/2020.
For clarification or questions, please contact the Information Security Office at ociso@tntech.edu.