Hey Everyone! Hope you all had a safe and fun spring break where ever you were and what ever you did. We are just a few weeks out from the first orientation and I cannot wait. You all are about to embark on a new chapter of your life…so get excited–be enthusiastic–and live it up!

We also are enrolling for Mocs Camp right now so be one of the first to sign up or you will miss out on one of the best weekends of your college career. Check it out at www.utc.edu/mocscamp . If you all need anything or have any questions, shoot me an email william-staley@utc.edu.

GO MOCS!

Bill

Go to the Orientation home page and click on “Orientation Registration.” All sessions are open. Tomorrow, the Orientation office will open. You can contact the office at 423.425.5220.

This past weekend we took 16 of our Orientation Leaders to the Southern Regional Orientation Workshop in Columbus, GA. This was a great experience for them and we all learned several things that will help us improve UTC’s Orientation program for you and your family.

Remember the registration page will be up and running on Monday, March 17th!

Other Updates:

• Chattanooga captured its seventh Southern Conference women’s basketball crown in eight years.
• Chattanooga won five individual Southern Conference wrestling titles Saturday and claimed its 23rd overall SoCon Championship.
• Graphic design students team up with Leadership Chattanooga in city forestry project.

Make sure to go to UTC.edu for more UTC News.

The new website should go live today. There are still some little things that need to be added but they will come over the next couple of days. The most important news is that the registration page will go live on March 17th. We know that many of you have been anxiously waiting on this. We had some administrative issues that caused a brief delay, but we are ready to go now!

In other news:

• There is already a Facebook group for the Class of 2012, so join in and meet other new incoming students.
• Make sure to check out MocsCamp and the new Emerging Leaders Learning Community. These are two new exciting programs that we offer for incoming freshman.

Thanks and GO MOCS!!

Over the next few weeks, we will be planning and coordinating the Summer 2008 Orientation sessions.  Some things to look for in the future from this blog are:

• Insights from current students
• Helpful hints on how to prepare for Orientation
• Helpful hints on how to navigate UTC’s campus and services
• Important information regarding the Orientation program

We are very excited to welcome the all new students, including the class of 2012!  Thanks for considering UTC and GO MOCS!!