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17-564: The conference is the successor to the Volunteer State Athletic Conference (VSAC), which began in the 1940s; and later the Tennessee-Virginia Athletic Conference (TVAC) that operated during the 1980s and 1990s. The Appalachian Athletic Conference was formed in 2000 with the additions of members from Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina. In 2019 the conference added Kentucky Christian University as

34-516: A full member and Savannah College of Art and Design as an associate member in men's and women's lacrosse. Bluefield College was a member of the AAC from 2000 until 2012 when it left to join the Mid-South Conference . On March 3, 2014, Bluefield announced that it would return to the AAC in fall 2014. The AAC currently has 16 full members, all are private schools. It is the largest conference in

51-562: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to sports in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Tennessee Technological University Tennessee Technological University (commonly referred to as Tennessee Tech ) is a public research university in Cookeville, Tennessee . It was formerly known as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute, and before that as University of Dixie,

68-492: Is rooted in the University of Dixie (colloquially known as Dixie College), which was chartered in 1909 and began operations in 1912. It struggled with funding and enrollment, however, and the campus was deeded to local governments. On March 27, 1915, the state government assumed control of the campus and chartered the new school as Tennessee Polytechnic Institute. The new school included just 13 faculty members and 19 students during

85-743: The NAIA : The AAC will have one future full member for the 2025–26 school year: The AAC currently has ten affiliate members, all but one are private schools: The AAC has one future affiliate member, which operates public and private institutions within a single entity. The AAC had eight former full members, all but one were private schools: The AAC had three former affiliate members, all private schools.  Full member (non-football)   Associate member (sport)  The Appalachian Athletic Conference currently fields 24 sports (13 men's and 11 women's): Volunteer State Athletic Conference The Volunteer State Athletic Conference ( VSAC )

102-562: The 1916–17 academic year and consisted of just 18 acres of undeveloped land with one administrative building and two student dorms. Due to the rural nature of the school, students also worked in the school garden to grow and prepare their own meals. In 1929, the first class graduated with four-year bachelor's degrees. Tennessee Polytechnic Institute was elevated to university status in 1965, when its name changed to Tennessee Technological University. Tennessee Tech has bachelor's degree programs and graduate programs as well as doctoral programs in

119-889: The VSAC included East Tennessee State University , Middle Tennessee State University , Austin Peay State University , and Tennessee Technological University ; these schools all left the VSAC to join the Ohio Valley Conference . As of 2019, Austin Peay and Tennessee Tech remain in the OVC, while East Tennessee State is in the Southern Conference and Middle Tennessee in Conference USA . This article related to sports in Tennessee

136-525: The academic year 2014/15, they produced a selection of at least five plays, among them Krapp's Last Tape , The Vagina Monologues , and A Midsummer Night's Dream . The playhouse attracted news coverage in the summer of 2022, when the local Upper Cumberland Pride, the Lambda Gay-Straight Alliance, and the Tech Players staged a drag performance in the on-campus theater. A video excerpt of

153-536: The court decision against the fraternity. The Tennessee Tech athletic program is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) and competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision . The school's teams are known as the Golden Eagles, the team colors are purple and gold, and the mascot is Awesome Eagle. The Backdoor Playhouse was founded in the 1960s. Its current theater seats 200 spectators. In

170-719: The fields of education, engineering, and environmental sciences. TTU emphasizes a focus in STEM degrees but also provides infrastructure for traditional programs including liberal arts and nursing. Tennessee Tech hosts over 200 student organizations including several fraternities and sororities. 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

187-550: The liberal arts. As of the 2018 fall semester, Tennessee Tech enrolls more than 10,000 students, and its campus has 87 buildings on 235 acres (95 ha) centered along Dixie Avenue in northern Cookeville. Tennessee Tech athletic teams, named the Golden Eagles , compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference . Tennessee Tech

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204-527: The mid-1990s when the addition of schools in Virginia, Kentucky, and North Carolina necessitated the name change. The TranSouth Athletic Conference , which operated from 1996 to 2013, is sometimes regarded as something of a successor to the TCAC. Sponsorship of football by the conference ended after the 1962 season, over two decades before the conference dissolved with regard to its other sports. Other founding members of

221-710: The name under which it was founded as a private institution. Affiliated with the Tennessee Board of Regents , the university is governed by a board of trustees. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". As an institute of technology , Tennessee Tech places special emphasis on undergraduate education in fields related to engineering , technology , and computer science , although degrees in education , liberal arts , agriculture , nursing , and other fields of study can be pursued as well. Additionally, there are graduate and doctorate offerings in engineering, education, business , and

238-610: The now-defunct Lambuth University . The conference dissolved when the institutions in the eastern portion of the state seceded to form the Tennessee Valley Athletic Conference (TVAC). Those in the western part of the state formed in turn the Tennessee Collegiate Athletic Conference (TCAC). The Appalachian Athletic Conference is the direct successor of the TVAC, and was known as such until

255-413: The performance, in which a child pays a drag performer money while the performer mouths the words "Take Me To Church," was posted on-line by child protection activist Landon Starbuck. Derryberry Hall is the oldest building on campus; the presidents and provosts have traditionally had their offices there. The building is also the home to the university's main auditorium, Derryberry Auditorium. Derryberry

272-740: Was a college athletic conference which was predominantly for smaller colleges in the U.S. state of Tennessee . The VSAC was organized in the 1940s and dissolved in the early 1980s. Member schools were in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Long-term members of the conference included the institutions now known as Belmont University , Bethel University , Bryan College , Carson–Newman University , Christian Brothers University , King University , Lee University , Lincoln Memorial University , Lipscomb University , Milligan College , Tusculum University , Tennessee Wesleyan University , and Union University , as well as

289-470: Was constructed in 1912 for the university's predecessor, Dixie College. It is named after Everett Derryberry , president of the university from 1940 to 1974. The building's iconic colonial-style clock tower is equipped has a carillon . Maya Angelou spoke there in 2012. Derryberry received a new cupola in 2021. Henderson Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places , The building

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