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Tennessee Technological University
Tennessee Technological University Logo (Trademark of Tennessee Technological University)
TypeState university
Established1912
PresidentRobert Bell
Undergraduates7045
Postgraduates2268
Location
Cookeville
,
Tennessee
,
USA
CampusUrban, 235 acres (0.95 km²)
ColorsPurple & Gold
MascotGolden Eagles
Websitewww.tntech.edu

Tennessee Technological University, popularly known as Tennessee Tech, is an accredited public university located in Cookeville, Tennessee, a small city approximately seventy miles east of Nashville. It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (1915), and, before that as Dixie College, the name under which it was founded as a private institution in 1911. It places special emphasis on undergraduate education in fields related to engineering and technology, although degrees in education, liberal arts, agriculture, nursing, and other fields of study can be pursued as well. Additionally, there are graduate offerings in engineering, education, business, and the liberal arts. It is operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents, and its athletic teams compete in the Ohio Valley Conference.

Tennessee Tech is ranked among the Top 11 Public Schools in the South in U.S. News & World Report's 2006 edition of "America's Best Colleges." TTU was also ranked among the Top Public Schools in the South in the 2002, 2003 and 2005 college guides. The Princeton Review also listed TTU as a "Best College Value" in 2006. TTU is also one of "America's 100 Best College Buys" as reported by Institutional Research & Evaluation, Inc. in 2006.

Tennessee Tech today enrolls 7,045 undergraduate and 2,268 graduate students, and its campus has 87 buildings on 235 acres (0.95 km²) centered along Dixie Avenue in north Cookeville.

Notable Alumni

Campus Lore

  • "Dammit the Dog" A former university president once said "dammit" to a dog in front of a crowd. He covered by saying that was the dog's name. The dog has his own tombstone on TTU campus opposite Derryberry Hall.
  • T.J. Farr Building is one of the few buildings on campus not called "Hall." It is said this is the case because when you say "Farr Hall" in the south, people think you're referring to something other than an academic building, namely a 'Fire Hall'.
  • The golden eagle atop Derryberry Hall was stolen by students from a hotel in Monteagle, Tennessee. After being retrieved by the owner of the hotel many different times, the hotel owner would late donate the statue to the university. The governor officially pardoned the students involved.

Buildings on campus

Educational or Administrative

  • Roaden University Center (RUC)
  • Bartoo Hall
  • Brown Hall (Mechanical, Electrical, and Computer Engineering)
  • Bruner Hall (Math, Physics, and Computer Science)
  • Bryan Fine Arts (Music and Art)
  • Clement Hall (Basic Engineering)
  • Derryberry Hall (Administration)
  • Henderson Hall (English, History)
  • Johnson Hall (Business - named after past Business School Dean, Louis Johnson)
  • Kittrell Hall (Geology)
  • T.J. Farr Building (Education, Psychology, and Honors Program)
  • Foster Hall (Chemistry)
  • Pennebaker Hall (Biology)
  • Prescott Hall (Chemical, Civil, and Industrial Engineering)
  • South Hall (Agriculture and Human Ecology)
  • "The Hoop" (The Hooper-Eblen Center)
  • Volpe Library (named after past TTU President, Angelo Volpe)

Dormitories/Residence Halls

  • Browning Hall (Men's)
  • Cooper Hall
  • Crawford Hall (Women's)
  • Dunn Hall
  • Ellington Hall
  • Evins Hall (Men's)
  • Jobe Hall (Business)
  • Marshall Hall (Engineering)
  • Maddox Hall
  • McCord Hall
  • MS Cooper Hall
  • Murphy Hall (Honors)
  • New Freshmen Dorm
  • Pinkerton Hall
  • Warf Hall
  • White Hall (Engineering)

Academics

Departments

  • Accounting & Law
  • Agriculture
  • Biology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Decision Sciences & Management
  • Earth Sciences
  • Economics, Finance, and Marketing
  • Education
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • English & Communications
  • Foreign Languages
  • History
  • Human Ecology
  • Industrial & Systems Engineering
  • Manufacturing & Industrial Technology
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Music & Art
  • Nursing
  • Physics
  • Psychology
  • Sociology, Philosophy, & Political Science
  • Web Design
  • World Cultures & Business

Programs

  • Cooperative Education
  • Distance MBA
  • Honors
  • Military Science

Research Centers

On Campus Groups

Religious Organizations

Fraternities

Sororities

Points of interest


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