For the second year in a row, the Center for Community Career Education at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga received the Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility. Those organizations who received the award scored in the 80-90th percentile as measured against a representative sampling of employers across the country. USA…
Positive Action With Success (P.A.W.S) student strives for academic success
This fall, Serenity Roberson will enter the fifth grade at Brown Academy with college on her mind. Mentors in the Positive Action With Success (P.A.W.S.) program spent three days a week with Roberson and 40 additional fourth and fifth graders, providing interpersonal skill development, an introduction to collegiate life and monthly visits to the UTC…
Test by Fire: The War Presidency of George W. Bush
As Americans wait six seemingly endless months for the US presidential election, they will consider the military legacy of President George Bush and look ahead for answers: how will the next leader protect America and its national interests? Will the new president create polices that safeguard the country against the threat of terrorism without alienating…
Lisa Pinckney Flint named Assistant Dean for the College of Business
UTC College of Business Dean Richard Casavant is pleased to announce that Lisa Pinckney Flint was recently appointed Assistant Dean for the College of Business at UTC. Flint is responsible for integrating the College’s communications, fundraising, career services, and alumni relations functions to enhance the overall image and reputation of UTC and the College of…
UTC biology department hosts 2008 Society for Conservation Biology meeting
International green movement leaders representing more than 50 countries chose Chattanooga for the summer 2008 Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) annual meeting. More than 1,500 biologists, scientists, economists, policy makers, and conservationists will examine the earth “From the mountains to the sea,” the theme created by Dr. David Aborn, associate professor in The University of…
Budget Update from President Petersen
Tennessee’s revenue shortfalls have prompted a University-wide strategic approach to budget planning. UT President John Petersen offers the latest details…
New UTC Chief of Police takes oath
Robert Ratchford took the oath of office from Chancellor Roger Brown and was sworn in as the new Chief of Police at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. “Chief Robert Ratchford has served this campus with honor for 26 years. He is well known for his investigative abilities, community approach to law enforcement, and emergency…
Education major selected for Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program
UTC education major E.S. Chandrasekaran will participate in the summer Science and Math Fulbright-Hays Seminars Abroad Program, offered through the U.S. Department of Education. A chemistry and physical science teacher at Howard School of Academics and Technology, Chandrasekaran was one of 16 educators from around the country selected for the seminar in India, his homeland.…
WUTC sets a record with spring campaign pledges
WUTC-FM 88.1, licensed to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, set a record with more than $150,000 received in pledges for its spring campaign. “Thank you to all our listeners who made it possible to continue to provide quality public radio,” said Dr. John McCormack, Station Manager. People from Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina…
Kenyon Wilson’s “Kerfuffle” draws attention from The Wall Street Journal
Assistant professor of music Kenyon Wilson found inspiration for his music in a word, an unusual word, popularized by James Taranto who writes for The Wall Street Journal. “Kerfuffle” or “commotion” in German evolved as an original composition by Wilson, performed at the end of spring semester by the tuba/euphonium ensemble. The title of Wilson’s…