UTC students discuss their internship experiences. Internships give students an edge in the job market, and teach a wide range of skills that can’t be learned through coursework alone, demonstrating to employers that potential hires have the drive to apply themselves in a non-academic environment.
Alumna participates in inauguration
Master Gunnery Sgt. Jane Cross, a UTC graduate, will take part in the 58th Inauguration of the President of the United States on Jan. 20, 2017, as a member of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band.
Departments on the move
Keep calm and consult a map; this Spring, certain departments will be moving to new locations.
Professor’s book chosen for FMU lecture series
Dr. Sarah Einstein’s award-winning creative nonfiction book, Mot: A Memoir, published last year, was recently chosen for Francis Marion University’s (FMU) spring 2017 Hunter Lecture and Common Colloquium Series.
Professors and students featured in poetry collection, The Heart’s Many Doors
UTNAA Distinguished Professor of English Dr. Richard Jackson, with UTC alumni and current students, as well as distinguished American poets, recently teamed up to produce The Heart’s Many Doors. The collaborative effort features poems by American poets responding to prints by Slovene artist Metka Krasovec.
Award-winning author and alumna, Cherie Priest, to visit Campus
You are cordially invited to a book signing with University of Tennessee at Chattanooga alumna Cherie Priest, author of twenty books and novellas, including the recent haunted house thriller The Family Plot, acclaimed gothic horror novel Maplecroft from Roc, and the award-winning Clockwork Century series from Tor.
Sybil Baker awarded prestigious Artist Fellowship
UC Foundation Associate Professor of English, Sybil Baker, is one of 11 Tennessee artists awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Tennessee Arts Commission for 2017.
Ugly Love and Writers Hall of Fame, Earl Braggs
Earl Braggs, Herman H. Battle Professor of African American Studies, can now add “Hall of Fame Inductee” to his impressive list of Honors and Awards.
Professors and Alumna impact international literary scene
In only five short years an author society started here at UTC has made its mark on the international scholarly scene!
Student wins the 2016 North Callahan Essay Prize
William “Tripp” Woolf has won the 2016 North Callahan Essay Prize. Woolf captured the $1000 award for his essay “Mammy’s Children: Power, Agency, and Redemption in Dessa Rose.”