The Institute of Contemporary Art, housed on the UTC campus, is preparing to close out its first art gallery tour. Rachel Waldrop, the director and curator of the ICA, led the momentous endeavor of getting a collection of work from Philadelphia artist Becky Suss on the road to share her creative storytelling with others.
Calming effect: UTC Honors College students help to make a safer community
Each weekday around 3 p.m., parents and families from Chattanooga’s Oak Grove neighborhood gather outside East Side Elementary to pick up their children. What should be a safe and routine part of the day can actually be quite dangerous as cars speed through the residential area.
UTC announces spring 2025 dual enrollment options
High school juniors and seniors can now experience college-level learning through UTC’s newly announced spring 2025 dual-enrollment courses. Ten general education courses—chosen for their strong transferability to most four-year institutions—will be available in various formats: on the UTC campus after the high school day, online with set schedules, and online with flexible options.
Blue and Gold Preview: Future Mocs get a glimpse of UTC
Hundreds of prospective students and their families explored UTC during Blue and Gold Preview Day. In addition to campus tours, information sessions and an application workshop, UTC faculty, advisors and current students set up booths in the Aquatic and Recreation Center. Representatives from each academic department shared insights and answered questions from prospective students and their families.
UTC art historian also known for his Arctic explorations
Department of Art Assistant Professor Bart Pushaw is a self-described “art historian of the colonial Americas, focusing on the circumpolar North and Central America between 1700 and 1950.” When he was a postdoctoral fellow in the international research group “The Art of Nordic Colonials: Writing Transcultural Art Histories” in Copenhagen, he emphasized “the global entanglements of material and visual culture of the indigenous Arctic, especially when it coincides with the Black Atlantic and Pacific.”
Honors honor: Recent alum Emily Patton earns national recognition
Emily Patton, a May 2024 graduate and Brock Scholar who earned bachelor’s degrees in environmental science and humanities: international studies, has been selected as one of four 2024 Portz Scholars—one of the most prestigious honors for undergraduate students in honors programs across the country.
Recent UTC graduate Marietta Song lands prestigious international fellowship
Marietta Song, a May 2024 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga graduate with a bachelor’s degree in studio art, has been awarded the highly competitive Stevens Initiative Alumni Fellowship. She is the first UTC alum to receive this fellowship, which is supported by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Record-tying five UTC students land prestigious Gilman international scholarships
A school record-tying five UTC students, Ashlyn Roberson, Bailee Fiste, Bryce Sanders, Kamila Vargas and Kylie Knott, are recipients of U.S. Department of State Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships.
See the work of the UTC community at the 2024 Spring Research and Arts Conference
Are you interested in checking out studio art projects done by students? Do you feel a passion for learning about artificial intelligence or philosophy? What about museum-style exhibits by a medieval magic and medicine class? If so, the Spring Research and Arts conference, the largest academic conference held on the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus, will have all that and hundreds more.
Making art accessible: UTC student opens The Art Closet to ‘continue the goodness of giving’
Shortly after Naomi White arrived at UTC, she saw a need. Good art supplies are not cheap and not always accessible. It prompted her to propose an idea to create a space for unused art supplies—which is how The Art Closet was born.