Cookeville’s East 8th Street Historic District continues to deal with too many Tennessee Tech students parking on the street, despite requests for the city to help with the issue. The problem persists after citizens living on the street spoke to the Cookeville Planning Commission in 2020 requesting new parking regulations in the area for safety of the neighborhood. 38-year-resident Kris ... Read More »
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This Week: UC Airport Board Looking To Replace Interlocal Agreement
This week the Upper Cumberland Regional Airport Board will discuss approval of a new interlocal agreement. The agreement, once approved, will declare how the airport is to be run and the roles each the four governments involved will play. The governments of Cookeville, Sparta, Putnam County, and White County will all have to ratify the plan after the board approves ... Read More »
Tech’s $10M Dollar Grant Will Focus On Expanded Smart Grid Technology
A new grant will help Tennessee Tech researchers study the potential of large-scale battery backups to deal with grid issues like last Christmas’ power blackouts. The $10 million grant announced Monday is the largest in school history. Michael Aikens is Director of Tech’s Center for Rural Innovation, the organization that will manage the partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission. Aikens ... Read More »
TTU President Not Overly Concerned About Enrollment Cliff In ’25
Colleges nationwide are worried about an expected decline in enrollment rates over the next three years, but Tech President Phil Oldham said his team has been working hard to avoid major issues. The decrease is referred to as the “college enrollment cliff.” It is an effect of the 2008 recession, during which the nation’s birth rate sharply declined. That class ... Read More »
Tech Officials Said Extra Applications During September Creates Opportunity, Not Issue
Tennessee Tech has once again joined in a state program waiving college application fees this month, despite concerns about the quality of some of the applications. Officials expressed those concerns during the last Board of Trustees meeting. Vice President for Enrollment and Communication Karen Lykins said some of the applications Tech will receive this month will come from those that ... Read More »
Luna-Hazlewood Takes Over As New Director of Tennessee Tech Alumni Center
Tennessee Tech has a new director of its Alumni Center. Susan Luna-Hazlewood took over the role of director of the Crawford Alumni Center on Friday. She was previously the Associate Athletics Director for the university. Luna-Hazlewood said she was looking forward to her new set of responsibilities. “I’m really excited to be here,” Luna-Hazlewood said. “I love Tech. I love ... Read More »
TTU Campus Police Starting 36-Month Accreditation Process
Tennessee Tech’s campus police force has started the process to become accredited. Director of News and Public Relations Jonathan Frank said that means the police department is working to align its procedures and operations with the standards set by the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police. He said the university police is already professional and outstanding, so the force thought ... Read More »
Tennessee Tech Announces Plan To Start Tucker Stadium West Side Construction
Work on the west side of Tennessee Tech’s Tucker Stadium is officially set to begin after the 2023 football season is completed. Athletic Director Mark Wilson said the project has been several years in the making, the vision starting in 2012. He said it has taken many people to get to the university to the point where it can officially ... Read More »
TTU Working To Develop Database To Strategize Enrollment Recruitment
Tennessee Tech working to develop a database that will help the university align recruitment to population growth areas of state. Executive Director of Strategic Planning & Data Dewayne Wright said they are in the early stages of collecting different sets of data from THEC, the state data center, and internal data. He said all of that data will help Tech ... Read More »
TTU’s Dean Tom Payne: Positive News From Recent Fed Decisions
The Federal Reserve decided to pause interest rate hikes Wednesday, the first time it has done so over the last ten times it has met. Tennessee Tech College of Business Dean Tom Payne said that indicates the Fed’s desire to prevent accidentally overtightening. He said as the nation approaches a year under historic inflation conditions, the Fed is only just ... Read More »