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Updates and news for the week of July 19 – July 25, 2022
All Hands on Deck: Volunteer for Operation Move In
Operation Move In takes place August 17-20, a great way for everyone on campus to welcome freshmen and transfer students to UTC.
Individuals and departments can get involved in numerous ways, from volunteering to providing fliers/goodies for on-campus residents to UTC Sports Complex banners.
- Volunteer assignments cover everything from greeting students and their families, parking, traffic and unloading cars. You can sign up to volunteer by visiting OMI Volunteer Sign Up.
- All faculty/staff volunteers will receive a free T-shirt and meal voucher that can be used at select campus dining locations.
- Want to learn more about what it is like to volunteer? Check out the OMI video.
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 Veterans Entrepreneurship Program Director Sandra Cordell, who helped launch the VEP at UTC, is a retired U.S. Navy veteran. This week, UTC and the Gary W. Rollins College of Business are playing host to the National Veterans Entrepreneurship Program (VEP) boot camp. The week is highlighted by a graduation banquet and awards ceremony Saturday night at the Hunter Museum of American Art.
Now in its 10th year, the VEP offers a highly innovative immersion program for military veterans built around hands-on learning, personalized interaction and exposure to inspiring role models. The VEP mission is to foster the creation of successful, profitable ventures owned by veterans.
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The people of UTC
 During the month of June, Dawn Ford (Health and Human Performance) was the recipient of multiple grants. Congratulations to UTC faculty and staff who received awards or submitted proposals for sponsored programs in June. The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs announced that faculty and staff attracted $181,224 in external grant and contract awards during the month and submitted proposals for the potential to generate over $5,962,676 in external funding, if awarded. Among those receiving awards in June was Dawn Ford, who received awards from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and the City of Chattanooga.
- Music has announced multiple adjunct hires, including Darrin Hassevort (director of Men’s Chorus), Lisa Baker (teaching Musics of the World), Sigrid Luther (applied piano), Scott Willis (applied voice, voice class), Katsuya Yuasa (applied clarinet) and Ethan McDaniel (applied percussion).
- Joseph Burd, who is pursuing a master’s degree in accountancy, was one of 250 students nationwide selected as Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Scholars for the 2022-2023 academic year. PCAOB Scholars receive a $10,000 scholarship. He received his bachelor’s degree in accounting in May.
- Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Mark Wharton, Head Coach Rusty Wright and offensive lineman McClendon Curtis have been selected to NCAA Division I football committees.
If you have people news you would like shared in the Campus Weekly Newsletter, please email Chuck Wasserstrom in the UTC Division of Communications and Marketing.
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Looking ahead
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Events on this week’s calendar include:
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Looking back
 The Tennessee Army National Guard and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga ROTC Department hosted an event—Educator Flights—to thank UTC for its support of the military on April 21, with Black Hawk helicopters at the center of the festivities. Starting this fall, military-affiliated students—veterans, active-duty military personnel, reservists, Tennessee National Guard members and U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force ROTC cadets—can attend UTC at the in-state tuition rate regardless of which state is their home.
Here are some other recent UTC stories featured in the Newsroom:
- A tribute to Richard Jackson, a professor of English and creative writing, who retired after 46 years at UTC. Perhaps what he is most proud of is the success of his students: 46 of them are published authors, ranging from fiction to nonfiction to poetry to TV screenplays.
- Jorge Carlos Marcano, a student from Puerto Rico, has found community on the UTC campus as a member of “Cohort 2025.”
Watch: Innovations in Teaching
UTC faculty and students are working together to reimagine the Houston Museum of Decorative Arts, located on High Street in the Bluff View Art District.
Check out the video to learn more about Innovations in Teaching: Design Thinking and the Houston Museum.
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