Fall 2025 Events
All GSC events are open to all & everyone is welcome!
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August Events
Affirmation Station at the Student Services Fair!
August 26th, 11:00am-1:00pm, Centennial Plaza
The 2025 Student Services Fair is a great opportunity for university departments to connect with students, share valuable resources, and promote programs and services. The GSC will also be providing materials to create, share and wear positive affirmation bracelets throughout your semester!
September Events
Attune Pitch Deadline!
September 19th, by end of day.
Attune is the Gretta Stanger Center Journal, a student-edited publication that focuses on contemporary issues. Learn more about Attune and the Fall Schedule here!
We accept non-fiction articles and essays, creative non-fiction, fiction, poetry, photography, and other art in any medium that can be printed in our pages. Final contributions should be no more than 750 words or a single 8 1/2 by 11 spread. Contributors may submit multiple pieces for consideration, which should be indicated at the pitch stage. Fall 2025 Theme: Safe spaces/ Path(s) to belonging
Pitches for contributions should be submitted via email to the executive editor by the current semester's pitch deadline. Pitches should be 100-200 words describing the contribution and include the author's affiliation (Tech student, staff, faculty, or community member). Email tacoagan42@tntech.edu.
Craft Club: September Meeting
September 30th, 11-12:00pm, GSC (RUC 339)
Aimed to give a dedicated time and space, once a month, for creative engagement, peer connection and collaboration. Much like our past "socials" but with a creative twist!
Many of us crafters, craft alone and maybe only at home. The GSC Craft Club is hoping to connect those people, while also being able to share and learn potential new skills! Bring your own project from home, or work on a semesterly group project. Secure storage available!
WMC Gallery Opening: Featuring Alexus Quiroz
September 23, 3:00-4:00pm, Gretta Stanger Center (RUC 339)
Celebrate the work of student artist Alexus Quiroz with us, this semester's winner of the GSC Exhibition Award, at the opening of her exhibition.
Refreshments Provided and more information coming soon!
October Events
Hip Hop with Dr. Heidi Lewis, Make Rappers Rap Again: Interrogating the Mumble Rap Crisis
October 2nd, 6:00pm, Stonecipher Lecture Hall 113
Dr. Heidi Lewis will be a featured speaker on campus, delivering a lecture on hip-hop in support of her new book, Make Rappers Rap Again: Interrogating the Mumble Rap Crisis.
This event is in part to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop
and the contribution of Southern rappers. Dr. Lewis is the author
of the text Make Rappers Rap Again: Interrogating the Mumble Rap
Crisis (Oxford University Press) which examines the current trend
that has inundated and at the same time trivialized hip-hop. In her
lecture she discusses southern rappers and their role and impact
in the latest inaudibility trend but how they have helped redefine
the genre with their regional dialects.
Learn more about Dr. Lewis here!
Cookeville Chamber of Commerce- Womens Conference
Wednesday Oct 29, 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM CDT
Leslie Town Centre
1 W 1st St, Cookeville, TN
Mark your calendars for the second annual Cookeville-Putnam County Chamber Women’s Conference, a transformative day of inspiration, empowerment, and networking! With engaging sessions, dynamic speakers, and interactive activities, this conference will provide valuable guidance on investing in yourself, building powerful partnerships, and preventing burnout. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or an emerging leader, this event is your chance to connect, learn, and chart your next steps with confidence
Craft Club & Halloween Social
October 28th, 11:00-12:00pm, GSC (RUC 339
Craft Club is aimed to give a dedicated time and space, once a month, for creative engagement, peer connection and collaboration. Much like our past "socials" but with a creative twist! Bring your own project from home, or work on a semesterly group project. Secure storage available! Be sure to wear your best costume to enter our contest for a bag of SWAG
Nov & Dec Events
Alison Townsend: Presented by Plenty Bookshop Sawmill Poetry Series!
November 3rd & November 4th, time and locations TBD.
Join us in welcoming author and creative writer Alison Townsend for a reading with the Sawmill Poetry Series, as well as an informal "brownbag" workshop! More information coming soon!
WMC Craft Club, Last Semester Meeting!
November 20th, 11-12:00pm, WMC (RUC 339)
Craft Club is aimed to give a dedicated time and space, once a month, for creative engagement, peer connection and collaboration. Much like our past "socials" but with a creative twist! Bring your own project from home, or work on a semesterly group project. Secure storage available!
Period Poverty Pack Assembly & Holiday Social
December 4th, 11:00-1:00pm, Tech Pride Room
Period poverty is prevalent all around us. Many people who menstruate struggle to afford period products during their monthly cycle. Here at the Gretta Stanger Center, we recognize period poverty for what it is—a public health crisis. Join us in our fight against period poverty by participating in our period poverty drive. Learn more here!