2010 – 2011
TENNESSEE TECH UNIVERSITY
Tennessee Technological University will be one of the best universities in the nation through a commitment to the lifelong success of our students.
From t he Pre s id e n t . PERSEVERANCE. TENACITY. Call it what you will, but Winston Churchill said, “continuous effort, not strength or intelligence, is the key to unlocking our potential.�
T
he successes of Tennessee Tech University in 2011 were driven by a steadfast commitment to student success, research opportunities and quality.
Throughout my 36 years at the university, I have worked alongside campus, community and state leaders to raise the standards for higher education in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee. When I retire from the presidency in July 2012, I will look back with great pride on our accomplishments. I have seen Tennessee Tech positively impact local economies and industries for nearly four decades. Our collaborative research efforts in health and wellness, energy efficiency and environmental sustainability have international influence. Our 2011 partnership with Volkswagen is a perfect example of our involvement in international business and workforce development. With training from the Volkswagen Academy, students who have an associate degree in engineering technology from Chattanooga State Community College can seamlessly transfer to TTU’s industrial technology degree program. Several TTU students are serving internships with Volkswagen. Educating a qualified and skilled workforce is critical for the vitality of the automotive industry and the manufacturing workforce needs of the greater Chattanooga economic region. Students come to Tennessee Tech for a quality education, and to make a difference in their communities. That difference might mean teaching school children in rural Tennessee or addressing agricultural, engineering or environmental needs around the world. According to the U.S. Department of Education, TTU is the fifth most popular public university in Tennessee. We are attracting record numbers of students (in 2010, 97.6 percent of our new freshmen were Tennesseans) and they are choosing to stay and graduate from TTU for many reasons. We are simplifying the transfer process for community college students, and we are introducing new concentrations, specializations and certifications in several disciplines.
Student enrollment reached a record high of 11,768 in 2011. Enrollment has increased steadily for 11 straight years. In the past 10 years, full-time student enrollment has increased by 30 percent. Admission of in-state freshmen increased 23 percent from 2006 to 2010 at TTU. Especially in tough economic times, our students appreciate our emphasis on quality and value, as reflected in the university’s 10 years on the U.S.News & World Report list of “Top Public Universities in the South” and eight years on The Princeton Review list of “Best Southeastern Colleges.” Our alumni continue to see TTU’s educational value after graduation. TTU students graduate with the lightest debt load in the region, according to U.S.News & World Report. Sixty percent of Tennessee Tech University’s 2010 graduates left school debt free, and students who carried a debt after graduation owed the lowest average of any regional university in the
Throughout my 36 years at the university, I have worked alongside campus, community and state leaders to raise the standards for higher education in the Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee.
South. TTU students also have the highest mid-career median salary potential of any public university graduates in the state, according to PayScale.com. We have a responsibility to provide a good learning environment for these students. In 2011, generous private donations and one-time federal funds enabled us to maintain facilities and make more than $10 million in technology upgrades. The technology upgrades are mostly invisible, but we can touch and feel the improvements every time we use our smart phones and tablet computers. This year’s renovations to form the Learning Commons in the Angelo & Jennette Volpe Library are particularly impressive and have been popular with students. The learning villages in our residence halls offer additional opportunities for small-group learning and faculty advising. With outstanding students, staff and faculty, Tennessee Tech University has an awesome amount of potential to unleash. By partnering with state and community leaders, and with a good deal of perseverance, this great university will continue to fulfill its educational, research and service mission.
Pre side nt ROB ERT R. B ELL
Vi sion. TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY will be one of the best universities in the nation through a commitment to the lifelong success of our students.
Mi ss ion. TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY’S mission as the state’s only technological university is to provide leadership and outstanding programs in engineering, the sciences and related areas that benefit the people of Tennessee and the nation.
T
he University also provides strong
The University’s three interdisciplinary
programs in the arts and sciences,
Accomplished Centers of Excellence in
business, education, agriculture and
Energy Systems Research, Manufacturing,
human ecology, nursing, music, art and
and Water Resources and Chairs of
interdisciplinary studies. Tennessee Tech
Excellence in Business Administration
serves students from throughout the state,
strengthen the instructional, research and
nation and many other countries; but it
service mission of the University. The
retains a special commitment to enrich
University is as supportive of women as of men
the lives of people and communities in the
and as supportive of those in the minority as of
Upper Cumberland region of Tennessee.
those in the majority. The University provides
The University is committed to the lifelong success of students in its undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral degreegranting programs through high-quality instruction and learning experiences. The University is engaged in scholarly activity, especially basic and applied research, creative endeavors and public service, with special emphasis on community and
educational opportunities to all eligible persons without regard to age, gender, ethnicity, race, religion, national origin, disability or sexual orientation. The institution is committed to an inclusive and diverse campus that enriches the educational experience, promotes personal growth and a healthy society, prepares students for success in a global economy and enhances America’s economic competitiveness.
economic development. The University
Tennessee Technological University is
supports student participation in a broad
a member of the State University and
array of extracurricular activities as an
Community College System of Tennessee
integral component of its commitment to
and is governed by the Tennessee Board
student life and success.
of Regents.
Co nt ents . THIS REPORT showcases the university’s 2010-2011 year. More information about the university’s strategic planning process can be found at tntech.edu/strategicplanning. UNIVERSITY
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Excellence in Teaching & Instruction Degree Innovations Retention Research
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COMMUNITY
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Outreach
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TTU AT A GLANCE
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Student Profile Facts & Figures
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ENROLLMENT
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Undergraduate/Graduate
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PEER STUDY
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Graduation/Retention Rates
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FINANCIALS
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Sources/Uses of Current Funds 2011 TTU Foundation Financial Aid Invested Funds
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GIVING
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Private Giving
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ABOUT TENNESSEE TECH
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Un ivers it y. A UNIVERSITY MEASURES ITS STRENGTH by the quality of its instruction, the innovation of its programs, its ability to retain students and guide them through graduation, and the insight of its research. Excellence in Teaching & Instruction During the past three years, four TTU graduates have received Fulbright scholarships. Erica Burnham, ’09, and Holley LaFever, ’11, were awarded trips to teach English in Germany shortly after they graduated. Katy Long, ’10, and Jake Vidourek, ’10, received research grants to Vienna. They were the first two student research grant winners from TTU since 1979. Ismail Fidan, professor of manufacturing and industrial technology, received a Fulbright Senior Scholar Award in 2010. With the prize, he went to Turkey as a guest lecturer. Institutional Research & Evaluation, Inc., an independent research and consulting organization, named TTU one of “America’s 100 Best Buys” in education for the seventh year in a row. The Princeton Review named TTU one of the best colleges in the Southeast again in 2012. U.S.News & World Report also ranked the university as one of the top public universities in the South for the eighth year in a row.
A group of TTU business students outperformed Wall Street and other university groups to win TVA’s Investment Challenge in 2010. The group posted a 34.67 percent return on its investments, beating the S&P 500 by more than 19 percentage points and its nearest university competitors by nearly 17 percentage points.
Using TTU’s 3-D printer, mechanical engineering student Jeremy Prince took first place in an international redesign contest. Prince redesigned a therapeutic device for a child with cerebral palsy. His design is now in use at Algood Elementary School. Two TTU civil engineering students have received the prestigious Samuel Fletcher Tapman Scholarship from the American Society of Civil Engineers in the past three years. About a dozen students nationwide receive the $3,000 scholarship every year.
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The TTU Baja SAE team had its best season ever, taking several awards in a competition in Birmingham, Ala. They took first place overall, as well as a first place in the endurance race, a second place in water maneuverability and a third place in acceleration.
The TTU student chapter of the American Association of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology was named an “Outstanding Chapter” for the second year in a row. The national association is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization with more than 12,000 members. The American Concrete Institute named TTU an “Outstanding University.” The ACI is a 20,000-member technical and educational society dedicated to improving the design, construction, maintenance and repair of concrete structures. Holly Stretz, TTU professor of chemical engineering, received the Outstanding New Faculty Research Award from the Southeastern Section of the American Society for Engineering Education. Stretz joined the TTU faculty in 2005. The Tennessee Dietetic Association elected Melinda Anderson, associate professor of food, as its president. The group represents 1,300 food and nutrition experts in the state and works to promote health, nutrition and well-being for all Tennesseans. Chelsea Nye, a senior in the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing, holds three positions in the National Student Nurses Association. She is on the national board of directors, is Middle Regional Director and is president of the TTU chapter. She spent seven weeks in India on a summer mission trip, working in hospital departments ranging from general medicine to gynecology, and working with leprosy and HIV patients.
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Senior marketing major Hervie Clemons III was the first TTU student to ever attend a leadership forum sponsored by Alpha Kappa Psi, a national business fraternity. Using what he learned during the retreat, Clemons hopes to increase membership in the campus chapter.
The women’s basketball team won the Ohio Valley Conference regular season championship. Coach Sytia Messer was named OVC Coach of the Year. Messer came to TTU in 2009.
Robert Coogan, professor at the Appalachian Center for Craft, was one of 10 American metalsmiths invited to tour China, visiting centers of production, viewing different collections and meeting with various Chinese metalsmiths. It was a banner year for R. Winston Morris, music professor and instructor of tuba and euphonium, and the TTU Tuba Ensemble. Morris won the Edwin Franko Appalachian Center for Craft students Abraham Pardee and Lyla Nelson won the student-level NICHE 2010 competitions in the metals and glass functional categories, respectively. Kimberly Winkle, visiting art professor, took a national award in the NICHE competition. She was named artist-in-residence at the Woodturning Center in Philadelphia from an international pool of applicants.
Goldman Memorial Citation from the American Bandstanders Association. TTU alumni Richard Perry and Charles McAdams wrote a book, “The TTU Tuba Ensemble and R. Winston Morris: A 40th Anniversary Retrospective.” A recording of the Tech Tuba Ensemble also took a ride on one of the last flights of the Atlantis space shuttle. The TTU varsity softball team had the seventh highest grade point average among all of the 289 Division-I teams. Accounting senior Kurt Zollner was one of three students nationwide to receive the Becker CPA Review Scholarship, worth approximately $2,500.
Decision sciences and management professor Tor Guimaraes was named to the J.E. Owen Chair of Excellence at TTU. Guimaraes won several awards in 2010, including the best paper award from the Academic Business World International Conference and a high commendation from the Emerald Literati Network. Phil Bettoli, professor and researcher with the Tennessee Cooperative Fishery Research Unit, received the STAR performance award from the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Degree Innovations A dual admissions policy recently crafted with the help of Extended Programs & Regional Development gives students with an associate degree from Roane State Community College the ability to automatically enroll at TTU to pursue a bachelor’s degree.
TTU, Volkswagen Chattanooga and Chattanooga State Community College began working together to provide education, training and jobs to Tennesseans. An articulation agreement between the two schools will give students a bachelor’s degree in industrial technology, a degree of critical importance to support Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant, its parts providers and the state’s growing manufacturing sector.
The School of Human Ecology has signed articulation agreements with Roane State Community College, Motlow State Community College and Volunteer State Community College, enabling students with associate degrees to enroll in any of the school’s five concentrations automatically. The school has also developed a child life option for students in the child development and family relations concentration. The Whitson-Hester School of Nursing created an online certificate program for nurses with a master’s degree who want to develop a second area of specialization. The College of Business and RWTH Aachen University in Germany signed a dual degree program. The first group of German students came to Cookeville for the 2011-2012 academic year. The College of Business and TTU’s music department have collaborated on a music management degree, launched this fall. The Tennessee state government approved an agritourism concentration in the department of agriculture over the summer of 2010. The first classes in the concentration were offered in the Spring 2011 semester.
Several options were created recently in TTU’s doctoral programs. A concentration in science, technology, engineering and math was added to the Ph.D. exceptional learning program, as well as a specialization in computer science to the engineering Ph.D. In the master’s program in curriculum and instruction, a music concentration was approved.
The chemistry department added three concentrations – pure chemistry, applied chemistry and biochemistry. The School of Interdisciplinary Studies added two concentrations – health administration and international organizational leadership – to the bachelor’s in professional studies program. The master’s of professional studies program has expanded to include concentrations in human resources leadership and in training and development. The computer science master’s program is now offering sections of most of its classes online. Classes are still offered on campus to give students the chance to choose the format that works best for them.
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Retention Hundreds of students every year enroll in Tennessee Tech’s 2+2 education program, which allows community college students from eight campuses to obtain a four-year degree from TTU without leaving their home campus. Nearly all of the admitted students finish their degrees together, with a retention rate of more than 90 percent.
The TTU department of music and art has begun the effort to become an all-Steinway school. Having the world’s best pianos on campus will inspire music students and improve the quality of the music program, especially for performance majors who spend hours practicing daily.
Faculty from the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing are now involved in selecting students for acceptance into the upper-division nursing program. The move aims to improve retention by allowing students with the most passion and drive to become nurses to move on in the program, rather than solely those with the best grades. To help first-year students feel more engaged in the exercise science, physical education and wellness department, faculty and staff began a student mentoring program that pairs students with upperclassmen. The upperclassmen introduce the freshmen to campus and community life, as well as help them adjust to college by sharing student resources and time management tips. TTU has rolled out the first four of 10 living and learning villages, which will create a more engaging community for students living on campus. With a new classroom and faculty adviser in each of the four residence halls, students will begin to see connections between their academic and extracurricular lives. Residents of New Hall North live in the Tree House, which focuses on environmental issues,
The 30,000 square-foot learning commons in the Angelo and Jennette Volpe Library opened this fall in a series of tours and open houses. The wireless space features hundreds of open desks, tables and study spaces for students along with tutoring and research areas and a café.
while those in New Hall South are in the Service Station and focus on service learning. The Maddux/McCord village focuses on engineering, while Crawford Hall, TTU’s traditionally all-female residence hall, focuses on women.
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Research The U.S. Navy patented electrical and computer engineering professor Ali Alouani’s method of improving defensive tracking methods. With co-inventors from Virginia, Alouani created a way to process and distribute information gathered from multiple sources at varying times to make threat assessments more accurate. Chinyere Mbachu, a doctoral chemical engineering student from Nigeria, was one of 80 graduate students from 35 countries to participate in NASA Ames Research Center’s Singularity University in California last summer. The program brought students together to work with emerging energy technologies to improve the lives of people without reliable access to electricity. Mbachu’s team worked on concentrated photovoltaic solar cells. Sue Bailey, retired director of the School of Human Ecology, received a grant of more than $400,000 from the Tennessee Early Childhood Training Alliance to continue to serve and to raise the standards of early childhood care providers. Another grant, worth $555,000, came to her from the Tennessee Childcare Resource and Referral Network to assist the childcare industry, including helping care centers get set up and sharing resources and activity plans. The National Science Foundation awarded counseling and psychology professor Barry Stein, with TTU’s Center for Assessment and Improvement of Learning, $2.5 million to expand national dissemination of the Critical Thinking Assessment Test,
Civil engineering professor Faisal Hossain, with the support of the TTU research office and the Center for Management, Utilization and Protection of Water Resources, studied the effect of large dams on local climate. Using three decades of data, he and a team of researchers determined that large dams and reservoirs can affect humidity, temperature and other aspects of the climate system because they change the amount of water available for evaporation.
or CAT. Curriculum and instruction professor Holly Anthony was awarded more than $1.7 million in four grants from the state and National Science Foundation to improve the quality of elementary school math teaching, to help STEM majors learn math, and to give teachers more research experience. Accounting professor Melanie Earles co-authored Recent Rulings and Cases, a national income tax workbook. Economics professor Jon Jonakin was contracted to write Troubled Economic Narratives: Market Liberalization, Productive Structures, and Emigration from Latin America. Spanish professor Mark Groundland edited the book Transliterating a culture: Cervantes and the Moriscos. The Tennessee Higher Education Commission awarded four grants to TTU professors as part of the First to the Top initiative. Four projects received a total of more than $600,000 to improve teacher quality in the state as part of the federal Race to the Top program. Robert Qiu and his team of researchers, staff and students at the TTU Center for Manufacturing Research were awarded more than $1.2 million in grant funding during the last two years. The money is being used to support their work creating a cognitive radio testbed to research the next generation of wireless communications, radar and anti-jamming.
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Co m m unit y. A UNIVERSITY MEASURES ITS IMPACT by its involvement in the life of the community. Outreach TTU hosted a forum about bringing renewable energy to the Upper Cumberland region. Forum cohosts were the city of Cookeville, The University of Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory Service and the Tennessee Renewable Energy and Economic Development Council.
TTU hosted the Highlands Debate 2010 between Republican Bill Haslam and Democrat Mike McWherter. The event was the first gubernatorial debate outside a major metropolitan area.
When a tornado hit Pratt City, Ala., this summer, sociology professor and Birmingham native Shelley Brown spent three weeks collecting basic necessities. Then she drove her SUV and a trailer full of donations to the partially destroyed town. Brown received the Love Outstanding Community Service Award in the spring for previous community service. For the third year in a row, TTU was named on President Obama’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll. During the 2009-2010 school year, more than 2,800 students completed 13,000 hours of service. Sherry Gaines, director of the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing, joined the newly founded Highlands Health Care Initiative, which aims to identify needs and solutions to improve the health of the region’s residents. Rachel Hall, assistant professor at the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing, worked with the American Lung Association to offer eight-week smoking cessation classes to teens who were found with tobacco paraphernalia at school. For the third year in a row, exercise science, physical education and wellness students ran a grantfunded health promotion and mentoring program called “I can do it, you can do it” for people with disabilities. For the 16th year in a row, the TTU department of music and art hosted the annual Southeast Chamber Music Institute. It also organized a benefit concert for Helping Hands of Putnam County and hosted the Tennessee Music Educators State Concert Festival.
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TTU student Kaylee Marie Radzyminski and a group of campus volunteers packed the one millionth CD to send to troops overseas with her charity, Tunes 4 the Troops. A story about Radzyminski aired on an episode of “CNN Heroes.”
The Tennessee Small Business Development Center at TTU offered 18 free workshops and training sessions to area entrepreneurs and spent 700 hours counseling clients this year. Spanish majors worked with Hispanic students in Cookeville schools as part of their service-learning course. TTU students act as interpreters for those who need help with English. Michael Birdwell, TTU history professor, helped to get John’s Place on the National Registry of Historic Places. The popular student hangout was among the first to integrate in Cookeville. In 2010, Extended Programs and Regional Development launched TECH-REDI, a regional economic development institute that aims to make the Upper Cumberland a better place to live, work and play. The department of civil engineering hosted the 2011 American Society of Civil Engineers Southeastern Student Conference. More than 800 students from 26 colleges and universities came to compete in a variety of events. The TTU team placed sixth overall. Phil Bettoli, professor in TTU’s Center for the Management, Utilization & Protection of Water Resources, trained state biologists on how to surgically implant ultrasonic tags in lake sturgeon and advised them about policies to regulate overfishing in the Tennessee River.
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The Millard Oakley STEM Center was named a field NASA Educational Resource Center, giving area teachers resources and teaching them how to interest students in science, technology, engineering and math.
The Appalachian Center for Craft offered hands-on workshops, demonstrations and lectures to more than 700 regional school children during the year.
The computer science department hosted the 2011 Tapestry Conference, which aims to help teachers get students, especially girls, interested in studying computer science and other STEM fields. TTU was the first institution to host one of the conferences. Approximately 50 teachers from across the country came to the Millard Oakley STEM Center to participate. TTU’s Industrial Assessment Center in the Center for Manufacturing Research, using funding from the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, is providing enhanced energy efficiency assessments to manufacturers. In addition to on-site assessments, the center has held a number of events to promote adoption of recommended savings technologies and opportunities.
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T TU At a Gla n ce . STUDENT PROFILE 2010–2011
FEMALE/MALE 49.9 percent / 50.1 percent
RACIAL/ETHNIC MINORITY 11 percent
INTERNATIONAL 5.3 percent
AGE > 25 24.6 percent
AG&HS
UNDERGRAD
GRADUATE
TOTAL
1,059
41
1,100
77
2,008
1,991
795
2,786
1,020
802
1,822
1,931
A&S
197
1,200
BIZ ED
159
1,994
ENG IND
31
241
ISEE
1,397 2,153 272
FACTS & FIGURES 2010–2011
ENROLLMENT 11,538
STUDENT-TO-FACULTY RATIO 21:1
DEGREES AWARDED 2,291
HIGHEST DEGREE OFFERED Ph.D.
DEGREE PROGRAMS 40 UG | 23 G | 10 P-P CAMPUS SIZE 252 acres
ATHLETICS 8 W | 6 M
OVC CHAMPIONSHIPS 1
AG&HS Agricultural & Human Sciences | A&S Arts & Sciences | BIZ Business | ED Education | ENG Engineering | IND Independent Programs | ISEE Interdisciplinary Studies & Extended Ed UG Undergrad | G Graduate | P-P Pre-Professional | W Women’s | M Men’s
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En rollment . TENNESSEE TECH has experienced record enrollment over the course of the last decade. . UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE FROM 2008 TO 2010
FRESHMEN
SOPHOMORES
Fall 2008 Fall Fall2008 2009 Fall Fall2009 2010 Fall 2010
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SENIORS
NON-DEGREE
336
8,438
2,534
1,674
1,700
2,194
2,534 2,779
1,674 1,731
1,7001,867
2,1942,299 336 242
1,731 1,931
2,779 2,886
0
JUNIORS
22,886 3
1,931 4
1,867 1,913
1,913 6
5
8,438 8,918
2,2992,462 242 244
Fall 2008 Fall Fall2008 2009 Fall Fall2009 2010
7
8 2,4629
244 10
7
8
10
8,918 9,436 9,436
(in thousands)
0
1
2
MASTER’S
3
4
5
6
EDUCATION SPECIALIST
1,138
(in thousands)
Fall 2010
0
0.5
276
1,343 167
1,044 1 167
218
9
93
2,355
806 92
93
2,355 1,929 1,929 2,102
218 801 92 90
1.5
801 2
1.5
2
90
2.5
(in thousands)
0
0.5
1 (in thousands)
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DOCTORAL
806
318
1,138 1,343318 276
1,044
NON-DEGREE
2.5
2,102
Pe er S t udy. TENNESSEE TECH uses other universities in the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC), Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) and Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) for benchmarking. GRADUATION/RETENTION RATES 2010–2011
Six-Year GRADUATION RATE for First-Time, Full-Time Freshmen Fall 2004 50 50
48 48
(percentage) (percentage)
40 40
42 42
39 39
43 43
30 30 20 20 10 10 0 0
TTU TTU
THEC THEC
TBR TBR
OVC OVC
One-Year RETENTION RATE for First-Time, Full-Time Freshmen Fall 2009 80 80
76 76
73 73
72 72
70 70
THEC THEC
TBR TBR
OVC OVC
(percentage) (percentage)
60 60 40 40 20 20 0 0
TTU TTU
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Fi n anc ials . SOURCES OF CURRENT FUNDS
(UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2011
(in thousands)
$198,016 TUITION & FEES $66,007
$198,016
RECURRING STATE APPROPRIATIONS $39,236 FEDERAL GRANTS & CONTRACTS TUITION & FEES $29,173 $66,007 STATE, LOCAL, & PRIVATE GRANTS & CONTRACTS $24,723
AUXILIARIES $14,222 RECURRING STATE APPROPRIATIONS $39,236 NON-RECURRING STATE APPROPRIATIONS | $13,810 INVESTMENT | $328 AUXILIARIES OTHER | $1,206 $14,222
STATE, LOCAL, & PRIVATE GRANTS & CONTRACTS $24,723
FEDERAL GRANTS & CONTRACTS $29,173
NON-RECURRING STATE APPROPRIATIONS | $13,810 INVESTMENT | $328 OTHER | $1,206
INDIRECT COST RECOVERY | $1,421 GIFTS | $928 SALES & SERVICES | $6,962
$197,994
USES OF CURRENT FUNDS
(UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 2011 LONG-TERM30, DEBT, RENOVATION
SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS STUDENT $46,038 SERVICES $17,712
(in thousands)
& OTHER TRANSFERS $29,405
SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS $46,038
$197,994 INSTRUCTION $51,131
LONG-TERM DEBT, RENOVATION & OTHER TRANSFERS $29,405
INSTRUCTION $51,131 INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT | $9,912 MAINTENANCE & OPERATION OF PLANT | $11,975
STUDENT SERVICES $17,712
TTU FOUNDATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2011
$12,704
Revenue
ADDITIONS TO PERMANENT ENDOWMENT $3,161
SALES & SERVICES | $752
AUXILIARIES | $6,521 RESEARCH | $11,735 PUBLIC SERVICE | $4,450 ACADEMIC SUPPORT | $9,115
AUXILIARIES | $6,521 RESEARCH | $11,735 PUBLIC SERVICE | $4,450 ACADEMIC SUPPORT | $9,115
INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT | $9,912 MAINTENANCE & OPERATION OF PLANT | $11,975
GIFTS $2,170
INDIRECT COST RECOVERY | $1,421 GIFTS | $928 SALES & SERVICES | $6,962
(in thousands)
$3,763
Expenses OPERATING $1,471
INVESTMENT INCOME $6,522
SCHOLARSHIPS $1,473 PAYMENTS TO THE UNIVERSITY $819
CAPITAL GRANTS & GIFTS | $104 DISPOSAL OF CAPITAL ASSETS & OTHER | -$5
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FINANCIAL AID
INVESTED FUNDS
SUMMARY, 2010–2011
FROM 2007 TO 2011
More than 68 percent of TTU students received
ENDOWMENT
some form of financial aid.
CHAIRS OF EXCELLENCE
# Awards $ Amount
FEDERAL 5,944
17,211,878
Loans
5,235
22,189,516
515
388,689
11,694
39,790,083
Work Program Subtotal
2007
Grants
2008
STATE Grants
$53
3,203,917
Scholarships
5,566
20,473,241
Subtotal
6,451
23,677,158
381
3,122,685
Scholarships
1,623
5,716,924
Subtotal
2,004
8,839,609
Scholarships
776
8,415,725
Loans
113
1,237,041
Subtotal
889
9,652,766
21,038
81,959,616
$5.3
$49
2009
885
$5.6
$4.5
$40
INSTITUTION Athletics
2010
$45
$4.9
PRIVATE 2011
Total
$54
0
10
20
30
40
(in millions)
19
50
$5.6
60
70
Gi ving. THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT of gifts and private support stands as an indicator of the University’s health. Tennessee Tech University and the Friends of TTU Music organization announced the largest gift ever given to the Department of Music and Art. An anonymous donor gave $100,000 to the university’s All-Steinway School project. The donor wished to make a significant difference in the quality of the daily experience for Tennessee Tech music students. The gift will allow the purchase of the first group of pianos toward the All-Steinway School goal.
Larry and Joyce Hester’s $4 million gift to Tennessee Tech University was a first in many ways. It stands as the largest single onetime gift commitment in the university’s history and it resulted in TTU’s first named school, the Whitson-Hester School of Nursing. The gift will fund an endowment to support nursing students, as well as provide funds to help the school maintain its state-of-the-art training equipment.
Clay N. Hixson ’s $1.5 million estate gift stands as the largest gift in the history of TTU’s College of Engineering. Among other things, this gift endowed a chair in the College of Engineering for engineering leadership. Mr. Hixson graduated from TTU with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in 1953.
PRIVATE GIVING
UNIVERSITY/FOUNDATION GIFTS FOR 2010–2011
UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
Cash/Securities
In-Kind
$129, 167
$113,428
$6,628,668
20
$409,375
Ab out Tenne s s e e Te c h . AS A PUBLIC, STATE UNIVERSITY, Tennessee Tech offers programs in six academic divisions: Agricultural and Human Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering, and Interdisciplinary Studies and Extended Education.
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he university is committed to the lifelong success of students through high-quality instruction and learning experiences. Tennessee Tech students are engaged in scholarly activity, especially basic and applied research, creative endeavors and public
service, with special emphasis on community and economic development.
AFFORDABILITY. TTU is consistently ranked one of “America’s 100 Best College Buys” by Institutional Research & Evaluation Inc., making the list every year from 2006 to 2011. TTU students graduate with the lightest debt load in the region, according to U.S.News & World Report. Sixty percent of Tennessee Tech’s 2010 graduates left school debt free, and students who carried a debt after graduation owed the lowest average of any regional university in the South.
ALUMNI. Among TTU’s more than 58,500 graduates are a retired CEO of Boeing, two space shuttle astronauts, a retired New York Times assistant managing editor, an admiral and a four-star general. Since 1915, TTU has granted almost 69,000 degrees. More than 70 percent of TTU’s alumni live in Tennessee.
CAMPUS. TTU occupies a 235-acre campus in Cookeville, Tenn. In addition, the university owns and operates the Shipley Farm and W. Clyde Hyder-Tommy Burks Agricultural Pavilion just north of campus, as well as the Appalachian Center for Craft, located on Center Hill Lake near Smithville. TTU works the 1,800-acre Oakley farm, the second largest beef cattle operation in the state,. The TTU campus extends statewide through the Center for Manufacturing Research, a regional Tennessee Small Business Development Center, the Center for the Management, Utilization & Protection of Water Resources, and the Center for Energy Systems Research. These centers spur economic development, aid manufacturers, and provide critical research for Tennesseans. Distance education opportunities and the 2+2 and Transfer Pathways arrangements with community colleges statewide are among TTU’s efforts to help Tennesseans obtain a four-year degree without leaving their hometowns.
RESEARCH. Externally funded grants and contracts from a variety of sources including industry; the state of Tennessee; and federal agencies such as the Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, NASA, and the U.S. Army total nearly $13.8 million. TTU’s research efforts in agriculture, energy efficiency, fisheries biology, Smart Grid technologies and civil engineering are among those that have international impact and recognition.
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This report was produced by the offices of the President and Communications & Marketing. Tennessee
Technological University is a constituent university of the Tennessee Board of Regents. The TBR,
the sixth largest system of higher education in the nation, governs 45 institutions: six universities, 13 community colleges and 26 area technology centers, providing programs to more than 190,000 students in 90 of Tennessee’s 95 counties. TTU is an AA/EEO employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age in its program and activities. The following
person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Director
of Diversity & Legal Affairs, PO Box 5164, Cookeville, TN 38505, 931-372-3016. Pub# 024-1084-12