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Attention GAs: Tax implications on graduate assistantship
Each year, the Office of Graduate Studies and the Office of Financial Aid send a listing of the annual tuition benefits paid on your behalf to the Office of Human Resources. For some assistantships the amount will be added to the taxable income on your December 23rd paycheck and will increase your tax liability and possibly your federal income tax deduction. This amount does not increase your net pay.
If you want to change your W-4 to prevent or lessen the withholding amount, the form is here. This form must be returned to the Payroll Office by 4:30 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4, to process on the 12/23/20 paycheck.
If you have questions regarding the W-4 process, contact the Payroll Office by e-mailing payroll@tntech.edu.
Here is an explanation of how the IRS treats assistantships:
Tuition benefits offered to graduate assistants are generally excluded from taxable income under section 117(d) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). However, section 117(d) only excludes from taxable income tuition benefits for graduate students who are engaged in teaching activities or research activities at the University. Graduate assistants not engaged in such teaching or research activities at the University cannot be excluded from taxable income under section 117(d).
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W-2 and 1095-C Information
PLEASE READ: W-2 and 1095-C Information [time sensitive]
For your added security, we strongly encourage that your W-2 and 1095-C be delivered electronically through Eagle Online/Banner Self-Service. This keeps your personal information from being sent through the mail and it will be available to you sooner. To consent, you can log into Tech Express, Eagle, Employee-Tax Forms-Electronic Regulatory Consent. Read the statement and check the box to consent. Complete this simple process by Sunday, January 10, 2021, to ensure your election is recorded prior to the release of 2020 W-2s.
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Cyber Eagles Meeting with Twitter CISO
The CyberEagles are very excited to announce that Rinki Sethi, the Chief Information Security Officer of Twitter, will be joining us for our final meeting of the semester on December 3rd at 11am.
She will be discussing her background in cyber and her experience as a leader in the industry. She has also worked in various roles at companies including IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Intuit, eBay, and Walmart.
We hope you can join us for this final meeting with our very special guest!
Zoom link: https://tntech.zoom.us/j/91472461933?pwd=bmFtVTFWY1lNOFpPd1JuR0lmS2Fvdz09
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2021-2022 Wilma Carr Scholarship reminder
Wilma Carr scholarship applications are being accepted for the 2021-2022 award year through Dec. 15. Qualified applicants are current students who are survivors of domestic violence, child abuse or a similar unfortunate situation and are in good standing with the university. All applicant information is kept strictly confidential. Applications are available online at https://www.tntech.edu/women/scholarships.php
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Blue Cross Bowl to affect parking, traffic
We will welcome hundreds of high school students plus their families and friends again this year as we host the TSSAA Blue Cross Bowl state championship football games.
Our campus will host games on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 3 through Saturday, Dec. 5, at Tucker Stadium. Games will be held at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. each of the three days. Friday games are expected to bring the most weekday visitors to campus.
The parking lots near Tucker Stadium, Volpe Library, Bryan Fine Arts and Johnson Hall will be barricaded and reserved for championship visitors who pay to park in this area. All other parking lots will remain open for faculty, staff and students based on hangtags and will be first come, first served. This year, we anticipate ample parking availability for faculty, staff and students due to the decreased number of people travelling to campus each day.
TSSAA volunteer parking teams will be monitoring lots and collecting money from visitors paying to park in dedicated campus lots.
To see a map of reserved championship parking spaces, visit
https://www.tntech.edu/maps/tssaa_parking.pdfWhere Not to Park
Please park in permit areas only. Please do not park on the grass, in fire lanes or other areas not normally designated as parking. Handicap parking will still require a designated handicap tag. Do not block service or mail spots.More Information about TSSAA Event
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Final BIDE Meeting December 3
BIDE (Body Image and Disordered Eating) is an all-inclusive peer support group that promotes self-growth and self-acceptance. Have a body and not sure how to feel about it? You are welcome here. This week’s meeting is at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 3, via Zoom. For questions and Zoom information, you can contact rlpearson43@tntech.edu or bidepeers@gmail.com.
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Employer Spotlight featuring Republic Finance is Thursday, December 3
Join Republic Finance at their Employer Spotlight on Thursday, December 3 in the Swoops Food Court located on the ground floor of the Roaden University Center. This Employer Specialty Event will be from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Recruiters will be present sharing their full-time entry-level positions and internship opportunities! Get a step ahead and APPLY NOW on Handshake before their campus event!
Employer Spotlights are hosted by the Center for Career Development.
career@tntech.edu
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Enjoy holiday lights on the Quad
Even though we aren’t holding some of our university events on campus this year, President Phil Oldham and First Lady Kari Oldham invite you to enjoy the tradition of Lighting the Quad nonetheless. Today through January 3, the lights on the Quad will be on each evening. Come out and enjoy the lights with your friends and loved ones. Share your photos with us on social media using #TNTechLights!
Watch a special video message from the Oldhams here: https://youtu.be/YHWuJWoE0JI
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Constellations by Nick Payne
We invited you to see a show about a relationship lived through multiverse of choices. You can see what happens to Roland and Marianne as they make different decisions in multitude of universes. Although the same people, their story is never the same twice.
LIVE PERFORMANCES: Dec 4 (Friday) at 7pm at Derryberry Auditorium
Dec 5 (Saturday) at 7pm at Derryberry Auditorium
Dec 6 (Sunday) at 7pm at Derryberry Auditorium
Tickets are free based on first come, first serve basis. If you want to reserve a spot in advance, email us at arsveraproductions@gmail.com
Seats are limited due to COVID precautions and masks are required at all times. No food or drink is allowed in the auditorium. Doors open at 6.30pm. More information at https://arsveraproductions.wixsite.com/arsveraproductions
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Faculty & Staff Appreciation Dec. 1st 2020
University Store Faculty & Staff Appreciation Day
Dec. 1st 2020 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
25% OFF logo’d items! shop online and in store! *some exclusions apply
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TTU Percussion Club Hosts Donation Drive
On Thursday, December 3rd, the TTU Percussion Club is teaming up with local non-profit, Upper Cumberland Foster Closet, to host a donation drive. This event will be from 3:00pm – 5:00pm at Centennial Plaza and will feature live Christmas music by the TTU Percussion Ensemble.
When children are placed in a foster home, they often arrive with only the clothes on their backs. While financial assistance is provided, sometimes there is a delay between accepting children and receiving funds to help support them. The Upper Cumberland Foster Closet attempts to bridge this gap. UCFC acts as a resource that foster families can quickly visit upon receiving a placement and get items these children need such as: clothing, shoes, car seats, and other basic needs, free of charge. Through the generous donation of these items from our local community, foster families will be able to use their own resources in other ways while the children are in their homes.
Needed Donation Items:
Clothes for kids and teens, booster seats / car seats, newborn diapers or pull-ups, new packs of underwear/panties, new packs of socks, backpacks, bunk beds, baby carriers, diaper cream, toothbrushes, lunchboxes, and *cash donations* (preferred). -
Tennessee Tech Today this week
Here is this week’s Tennessee Tech Today radio show: https://www.tntech.edu/news/files/TNTech_Today_Show_11-27-20.mp3
This week’s show includes President Phil Oldham discussing wrapping up the fall 2020 semester; and, Michael Aikens, director of innovation and entrepreneurship in the office of research and economic development, updating the Rural Reimagined initiative.
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Bookstore Holiday Party Dec. 1, 2020
Bookstore Holiday Party
Dec. 01, 2020
8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Biggest Sale of the Season!
*give aways while supplies last!
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Support University Archives & Special Collections on Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is an international day of giving celebrated on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving each year. This year, Tech’s Giving Tuesday will feature University Archives & Special Collections.
Walking into University Archives is like stepping back in time. It’s a view into the Tennessee Tech of the past. Comprised of more than 3,300 cubic square feet of manuscripts, photographs, and archives from Tennessee Tech and the Upper Cumberland, Archives makes materials accessible digitally and on site. But what University Archives has done for the Golden Eagle community in 2020 is remarkable. From helping the Mar. 3 tornado survivors recover and restore lost items to documenting the COVID-19 pandemic, they are a valuable resource for Tech and the Upper Cumberland.
Join us on Dec. 1 in saying thanks for everything they do to help our students, alumni and community. We recognize many nonprofits are participating in Giving Tuesday this year. But if supporting Tech is on your mind, we hope you’ll consider a gift to University Archives & Special Collections to ensure Tech’s history is preserved for the Golden Eagles of tomorrow.
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Virtual Research and Creative Inquiry Day set for April 2021
Research and Creative Inquiry Day is an annual event designed to promote undergraduate and graduate student research and creative inquiry and provide a venue for presenting that work. The 16th annual event will be held in April 2021. Due to the ongoing pandemic, we are moving forward with a digital/virtual format.
The abstract submission portal will be open from Monday, Feb. 1, through Wednesday, March 10. Abstract guidelines can be found on the Office of research https://www.tntech.edu/research/research-day/index.php.
Please share this information with your students and consider including information related to Research and Creative Inquiry Day, as appropriate, in your spring course syllabi. Faculty will receive an email at the beginning of the spring semester providing additional event information and inviting you to participate as a Research and Creative Inquiry Day judge.