The Chattanooga Chapter of Executive Women International (EWI) recently presented a check for $10,667 to Chancellor Roger Brown in support of the Jean Bradford Memorial Scholarship at UTC. Established in 1996 by the Chattanooga Chapter of Executive Women International in memory of former member Jean (Mrs. James) Bradford, the Jean Bradford Memorial Scholarship assists women,…
Ellington assumes new role with Association for Asian Studies
For more than a decade, Dr. Lucien Ellington, professor in The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Teacher Preparation Academy and Co-Director of the UTC Asia Program, has served as the founding editor of Education About Asia, a publication created to inform teachers and undergraduate professors. The publisher of Education About Asia is the Association for…
“China’s Encounter with the West” sponsored by Asia Program
Teachers from three public schools and one private school in Chattanooga were among the 45 educators from 21 states accepted by The Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Wachman Center for a conference in Chattanooga last weekend, March 1-2. “China’s Encounter with the West” was held at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel in association with the Asia…
Sample a Women’s Studies class in March
Sample a Women’s Studies class during the month of March and see what the new Women’s Studies major will be like. Five Women’s Studies faculty members will open the Women’s Studies classes they teach this semester to the University and Chattanooga communities. The schedule of open classes is listed below. Everyone is invited to sample…
Southern Conference Championships coming soon
Several Mocs teams soon will be pursuing Southern Conference Championships. Read more.
University to sponsor Chattanooga Festival of Writers
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…