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  • Rural Reimagined Center Spotlight: The Oakley STEM Center

    Rural Reimagined Center Spotlight: The Oakley STEM Center

    The STEM Center’s mission continues to directly align with Rural Reimagined, as they successfully provide our rural communities with access to STEM education through their lending library, field trips, the Science & Engineering Fair, the STEMobile, educator workshops, and outreach events; and, they continue to provide interactive activities during challenging times of remote learning. Director Darek Potter states, “As a STEM infused university, it is essential that we continue to provide access to high quality learning experiences for students in our regional communities. We are excited about the current resources and programs that are being developed by our team each week to support students, teachers, and parents as they navigate the current challenges associated with distance learning. It is critical that we continue to be innovative and purposeful while meeting the needs of our surrounding rural communities.” Wings up, STEM Center! Visit Grand Challenge News for the full story.

  • Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Plan

    Students, Faculty, and Staff can find information about Tennessee Tech’s Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Plan at the following link: https://www.tntech.edu/consumer-info/pdf/Comprehensive-Suicide-Prev-Plan.pdf

     

  • Help the Crawford Alumni Center choose the Alumni Book Club book for July!

    Help the Crawford Alumni Center choose the Alumni Book Club book for July!

    Have you checked out the Alumni Book Club yet?  It’s never too late to join and get in on the discussion.  Last month we read Educated:  A Memoir by Tara Westover and this month we’re reading Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell.  We’d like for you to help us choose the book for July!  Vote here:  https://www.tntech.edu/univadv/cac/book-club.php  And join our Book Club Facebook group here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/254358412421446  The Alumni Book Club is open to all students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of Tennessee Tech.

  • Tennessee Tech Today this week

    Tennessee Tech Today this week

    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.

     

  • New Vehicle Rental Agreement with Enterprise Rent-a-Car

    Central Procurement completed a competitive bid for vehicle rentals this spring, and the statewide contract was awarded once again to Enterprise Rent A Car (Enterprise Holdings Inc.).  Faculty and staff should continue to rent vehicles through Enterprise using the existing Tennessee Tech process.  For any Enterprise vehicle rentals that took place May 20, 2020, or later, please process payments against the new Eagle Buy contract number BL202000205.  Contact Donna Wallis, Purchasing and Contracts, dwallis@tntech.edu with any questions.

  • Crawford Alumni Center to host 60s trivia LIVE on Facebook June 12 at 7 p.m.

    Crawford Alumni Center to host 60s trivia LIVE on Facebook June 12 at 7 p.m.

    Join the Crawford Alumni Center on Friday, June 12 at 7 pm CDT on our Facebook page for 1960s Pop Culture trivia!  Grab a few friends or family members and play as a team, or compete against one another!  The competition in the Facebook chat is fierce, so bring your A-game.  Hope to see you online at https://www.facebook.com/tntechalumni/

  • Year End Receivables – Due by 6/30

    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.

  • Tennessee Tech Today

    Tennessee Tech Today

    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.

     

  • Do you supervise Federal Work Study students?

    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!

  • Adjunct Deadlines for Summer School

    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.

  • Congratulations to those who earned externally funded awards in May

    The following individuals earned externally funded awards last month:

      • Ali Alouani (PI): Tennessee Valley Authority

     

      • Sakir Ayik (PI): U.S. Dept. of Energy

     

      • Sheikh Ghafoor (PI): Oak Ridge National Lab

     

      • John Gunderson (PI): U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (via Middle Tennessee State University)

     

      • Martha Howard (PI): Private Funder

     

      • Muhammad Ismail (PI): Private Funder

     

      • Alfred Kalyanapu (PI) and Tania Datta (Co-PI): U.S. Geological Survey (via University of Tennessee – Tennessee Water Resource Research Center Program)

     

      • Alfred Kalyanapu (PI) and Sheikh Ghafoor (Co-PI): Oak Ridge National Lab

     

      • Duckbong Kim (PI): Private Funder

     

      • Mohamed Mahmoud (PI): Private Funder (two awards)

     

      • Mohamed Mahmoud (PI) and Muhammad Ismail (Co-PI): Private Funder

     

      • Justin Murdock (PI) and Robert Brown (Co-PI): U.S. Geological Survey (via University of Tennessee – Tennessee Water Resource Research Center Program)

     

      • Mustafa Rajabali (PI): U.S. Dept. of Energy

     

      • Tom Timmerman (PI): Tennessee Small Business Development Center (two awards)

     

      • Ahmad Vaselbehagh (PI): Private Funder

     

      Chris Wilson (PI): Tennessee Department of Education

    Please visit https://www.tntech.edu/research/reports/grants-awarded.php for more information.

  • Student Spotlight: Sarah Moore Accepts Rural Reimagined Graduate Internship

    Student Spotlight: Sarah Moore Accepts Rural Reimagined Graduate Internship

    Rural Reimagined congratulates Sarah Moore for her new graduate internship! Sarah is pursuing her master’s degree in Professional & Technical Communication in the English department, and Rural Reimagined is excited to have her on board for the Fall 2020 semester. In addition to providing her communicational skill sets to Rural Reimagined, Sarah’s internship will include duties such as editing and writing stories, learning and utilizing InDesign for Grand Challenge documents, and assisting in the development of our website! After graduating with her M.A., Sarah wants to become an editor, and she states, “Rural Reimagined is going to give me the opportunity to take the knowledge I’ve learned in school and apply it to ‘real life’ situations. I’m excited to learn important skills for my future career on the job and help others while I’m at it.” Wings up, Sarah!

  • SBDC Joins Local Business Resource Collective to Provide Rural COVID-19 Relief

    SBDC Joins Local Business Resource Collective to Provide Rural COVID-19 Relief

    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.

  • Tennessee Tech Today for this week

    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_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.

  • Reserve your faculty/staff parking permit for 2020-2021 now

    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.

    • Gold permits allow individuals to park in any lot zoned for gold permit holders. These lots provide the closest parking to university buildings and the permits are priced at a premium level, $265 for faculty/administration and $235 for staff (C&S). Gold permit holders may also park in any lot zoned red or purple.
    • Purple permits allow individuals to park in any lot zoned for purple permit holders. These lots are less centrally located, resulting in a more value-priced option, $179 for faculty/administration and $149 for staff (C&S).

    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.