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Love Potion Pre-sale Fundraiser Jan 30-Feb 3
Are you looking for an easy and convenient Valentine’s gift or a sweet way to let someone know you’re thinking about or appreciate them? How about a tube of Love Potion #9? The Student Members of the American Chemical Society will be pre-selling Love Potions (plastic test tubes filled with M&Ms) through our Square Store from Jan 30 – Feb 3. We will deliver them to your Tech mailbox (for students) or office (for faculty and staff) on Feb 13. Individual love potions are $2 or you can buy 3 for $5. You will be contacted via email after you order to determine the delivery location. Any questions can be sent to smacsttu@gmail.com.
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Summer 2023 Undergraduate Graduation Application Deadline
The deadline to apply for graduation for Summer 2023 is February 1. If you intend to complete your degree in Summer 2023 and have not yet applied for graduation, you can apply directly from your Degree Works audit! You can access your degree audit by clicking on the DegWork link in Tech Express.
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Careers n’ Coffee featuring Metropolitan Nashville Police Department January 30!
Take a break and enjoy a FREE cup of iced coffee while speaking with recruiters from Metropolitan Nashville Police Department on Monday, January 30, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Roaden University Center Swoops Food Court (ground floor).
Do not miss this opportunity to network with recruiters as they share information about available positions, which include full-time internships and jobs within company. Get a step ahead and APPLY NOW in Handshake before speaking to recruiters!
Careers n’ Coffee events are hosted by the Center for Career Development
931-372-3232
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Employee Appreciation Event! Thursday, January 26th — Basketball at the HOOP
Get ready for an evening of fun as we celebrate employees who make Tennessee Tech an awesome place to be!
On Thursday, January 26th, employees can present their Eagle Card/ID at a table in the Hooper Eblen Center Lobby to obtain tickets to a doubleheader of Tech basketball. Each employee will be given the number of complimentary tickets in their immediate family. You will also receive a voucher to redeem for a drink and popcorn OR a drink and hotdog at any concession stand.
Games are at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. and you can attend one or both games. The men’s game at 6 p.m. will be televised on ESPNEWS. Appropriate annual leave will need to be taken, and don’t forget supervisor permission, but what a good reason to ask!
For questions about tickets, call the Athletics Ticket Office at 931-372-3940 or e-mail Jessica Morgan at jlmorgan@tntech.edu.
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Rural Reimagined Faculty Grant Program Recognizes Dr. Pedro Arce and His Team
Rural Reimagined would like to recognize Dr. Pedro Arce (Chemical Engineering), Dr. Andrea Arce-Trigatti (Curriculum and Instruction Adjunct), and Dr. J. Robby Sanders (Chemical Engineering) for receiving Level 3 funding ($10,000-$25,000) from our Faculty Grant Program. Dr. Arce’s team proposed their project titled “Expanding Sustainability Efforts through Intentional Learning: Using a Mixed Method Approach to Exploring Student Perceptions of the BioFoundry Initiative,” which discerns “student perceptions of sustainability efforts and design” by combining survey methods design and content analysis. Their project’s social implications for rural research relate to water resources utilization and recycling. Our Faculty Grant Program seeks to promote faculty research and development inside Tech and surrounding rural communities. We congratulate Drs. Arce, Arce-Trigatti, and Sanders and encourage other faculty members to submit their ideas in the future!
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Chemistry Student Claudia McDavid Selected for ACS Student Leadership Award
The Department of Chemistry would like to recognize Claudia McDavid from Kingsport, TN for receiving the 2023 Student Leadership award from the American Chemical Society (ACS). Claudia is a junior pursuing dual degrees in Chemistry and Biology, and minors in Sociology and Honors. She is a peer mentor for the Honors program and the Secretary of the Tech chapter of the Student Members of the American Chemical Society (ACS). Claudia is one of the 14 students selected by ACS to receive this award. Recipients of this award are selected from competitive pools of students from United States and international universities based on their leadership skills and extracurricular activities. The students selected possess the skills and potential to become future leaders within the ACS professional society.
As part of her selection Claudia attended the ACS Leadership Institute in Atlanta, GA in January. The Leadership Institute is an invitation-only conference that allows students to attend workshops and network with other student leaders from around the world, as well as ACS leaders from local sections, technical divisions, and the ACS national board.
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Creative Writing Club Meeting Dates
The TTU Creative Writing Club meets at 11 a.m. in room 216A of Henderson Hall. All majors are welcome. Club members write poetry, fiction, and essays. Come write with us! Here are the spring semester meeting dates:
Thurs., Jan. 26th
Tues., Feb. 7th
Thurs., Feb. 23rd
Tues., March 7
Thurs., March 30
Tues., April 4
Thurs., April 27For questions, contact mductan@tntech.edu
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Financial Wellness with the Women’s Center
Join us Wednesday, February 1st at 4:00pm (Johnson Hall 208) for Session 1: Our Money Stories: a roundtable discussion of women’s experience with money, focusing on perceptions and feelings around money, especially related to big life transitions.
RSVP with the link below!
For more information contact the Women’s Center:
womenscenter@tntech.edu
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Audit or Review Reports Received from External Agencies 1/23
To comply with State Audit directives and Tennessee Tech Policy #130, any audit or review reports received from external agencies should be forwarded to Internal Audit when they are received throughout the year. If you or your department have received any audit or review reports from external agencies during FY 2022-23 that have not already been forwarded to Internal Audit, please send them to Deanna Metts (dmetts@tntech.edu) at this time. As you receive reports in the future, please send them to the same address.
Please note – this request does not apply to accreditation reports.
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Purple Career Readiness Workshop on January 26: Interview Skills
Join the Center for Career Development on Thursday, January 26, beginning at 11 a.m. in the Roaden University Center Multipurpose Room (2nd floor) for this Purple Career Readiness Workshop. Mr. Russ Coughenour, Center for Career Development Director, will share the best way to answer tough interview questions utilizing the STAR-L Method!
This event is open to all students in all majors and counts towards the Purple Career Readiness Certificate for junior and senior students. Bring your Eagle Card with you to receive credit for attendance.
https://tntech.joinhandshake.com/events/1207265/share_preview
Career Readiness Workshops are hosted by the Center for Career Development
931-372-3232
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Women’s Center Gallery Opening
Celebrate the work of Rebecca Hahnert, this semester’s winner of the WMC Exhibition Award, at the opening of her exhibition!
Thursday January 26, 4:00 pm, Women’s Center (RUC 339)
For more information contact the Women’s Center:
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General Complaint Reporting – Spring 2023
General Complaint Reporting
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, discrimination/harassment/retaliation, and other 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 here.
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Reporting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse – Spring 2023
Reporting Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
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
- Tennessee State Hotline – (800) 232-5454
- Tennessee State Online Reporting
Additional information along with reporting options that allow the complainant to remain COMPLETELY ANONYMOUS can be found here or by contacting Tech Internal Audit at (931) 372-3045.
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Bowling Night with Alpha Kappa Psi
Come bowl with Alpha Kappa Psi! We will host our second recruitment event at Bowling World on 1/25th at 7:00 pm. Alpha Kappa Psi is a professional co-ed fraternity open to all majors and classifications, so everyone is welcome. Don’t STRIKE out on this opportunity; being a part of AKPsi helps you with career readiness and networking opportunities, community service, and alumni connections.
For further information on AKPsi and our events, join our Interest Group Chat: https://groupme.com/join_group/63870805/wamUs5vT, or follow us on Instagram @akpsi_tntech, a link to our membership application is in our bio.
Also, feel free to email zuvpcommunications@gmail.com with any direct questions.
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Blood Drive this Friday!
Friday Jan. 27th
10am to 4pm
Blood Drive across from Bell Hall on the Main Quad.
Sign up at bloodassurance.org/ttu127
For questions, contact:
Email: mi1ch5544@gmail.com
Phone: (615) 924-1918