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Backdoor Playhouse back in business

PLAYHOUSE – Mark Creter, artistic director of the Back Door Playhouse, in the newly remodeled theatre       Photo Courtesy of TN Tech Website   The theater had a great crowd, but the people involved all want to bring back the golden days of this hidden treasure. Stories were […]

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Football season starting on a down note

The Tennessee Tech Golden Eagle football team opened their season with a crushing 41-14 loss at the hands of the Western Illinois Leathernecks. All off-season, the Golden Eagles talked business. Many of their players were fixated on one goal: win a championship. While this loss does not eliminate that goal, […]

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Board appoints chief of staff

Lee Wray Tennessee Tech’s Board of Trustees has chosen Lee Wray for the role of a new executive position approved last month. The board unanimously approved Wray, a Tech alumnus, for chief of staff during a special executive meeting on Wednesday. Wray previously served at the Office of Communications and […]

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Changes to academic misconduct take place

Tech instructors are now required to file a misconduct charge against any student suspected of cheating, as the Board of Trustees reviewed Policy 217 at their latest meeting. “The policy was somewhat inconsistently applied, the faculty could just change the student’s grade. That meant that the only recourse for the […]

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Golden Eagles’ placekicker on awards watchlist

Tennessee Tech junior kicker Nick Madonia begins the new football season on the watch list for the Fred Mitchell Outstanding Place-Kicker Award. The Mitchell Award is given to the top kicker from more than 750 universities in the Football Championship Subdivision, National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II, NCAA Division III, […]

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Running of the freshmen wraps up TTU Week of Welcom

Freshman Hype – TTU Freshman preparing to perform the traditional "Running of the Freshman"                                      Photo by Abbey Markus Tucker Stadium’s field flooded with a rush of purple shirts on Aug. 31 for […]

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Tech Activities Board gears up for upcoming events

While it may seem as though the Tech Activities Board is downsizing its usual events and giveaways this semester, don’t fret: this year’s calendar of events is all about quality, not quantity. In October, TAB is hosting a “Zorb Racing” event on the Main Quad where students race against opponents […]

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Orientation and Student Success begins search for SOAs

Tech is in the process of looking to hire more Student Orientation Assistants (SOAs) and will be hosting an info session at the Roaden University Center Tuesday, September 13.  The info session will cover the general details that involve becoming an SOA such as benefits, qualifications, the commitment that it […]

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Ice Cream & Stroll event kicks off semester for NPHC

The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) hosted the first “Ice Cream & Stroll” on Centennial Plaza, Wednesday, Sept. 8, at 8 p.m. The event was orchestrated by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority as an act to “raise awareness about […]