Amanda Price, a third-grade teacher at Taylor Elementary School in Cleveland, Tennessee, and a 2012 alumna of the UTC School of Education, was one of 30 national selections—and the only one from Tennessee—selected as Extraordinary Educators by Curriculum Associates.
Endless enthusiasm: Chris Frishcosy brings energy to engineering students
Due in part to his teaching style and rapport with students, UTC’s Christopher Frishcosy has been nominated for the 2023 Young Engineer of the Year award from the Chattanooga chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Magical medicine: UTC professor explores palm and face reading as diagnostic tools in Middle Ages
Palm and face reading were tools used by physicians in the Middle Ages, “a way for physicians to understand on the outside of the body what is happening on the inside of the body,” said Dr. Kira Robison, associate professor of history at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Award winning employees: Blue Ribbon honors go to University’s best
At a University Center reception on Jan. 24, Chancellor Steven R. Angle recognized the Chancellor’s Blue Ribbon recipients from the second half of 2022.
Taking note(s): 125 high school students attend Honor Band Festival
The three-day Tri-State Honor Band Festival, attended by 125 high school students, brought prospective band members from as far away as Chester County in West Tennessee and Greeneville, South Carolina.
Spreading the jam: Student DJs mixing things up
Several UTC students are part-time DJs, dropping beats without dropping classes. They play coffeehouses, clubs, house parties and on-campus events or sometimes just do it for themselves.
Comfortable and cute: Laura Moreland’s scrub caps a hit with nursing students
Colorful fabrics. Playful designs. Saucy sayings such as “Spicy like Propofol,” an anesthesia drug that burns on injection. All part of the scrub cap collection created by Laura Moreland, a student in the UTC nurse anesthesia program.
More than a knockout: National CRNA Week celebrates role of nurse anesthetists
Since 2000, National CRNA Week has been an annual celebration of the more than 59,000 practicing nurse anesthetists in the U.S. During the past 50 years, over 800 CRNAs have completed UTC’s program.
From the inside out: Students offer ideas for renovating historic building
The Dixie Mercerizing mill is undergoing a complete renovation. As part of their senior project, UTC interior architecture and design majors Landon Parker, Selah Robertson and Robyn Wood came up with concepts for one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, common spaces and commercial businesses for the site.
High demand, meet fast track
UTC’s new Bachelor of Applied Science in Information Technology in Cybersecurity degree program launched on Monday, Jan. 9.