October 2 - 4, 2009
*Schedule is tentative until Friday, September 11, 2009
Friday October 2
- TTU Parent Association
Board of Trustees Meeting
2:00 p.m. Derryberry Hall - President's Conference Room - TTU Parent Association Scholarship Dinner (by invitation only)
Special Guest: Provost Jack Armistead
6:00 p.m. Roaden University Center Multipurpose Room - 6th Annual Shakespeare in the Park
"The Tempest"
7:00 p.m. Dogwood Park Performance Pavilion - Honors Program Reception
7:30 p.m. Honors Center TJ Farr Room 204 - TTU Family Weekend Movie Presents
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
8:30 p.m. Derryberry Hall Auditorium
Saturday October 3
- Muffins for Moms – Doughnuts for Dads
Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m. Derryberry Hall 2nd Floor Concourse - TTU Parent Association Chapter Meeting
Presided by the Board of Trustees
(Special Guest: President Bell)
8:30 a.m. Derryberry Hall 2nd Floor Concourse - 2nd Annual Cookeville Kidney Walk
9:00 a.m. Main Quad (pre-walk activities begin at 8:00 a.m.) - College and School Gatherings
Meet deans, faculty, peers, and parents at the different functions and locations listed below:
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - College of Agricultural and Human Sciences Dean’s Reception and Facility Tour.
New Nursing Building Auditorium - College of Business Dean’s Welcome for students and families.
Johnson Hall Auditorium - College of Education Dean’s Welcome and Reception.
TJ Farr 108 - College of Engineering Faculty Reception for all Engineering students and families.
Clement Hall 212 - College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Hour for all A&S students and families.
Bruner Hall 119 - School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Extended Education Dean’s Welcome.
- Henderson Hall Room 10
- The Department of Chemistry's Award Winning Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream and Chemical Demostration Show
Northrup-Clayton Auditorium
11:00 a.m. Foster Hall 229 - The Department of Biology's Live Animal Exhibit
12:00 p.m. Pennebaker Hall Room 318 - Lunch Around Town
Get your students to take you to some of their favorite local restaurants for lunch while visiting Cookeville. Local Favorites include: Café Trio Delicatessen, Dipsy Doodle, El Tapatio, Mama Rosa’s, Taiko, 13th Street Kountry Café, Nick’s, Bobby Q’s, Algood Diner, Jackson Street Grill, Maddux Station, Thomas Andrews, Spankies, Cheddars, A Taste of China, Little Kobe, Crawdaddy’s, Goten, Great Harvest Bread Co., and many more
12:00 p.m. - TTU Student Organization Showcase
1:30 p.m. Various Locations - Residence Hall Bed Race
1:30 Peachtree Street - TTU Family Weekend Movie Presents (Encore Showing)
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
2:00pm Derryberry Hall Auditorium - Parent & Family Weekend Outdoor Concert and Tailgate
Regions Bank Tailgate (Parking lot west of Tucker Stadium)
4:00 p.m. (live music begins at 5:00 p.m.) - TTU Football vs. Austin Peay
Overall Field/Tucker Stadium
7:00 p.m.
~ to purchase game tickets, please call the Tennessee Tech Athletics Ticket Office at 931.372.3940 or log onto TTUsports.com - Post-Game Fireworks Show
Overall Field/Sherlock Park
9:00pm - 6th Annual Shakespeare in the Park
"The Tempest"
7:00 p.m. Dogwood Park Performance Pavilion
Sunday October 4
- Nondenominational Worship Service
Sponsored by Chi Alpha
10:00 a.m. Roaden University Center Multipurpose Room - TTU Soccer vs. Morehead State University (OVC)
(Free Admission)
2:00 p.m. Soccer Fields (Located next to Hooper Eblen Center)
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