APSU students Kristen Knight and Chris Hayes were both named recipients of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships. (Photo by Beth Liggett/APSU)
The DENSO North America Foundation has given the Pellissippi State Foundation a $50,000 donation for new equipment and technology to enhance the Engineering Technology program.
TTU Chorale to perform across Italy this summer
Tennessee Tech’s premier choral ensemble will sing in Rome, Florence, Venice and Milan this summer. The trip will culminate with a performance at the Vatican.
Emma Hopson of Unicoi County, a member of the practical nursing faculty at the Tennessee Technology Center at Elizabethton, was named Teacher of the Year by the American Technical Education Association.
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Committee meetings will begin at 1 p.m. EDT June 20 in the Lyceum of the Student Services Building. Committees will meet in this order: Personnel and Compensation; Finance and Business Operations; Academic Policies and Programs; Business, Community and Public Affairs; and Tennessee Technology Centers.The full Board will meet on Friday, when members will vote on the Finance and Business Operations Committee’s recommendations for tuition and fees. The committee recommends maintenance fee/tuition increases of 3 percent for each of the 13 community colleges across the state and ranging from 1.4 to 6 percent for the six TBR universities at its June 4 meeting. Students at the Tennessee Technology Centers will not see a maintenance fee increase. The recommendations are lower than recent years thanks to increased state-funded general operating dollars.Other new business to go before the Board includes:· Report of the Personnel and Compensation Committee Meeting that Includes Faculty Promotional Increases and Approval of the System Compensation Plan Recommendations· Report of the Tennessee Technology Centers Committee Meeting that Includes a Recommendation for the New Director at the TTC - Livingston· Notice to the Board Regarding Change in the Bylaws · Naming of the Tennis Complex at East Tennessee State University· Naming of the Health Sciences Complex at Volunteer State Community Colleges · Resolution of Appreciation for Regent Bob Raines· Resolution of Appreciation for President Shirley Raines· Resolution of Appreciation for Director Ralph Robbins· Election of the Chairman and Vice Chairman for 2013-2014 A full agenda and meeting materials are available on the TBR website athttp://www.tbr.edu/about/default.aspx?id=1390. All meetings are open to the public and the press as observers. Any member of the public or media who plans to attend should contact Monica Greppin-Watts at monica.greppin-watts@tbr.edu or 615-366-4417 before noon CDT Wednesday, June 19, so access can be arranged. The meetings are also accessible to view via live streaming video athttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/tennessee-board-of-regents using the password tbr2011.Anyone with a disability who wishes to attend should contact Greppin-Watts to request services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact may be made in person, by writing, by e-mail, by telephone or otherwise and should be received by noon June 19 as well.
Committee meetings will begin at 1 p.m. EDT June 20 in the Lyceum of the Student Services Building. Committees will meet in this order: Personnel and Compensation; Finance and Business Operations; Academic Policies and Programs; Business, Community and Public Affairs; and Tennessee Technology Centers.
The full Board will meet on Friday, when members will vote on the Finance and Business Operations Committee’s recommendations for tuition and fees. The committee recommends maintenance fee/tuition increases of 3 percent for each of the 13 community colleges across the state and ranging from 1.4 to 6 percent for the six TBR universities at its June 4 meeting. Students at the Tennessee Technology Centers will not see a maintenance fee increase. The recommendations are lower than recent years thanks to increased state-funded general operating dollars.
Other new business to go before the Board includes:
· Report of the Personnel and Compensation Committee Meeting that Includes Faculty Promotional Increases and Approval of the System Compensation Plan Recommendations
· Report of the Tennessee Technology Centers Committee Meeting that Includes a Recommendation for the New Director at the TTC - Livingston
· Notice to the Board Regarding Change in the Bylaws
· Naming of the Tennis Complex at East Tennessee State University
· Naming of the Health Sciences Complex at Volunteer State Community Colleges
· Resolution of Appreciation for Regent Bob Raines
· Resolution of Appreciation for President Shirley Raines
· Resolution of Appreciation for Director Ralph Robbins
· Election of the Chairman and Vice Chairman for 2013-2014
A full agenda and meeting materials are available on the TBR website athttp://www.tbr.edu/about/default.aspx?id=1390. All meetings are open to the public and the press as observers. Any member of the public or media who plans to attend should contact Monica Greppin-Watts at monica.greppin-watts@tbr.edu or 615-366-4417 before noon CDT Wednesday, June 19, so access can be arranged. The meetings are also accessible to view via live streaming video athttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/tennessee-board-of-regents using the password tbr2011.
Anyone with a disability who wishes to attend should contact Greppin-Watts to request services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact may be made in person, by writing, by e-mail, by telephone or otherwise and should be received by noon June 19 as well.
The Finance and Business Operations Committee will meet at 10 a.m. CDT to consider maintenance fee and tuition rate recommendations.
The Audit Committee meeting will begin at approximately 11 a.m. The agenda includes:
I.Informational reporting
a.Review of Comptroller’s Office audit reports
b.Review of internal audit reports
II.Review of conflict of interest and related policies
III.Discussion on quality assessment review
IV.Non-public executive session
After a lunch break, the Committee Chairs will meet at 12:45 p.m. to address these agenda items:
I.Finance and business issues
II.Legislative review
III.Personnel and compensation
IV.Update on TTC director’s search at Livingston
V.President emeritus contracts
VI.Draft June Board meeting agenda
The Personnel & Compensation Committee will meet immediately following to address recommendations for compensation plans.
The four meetings are open to the public and the press with the exception of the non-public executive session of the Audit Committee. Those wishing to attend should contact Monica Greppin-Watts at monica.greppin-watts@tbr.edu or 615-366-4417 before 4:30 p.m. CDT June 3 so building security clearance can be arranged. Anyone with a disability who wishes to participate should use the same contact to request services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact may be made in person, by writing, by e-mail, by telephone or otherwise and should be received no later than noon June 3.