UTC students, faculty, and staff who have a yearning to become published writers or artists have a chance to make that dream come true by submitting original creative work to the Sequoya Review Literary Arts Magazine. Deadline for submissions for this year’s edition is September 30, 2013.
PAWS provides elementary students with the knowledge of college
In the last six years more than more than 500 student mentors from UTC have volunteered to help fourth and fifth graders at Brown Academy get excited about going to college. Postsecondary Awareness With Success (PAWS) is making a difference.
“Like” this: UTC engages campus and community through social media
With over half of America on Facebook and 10% on Twitter, likely most students at UTC are involved in social media. As engagement increases, demand for social media content and connectivity grows. University administration and faculty keep pace via heightened online presence.
2013 Behavioral Finance Symposium: October 10 in Chattanooga, TN
Risk taking transforms our body chemistry—it drives us to extremes of euphoria and unusual behavior or it can cause stress and depression. Imagine how it affects investors.
Nobel Laureate Robert E. Lucas, Jr. speaks October 7
Nobel laureate Dr. Robert E. Lucas, Jr. will discuss “The Logic of Entitlement Reform” in the Burkett Miller Distinguished Lecture Series on Monday, October 7, at noon in the UTC University Center Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public; however, seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.
Scholarship honors the memory of Dr. Bob Swansbrough
The new head of the UTC Department of Political Science, Public Administration and Nonprofit Management never had the opportunity to meet the late Dr. Bob Swansbrough, but she perfectly described the longtime UTC professor of political science and administrator at a recent gathering of friends and colleagues.
This year’s Homecoming theme: “Made in Chattanooga”
Taking a cue from Chattanooga’s storied manufacturing history, this year’s homecoming theme is “Made in Chattanooga.” Plenty of fun events for students, alumni, and the community are planned to lead up to the big game on Saturday, October 12, when the football Mocs take on the Furman Paladins at 6 p.m. at Finley Stadium. For…
UTC students reflected in sculpture
UTC students may find themselves reflected in one of campus’s new works of art. “Three Shades of Green” is an eighteen foot tall sculpture placed across from Race Hooper Hall. It was decided to position the piece so that it overlooks green space and the new library. Jim Collins, former art professor at UTC, has created this sculpture with three powder-coated aluminum figures sitting 15 feet high, perched atop recycled fiberglass turbine blades.
UTC Coach Will Wade addresses Convocation 2013
Will Wade, UTC’s new Men’s Basketball Head Coach, explored the five values he considers necessary for living a prosperous life at Convocation 2013.
Chemistry student selected for internship, MIT program
JasLynn Murphy aspires to become a research chemist, perhaps with the National Institutes of Health or the Department of Defense or the Environmental Protection Agency. Her undergraduate research with Dr. Stefanie Whitson at UTC prepared her for a summer internship in Washington, D.C., at the National Science Foundation – Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at Georgetown University. She’s also been selected to attend a program at MIT, DOW-MIT ACCESS, designed “to introduce students to the exciting possibilities of graduate-level education in chemical engineering, materials science, and chemistry.”