Alumnus to pilot space shuttle

This fall, more than 25 years after sitting out a TTU football season with a knee injury, Barry Wilmore (electrical engineering ‘85, M.A. ‘94) will be able to look back and see how the challenge led him to unexpected heights.

In fact, he’ll be looking back at Earth from his pilot’s seat on NASA’s next space shuttle mission, scheduled for this November. Chosen as an astronaut candidate in 2000, he’s now ready to take the STS-129 crew to the International Space Station.

Learning villages to offer students, faculty a new place to call home

A blend of English tradition, Ivy-League example and local originality will shape the way future Tennessee Tech students stay involved with the university for a lifetime.

Tennessee Tech will soon invite students to become members of “learning villages.” Often known by other names such as residential colleges or communities, these villages will offer smaller, caring groups led by faculty within the larger community. TTU will be the first public university in the state to offer these communities in which a student can become a lifetime member.

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