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Committee extends Tennessee Tech board term and hears university leaders on revived nuclear engineering program
Summary
The committee approved a statutory extension for the Tennessee Tech Board of Trustees and heard President Phil Oldham and Chair Trudy Harper describe plans and student interest for the university’s restarted nuclear engineering program.
House Bill 279, carried by Representative Lafferty, extends the Tennessee Tech Board of Trustees to a later date and passed the Government Operations Committee by unanimous voice/roll call vote. The measure also prompted a committee‑requested presentation from Tennessee Tech leadership about the university’s relaunch of a nuclear engineering program.
Representative Lafferty said the bill extends the board and introduced Phil Oldham, president of Tennessee Tech, and Trudy Harper, board chair, who answered legislators’ questions about the restarted nuclear engineering curriculum and student recruiting. President…
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