Editing Tennessee Tech (section)

{{Short description|Public university in Cookeville, Tennessee, US}}
{{use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Tennessee Technological University
 | other_names            = TTU
 | former_names           = University of Dixie (1909–1915)<br />Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (1915–1965)
 | image                  = Tennessee Technological University seal.svg
 | accreditation          = [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools|SACS]]
 | image_size             = 200
 | established            = {{start date and age|March 27, 1915}}
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]] and [[institute of technology]]
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[Oak Ridge Associated Universities|ORAU]]|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]}}
 | president              = Philip B. Oldham<ref name="presidentsoffice">{{cite web |title=Office of the President |url=https://www.tntech.edu/president/about.php |website=Tennessee Technological University |access-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727043304/https://www.tntech.edu/president/about.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | endowment              = $96.2 million (2022)<ref>As of March 7, 2022. {{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2021-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--REVISED-February-18-2022.ashx?la=en&hash=FA57411CC4244B7D49C25377165FEC42FFBDEB56 |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2021 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY20 to FY21 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers and [[TIAA]] |date=February 19, 2021 |access-date=February 20, 2021 |archive-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712165810/https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2021-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--REVISED-February-18-2022.ashx?la=en&hash=FA57411CC4244B7D49C25377165FEC42FFBDEB56 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | city                   = [[Cookeville, Tennessee]]
 | country                = U.S.
 | coor                   = {{coord|36|10|35|N|85|30|35|W|region:US-TN_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
 | students               = 10,117 (fall 2023)<ref name="enrollment">{{cite web|url=https://www.tntech.edu/about/facts.php|title=Facts and Figures|date=Fall 2022|access-date=September 14, 2023|archive-date=December 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218020301/https://www.tntech.edu/about/facts.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | academic_staff         = {{circa|550|}}<ref name="best colleges">As of 2013. {{cite web |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/tennessee-technological-university-3523 |title=Tennessee Technological University |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=September 9, 2014 |archive-date=September 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903214523/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/tennessee-technological-university-3523 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | campus                 = Suburban, {{convert|235|acre}}<ref name="updated history">{{cite web | url = https://www.tntech.edu/about/history-and-traditions/ | title = About TTU &#124; History and Traditions | publisher = Tennessee Technological University | access-date = 2014-09-03 | archive-date = September 5, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140905021453/https://www.tntech.edu/about/history-and-traditions/ | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="history">{{cite web | url=http://www.tntech.edu/history.html | title = About TTU &#124; History | access-date = 2007-09-25 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070815072933/http://www.tntech.edu/history.html | archive-date = 2007-08-15}}</ref>
 | athletics_affiliations = [[NCAA Division I]]<br />[[Ohio Valley Conference]]<ref name="ncaa">{{cite web | url=https://www.ncaa.com/schools/tennessee-tech | title=NCAA Tennessee Technological University | access-date=2014-09-03 | archive-date=January 6, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106022337/http://www.ncaa.com/schools/tennessee-tech | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="facts & figures">{{cite web | url = http://www.tntech.edu/about/facts-and-figures/ | title = About TTU &#124; Facts and Figures | publisher = Tennessee Technological University | access-date = 2014-09-03 | archive-date = September 6, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140906204825/https://www.tntech.edu/about/facts-and-figures | url-status = dead }}</ref>
 | colors                 = {{color box|#4F2984}}&nbsp;{{color box|#FFDD00}} Purple and gold<ref name="logos">{{cite web |url=https://www.tntech.edu/marketingtoolkit/logo |title=Logos & Colors {{!}} Marketing Toolkit {{!}} Tennessee Technological University |access-date=2017-04-25 |archive-date=April 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427003225/https://www.tntech.edu/marketingtoolkit/logo |url-status=live }}</ref>
 | sports_nickname        = [[Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|Golden Eagles]]
 | mascot                 = Awesome Eagle<ref name="mascot">{{cite web | url=https://www.tntech.edu/about/history-and-traditions/mascots | title=About TTU &#124; Mascots | access-date=September 3, 2014 | archive-date=September 5, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905013903/https://www.tntech.edu/about/history-and-traditions/mascots | url-status=dead }}</ref>
 | website                = {{url|tntech.edu}}
 | logo                   = Tennessee Technological University logo.svg
 | logo_size              = 250
}}

'''Tennessee Technological University''' (commonly referred to as '''Tennessee Tech''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Cookeville, Tennessee]]. It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, and before that as University of Dixie, the name under which it was founded as a private institution.<ref name="updated history" /><ref name="history" /> Affiliated with the [[Tennessee Board of Regents]], the university is governed by a board of trustees.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tntech.edu/board/members/|title=Trustees|work=Tennessee Tech|access-date=2018-07-10|language=en|archive-date=April 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411120327/https://www.tntech.edu/board/members/|url-status=live}}</ref> It is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=221847 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=carnegieclassifications.iu.edu |access-date=13 September 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924021959/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=221847 |url-status=live }}</ref>

As an [[institute of technology]], Tennessee Tech places special emphasis on [[undergraduate education]] in fields related to [[engineering]], [[technology]], and [[computer science]],<ref name="slater">{{cite web |last1=Slater |first1=Joseph |title=Welcome From the Dean |url=https://www.tntech.edu/engineering/about/dean-welcome.php |website=Tennessee Technological University |publisher=College of Engineering |access-date=September 13, 2020 |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805195900/https://www.tntech.edu/engineering/about/dean-welcome.php |url-status=live }}</ref> although degrees in [[education]], [[liberal arts]], [[agriculture]], [[nursing]], and other fields of study can be pursued as well.<ref name="mission">{{cite web | url = https://www.tntech.edu/about/mission | title = About TTU &#124; Mission and Vision | publisher = Tennessee Technological University | access-date = September 3, 2014 | archive-date = September 5, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140905021459/https://www.tntech.edu/about/mission | url-status = dead }}</ref> Additionally, there are [[Graduate school|graduate]] and [[doctorate]] offerings in engineering, education, [[Master of Business Administration|business]], and the liberal arts. As of the 2018 fall semester, Tennessee Tech enrolls more than 10,000 students,<ref name="enrollment"/> and its [[campus]] has 87 buildings on {{convert|235|acre}} centered along Dixie Avenue in northern Cookeville.<ref name="updated history" /><ref name="history"/>

Tennessee Tech athletic teams, named the [[Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles|Golden Eagles]], compete in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA) [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] as a member of the [[Ohio Valley Conference]].<ref name="facts & figures" />