Here is this week’s Tennessee Tech Today radio show: https://www.tntech.edu/news/files/TNTech_Today_Show_6-12-20.mp3
This week’s Tennessee Tech Today includes Tennessee Tech athletics director Mark Wilson discussing how COVID 19 has affected Tech athletics and retired sports information director Rob Schabert talking about being inducted into the Ohio Valley Conference Hall of Fame.
Please ensure information for all accounts receivable billings are be prepared and forwarded to the Business Office as early as possible to facilitate collection by June 30. A notation will be made on these billings regarding the necessity of payment being received by June 30, 2020. A listing of all accounts receivable remaining outstanding as of June 30, 2020 should be submitted to the Business Office by 4:30 p.m., June 30, 2020. Please contact the Business Office with any questions on information to submit for receivables.
Here is this week’s Tennessee Tech Today radio show: https://www.tntech.edu/news/files/TNTech_Today_Show_6-5-20.mp3
This week’s Tennessee Tech Today includes Tennessee Tech alumna Stephanie Dedmon talking about how Tech prepared her to become the Chief Information Officer for the State of Tennessee and what the evolving role of a CIO looks like.
New changes are coming for Fall! The Office of Financial Aid is excited to announce the implementation of Next Gen’s Timesheetx and Jobx. These programs are specifically designed for the Federal Work Study Program and will focus on keeping students from working during class time, exceeding their award, and job placement. We are currently in the very early stages of the implementation process. Please stay tuned for more information regarding training opportunities!
Adjuncts who are teaching summer school will need to sign their contracts for first term and/or full summer term by June 12 in order to receive pay on July 2. Adjuncts who are teaching second term only will need to have their contracts signed by July 20 in order to receive pay on Aug. 7. Anyone who misses the first term deadline will receive pay Aug. 7 as long as their contract is signed by July 20.
An EF-4 tornado and global health pandemic shook the economic foundation of the Upper Cumberland this year, but the Small Business Development Center, through new director Tyler Asher, offers hope for local businesses.
“The SBDC goal is to help new businesses start, grow and achieve, and established businesses expand, innovate and retain,” Asher said, concisely capturing the SBDC mission.
Asher wants rural businesses, which are especially susceptible to unstable economies, to know that the SBDC can help through its free resources, including marketing plans and capital sources. Recently, the SBDC partnered with the Local Business Resource Collective–consisting of the Biz Foundry entrepreneurial center, WCTE TV, and the Tennessee Tech Center for Rural Innovation–to make its efforts even stronger.
‘We wanted to be part of the one-stop shop that the LBRC provides to ensure businesses succeed,” Asher said.
For more information, visit www.tsbdc.org or email Asher at tasher@tsbdc.org.
Here is this week’s Tennessee Tech Today radio show: https://www.tntech.edu/news/files/TNTech_Today_Show_5-29-20.mp3
This week’s Tennessee Tech Today includes Dan Warren, interim vice president for facilities and business services discussing getting campus ready for the Fall semester; Megan Atkinson, university archivist, discussing two archives projects surrounding the tornado that struck Putnam County and COVID 19; and, Eric Brown, assistant director of Tech’s Cybersecurity, Education, Research and Outreach Center, discussing two cyber discovery virtual camps this summer.
All Tennessee Tech full-time benefited employees will be able to reserve parking permits for the 2020-2021 (FY21) year beginning today, June 1, 2020. Please read through this information carefully before making your online permit reservation.
Types of permits
There are two designations of parking permits available to university employees: gold and purple.
Payment options
Employees making an online selection will authorize payroll deductions for the parking permit. Payroll deductions will be split into two payments occurring in September and February. You must make your permit reservation before August 31, 2020, in order to utilize payroll deduction. Permits reserved after 4:30 p.m. on August 31 must be paid for in-full at the Parking and Transportation Services office.
Employees who wish to pay using a personal check or credit card may make their selection at the Parking and Transportation Services office in the Roaden University Center. Full payment for these payment methods is required at the time of selection. Permits will not be available to purchase in person until July 20.
Parking subsidy
Any benefited employee who earns less than $30,000 annually (gross) will be eligible for a $93 parking supplement for the purple lot only, provided that you make your selection online during the enrollment period and agree to payroll deduction. You will receive the supplement in September and February. The supplement is not available for the gold lot. If you elect the gold lot, you will be required to pay the full cost of $235 (C&S) or $265 (Administrative/Faculty).
Disabled parking permit
All university employees who have state-issued disabled placards or permanent plates may obtain a special disabled parking permit. These permits are available to qualified employees at the rate of $149. Proof of disability placard is required in order to purchase a disabled parking permit. Visit the Parking and Transportation Services website for more information on disabled parking permits.
Part-time, temporary employees, adjunct faculty
Part-time employees, temporary employees and adjunct faculty will be eligible to obtain parking permits on or after July 20, 2020. More information on permits for these individuals is available on the Parking and Transportation Services website.
Online permit reservations opens today, Monday, June 1
The online website to reserve parking permits is available now (beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday, June 1). Only full-time, benefited employees will be allowed to make permit reservations online at this time.
To reserve your permit, go to the dedicated parking services website at https://ttuparking.t2hosted.com. Select “Get Permits” to reserve a parking permit. You will log into the site using your Tech credentials.
The website is easy to use, but for detailed, step-by-step instructions, visit the Parking and Transportation Services website at http://www.tntech.edu/parking.
Permit pickup
Parking permits will be sent through campus mail beginning late July. You may begin displaying your FY21 permit immediately after you receive it.
Human Resources
We aware that many department’s non-exempt employees have not been able to schedule their comp time prior to June 30, 2020. Tech Policy 644 states that employees agree to accrue comp time in lieu of overtime and Tennessee Tech will review budget availability and constraints in all salary decisions. After much discussion, the decision was made to carry forward all non-exempt employee accrued comp time balances. As a result, employees will not receive a payout for comp time in July. gpalmer@tntech.edu | (931) 372-3712
Human Resources (Payroll) would like to share with you information regarding your paycheck for May.
Premium Holiday – Earlier this year Benefits Administration (BA) recommended and the State Insurance Committee voted to give all active state and higher education employees a premium holiday for June 2020 coverage. This means there will be no deduction for the health insurance premium this May.
Dental Discounts for MetLife and Cigna Members – In response to COVID-19, Cigna and MetLife are giving a dental premium discount to enrolled members. MetLife will give a 25% discount for April and May coverage and Cigna will give a 25% discount for March, April, and May coverage. Both discounts will impact May paychecks. Benefits Administration has sent emails to all enrolled members for whom they had email addresses in Edison. Member emails included a letter and a flier with a chart showing members’ discounts.