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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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Announcing Week of Welcome 2021
Week of Welcome 2021 will be hosted August 13-21! We are excited to welcome all new and returning students to campus for the fall 2021 semester! Events are being added to the schedule as confirmed. For the full and most updated event listing, please visit www.tntech.edu/weekofwelcome.
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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.
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Faculty/Advisor SSB Access Request Process Updated
ITS has recently improved the request process for instructor & advisor access to Self Service Banner (SSB). The Banner SSB Faculty/Advisor Access Form has been introduced in a digital method with automatic routing. We will no longer accept paper or PDF forms starting Thursday, July 23. This is required for instructors who need to be added to teach a course or courses. The information required for the form:
- Submitter’s name & contact info
- Instructor’s Name & T-Number
- The instructor’s supervisor (Name & Email)
- The starting Term for access
- Doctoral or Clinical qualification (if applicable)
The department may submit the request on behalf of the faculty or advisor. The form will be signed by the instructor’s supervisor, and SSB approver. The form can be found on the ITS Banner Information page:
Please contact Information Security for any questions regarding the new form.
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Food Pantry Closed this Week – Maintenance Work
The Campus Food Pantry will be closed the rest of this week due to unexpected maintenance work that needed to be done.
We will be open back on Wednesday, July 28th, and will remain open on Wednesdays, through August.
We will resume regular hours (Mon – Thurs, 8am – 5pm) beginning August 30th, once our student volunteers are back on campus and new students are trained.
***REMEMBER: We do still have the auxiliary pantry available to you in the library at the front desk during times like these***
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Submissions OPEN Through July 24th for the WCTE-PBS Downtown Film Festival
Tennessee Tech’s iCube is working with our local PBS station on this year’s WCTE-PBS Downtown Film Festival scheduled for August 28th on Cookeville’s West Side. Submissions will be accepted now through July 24th.
Categories for competition this year include Best Documentary, Best Mini-Documentary, the Stanger Award honoring the best-unfinished documentary, the Young Filmmakers Award, and the Tennessee Filmmaker Award, a new award category this year open to native Tennessee directors, producers, writers, or films shot primarily in Tennessee. Winners will receive recognition and have their work featured on WCTE in 2022. To submit your film or to find more information, visit DowntownFilm.org. We are encouraging local submissions by offering the coupon code: LOCALSUBMISSION, which will waive the entry to any of our award categories at https://filmfreeway.com/WCTE-PBSDowntownFilmFestival.
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Collection Drive for School Supplies
The Service Learning and Community Engagement Center is partnering with the West End Connection Team to host a supply drive for the kids who live in that community. We will be collecting backpacks and school supplies (as well as lunch bag items such as juice boxes, crackers, gold fish, Gatorades, raisins, etc.) July 19 – July 30. These supplies will be given out to the kids in the West End Community on July 31 as part of a fun park day planned for them. We will have some TN Tech students out there playing games with them and helping to hand out supplies.
School supplies are on a huge sale right now, so if you would like to donate to a child, you can drop off your donations in the Roaden University Center, front lobby, first floor. Or you can also text Shaquawana at 931-650-0115 if you need the supplies picked up.
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Support the TTU Spirit Program at Buff City Soap on 7/19!
Come out to shop and support the TTU Spirit Program at their first Buff City Soap fundraiser on Monday, July 19th from 4 to 7pm. Shop your favorite soaps, bath bombs, lotions, detergents and more! A portion of your purchase will go to support the TTU cheerleaders, dancers, and our main bird Awesome and his crew.
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Associate Vice President of Human Resources Interview Session
You are invited to participate in question and answer session with the candidate interviewing to be our next AVP for Human Resources.
For faculty, staff and students the session is scheduled for the following in the President’s Conference Room: Derryberry Hall 210
- July 21 10:30-11:15 a.m. – Kevin Vedder
Candidate information is provided at: https://www.tntech.edu/private/hr/avp-candidates.php . A survey will also be posted to this page for you to use to evaluate the candidates.
We appreciate your attendance and look forward to hearing your feedback on each of the candidates.
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Career Development Announces Updates to Career Readiness Programs
The Center for Career Development announces that the GOLD and PURPLE Career Readiness Certification programs have been re-designed and expanded for Fall 2021. Based mostly on the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Career Competencies and George Kuh’s high impact practices, the programs designs are to help students identify where their skills are being developed and how to better communicate those skills to employers on resumes and during interviews
We encourage faculty to investigate the specifics of the programs by visiting the Center for Career Development Career Readiness page. If you are interested in incorporating Career Readiness into your classes please contact us at 931-372-3232.
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YuJa Media: Tips & Tricks
Now that we have begun the transition to YuJa Media, you can learn how YuJa provides courses with media tools to take them to the next level. In this session, members of the CITL staff will provide an overview of YuJa, general how-to instructions for creating and sharing your videos, and how to best use this type of technology in your courses. There will be time for questions and answers at the end of the session.