Tech Times consists of two daily electronic newsletters: A version for faculty/staff and a version for students. [NOTE: The faculty/staff issue began regular distribution on Monday, Dec. 7. The student issue will begin distribution in January at the beginning of Spring semester.] Tech Times contains news, announcements and other items of campuswide interest.
This newsletter is user-fueled. Faculty, staff and students of TTU are invited to submit content according to the guidelines below.
Deadlines
Tech Times is distributed on morning weekdays as announcements/news items warrant. If there are no announcements on a particular day, no newsletter is distributed that day. Here are the deadlines for submitting content:
- 3 p.m. central time for distribution on the next weekday, except for Monday’s edition.
- Noon Friday for Monday’s edition.
- You may submit an item for distribution many days in advance.
Tech Times is not sent out during university holidays unless special circumstances permit.
What's Appropriate for Tech Times
Each item submitted is reviewed for content and either approved or deleted. Submitters should write short, easy-to-read copy and provide readers a link or telephone number for more information if possible.
PLEASE take the time to make sure your submission includes all relevant information, is grammatically correct, is timely, and is appropriate for the audience or it may not be included in the distribution.
Items permitted for submission to Tech times include:
- Faculty/Staff: College/departmental news and events, awards and achievements, grants and other announcements.
- Students: College/departmental news and events, official student organization news and events, awards and achievements, community service events, and other announcements.
- News and information regularly produced by the TTU Office of Communications & Marketing.
Submitting an item to Tech Times
Submitting information to Tech Times is easy. Follow these steps:
- Click on “Submit an item to Tech Times” below.
- Fill in the fields as requested by the submission form.
- Remember: Keep your message text short and easy to read. Provide links, e-mail addresess and phone numbers for more information. Please use paragraph format.
Here's an example to get you started:
The next meeting of the YOUR ORGANIZATION will be held at TIME, DATE and PLACE. The program will be a discussion of DESCRIPTION HERE. Speakers for the event include NAMES HERE. For more information, CONTACT INFORMATION, TELEPHONE NUMBER OR E-MAIL HERE.
A separate box for the associated url is located below the text box. Note that you cannot insert a url into the text box because it will not work properly.
Also, be sure to take advantage of the Campus Calendar, too. The calendar program, located at http://calendar.tntech.edu, features 42 separate calendars. It allows anyone with web access — both on campus and off — to submit an event.
If you have questions about submitting content, please contact Valeri Oliver, (931) 372-6328.
