The Arts and Education Council presents the Chattanooga Festival of Writers Friday and Saturday, March 28 and 29. This event, sponsored in part by UTC, is held during the off-years of the AEC Conference on Southern Literature. The Chattanooga Festival of Writers explores the craft of writing through specialized workshops and discussions. “I am pleased…
Students and employers enjoy Career Day
More than 600 students met with more than 100 perspective employers at UTC Career Day, a huge event that spread from the Chattanooga Rooms to the Tennessee Room and into the atrium of the University Center. “We have had a lot of great feedback from students,” said Jean Dake, UTC Placement Director. “Students reported getting…
Gordon James and Dr. Sin-Hsing Tsai to present faculty concert featuring horn and piano
On Saturday, March 1, the UTC Music Department will present a faculty recital featuring Gordon James on horn and Dr. Sin-Hsing Tsai on piano. The program will include duets for horn and piano by Beethoven, Hindemith, Bozza, and Basler as well as transcriptions for horn and piano of the Rachmaninoff “Vocalise” and the Glìere “Valse…
The Letters of John T. Wilder at the Lupton Library
By Steven Cox, Associate Professor, Special Collections and University Archivist The Special Collections recently digitized one of its more significant collections: The Letters of the John T. Wilder Collection. General John T. Wilder (1830-1917) was a Union officer who moved to Chattanooga after the Civil War, having distinguished himself in Kentucky, Georgia, and Tennessee battles,…
Free Tai Ji Classes Coming To Miller Park
Dr. Zibin Guo practices Tai Ji Dr. Zibin Guo, head of the UTC Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Geography, will offer free Tai Ji classes at Miller Park on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 7 to 7:45 a.m., beginning Tuesday, March 18. The City of Chattanooga Parks and Recreation Department, in partnership with the Chattanooga…
Students stay Up ’til Dawn and raise money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Up ’til Dawn Executive Committee, responsible for planning and executing the fundraiser In only the second year of a St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital fundraiser, UTC students stayed Up ’til Dawn and raised $48,000, beating last year’s effort by more than $15,000. A letter writing party last fall semester drew 240 students who were responsible…
Calder tapestry on display in Lupton Library
Alexander Calder (1898-1976) stands as one of the most influential American artists of the 20th Century, and the University is honored to have on loan the Calder tapestry Zebra, currently installed on a specially constructed free standing wall with a custom acrylic cover on the reference floor near the main doors of the UTC Lupton…
College of Business offers free EMBA information sessions March 26
The UTC College of Business is now accepting applications for the Executive MBA (EMBA) class, which begins August 2008. Learn more about admission requirements, curriculum, and costs involved by attending a free information session on Wednesday, March 26, 12 noon until 1:30 p.m. with lunch provided OR 5-6 p.m. with refreshments provided. Both sessions will…
UTC Cheerleading tryouts
UTC Cheerleading Tryouts will be held Friday, April 4-Sunday, April 6. More details are available online, or email Will-Williams@utc.edu.
Department of Theatre and Speech presents Rhinoceros
The Department of Theatre and Speech continues the 2007-08 season with RHINOCEROS by Eugene Ionesco. Performance dates and times are: February 15, 16**, 22, 23 at 8 PM February 20, 21 at 7:00 PM **This performance will be Sign Interpreted The performances will be held in the Dorothy Hackett Ward Theatre, UTC Fine Arts Center…