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Earth Week: Plants Rock! Apr. 6
Do you like painting and free plants? In celebration of Earth Day, hosted by the Office of Sustainability, students are invited to the annual Plants Rock event at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Apr. 6, on the Quad. Stop by to build your own self-watering planter from a recycled plastic bottle and paint a rock with words of encouragement. We hope to see you there!
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Earth Day Celebration! Apr. 8
Join the Office of Sustainability to celebrate Earth Day! Come join us at our annual Earth Day Celebration from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, Apr. 8, on Centennial Plaza. Stop by to learn what the office is doing to promote sustainability and how to get involved! We hope to see you there! #TNTechEarthWeek21
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Gold Career Readiness Workshop on Apr. 8: Introductory Interview Success
Join the Center for Career Development on Thursday, Apr. 8, beginning at 11:00 a.m. in the Roaden University Center Multipurpose Room (2nd floor) for this Gold Career Readiness Workshop. Don’t miss this opportunity from Erin Bullington, Assistant Director of the Center for Career Development, to learn the basics behind being interviewed by an employer for a position for a job, internship, or co-op.
This event is open to all students in all majors and counts towards the Gold Career Readiness Certificate for freshman and sophomore students. Bring your Eagle Card for a quick sign-in.
To attend virtually, access the link for TEAMS in Handshake Events. To receive credit for attending, you must log in with your Tennessee Tech email, participate if asked to during the workshop and be present for at least 80% of the presentation. In order to join the TEAMS call, copy and paste the TEAMS link in the Handshake Event below into your web browser, click to open the TEAMS app or continue with TEAMS on your web browser, and log in with your Tennessee Tech email.
https://tntech.joinhandshake.com/events/651256/share_preview
Career Readiness Workshops are hosted by the Center for Career Development.
career@tntech.edu
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Survivor Speak Out – Share YOUR Story
Are you a survivor of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence or stalking? You can share your story of surviving trauma here: https://tntech.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cASgMXeXcn0oY98.
Stories will be shared at the survivor speak out event – Solidarity with Survivors on Wednesday, April 14th at 7 P.M. via Zoom. Read your story yourself, or submit it anonymously to be read at the event. If you’d like to attend the live event, e-mail awaken@tntech.edu for the Zoom information.
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Tuesday, 4/13, Jes Baker, The Social Impact of Body Love
Jes Baker is an author, speaker, body image and mental health coach, and advocate dedicated to shifting social paradigms to a place where all people are offered the opportunity to embrace themselves just as they are. She is internationally recognized for her writing on her blog “The Militant Baker,” and her books Things No One Will Tell Fat Girls and Landwhale. In her work, Baker highlights the importance of body autonomy, self-esteem, mental health, social justice, and diversity. This is a Center Stage event co-sponsored by the Commission on the Status of Women and the Women’s Center and takes place virtually at 6 pm on Tuesday, 4/13. To RSVP, click here.
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A tribute to the music of Robert Jager
The School of Music at Tennessee Tech will present a special music program on Wednesday, April the 14th honoring the music of retired TTU Professor Robert Jager. In a “Tribute to the Music of Robert Jager” the Tuba/Euphonium Studio has prepared a program representative of some of the compositions Professor Jager created over the years he was on the faculty at TTU. During his thirty-year tenure at TTU, from 1971 to 2001, in addition to his many other award- winning compositions, influenced by his friendship with Professor Winston Morris, the tuba instructor at TTU, he felt motivated to and was commissioned to create many major works for the low brass instruments. The performance will consist of several major concertos accompanied by Kanako Reames on piano. The concert is free and is open to the public with limited seating at 7:30 p.m. in the Wattenbarger Auditorium of the Bryan Fine Arts Building on the TTU campus. The program will also be live streamed and available through the School of Music Website.
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Alpha Phi Omega Open Meeting
Alpha Phi Omega at Tennessee Tech invites all interested students to an open informational meeting on Tuesday, April 6 at 7:00 PM in the Laboratory Science Commons (room 1201) to learn more about our community service and leadership development opportunities. We are currently organizing to re-charter the Tau Epsilon chapter and encourage any interested student to join the organization and help build the local chapter from the ground up as a Founding Member.
Alpha Phi Omega is the largest intercollegiate community service organization in the United States, with chapters in Canada and the Phillippines. Alpha Phi Omega teaches students to engage in and organize community service projects through developing leadership skills and preparing career-ready graduates as members of the organization.
Please sign our interest form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aZ8QCONSk2LrKCxGSPszb5VU_BvZ7Bf2R8boQy0mQp4/edit
The meeting will also be conducted via zoom as well:
https://tntech.zoom.us/j/88349981968?pwd=cVkvaDMyVEl0OU1KNU1HMHBoeHVidz09
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April 5 – 9 The Clothesline Project displayed
Witness and applaud these visual testimonies created by survivors of interpersonal violence from our campus and the local community. A collection of shirts decorated to represent survivors’ personal experiences with power-based violence will be displayed daily in the RUC lobby from 9-4 from April 5 through 9. Survivors may design a shirt during office hours at the Women’s Center. The Women’s Center and Project AWAKEN have created an additional virtual display, with different shirts, which is available here. Hope and healing hang on the clothesline!
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Spanish for Beginners- 100% Online Summer Course
Do you want the skills you will need to thrive in a global society? If you answered yes, you should learn Spanish at Tennessee Tech!
SPAN 1020-541 (3 credits) will be offered this summer.
Dates: SPAN 1020= 6/28/2021 – 7/30/2021
Meeting: 100% Online
We will learn basic vocabulary and grammar and continue to develop listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills to be able to communicate in the Spanish language. We will also identify common beliefs and cultural practices in the Spanish-speaking world. Course activities will consist of reading, videos, asynchronous conversations, grammar exercises, and quizzes.
Taking SPAN 1010 offered during the first summer term and this class will also fulfill foreign language requirements you may have for your BA degree!
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Olsen: molsen@tntech.edu
Sign up on Banner today!!
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Apply for Board of Trustees Student Representative
Interested in representing the student body as the student member of Tennessee Tech’s Board of Trustees? Details and application are posted at tntech.edu/sga
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Grand Opening Celebration
Join us for a special event celebrating the opening of the largest buildings on Tennessee Tech University’s campus: the Laboratory Science Commons with the Stonecipher Lecture Hall and the Marc. L Burnett Student Recreation and Fitness Center!
Friday, April 9 we will celebrate these new facilities with events featuring outdoor activities, refreshments, commemorative giveaways and socially distanced tours.
Laboratory Sciences Commons – 1 p.m.
Stonecipher Lecture Hall – 1:30 p.m.
Marc L. Burnett Student Recreation and Fitness Center – 2 p.m.
Face coverings are required. Parking will be reserved for guests in the lots immediately around the new fitness center, at Oakley STEM Center, in front of Southwest Hall, and in the gravel parking lot along Willow Avenue.
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New 4-way Stop at Stadium Dr and Wings Up Way
On Wednesday morning, 4/7/2021, the existing 2-way stop at the intersection of Stadium Dr and Wings Up Way will be converted to a 4-way stop. Traffic will remain open during this effort.
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Third Annual I Heart Tech Students Campaign raises $501,530!
Each year, the “I Heart Tech Students” Campaign raises funds for areas that help students during tough times. The third annual “I Heart Tech Students” Campaign was our most successful to date, raising $501,530 for Tennessee Tech students! Thank you to everyone who supported this campaign! Watch a thank you video from Tech’s Accessible Education Center, Counseling Center, Eagle Assistance Grant, Food Pantry and Health Services here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb5kPYgEtm8
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CoE Eminence & Spectrum Awards
Please join the College of Engineering as we honor our phenomenal students in the 2020-2021 Eminence and Spectrum Awards Ceremony.
The Eminence Award recognizes outstanding students for their superior accomplishments throughout the academic year. The Spectrum Award recognize junior and senior students for their exceptional initiatives and achievements in education, research, and experiential education activities throughout their undergraduate career.
The ceremony will be help today at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom at
https://tntech.zoom.us/j/81151693945?pwd=Z09HMFlIcmIzdlMzSG9yTGFVYnZIZz09
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Geist Received Tolbert Research Award
Dr. Melissa J. Geist received the Tolbert Research Award to serve as PI for ESTAR Sano (Education, Support, Training, Awareness, and Resources) to mitigate the negative effects of COVID-19 on the Hispanic/Latinx population in the Upper Cumberland Region. The ESTAR team includes co-PI, Dr. Mark Groundland (Associate Professor of Foreign Languages-Spanish), Cary Cass, MSN, RN, CHSE, TESL (WHSON Lab Coordinator and former Peace Corps Volunteer in El Salvador), Adriana Montalvo (S1 Nursing Student), and Cesar Espinosa (J2 Nursing Student). They conducted educational workshops for over 100 people, provided hand sanitizer, masks, Lysol spray, antibacterial wipes, etc., and distributed 200-Spanish language laminated cards with information about COVID-19 at the recent RAM clinic. They hope to reach more people this year and to continue partnerships to provide education and resources for chronic diseases. The ESTAR team is grateful for the financial support provided by Rebecca Tolbert.