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  • Annual Performance Self-Evaluations Reminder

    Reminder: All full time staff performance self-evaluations are due by Thursday, April 15, 2021.

    By now all supervisors should have logged into People Admin and created the plan, initiating self-evaluations. Please log into People Admin via Tech Express to complete your 2020-2021 self-evaluation in a timely manner.

    Training materials as well as training sign-ups can be located on the TTU HR website: https://www.tntech.edu/private/hr/employment/performance-eval.php

    If you have any questions or need assistance please contact Ayla Whittaker. Phone: 3713  email: amwhittaker@tntech.edu

  • ”It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” -Walt Disney

    Come and spend your Thursday with the Disney club! Get ready to hang out with all your Disney pals friends as we enjoy a laid back week. Our expedition starts at 6 p.m. at Johnson Hall room 409. Come on out and be our guest!

  • Congratulations to March externally funded award winners

    Externally sponsored award winners from March:

      • Indranil Bhattacharya: ORNL
      • Joe Biernacki and Barry Stein, George Chitiyo, Elizabeth Lisic, Indranil Bhattacharya (Co-PIs): NSF
      • Jeff Boles, Jeremy Wendt (Co-PI): NSF
      • Pingen Chen and Stephen Canfield, Joseph Ojo, Indranil Bhattacharya, Vahid Motevalli (Co-PIs): USDOE
      • Brad Cohen: TWRA
      • Lewis Crouch: Private Funder
      • Glenn Cunningham and Ethan Languri (Co-PI): USDOE
      • Tania Datta: S. Department of State via IREX
      • Dennis Fennewald: Private Funder
      • Mike Gotcher and Ferdinand DiFurio, Yolunda Nabors (Co-PIs): TBR
      • Stephen Idem: USDOE via ASME via McHale and Associates
      • Mary Kidd: NSF via University of South Dakota
      • Mohamed Mahmoud: Private Funder
      • Jennifer Meadows: Battelle Memorial Institute
      • Susan Piras: Cookeville Regional Medical Center
      • Mark Rogers: TWRA
      • Mark Rogers: USGS

      • Daniel VandenBerge: S. Navy via National Institute of Building Sciences

    Visit https://www.tntech.edu/research/reports/grants-awarded.php.

  • Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar: Prof. Jason Fry, EKU

    Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar: Prof. Jason Fry, EKU

    Professor Jason Fry from Eastern Kentucky University will be visiting (virtually) Friday to give this week’s talk in the Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar series. Professor Fry and his students work on a set of experiments designed to identify nuclear systems that are capable of enhancing the effect of possible “time violating” interactions, cases where “playing the movie backwards” would not describe what happens in an actual “reversed” experiment! The talk, The (A)Symmetry of Time and Space, will be this Friday, April 9th at 4pm. It is geared for undergraduates from any STEM major, but graduate students and faculty are also encouraged to attend! Contact Dr. Holley (aholley@tntech.edu) for connection information to the Zoom session. Visit the seminar webpage for more information and the current schedule for upcoming talks.

  • Responding to Disclosures FREE Training Opportunity

    Responding to Disclosures FREE Training Opportunity

    Register for a two-hour training slot to learn how to respond to disclosures of sexual assault, domestic/dating violence and/or stalking. This Project AWAKEN training will cover reporting obligations, crisis intervention and applicable resources. All faculty & staff are welcome!

    Sign up for a session hosted on Zoom here: Project AWAKEN: Responding to Disclosure Training (signupgenius.com).

    Please email awaken@tntech.edu if you have any questions.

  • The Center for Career Development is looking for Career Ambassadors

    The Center for Career Development is looking for Career Ambassadors

    The Center for Career Development is looking for part-time student employees to fill Career Ambassador positions.  These positions are responsible for assisting with the department’s programs and events including organization and execution.  We are also looking for one student that can offer basic IT support.  These positions will start in August 2021.

    Qualities: 

        • Have a cumulative QPA of 2.5 or better.
        • Enrolled at Tennessee Tech University as an undergraduate student.
        • Maintain high regard and attitude for the University & scholarship.
        • Possess great interpersonal skills and self-motivation.
        • Detail-oriented and organization skills are a must.
        • Integrity, punctuality, and dependability.
        • The ability to work both independently and as a team.
        • Proficient use of a computer and Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other programs
        • Have excellent written and oral communication skills while upholding professional etiquette.

    Provide proper customer service skills when communicating with students, parents, University faculty and staff, and employers.

    More information about becoming a Career Ambassador can be found on Handshake.

  • Closing Memo for Fiscal Year 2021

    Please read the Closing Memo for FY2021 to review important deadlines as we near the end of the fiscal year. The memo can be found on the General Accounting page (https://www.tntech.edu/businessoffice/gen-acc.php) along with a deadline list sorted by date. Please contact Kacee Abbott (kabbott@tntech.edu) if you have any questions.

  • PED Talk with Dr. Gray April 13

    PED Talk with Dr. Gray April 13

    Hey everyone!

    The English Club meets Tuesday, April 13,  11 AM, for this semester’s PED Talk. Please join us as Dr. Gray gives us a glimpse of her new book, Culinary Diplomacy’s Role in the Immigrant Experience – Fiction and Memoirs of Middle Eastern Women, and talks about navigating the publication process. PED Talks are a fun way to get to know Tech’s English professors and their field of study in a non-pressure environment. All majors are welcome!

    Please contact Lena Albro (lkalbro42@tntech.edu) for the Zoom information.

  • Distinguished Service Learning Award Nominations

    Distinguished Service Learning Award Nominations

    Each year, the Provost’s Office, along with the Service Learning Center, recognizes one student and one faculty member who have best demonstrated exceptional service learning and service leadership.

    “Service learning is defined as a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility and strengthen communities.”

    These values are important to Tennessee Tech University and support our rich tradition of community and service.

    Any student, faculty member, administrator or staff member may nominate a student or faculty member for this award.  If you have someone in mind that you would like to nominate, please follow this link for instruction on how to do so: https://www.tntech.edu/volunteer/slaward.php

    The Service Learning Awards Committee will be accepting nominations through Friday, April 23, 2021.  When making a nomination, remember the difference between community service and service learning, described at the top of the above link.

  • iLearn Course Analytics

    iLearn Course Analytics

    Course analytics can help provide insight into how effective course elements are, as well as the level of engagement for students. The analytics function in iLearn allows instructors to monitor class progress, content statistics, assignment statistics, and more. During this session, Lauren and Kyle will cover how to find your course analytics, how to understand and use the information collected, and how to then implement that information for better course design and higher student engagement.

    Register Now! 

  • Join the Office of Sustainability for Earth Week 2021—April 5-9

    Join the Office of Sustainability for Earth Week 2021—April 5-9

    Earth Week is quickly approaching, and we want you all to join us in the fun! Check out the attached flyer to see our schedule of events for the week! We will be sending out more information as the events get closer. Be sure to follow our social media so you do not miss a thing!

    Instagram and Twitter: @TNTechEcoEagles              Facebook: TTU Sustainable Campus Committee

    Photo Description:

    Monday, April 5: Caught Green Handed at 9am

    Tuesday, April 6: PlantsRock! on the Quad at 11am

    Wednesday, April  7: Bike Trail Plogging (picking up litter while jogging/walking) at 3:30pm

    Thursday, April 8: Earth Day Celebration on the Plaza at 11am

    Friday, April 9: A Day Without Plants Virtual Event

  • SGA SOLO Event Series Presents: A Virtual Conversation with Shaquille O’Neal

    SGA SOLO Event Series Presents: A Virtual Conversation with Shaquille O’Neal

    The Student Government Association Presents A Virtual Conversation with Shaquille O’Neal. On Wednesday April 14th at 8 p.m. Join Shaquille O’Neal for a live virtual conversation and Q&A exclusively for Tennessee Tech.  This show will be presented on the Looped Virtual Platform and accessible with a tntech.edu email for admittance to the show. This SOLO Event is sponsored by your Student Government Association SOLO Fund.  For Looped log in instructions, to pre-submit a question and to join the show visit www.tntech.edu/solo

  • LinkedIn Learning & ePortfolios Workshop

    LinkedIn Learning & ePortfolios Workshop

    The nature of LinkedIn is centered around professionalism, which means it provides an easy way for students, faculty, staff, and alumni to cut through any social noise. It serves as a sort of electronic portfolio in the career search process. Instructors are encouraged to assign courses related to course content/objectives for a grade or suggest courses that help students perform better on performance assessments.

    This workshop will help instructors learn to utilize one of the most valuable tools offered to faculty and students at Tennessee Tech. Specifically, the objectives of the training include:

        • Overview of LinkedIn and LinkedIn Learning
        • Discuss the use of LinkedIn Learning as an electronic portfolio for students
          Create a plan for implementing LinkedIn Learning in your course

    Register Now! 

  • This month’s survey: Recycling!

    This month’s survey: Recycling!

    Each month the Office of Sustainability posts a new survey for students on a variety of green topics. This month’s theme is Recycling! Take the survey today to show how much you know about going green.

    Access survey here:  https://forms.gle/uwaHuSUtY5qa1cPD8

    Also check out our website to learn more about campus recycling efforts! https://www.tntech.edu/sustainability/index.php

  • Virtual Celebration of Craft – April 10

    Virtual Celebration of Craft – April 10

    Most of Celebration of Craft is virtual this year, but the annual 25% discount in the Craft Center Gallery is available both in-person and online! All handmade items (with the exception of exhibitions) will be available for the 25% discount Saturday, April 10, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. in person. The online 25% discount is available Saturday and Sunday, April 10-11.

    All demonstrations will be livestreamed through Facebook @tntechcraftcenter. Glass blowing begins at 10 a.m.; blacksmithing, 11 a.m.; clay, 12 p.m.; fibers, 1 p.m. and wood, 2 p.m. Watch from the comfort of your home or anywhere on your phone, i-pad, computer or big screen!

    Kids’ Craft activities are available in a kit to take home. Pick up the kits now in our Gallery, at the Putnam County Library, and April 7, 4-6 p.m. in Dogwood Park.

    Don’t forget the “Not an Auction Sale!” Artist donated pieces are available online now at deeply discounted prices. You can pick them up or have them shipped. Shop here: https://epay.tntech.edu/C20205_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=186

    More information is available at tntech.edu/celebrationofcraft.