Josh McManus

Today’s business students must understand and embrace the entrepreneurship, so more than 500 students in the UTC College of Business join millions of young people in dozens of countries worldwide as they participate in Global Entrepreneurship Week, a time to encourage youth to think big, turn their ideas into reality, and make their mark.

At UTC, the 10th annual Clarence E. Harris Entrepreneurship Forum inspired students. UTC MBA alumnus Josh McManus, Co-founder and Creative Strategist of CreateHere, a social entrepreneurship organization working to build Chattanooga’s cultural economy through arts, economic and cultural development initiatives, served as keynote speaker.

Since 2007, the UTC College of Business has been listed among the outstanding business schools by The Princeton Review and Business Week magazine.  The Princeton Review features the school in the new 2010 edition of its book, “The Best 301 Business Schools.”

According to Robert Franek, Princeton Review Senior VP-Publishing, “We are pleased to recommend UTC College of Business to readers of our book and users of our site, www.PrincetonReview.com, as one of the best institutions they could attend to earn an MBA.   We chose the 301 business schools in this book based on our opinion of their academic programs and offerings, as well as our review of institutional data we collect from the schools.  We also strongly consider the candid opinions of students attending the schools who rate and report on their campus experiences at their schools on our survey for the book.”

About Global Entrepreneurship Week

Global Entrepreneurship Week 2009 has exceeded 1,000 U.S. Partners across all 50 states.

With the goal to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity, Global Entrepreneurship Week will encourage young people around the world to join a growing movement to generate new ideas and seek better ways of doing things.

Global Entrepreneurship Week is founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Make Your Mark campaign.

Forum speakers from left: Adelia Mosley, Lynne Goodman, Merri Mai Williamson

Josh McManus speaks with UTC business students

Students played the roles of Indian community members in a Talking Circle discussion of a crime (in this reenactment, they determined the crime was manslaughter). They determined how the offender needed to take responsibility, make a sincere apology, and make restitution to the victim and family and community. This takes the place of a trial and sentencing.

“Unlike the legal system in the U.S. which focuses on individual crime and punishment, the goal is for the community as a whole to heal and rebalance itself and to bring the offender back into the group as a productive member—while at the same time holding him/her responsible for their actions and accountable for restitution,” said Dr. H. Lyn Miles, UC Foundation Professor of Anthropology, who teaches the class. Dr. Shela Van Ness, Associate Professor of Sociology, served as guest facilitator. Both Miles and Van Ness are of part-Native/First Nations descent (Coast Salish of British Columbia; Cree of Montana; Abenaki/Wabanaki of Vermont & Quebec).

Talking Circles begin with rituals and proceed with a “talking stick” that is passed to an individual in the circle who can speak while holding the stick. When that individual is finished the stick is passed clockwise until each person in the circle has an opportunity to speak, and the stick is passed again and again as the community as a whole processes the event, the impact on the victim, and how the community can be made whole again.

No cross-talk is allowed—only the speaker with the stick can talk. If someone goes on too long, the community can softly cough or if a listener wants to interrupt they can ask to “address the stick,” and the possessor of the stick can decide if he/she will pass the stick.

UTC students played the roles of Clan Mothers, medicine healer, community drummers, reservation police, physician, Native artists, miners, craftspersons, unemployed laborers, and others typically found in Native communities and will dress appropriately in character. Students are also learning the more indirect styles of Native American communication. Respect for First Nations/Native traditions will be shown, and members of the regional Native American community have been invited.

True Talking Circles can consist of passing the stick many times around the circle and can take days until the community has acknowledged and digested the events and can move forward to healing and restitution—however, the UTC demonstration took only one hour with discussion.

Community mediation and restitution groups such as the Talking Circle are increasingly being used in North America to resolve community disputes, up to and including murder, as an alternative to the judicial system. These methods are also being advocated for larger communities such as Chattanooga since studies show that they reduce crime and recidivism, and are mentally and physically healthier for the victims who can return productively to the community much more quickly.

This demonstration is another example of how UTC, as an engaged metropolitan university, is partnering with the local community, showing respect for the traditions of Native peoples, and providing active learning experiences for students, to make their education come alive.

This event is sponsored by the UTC Department of Economics and the Economics Club.

Jones is regional executive and senior officer of the Nashville Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He is responsible for the Branch’s Board of Directors, oversees Nashville’s economic and financial education programs, and provides regional input into the Atlanta Fed’s monetary policy process.

Jones represents the Fed in developing relationships and organizing and participating in activities throughout the Middle and East Tennessee region designed to gather both quantitative data and anecdotal grassroots information on economic conditions. This information is provided to Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart and his staff of economists for formulating monetary policy at Federal Open Market Committee meetings chaired by Ben Bernanke.

Other activities managed by Jones in support of the Fed’s monetary policy mission include managing the branch’s seven-member board of directors who meet in advance of each FOMC meeting to provide updates on economic conditions and a 12-member advisory board of small and mid sized entrepreneurial business owners from throughout the southeast that meet twice each year. Jones and others on his team are also actively involved in outreach activities to promote economic education and financial literacy in schools and communities throughout the region.

Jones began his career with the Fed in 1980 at the Bank’s headquarters in Atlanta. Since that time he has held a variety of positions with the Bank including at the Bank’s branch offices in Jacksonville, Florida (1986-1991), Nashville, Tennessee (1992-2001) and Birmingham, Alabama (2002-2008). In April 2008, Lee returned to Nashville to assume his current responsibilities.

Prior to joining the Bank, he was a research associate at Payment Systems Inc. in Atlanta and an economic research analyst with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in Washington, D.C.

Jones earned both a bachelor of science degree in mass communications and a master of arts degree in economics from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. He completed the Advanced Management Program at Emory University in Atlanta and has attended executive leadership programs at the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University. He served in the United States Army from 1970 to 1973, including a tour of duty in the Republic of Vietnam.

While in Birmingham, Jones served on the board of directors and the executive committee of the Alabama Council on Economic Education. Jones also was a member of Leadership Birmingham, a select group of business leaders who study the major issues confronting the Birmingham metropolitan area. He is currently a member of the Nashville Rotary and is involved in teaching economics and personal finance to local high school students through Junior Achievement.

For more information about Jones’ presentation, please email Michaël Bonnal
Assistant Professor of Economics, http://www.utc.edu/michael-bonnal.

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All proceeds go directly to the Chattanooga Community Kitchen. Suggested donation is two cans of food or a check for the Chattanooga Community Kitchen. Charlie Hughes, Executive Director of Chattanooga Community Kitchen, estimates that in one night, “Beat Hunger” has collected 1,500 pounds of food.

The UTC Percussion Ensemble has performed to “Beat Hunger” for a decade, and the student musicians always play at least one unusual piece.

“We will play a piece that is performed only on drum heads, not drums. It’s a fantastic piece by Mark Ford, the director of percussion studies at the University of North Texas,” said Coulter, director of percussion studies at UTC. “Also, a real treat this year will be a new piece for Percussion Ensemble and Saxophone by David Gillingham, with guest artist Clint Schmitt. Clint is a fabulous local saxophonist and UTC faculty member, who is well known to Chattanooga musicians and audiences. We are very excited to perform with him.”

Coulter said there will be additional works the audience will enjoy.

“There are 13 talented percussionists in this ensemble, and the group has more depth than I have ever seen at the college level,” Coulter said. “Feel welcome to bring children, and all persons interested in drumming or percussion. I look forward to seeing you there!”

The Chattanooga Singers will open the program with two pieces of South American literature. Their first piece, Hanacpachap, is from Peru, and it is considered to be the earliest piece of choral music written in the Americas. Misa Criolla, by Argentinean composer, Ariel Ramirez, is their second piece. All of the movements are set to dance forms. The South American instruments accompanying the choir include the Bolivian drum and the Chirango, a small string instrument.

The Chattanooga Singers will close their portion of the program with a few Christmas pieces to kick off the Holiday season.

The Chamber Singers will perform a variety of different pieces. These include Precious Lord and This Lil Light of Mine, arranged by Roland Carter. The Chamber Singers will present the world premiere of Dave Brubeck’s A Christmas Hymn, written in honor of Terry Sanford, the administrative specialist in the UTC Music Department and a former choral director. Sanford was a transcriber, conductor, and proponent of Dave Brubeck’s choral music, and Brubeck wanted to show his gratitude for Terry’s years of hard work transcribing and editing all of his music. Thus, Brubeck dedicated A Christmas Hymn in Terry’s honor, and although The Pacific Mozart Ensemble will release the piece on a CD next spring, the UTC version of the piece will go in Brubeck’s archives as the original performance.

The Chamber and Chattanooga Singers are UTC’s premier mixed ensembles, and they are open to all university students by audition. Both of these groups perform an extensive variety of music and have performed all over the world. Dr. Kevin Ford, the director of both groups, is the UC Foundation Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at UTC.

For more information, please contact the UTC Music Department at 423-425-4601 or visit our website at http://utc.edu/music.

The band will feature guest vocalist Joy Divine who will sing jazz standards made famous by Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. Divine has been an active jazz vocalist in the Minneapolis area, where she sang with a band called The Gold Tones and in a jazz duo with guitarist Scott Dercks. She has performed with many groups in the Twin Cities at clubs, festivals, and private events.

The rest of the concert will feature music from the famous big bands of Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Gordon Goodwin, Thad Jones, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Maria Schneider, and Tommy Dorsey. The band’s director, Dr. Erika L. Schafer, is proud to present a diverse program, which includes music by an Asian composer and several female composers, as well as music that pays homage to African American vocalists.

A variety of styles, such as swing, funk, Latin, and contemporary will be explored as well as the blues, the ballad, and compound and mixed meters. Student soloists featured will include John Rose on trombone, Jon Elliott on alto sax, Aaron Bedell on baritone sax, Brad Jones on tenor sax, Hunter Helton on trumpet, and Mason Vail on piano.

Schafer is beginning her second year as Assistant Director of Bands and Trumpet Instructor at UTC. She runs the trumpet studio, directs the Jazz Band and Trumpet Ensemble, and is the Assistant Director of the Marching Band, Pep Band, and Symphonic Band. She is an active trumpeter in the Chattanooga area, having performed in the Chattanooga Jazz Festival and with the Chattanooga Bach Choir Orchestra. She has also been a frequent guest clinician throughout Tennessee.

For more information, please contact the UTC Music Department at 423-425-4601 or visit our website at http://utc.edu/music.

The Men’s Chorus, directed by Roland Carter, will perform a variety of selections, including Johannes Brahms’ Rhapsody, Op. 53, which will feature guest soloist, Penny Tullock, contralto. Tullock is a frequent guest soloist in the Chattanooga area. She teaches voice and piano at the School of Fine Arts of First Baptist Church of Chattanooga, and she is an accompanist at UTC, Baylor School, and for the Chattanooga Girls Choir. The Men’s Chorus will conclude their portion of the program with a few arrangements of Christmas favorites and the popular spiritual, Every Time I Feel the Spirit, arranged by William L. Dawson.

The Women’s Chorale will be performing mostly a cappella pieces. They will perform two versions of Nigra Sum: the first from the Liber Usualis, a book of commonly used Gregorian chants, and the second by Pablo Casals. Their program will also include a Latvian piece entitled Melodias, composed by Peteris Barisons. The choir is directed by Dr. Lee Harris, head of the music department here at UTC. He is an Associate Professor of Music, and he teaches Ear Training, Elementary Music Methods, Women’s Chorale and graduate music education courses. Harris holds degrees from Harding University, the University of Memphis, and the University of North Texas.

The conclusion of the program will feature the premiere performance of My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord, arranged by Men’s Chorus director, Roland Carter. Carter is a distinguished composer-arranger and conductor, and he is the Ruth S. Holmerg UC Foundation Professor of Music at UTC. Carter has premiered several of his compositions and arrangements at this university. This latest premiere will feature a combined choir consisting of both the Men’s Chorus and the Women’s Chorale.

For more information, please contact the UTC Music Department at 423-425-4601 or visit our website at http://utc.edu/music.

After graduating from Cleveland State with honors, Murray was accepted to Indiana University but couldn’t afford tuition and decided to join the U.S. Navy instead. In Third World countries she encountered people who had even less than her family did when she was a child.

Murray dropped out of UTC for three months to help care for her ailing mother in Indiana. She persevered and returned to her studies at UTC, with plans to graduate in August 2010. She serves as an intern in communications at Unum.

“I am passionate about education, it is one of the most important things about life and the best way to get out of poverty. As a child of poverty, I really appreciate what an education can do for you,” Murray said.

Saying “every single one of my communication professors has been outstanding,” Murray says the faculty encourages students and generates a lot of energy. She said she is among many students who admire Gailey, Associate Professor of Communication.

“She has a way of teaching that makes even mundane information interesting,” Murray said. “Her students are taught how to deeply evaluate and get to the core of each issue.”

The Mocs are currently 5-4 on the year with two games remaining. A win against The Citadel would clinch a winning record for UTC for the first time since 2005.

The UTC Cheerleaders, Sugar Mocs, UTC Band and student-athletes were all there to show support for the entire athletics program. Keegan Bell, a sophomore guard on the men’s basketball team, encouraged fans to attend the men’s basketball game against Virginia Intermont on Friday at 7p.m. in the McKenzie Arena.

Bell also recognized the football team for its outstanding season and thanked the squad for the energy, enthusiasm and support its success has brought to the campus.

Head football coach Russ Huesman also addressed the crowd, thanking fans for their support throughout the season. Huesman encouraged everyone to come out one more time and help the Mocs get their sixth win of the year.

After the UTC Band played, senior members of the football team lit the bonfire that lasted over an hour on Chamberlain Field. Complimentary hot dogs, sandwiches, chips and hot chocolate were enjoyed by all on the chilly evening.

The event was sponsored by the UTC Freshman Senate and the Student Government Association. East Brainerd Lumber Company donated the lumber, and the Chattanooga Fire Department helped build the structure and was on hand to ensure a safe end to the fire.

The Mocs are looking for another strong turnout at Finley Stadium for the final home game of the year. Chattanooga has a chance to average 10,000 per game for the first time since moving to Finley Stadium in 1997. If the Mocs get their sixth win of the year, it will equal the win total of the last three years combined and be the most since winning six games in 2005.

By using the promo code “restore,” fans can still get the $5 general admission tickets when they order online at GoMocs.com. For more information, or to order tickets over the phone, call (423) 266-MOCS (6627).