Editing Tennessee Tech (section)

== Student life ==
Tennessee Tech hosts over 200 student organizations including several fraternities and sororities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of Groups |url=https://eagleengage.tntech.edu/club_signup?group_type=27087&category_tags= |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=eagleengage.tntech.edu}}</ref> Student Samuel Dowlen suffered severe injuries and temporary paralysis in August of 2009, during fraternity pranks in [[Phi Gamma Delta]]'s inflatable pool. Spinal fusion surgery and months of physical rehabilitation followed. A court awarded Dowlen $7.2 million in the court decision against the fraternity.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=McCarthy |first1=Daniel |last2=Burke |first2=Manley |date=February 2012 |title=$7.2 Million Verdict Obtained Against Fraternity |url=https://fraternallaw.com/newsletter2/7-2-million-verdict-obtained-against-fraternity |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611082752/https://fraternallaw.com/newsletter2/7-2-million-verdict-obtained-against-fraternity |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=June 11, 2024 |website=Fraternal Law}}</ref>