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Tennessee Tech’s Greek organizations are implementing COVID precautions for its fraternity houses. Since the houses are located off campus, each fraternity is in charge of guidelines. Tau Kappa Epsilon President Jonah Stout said his fraternity is trying to be a part of the solution, not the problem. “We have limited our foot traffic pretty substantially,” Stout said. “We have upped ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech’s enrollment of international students has dropped just over 20 percent due to COVID. Senior Associate Provost Mark Stephens said the majority of the 250 international students currently on campus are returning students. “It has depressed our enrollment of international students largely because of the difficult in making travel arrangements,” Stephens said. “And also, in terms of students getting ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech raised over $8 million in the 2019 fiscal year. The total includes cash, pledges, stocks, gifts-in-kind and new planned gifts. President Phil Oldham said nearly $2 million for scholarships came from cash donations alone. Almost all of the donations are earmarked for specific scholarships or projects by the donors. Oldham said the gifts will have a positive and ... Read More »

Call it a late arriving crowd. Tennessee Tech’s Residential Life received more than 200 housing applications in both June and July. Residential Life Director Josh Edmonds said that is between five and ten times the norm. “I didn’t know what to expect in May, we were down a little bit,” Edmonds said. “We were actually down a couple hundred applications ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech’s Greek Life will look different this year with events moving to virtual. The Welcome Back Cookout and the first night of sorority recruitment are the first two changing formats. Dean of Students Katherine Williams said there are likely more to follow in the future. “Safety is our number one priority,” Williams said. “Obviously, we want to give our ... Read More »

It will be a typical sized freshman class entering Tennessee Tech next week. The university will see over 1,700 freshman join the student body this fall. Enrollment Management Vice President Brandon Johnson said the incoming class is bigger by about 40 students compared to last year. “We had a great recruitment year,” Johnson said. “Even through COVID-19 and the uncertainty ... Read More »

The hardest part of the OVC’s announcement postponing fall sports, the emotions of the athletes involved. That’s according to Tennessee Tech Athletic Director Mark Wilson. The OVC announced late Friday all fall sports competitions would be postponed because of COVID-19. “It’s heartbreaking for the athletes, you know athletes they work for these competitions, they work for a full slate of ... Read More »

The Perseid Meteor Shower will light up the night sky this week. The annual shower’s peak will be Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Tennessee Tech Physics Department Chair Dr. Steve Robinson said sky gazers will need to be patient. “Basically take a blanket or a chair,” Robinson said. “Just sit there and watch and you may see several per hour. ... Read More »

Members of Tennessee Tech University’s Cabinet will be returning to the classroom this fall. President Phil Oldham made the request in June. Vice President of University Advancement Kevin Braswell will be teaching a sophomore-level communications class. He said it will be his first time teaching since he arrived at the school over six years ago. “There’s a little bit of ... Read More »

After having to postpone its commencement ceremony earlier this year, Tennessee Tech will celebrate graduating seniors from both the Spring and Summer semesters on Saturday. Tennessee Tech Chief Communication Officer Karen Lykins said this graduation will be a change to what students and families are accustomed. The program, which will be altered from past commencement ceremonies, will include video recordings ... Read More »