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Tennessee Tech will open its $93 million Lab Science Building when the Spring Semester begins. Department of Chemistry Chair Jeff Boles said moving thousands of chemicals and infrastructure for faculty research has been a task, but the building is ready for classes. Boles said all the Lab Science Commons classrooms will be open and COVID guidelines have been set for capacity. ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech will finalize its 30 teaching candidates for the Grow Your Own grant program later this month. College of Education Associate Dean Julie Baker said the 30 candidates will begin taking classes this summer. The candidates will work as they take classes as teaching assistants in five Upper Cumberland Counties. Baker said having the school systems play a part ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech University is in the process of adding two new bachelor’s of science programs in music and studio arts. College of Fine Arts Dean Jennifer Shank said the two degrees provide graduates more career options other than performing or creating art. “The flexibility was probably I would say our main point, because we want students to be able to ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech’s Spring Semester will look like it did in the Fall, with a few adjustments based on what the school’s learned navigating the pandemic. TTU Chief Communications Officer Karen Lykins said the school is going to have a bigger emphasis on safety during the pandemic because of holiday breaks. Lykins said the school has seen the effect that students ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech will need a $2.3 million chiller now that water chilling capacity has been reached with two new building additions. Vice President for Facilities and Business Services Chuck Roberts said the future Innovation Residence Hall will require a chiller for air conditioning after capacity is reached. Roberts said this need became apparent during a 2015 utility study. “We were ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech will help students feeling financial pressure from the pandemic, by waiving online and off-site fees for most courses in the Spring 2021 semester. Academic Affairs Provost and Vice President Lori Mann Bruce said the exception will be for students in online only programs. She said students knew before hand that the classes would only be available in that ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech is evaluating designers to develop its five story, $29.5 million dollar Innovation Residence Hall. Vice President for Facilities Chuck Roberts said the hall would have up to 400 beds in the 120,000 square foot building. Roberts said the vision is to make the Innovation Residence Hall unlike anything else on campus. “That’s the vision going forward is to ... Read More »

Counting fogs in August, wasp building nests at high levels and darker colored wooly worms are all old wives tales that indicate a severe winter, but are they fact or folklore. Dr. Graham Kash teaches folklore at Tennessee Tech University. He said while these beliefs are common, science does not support these supposed truths. “We like to believe this lore, ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech Nursing professor Melissa Geist has received the Alumni Award for Innovation in Health Care by Vanderbilt. Geist said she’s proud of creating a course that brings the medical and engineering worlds together. She said this course has taken students to Cuba where they’ve come back with real ideas to improve the lives of patients and medical professionals. “They ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech is preparing to open the largest building on campus for the start of the Spring semester. Associate Vice President for Facilities Chuck Roberts said the $93 million and 165,000 square foot Lab Science Building will be the new home for the chemistry department and parts of biology, physics and earth science departments. Roberts said the transition will begin ... Read More »