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Event Details

Event Type Merit Badge
Title Merit Badge University at Tennessee Tech University
Location Roaden University Center (RUC), Tennessee Tech Campus, Cookeville, TN 38505  Show Map
Start Date Start Time Stop Date Stop Time
1/25/2020 8:00 am 1/25/2020 5:00 pm
Open for Registration Last day to Register
10/7/2019   1/15/2020
Sessions
(# badges a single scout can attend)
Fees
(cost to attend event)
For
(Who is invited)
1 $0.00 any scout who wants to attend
Council District Type Unit
Middle Tennessee Council Upper Cumberland

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Most of your questions about payment, start and end times, and where to be are explained beneath the list of badges on this page.
Please read everything we've included in the event description. If you still have questions, contact the event manager by clicking this button.

Email Kristine Craven (kcraven@tntech.edu), the Event Manager

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ActivitySessionLocationPrerequisitesMin. AgeClass FeeMax in ClassSeats AvailableCounselor 
Adult Volunteers 1TBD 21$2010049 Kristine Craven
Animal Science 1  13$25104 Kristine Craven
Architecture and Landscape Architecture 1  13$25126 Kristine Craven
Automotive Maintenance 1  13$25170 Kristine Craven
Chemistry 1  13$25141 Kristine Craven
Chess 1  13$25127 Kristine Craven
Citizenship in the World* 1  13$25150 Kristine Craven
Citizenship in the World* 2  13$25150 Kristine Craven
Crime Prevention 1  13$250-1 Kristine Craven
Digital Technology 1  13$251512 Kristine Craven
Drafting 1  13$25103 Kristine Craven
Electricity 1  13$25103 Kristine Craven
Engineering 1  13$251710 Kristine Craven
Entrepreneurship 1  13$251511 Kristine Craven
Geology 1 Mineral Resources Option13$2570 Kristine Craven
Graphic Arts 1  13$2580 Kristine Craven
Law 1  13$252418 Kristine Craven
Medicine 1  13$25103 Kristine Craven
Moviemaking 1  13$25100 Kristine Craven
Photography 1  13$2570 Kristine Craven
Radio 1  13$2591 Kristine Craven
Rifle Shooting 1  13$25102 Kristine Craven
Veterinary Medicine 1  13$25103 Kristine Craven
Weather 1  13$25107 Kristine Craven
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Tennessee Tech Merit Badge University


Saturday, January 25, 2020

Cookeville, TN




25+/- merit badges will again be offered to scouts 8th grade and above.  TTU sets our age requirement.  Registration is open.  Cost will be @ $25 per scout and $20 for the adult leaders– will include a hot lunch and a souvenir patch. Each merit badge has a size limit, so register early for best selection.  Final Sign up will be on Wednesday Jan 15th.

Registration is done by a Troop, rather than an individual.

Troops must also register at least one adult who will remain at the Merit Badge University the entire day.

An adult program will be provided including some scouting topics and other activities to enhance your troop.

For more information contact MBU Registrar, email: mbu@tntech.edu



 



Merit Badge University (MBU) at Tennessee Tech University (TTU) is Saturday, January 25, 2020.



***Check-in, Opening and Closing ceremonies will be in the Roaden University Center (RUC) -

Multipurpose Room
 ***




NEW THIS YEAR: 

We are having two Citizenship in the World classes to accommodate this popular Merit Badge.



GEOLOGY MERIT BADGE:

This is the Mineral Resoruces option.

No shorts allowed for those in this Merit Badge. 

No open toed shoes for those in this Merit Badge.




***We require MBU participants to be at least in the 8th grade***



Tennessee Technological University and the Upper Cumberland District of the Boy Scouts of America invite you to bring the scouts from your troop to an adventure-packed day at Merit Badge University



Date / Time:  Saturday, January 25, 2020, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m Central Time.

Check-in desk opens at:  7:30 am

Flag Ceremony starts promptly at:  8:30 am



   
Description
Merit Badge University will give your Scouts an opportunity to earn one of the many merit badges offered in engineering, science, or, if they prefer, a non-technical badge. This is also an excellent time to expose older Scouts to a university campus.

We require MBU participants to be at least in the 8th grade.

Scouts should come in complete uniform. We will comply with the regulations of individual troops. Each merit badge will have its own skill center. These centers may include tours of various campus attractions such as the Computer Center, television station WCTE, radio station WTTU, the Geology Building, the Business Media Center, as well as other laboratories and displays. We will also have programs and lectures of interest for the adult leaders throughout the day.

Scouts should "Be Prepared" when they arrive at Merit Badge University.

A scout who is prepared will have read the pamphlet for his merit badge and completed all prerequisite requirements. If the prerequisites have not been completed in advance, the Scout will only receive a partial completion for the merit badge. Some merit badges require travel to either on-campus or off-campus locations, some require the scout to get messy, and some require spending time outside in order to complete the requirements. A scout who is prepared will be dressed appropriately and/or bring work clothes with them.

 


Counselor Information
Please complete all pre-requisites.



 
Unit Sign-up Instructions
Register early to help us prepare accordingly and to assure a spot in the merit badge that you desire.  Each merit badge has a size limit.



**Lunch is included with your merit badge fee and will be in the TTU Dining Facility**



UNIT SIGN UP INSTRUCTIONS **VERY IMPORTANT** - THIS IS THE SAME AS LAST YEAR AND VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE YEARS BEFORE THAT



1)     Registration must be completed by Troop, rather than on an individual basis. 

     -     Scoutmaster / Unit Leaders:  Please log into www.meritbadge.info and create yourself an account.  This is how you will register your troop

     -     All required forms must be completed (forms listed below) or the scout will not be able to attend the merit badge session

     -     Tutorials have been created to show you how to create an account (Create User), update your user information address (Update User) and how to sign up your scouts for merit badges (Register Unit):

  • * ALL: Create User Show me how to setup a new user.

  • * ALL: Update User Show me how to change my unit and email address.

  • * Unit Leader: Register Unit Show me how to sign up my scouts for merit badges.


2)     ALL ADULTS who are attending MUST register for the “Adult Volunteer” program (this can be found in the list of Merit Badges).  At least one leader from your troop must be in the adult program at all times, this is in case of emergency with one of your scouts.  The $20.00 fee covers lunch and patches for the adults.  



3)     Registration for sessions are on a first-come, first-serve basis.  If the merit badge you would like is full at the time you are registering, please check back often as the registrations do change as the event nears.



4)     Please remember that you are reserving a place in the class for your scout when you register him.  The registration fee is NON-REFUNDABLE.  At the last moment, you may send another scout to replace a scout that can't attend but they must take the same merit badge, be in at least the 8th grade and have all required forms completed. Please contact our Registrar, Kris Craven at mbu@tntech.edu as soon as you can regarding a last minute change.  



5)    IF YOUR TROOP IS BRINGING MORE THAN ONE REGISTERED SCOUT LEADER, PLEASE CONSIDER SERVING AS TWO DEEP LEADERSHIP IN A MERIT BADGE CLASS TO SATISFY YOUTH PROTECTION POLICIES.  Please send a list of these volunteers to Kris Craven at mbu@tntech.edu.   It is CRITICAL to the success that we have adults that will sit in sessions. 





REQUIRED FORMS - SCOUTMASTERS - Please ensure all the forms below are completed:



****We require "witness signatures" on all forms requiring parent or guardian signature (witnessed by either troop scoutmasters or committee chair or chartering organization representative
***



1)  Each scout attending MBU will need to complete a liability and photo-release form available here:


https://www2.tntech.edu/mbu/2020_MBU_release_of_liability_photo_form.pdf



 - You will mail this completed form in with your payment



2)  Each troop will also need to bring completed health forms for each scout attending.

The BSA Health form is located here:  http://www.scouting.org/filestore/HealthSafety/pdf/680-001_AB.pdf

 - Scout leaders - please keep these with you at all times



3) Your Troop must complete a BSA Tour Permit form, a copy is located here:

https://www2.tntech.edu/mbu/BSA%20Tour%20Permit.pdf

 - Please show this form at the check-in table



4) Scouts attending the Veterinary Medicine or Entrepreneurship MB sessions will also need to have the TTU - MBU Transportation Waiver form completed due to these MBU sessions being off-campus:  

https://www2.tntech.edu/mbu/2020_MBU_Transportation_Waiver.pdf

 

Please click the link located below that says "Sign Up My Unit".   Fill out all necessary information.  If you have any questions feel free to email our Registrar, Kris Craven at  mbu@tntech.edu

 


Payment Instructions for the Unit
Registration is on a first come/first served basis. There will be no refunds.

This year the TTU MBU fee is $25.00 per scout and $20.00 per adult leader if you sign up by:  January 7, 2020

Sign-up between January 8, 2020 - January 12, 2020 and there will be a $5.00 late fee, per scout (total due $30.00 per scout)



1)  After you complete the registration process, you must send your troop's payment and a signed liability and photo-release form for each scout that has been registered, mail check or money order with Troop Number made payable to MBU@TTU to:

 
Michelle Burk

1675 Clemmons Rd

Cookeville, TN 38501



2)  Payment will need to be made within two weeks from when you are finished registering.  The amount you owe will show as you register.  For a complete roster and for the total owed, please use the "Show & Print Roster" link.  Consider this your invoice.



3)  If we do not receive your payment by our deadline, the troop's registration will be dropped.



**PLEASE remember to register your adult leaders in the "Adult Volunteer" program - it is required that all adults be registered.  Please see the registration instructions above**



For more information contact MBU Registrar, email: mbu@tntech.edu

 

 


Directions to the Event
The TTU campus is located in Cookeville, Tennessee, 80 miles east of Nashville, 100 miles west of Knoxville, and 90 miles north of Chattanooga.



Driving directions to Cookeville and the Tennessee Tech Campus:  https://www.tntech.edu/maps/



 
Release Information
Each troop understands that every boy attending must be registered scout with the BSA, be in at least the 8th grade, and provide a signed liability and photo-release form.



In addition, please read and be familiar with the TTU Minors on Campus Policy:   https://www2.tntech.edu/mbu/TTU_Minors_on_Campus_Policy.pdf



 
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