The 2009 Tennessee State Doubles Racquetball Championships will be held at the Tech Fitness Center on Nov. 21. Racquetball players of all ages will be traveling from across the state to compete for the title. “This is the first time Tech has ever been able to host the tournament,” Suzann […]
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Music department gets in the holiday spirit
Tech’s music department is gearing up for the holiday season with the annual candlelight Christmas concert.This semester has been eventful for the music department as they try to draw students in by having more concerts and recitals. From the Festival of Voices to the fall concert, students have had plenty […]
Spring 2010 French class to include trip to Morocco
The foreign language department at Tech is offering a class in the spring that will travel to Morocco. The class, taught by Debbie Barnard, will take the trip over spring break. The French 4910 class will focus on Francophone literature and will have at least two learning sessions to focus […]
Tech to host NASA downlink
Tech will host NASA’s Inflight Education Downlink for the STS-129 space shuttle mission. The downlink, scheduled for 10:53 next Sunday, will allow the Soaring Eagle Question Contest winners to ask International Space Station astronauts their winning questions. Those invited to attend will view it in the Nursing and Health Services […]
Engineering student awarded Tapman scholarship
A Tech civil engineering student was recently awarded The Samuel Fletcher Tapman ASCE Student Chapter Scholarship. Lindsay Smith, a senior from Mount Juliet, received the $3,000 scholarship from the American Society of Civil Engineers based on activities within the ASCE, academic accomplishments and an essay in which she described her […]
Alumnus Barry Wilmore to pilot NASA shuttle
Tech alumnus and NASA astronaut Barry Wilmore will be heading to space through the STS-129 Mission.Wilmore, a Mt. Juliet native, graduated from Tech in 1985 with his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering. While attending Tech, he played football, and in 2003 was inducted into Tech’s “Sports Hall of Fame.” Upon […]
Tech to celebrate Dixie College Day
Tech will celebrate on Nov. 18 the 100th anniversary of Dixie College, the first undergraduate institution established on the University grounds. “We look forward to holding a couple of ceremonies on the Quad that day to celebrate,” President Bob Bell said. Scheduled activities for the day include the sealing of […]
Remember Sufjan Stevens? So do we
When any music lover thinks about indie-rock music, the name Sufjan Stevens instantly sticks out. Quite possibly one of the most interesting and groundbreaking musicians of the past decade in indie-rock, Stevens has been relatively quiet after he released his influential “Illinois” album over four years ago. The Detroit-born musician […]
Wilma Carr scholarship available through Women’s Center
Wilma Carr scholarship applications for Fall 2010 award year are being accepted at the Women’s Center now through Dec.15. The scholarship was established by Fleet guard Inc. in honor of Wilma Carr, who lost her life at the hands of an abusive husband. “No records are kept from year to […]
The Power Play: Titans win a game…so now what? A look ahead
Well, well, well. Look what the Titans found. The win column. And after Tennessee’s 30-13 pasting of Jacksonville last Sunday, the media immediately praised quarterback Vince Young for leading the Titans to victory.I’m not buying that Young was the reason that the Titans won. But I’ll make a case that […]
