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Ascension sculpture being lifted by two cranes for installation.

Ascension

The final piece of the Centennial celebration is now in place. “Ascension,” a 52-foot tall, 7,000 pound sculpture, was commissioned to both commemorate the...

Volunteering through Hurricane Harvey

As Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a category four hurricane on Aug. 25, 2017, the country turned eyes toward southeast Texas and watched as...

‘The Liberal Redneck’

SOUTHERN PERSPECTIVE MIXED WITH LIBERAL POLITICS LAUNCHES COMEDY CAREER Even in high school, goofing off with his buddies, Trae Crowder, ’08 psychology, ’09 MBA, knew...

Crawford Alumni Center honors Leonard and Gladys Crawford

Tennessee Tech’s Office of Alumni Engagement and Annual Giving now bears the name of two individuals whose love of the university has been passed...
Astronaut Barry Wilmore in his NASA space suit

Wilmore receives NCAA’s highest honor

Barry Wilmore has flown jets, piloted a space shuttle and spent time in a space station, but winning the NCAA’s highest award has left...

Nichols’ legacy lives on 10 years after his death

As a player, coach, teacher and owner of Ironwood golf course, Tennessee Tech alumnus Bobby Nichols made a profound impact on the golfing community...
Carl Owens in a computer teaching lab

Faculty Q&A: Carl Owens

CARL OWENS PROFESSOR, COLLEGE OF EDUCATION DID YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE A TEACHER? Not really. My parents wanted a medical doctor. I realized after...

Tech breaks ground on two major projects

This past year, Tech has broken ground on two major projects: the new student recreation center and the lab science building. These two projects...

Tech stakes claim to the state

Students come to Tennessee Tech from hometowns all over the world, but engrained in the university’s history is a commitment to the people of...

Tennessee Tech unveils innovative look at tomorrow

Bold. Fearless. Confident. Those three words echoed the sentiment of university officials, faculty, staff and students as the future of Tennessee Tech was unveiled during...