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Volume
IV, Issue 3 - July 2007| Tech
Connect Archives
What's
happening at TTU? |
2007
TTU Football Schedule
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Aug.
30
at Eastern Illinois
*
Charleston, Ill. |
Sept.
6
Cumberland University
Cookeville |
Sept.
13
Concordia College
Cookeville |
Sept.
20
Murray State *
Cookeville |
Sept.
27
at UT Martin *
Martin, Tenn.
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Oct.
6
Austin Peay *
* Homecoming
* Hall of Fame
Cookeville |
Oct.
11
Tennessee State
*
Cookeville |
Oct.
20
at Jacksonville State
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Jacksonville, Ala. |
Oct.
27
Samford *
Cookeville
TBA |
Nov.
3
at Auburn University
Auburn, Ala.
TBA |
Nov.
10
Open |
Nov.
17
at Eastern Kentucky
*
Richmond, Ky. |
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Denotes Ohio Valley Conference games. Dates
are subject to change. |
| For
more information or to purchase season tickets,
visit ttusports.com
or call Athletics at (931) 372-3940.
Download
2007 ticket applications (PDF)
Click
here to order tickets online |
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Don't miss
the Tennessee Tech-Auburn tailgate party and game, Nov.
3
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Join
other TTU alumni and friends at the pre-game tailgate
party at Auburn University on Nov. 3!
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It’s official! We've scheduled a tailgate party prior
to the TTU-Auburn football game on November 3 at Auburn's
Jordan-Hare Stadium. The tailgate
party will begin at 10:30 a.m. Central time, and game time
is at 1 p.m.
"In addition to Tennessee Tech alumni in the Auburn
area, we're expecting a large group of people, including
many loyal TTU Athletics supporters who plan to make the
trip to Auburn," says Alumni
Relations Director Tracey Duncan.
This is an exciting opportunity for the Golden Eagles,
TTU staff and fans! While the Golden Eagles have faced 19
Bowl Subdivision teams (formerly I-A) in the past 22 years,
the game at Auburn will be the first for Tech against an
opponent from the Southeastern Conference in 56 years.
Nationally ranked in the top 10 last year, the Auburn Tigers
are expected to return to the rankings and make a challenge
for the 2007 SEC Championship.
The game, which is also Auburn's Homecoming, is expected
to be a sell-out. Be sure to look for more information and
for the exact location of the tailgate party in the October
issue of Tech Connect or check the Alumni Relations
web site at www.ttualumni.org
as the game date approaches.
Support
your Golden Eagles football team!
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Why
choose to be an alumni mentor?
Ken Hunter |
"Transitioning
from adolescense to adulthood, student to professional,
requires more than the tools picked up from the classroom
or personal experience. We benefit by those who walked
the path that stands before us. Mentorship enables me
to share lessons and help students understand the expectations
that face them." |
Becoming a mentor is easy;
you just need a user name and password. To get started,
call Career Services at (931) 372-3232 or e-mail career@tntech.edu.
You can also sign up on the Career Services web site at
www.tntech.edu/career/.
For more reasons to consider becoming an alumni
mentor, see the Spring 2007 issue of Visions magazine.
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| Plans
continue for the Class of 1957 50th Reunion set for Sept.
6-8
 Plans
are continuing for an exciting weekend full of events in
honor of our Class of 1957 Golden Grads!
For your reunion, we're putting
together a special memory book for each classmember. While
a number of you have returned your memory page, we'd like
for everyone, even if you won't be able to attend, to have
their page included in the book. All memory pages
must be returned by Friday, Aug. 3, to be included in the
book.
You can download
and print a PDF of the memory book page or
complete the memory book sheet that was included the information
packet you should have already received. Please call us
at (800) 889-8730 if you have not received your packet.
In addition, if any of you have
snapshots from your years at Tennessee Tech that you'd like
to submit, we'll try to include them as well. Although we
make every effort to return all photos, you may want to
send duplicates and keep the originals.
We
hope to see you at the reunion! |
Have
you registered to use TTU's online Alumni Directory?
No matter what your age or when
you graduated, the online Alumni Directory is a great way
to connect with other TTU alumni in your area and locate
friends from your college days.
More
than 7,000 alums have already registered
to use TTU's online Alumni Directory.
If you haven't, you're missing out!
Check out our E-postcards
feature -- a great way to stay in touch with your friends!
TTU's Online
Alumni Directory can be accessed from the Alumni
and Friends link on the TTU home
page. New users, call (866) 511-6553
toll-free for your ID code.
If
you have any other questions, please call the Alumni Relations
Office at (800) 889-8730 or e-mail us at alumni@tntech.edu.
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Career Services' "Job
of the Quarter"
SALES
MANAGER TRAINEE, FULL-TIME POSITIONS AVAILABLE IN BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS
SALES
Fastenal Company is an industrial and
construction distributor with more than 2,000 locations
worldwide. Currently, there are sales manager trainee
positions available that with successful completion
will lead to entry-level outside sales positions or
sales management in the Knoxville area or other locations
of choice throughout the State of Tennessee and the
Southeast Region.
Responsibilities for entry-level
outside sales include, but are not limited to:
Outside sales is an entry level sales position. The
focus of this position is 80% outside sales and 20%
branch support, including inside sales, purchasing,
receiving, packing orders, deliveries, sourcing and
inventory management.
Responsibilities
for sales management include,
but are not limited to:
The sales manager is ultimately responsible for all
aspects of the store business. Support responsibilities
may include purchasing, receiving, packing orders,
deliveries, sourcing and inventory management as needed
to assure success of the business.
Sales manager trainees
will be trained over a 10-week period. Once training
is complete, sales manager trainees will be placed
in the location/position that was predetermined at
the time of hire. Additional training time may be
required for sales management.
Successful candidates
sales must:
Possess a valid driver's license, meet company MVR
requirements, possess the ability to lift a minimum
of 50 pounds on a consistent basis, practice integrity
and professionalism in all aspects of the business,
have excellent written and oral communication skills,
be customer service oriented, possess the ability
to learn, perform multiple tasks in a fast-paced team
environment, demonstrate strong attention to detail
and demonstrate strong computer skills aptitude.
Preference is given to
those who possess either a bachelor's degree in business/marketing
OR equivalent industry experience and knowledge of
the local market. Previous managerial experience and
product knowledge is a plus. Fastenal will provide
training for the most qualified candidate.
If interested, please e-mail
resume to jbratche@fastenal.com.
Call
TTU's Office of Career Services at (931) 372-3232
or
e-mail career@tntech.edu
for more information about available positions.
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| "My
Favorite Professor"
Dr.
Vernon Allen and Dr. Chris McGowan
I'm not sure he was my favorite at the time,
but certainly the most influential professor I had at Tech
was Dr. Vernon Allen in the Chemistry Department. His bearing
and erudition left an indelible mark on all the students who
ever got to know him. He gave me the opportunity to assist
in teaching freshman labs during my junior year, and actually
made me the lab instructor during my senior year. I had expected
to assist one of the professors, and when I asked Dr. Allen
who I would be working FOR as an assistant, he replied "You're
it, baby." Although I did not go in to teaching, I learned
that I could teach and that I really enjoyed it. In the years
after I left Tech, Dr. Allen became the face of my memories.
As many Chemistry alumni already know,
he died of cancer several years ago. He is one of the few
people I have ever known that I have consciously tried to
emulate.
I was personally closest to Dr. Chris McGowan,
who left Tech and is now the Dean of Science and Mathematics
at Southeast Missouri State University. Dr. McGowan took me
under his wing and nurtured my interest in analytical chemistry,
and I ultimately earned a doctorate in the field and embarked
on a career in industry. Dr. McGowan consistently treated
me as a colleague as well as a student and greatly influenced
my professional aspirations and development.
Sam Evetts
Chemistry '85
Dr. Robert Fort
I attended TTU from the Fall of 1967 to graduation
in the Spring of 1971...then graduate work and my M.A. from
1972 to 1973.
The one professor that automatically comes to
mind is that of Dr. Robert Fort, of the Health and Physical
Education Department. I had Dr. Fort in many of my undergraduate
classes, as well as during my masters program. Dr. Fort was
my advisor in graduate school.
Dr. Fort always dealt with students in a positive
manner. He was quite helpful in many ways. I will always remember
him as one of, if not the, favorite professor I had while
attending TTU.
Thanks,
Jerry Barthelemy
Retired Teacher Putnam County Schools
Health and physical education '71, M.A. '73
Dr.
Melissa Comer
I would like to submit Dr. Melissa Comer as
my favorite professor. She made our Literacy Block in the
TTU Teacher Education Program at Roane
State Community College so much fun and so interesting! We
learned so much and I have been able to apply many of the
interesting activities she taught to my class now that I am
an elementary teacher. Everyone should be so fortunate to
have an absolute wonder as Dr. Comer is!
Margaret Coker
Education '06
Send your memories and stories about your favorite
professor as well as an explanation of why he or she made
such an impact on you to alumni@tntech.edu,
and be sure to check out our next issue!
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Visit the Alumni merchandise
store and the University
Bookstore for TTU products
Shop online
for TTU products in our Alumni merchandise store. A great
way to show your TTU pride is to purchase and display a TTU
flag or home banner. Alumni merchandise can be purchased online
at TTU
Marketplace or on campus at Alumni Relations
in Jere Whitson Hall on the Quad.
Additional
items may be purchased online at Tennessee Tech's
University
Bookstore! Check out their great selection
of t-shirts, hats, other gifts and more.
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