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Tennessee Technological University
Tennessee Technological University Logo (Trademark of Tennessee Technological University)
Established 1912
Type State university
President Robert Bell
Staff 500
Undergraduates 7045
Postgraduates 2268
Location Cookeville, Tennessee, USA
Campus Urban, 235 acres (0.95 km²)
Colors Purple & Gold
Mascot Golden Eagles
Website www.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 (110 km) 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." It 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 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.

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[edit] Buildings on campus

[edit] Educational or Administrative

[edit] Dormitories/residence halls

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

[edit] Academics

[edit] Departments

[edit] Programs

  • Cooperative Education
  • Distance MBA
  • Honors
  • Military Science

[edit] Research Centers

[edit] On Campus Groups

[edit] Honors Societies

[edit] Religious Organizations

[edit] Fraternities

[edit] Sororities

[edit] Points of interest

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] 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, an operable fire hydrant, 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 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 later donated the statue to the university. The governor officially pardoned the students involved.
  • The "Blizzard" is a tradition which started in 1985 when students celebrated the first successful shot made by Tennessee Tech in a basketball game against MTSU by throwing showers of "Tech Squares" (toilet paper) into the air. Since MTSU moved to the Sun Belt Conference, the The Blizzard is now performed against Austin Peay State University.

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Tennessee public universities
Austin Peay State University • East Tennessee State University • Middle Tennessee State University • Tennessee State University • Tennessee Technological University • University of Memphis • University of Tennessee • UT Health Science Center • UT Space Institute • University of Tennessee at Chattanooga • University of Tennessee at Martin
Ohio Valley Conference
Austin Peay • Eastern Illinois • Eastern Kentucky • Jacksonville State • Morehead State • Murray State • Samford • SEMO • Tennessee State • Tennessee Tech • Tennessee–Martin
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