From University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Magazine: When Dr. Mina Sartipi was in the second grade, she began tutoring other children in her neighborhood and discovered a lifelong passion: The classroom. “Teaching has always been my passion,” she said. “As a university faculty member, I train our students and the next-generation workforce. Our students are the workforce behind every project, result—everything.”
The next generation: MOC Academy celebrates its second year at UTC
MOC Academy, created by Student Success Programs, is a UTC program aimed at preparing first-year undergraduate men of color for a successful transition to college.
Wade and Guerry recognized with UTC honors
David Wade and Alexander “Zan” Guerry have been recognized by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award and Outstanding Service Award recipients, respectively.
Boot camp brings military veterans to UTC to kickstart their businesses
Eighteen veterans took part in this year’s Veterans Entrepreneurship Program boot camp on the UTC campus. Now in its 11th year at UTC’s Gary W. Rollins College of Business, the VEP is a nationally acclaimed program that offers free training, mentoring and management expertise for small businesses founded by military veterans.
UTC GIS team maps its way to two awards
UTC GIS Director Charlie Mix won a Cartography Special Interest Group Excellence Award for “A 21st Century Park System for Chattanooga, Tennessee” at the 2023 Esri User Conference—one of two awards won by the UTC IGTLab.
UTC’s Mina Sartipi discusses Smart City research with U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
Dr. Mina Sartipi, executive director of the UTC Research Institute and a Guerry Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, was one of just five distinguished university researchers recently invited to discuss their work with the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation and other members of the U.S. Congress.
Retired UTC criminal justice professor still steering others down life’s highways
Tired of cracking up test cars for General Motors, Dr. Roger Thompson spent 36 years as a full-time criminal justice professor at UTC. Before retiring, however, he began working with Haman’s New Drivers to teach student drivers and rehabilitate others behind the wheel—and now works with teenagers, those with special needs and immigrants whose home countries require driving on the left side of the road.
Opening inner doors: Bliss Murphy came out of her shell during a busy freshman year
Bliss Murphy’s freshman year, along with the usual load of classes, was filled to the brim. During the academic year, she was a member or involved with 18 different on-campus groups or organizations, including the Center for Women and Gender Equity, the Wildlife and Zoology Club, the Ecological Decisions for a Global Environment (EDGE), Healing Through Harmony music therapy group and Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavor (URaCE).
Stacie Grisham named interim vice chancellor for enrollment management and student affairs
Stacie Grisham has agreed to serve as interim vice chancellor for enrollment management and student affairs, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga announced today.
UTC’s MPA program: Building the future of public service
Jonathan Rush, a 2022 graduate of the Master of Public Administration program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, exemplifies how the program helps aspiring public servants build meaningful and impactful careers in their local communities.