Student Engagement
Awareness Programming Guide
Tennessee Tech is committed to providing education, experiences, and advocacy through campus-wide awareness and prevention programming activities. The Awareness Programming Guide serves as a planning tool for campus departments and student organizations' awareness programming efforts and encourages collaboration across campus to enhance those efforts.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
January
Specific Day
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- Jan 4th: World Braille Day
- Third Monday: Dr. MLK Day Event
Month Long
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- National Blood Donor Month
February
Specific Day
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- Feb 14th: #ConsentIsRedHot
- First Friday: American Heart “Go Red” Day
- Last Monday: Positive Body Image Awareness Day
Week Long
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- Feb 14-21: Sexual Health Awareness Week
- Second Week: EagleFIT Week
- Last Full Week: National Engineers Week
Month Long
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- Black History Month
- Low Vision Month
- National Cancer Prevention Month
- National Eating Disorders Awareness Month
March
Specific Day
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- Mar 1: International Wheelchair Day
- Mar 26: Purple for Epilepsy Day
- First Friday: TN Arbor Day
Week Long
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- Begins on First Day of Daylight Savings : National Sleep Awareness Week
- Third Week: Water Week
Month Long
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- National Nutrition Month
- Mindfulness March
- Women’s History Month
April
Specific Day
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- Apr 2: Autism Awareness Day
- Apr 15: American Sign Language Day
- Apr 22: Earth Day
- Apr 24: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
- Apr 28: International Guide Dog Day
- Apr 28: Denim Day
Week Long
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- 1st Week: Clothesline Project
- 2nd Week: Engineering Diversity Week
Month Long
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- Alcohol Awareness Month
- Counseling Awareness Month
- Environmental & Sustainability Awareness Month
- Financial Literacy Awareness Month
- Sexual Assault Awareness Month
- Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Awareness Month
- Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
May
Specific Day
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- May 20: Global Accessibility Day
- First Tuesday of First full week: National Teacher Appreciation Day
- First Saturday: National Fitness Day
Month Long
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- Asian American and Pacific Islander Awareness Month
- Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month
- Mental Health Awareness Month
June
Specific Day
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- Jun 13: National Get Outdoors Day
- Jun 19: Juneteenth
- Jun 27: National PTSD Awareness Day
Week Long
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- Jun 1-7: CPR/AED Awareness Week
Month Long
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- LGBTQ + Pride Month
July
Specific Day
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- Jul 26: Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
August
Specific Day
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- Aug 4: International Assistance Dog Day
- Aug 26: Women’s Equality Day
September
Specific Day
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- Sept 17: Constitution Day
- Sept 22: Veteran's Suicide Awareness Day
- Sept 23: International Sign Language Day
- First Friday: National Food Bank Day
Week Long
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- Last Full Week: National Hazing Prevention Week
- Last Full Week: Putnam Proud Clean-up
Month Long
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- Begins on Sept 15: Latinx Heritage Month
- National Suicide Prevention Month
- Veteran’s Suicide Awareness Month
October
Specific Day
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- Oct 10: World Mental Health Day
- Oct 15: White Cane Awareness Day
- Oct 24: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day
Week Long
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- First Full Week: Mental Health Awareness Week
- First Full Week: National Diversity Week
- Third Week: National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week
Month Long
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- Oct 15: Latinx Heritage Month Ends
- ADHD Awareness Month
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Disability Awareness Month
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Dyslexia Awareness Month
- LGBT History Month
- Sustainability in Higher Education Month
November
Specific Day
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- Nov 11: Veteran's Day
- Nov 12: Global Usability Day (Technology Accessibility)
- Nov 13: World Kindness Day
- Nov 14 : World Diabetes Day
- Nov 15: America Recycles Day
- 3rd Thursday: Great American Smoke Out (Smoking Cessation)
Month Long
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- Epilepsy Awareness Month
- Movember (Men’s Health Awareness Month)
- Native American Heritage Month
December
Specific Day
- Dec 1: World AIDS Day
- Dec 3: International Persons with Disabilities Day
- Dec 10: Human Rights Day
