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Fall 2025 Events

All WMC events are open to all & everyone is welcome!

 

Craft Club

Starting Fall 2024 we have our debut WMC Craft Club! The last Tuesday of the month during dead hour (11-12) come to the WMC to work on a BYO project, or group semesterly project! 

More About Craft Club

Attune Journal

Each semester we produce a newsletter with writers from across campus covering all kinds of topics related to women and gender. 

Pitch Deadline

 


August Events


Affirmation Station

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 WMC will also be providing materials to create, share and wear positive affirmation bracelets throughout your semester! 

 


September Events


WMC Financial Wellness, Session One: Building Credit

September 3, 4:00-5:15pm, Bell Hall 260

 

We'll kick off our workshop series by chatting about one of the most important ways to set yourself up for financial success: building credit. Credit is crucial to all kinds of financial transactions, from financing a car (or house!) to renting an apartment. Dr. Alma Nuñez, Professor of Finance in Tech's College of Business, will be leading our workshop.  RSVP Here!

 

 

Financial Wellness


Fall Attune

Attune Pitch Deadline!

September 19th, by end of day.

Attune is the Women's 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 or womenscenter@tntech.edu 

 


Craft Club: September Meeting

September 30th, 11-12:00pm, WMC 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 WMC 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!

Craft Club


ContentGallery Opening

WMC Gallery Opening: Featuring Alexus Quiroz

September 29, Women's Center (RUC 339)- Time TBD

Celebrate the work of student artist Alexus Quiroz with us, this semester's winner of the WMC Exhibition Award, at the opening of her exhibition.

Refreshments Provided and more information coming soon!

 


October Events


HEIDI LEWIS

Hip Hop with Dr. Heidi Lewis, Make Rappers Rap Again: Interrogating the Mumble Rap Crisis

October 2nd, time and location TBD

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. 

Learn more about Dr. Lewis here!


Financial Wellness Session 2: Creating Financial Security

October 1, 4:00-5:15, Bell Hall 260

In this session, we will discuss how to create a secure financial base for yourself as you look ahead to the possibilities of family life, joint finances, and preparing for the unexpected in those areas. What sorts of things can you do to create financial stability for yourself and loved ones just in case family or household dynamics change? Jenna Matthews, legal assistant with Looper Law and current law student, with experience helping domestic violence survivors navigate the court system, will be joining us to  lead our session.

 

 

Financial Wellness


More information coming soon

Center Stage Presents: Jennie Case

October 10th, time and location TBD 

More information coming soon on this Fall 2025 Center Stage guest speaker!


Cookeville Chamber of Commerce- Womens Conference

October 29th, time and location TBD

More event information and attendance sponsorship coming soon!

 

More information coming soon


Craft Club

Craft Club & Halloween Social

October 28th, 11:00-12:00pm, 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! Be sure to wear your best costume to enter our contest for a bag of WMC 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! 

Alison Townsend


Allison Toth

Financial Wellness Session 3: So now you have a real job!

November 5, 4:00-5:15, Bell Hall 260

This session is geared to help you navigate starting a new job. Now, you'll need to consider benefits, and you will be in a place to budget your own full-time income for (perhaps) the first time. We'll discuss things to think about with benefits and ways to try budgeting--beyond a spreadsheet! Dr. Allison Toth, Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences and Management, will be leading our discussion.

 


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!

 

 

 

Craft Club


Period Poverty, Join the Fight!

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 Women's 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!

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