Thanks to an almost $800,000 funding award from the National Science Foundation, the Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is off to a great start.
UTC raises nearly $2.9 million from 2,201 donors on Mocs Give Day
UTC raised $2,899,459.06 from 2,201 donors during its fifth annual Mocs Give Day on Oct. 1. The day’s original fundraising goal of $2,000,000 from 2,000 donors was exceeded by nearly 45% in dollars raised.
A “Scrappy Ever After” 2024 Homecoming Week
With a week of “Scrappy Every After” themed events, this year’s University of Tennessee at Chattanooga homecoming activities will be nothing short of a fairytale.
Numerous campus departments have prepared activities to bring students, alumni, faculty and staff together to feel the UTC school spirit.
ChattState to UTC: A transfer student’s path to success
Joshua Clay didn’t choose a traditional route to college, but for him, that was part of the plan. Clay, a junior accounting major at UTC, started his academic journey at Chattanooga State Community College, where he received two free years of education and graduated with an associate degree in accounting.
Hamilton County and UTC receive $844,294 federal grant to support Recidivism Reduction Initiative
The three-year project, titled the Recidivism Reduction Initiative (RRI), is designed to improve public safety by reducing recidivism rates among justice-involved individuals in Hamilton County’s misdemeanor supervision programs. Hamilton County is the lead on the project, with UTC’s Department of Criminal Justice providing research and data analysis to assess program effectiveness and measure outcomes.
The people of UTC: Get to know Jordan King
Dr. Jordan King, director of the Innovations in Honors program in the Honors College, answered some questions about his role and how students can get involved in the program.
STEAMagination event at UTC inspires the next generation
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Challenger STEM Learning Center hosted its second-ever STEAMagination Festival on Saturday, Oct. 12, an event designed for students in grades K-8 and their families.
UTC/Erlanger collaboration brings acute care PT residency to life
The newly created Erlanger Acute Care Physical Therapy Residency involves licensed physical therapist residents serving as clinical instructors for UTC physical therapy students during clinical rotations and assisting with teaching didactic coursework in the University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program—with an emphasis on acute care. The residency curriculum, developed collaboratively by Erlanger clinicians and UTC faculty, includes both live patient care and didactic instruction.
Breaking barriers: UTC pre-health students earn free CMA certification and paid experience at Erlanger
For pre-health students at UTC, finding time for unpaid hospital shadowing or volunteer work while holding down a job can be a challenge. A new partnership between the UTC CPE and Erlanger Baroness Hospital is helping to eliminate that barrier.
UTC’s Megan McKnight honored by White House for leadership in opioid overdose prevention
On Tuesday, Oct. 8, UTC Center for Wellbeing Director Megan McKnight was invited to a Washington, D.C., summit hosted by the White House Domestic Policy Council (DPC) and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). The White House Challenge to Save Lives from Overdose event honored McKnight and nearly 250 other stakeholders for expanding access to lifesaving opioid overdose reversal medication and reducing preventable drug overdose deaths.