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June 2009

• Student Brian Douglass wins $10,000 for essay on globalization
• Biologist Jim Layzer receives lifetime acheivement award
• Area high school teachers spend time in TTU's engineering labs through RETainUS
• TTU plays key role in new NCATE national 'Transformation Initiatives'
• TTU hosts about 8,000 visitors during summer
• University's Public Affairs Office earns distinction with TCPRA awards
• TTU young artist piano competition accepting applications through Sept. 18
• TBR approves tuition and fee increases for TTU and other institutions
• Fuel cell investigation earns ChemE's Cynthia Rice-York a Powe Award from ORAU
• Sharon Huo chosen for 2009 Brown-Henderson Award
• Justin Stacy honored with 2009 Sissom Innovation and Creativity Award
• TTU welcomes Tennessee Board of Regents to campus June 18-19
• Joan Derryberry Endowment provides faculty professional development funding
• TTU expects $3.3 million annual savings from employee buyout
• Greg Danner premiers "The Greatest Generation" in Nashville on June 17
• University expands green initiative by assisting with E-Waste Day
• TTU College of Business receives international accreditation
• On-campus event kicks off TTU's Bonnaroo contribution
• Summer Literacy Conference features award-winning poet and author

May 2009

• Learning villages to offer students, faculty a new place to call home
• Southeast Chamber Music Institute celebrates 15 years
• Joe Hermann takes gavel as president of American Bandmasters Association
• Sen. Dolores Gresham tells TTU spring graduates that who leads matters
• TTU College of Business hosts visit from Jackson County FBLA students
• Kay Hume is TTU's May 2009 Ambassador of the Month
• TTU's Shannon Collins literacy instructor wins award for writing
• Collins, Gore, Matson are TTU's 2009 Outstanding Faculty
• TTU explores options for extending growing seasons for agriculture, organic farm
• TTU's Small Business Development Center offers free business startup seminar May 19
• MIT students top average national pass rate on exam by more than 25 percent
• TTU students take NSSE survey, win prizes