This fall, alum Sara Marc is headed to Bordeaux, France, to be a teaching assistant and U.S. cultural ambassador as part of the TAPIF program. She has been placed in the Académie de Bordeaux at the secondary school level (middle and/or high school).
Recent UTC grad Oleander Reagan Artemis earns prestigious Fulbright award
Oleander Reagan-Artemis, a May 2022 graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, has won a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Romania. Participants in the ETA program help teach English while representing the U.S. as cultural ambassadors.
Home away from home: New residential learning communities create ‘a sense of belonging’
The College of Arts and Sciences launched five new residential learning communities (RLCs) in fall 2022. These are living/learning communities made up of students with similar interests or areas of study. The goal is to speed up the process of forging a community while away at college.
School record seven UTC students/alums selected as Fulbright semifinalists
Seven University of Tennessee at Chattanooga students or recent graduates have advanced to the semifinal level in the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award process, the highest total in the University’s history.
Foreign language to count toward gen ed requirements starting next year
Starting this fall, the UTC Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures is bringing back the study of Japanese as a foreign language.
National Hispanic Heritage Month runs through Oct. 15
National Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the cultures and contributions of Hispanic and Latino American.
Past Becomes Present: Courses examine ancient Roman culture and Greek language
How did ancient Romans and Ancient Greeks live?
Speaking a foreign language is more valuable than ever
Being Bilingual Bilingual students earn 5 to 20 percent more in base pay which, depending on the language, can mean as much $128,000 over a lifetime. (MIT economist Albert Saiz) Between 2010 and 2015, the number of jobs needing bilingual applicants rose from about 240,000 to about 630,000. (New American Economy) The onset of…
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The past returns: Ibsen’s ‘Doll’s House’ is revisited in ‘Part 2’
If You Go What: A Doll’s House, Part 2 When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, Oct. 2-6; 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6 Where: Dorothy Hackett Ward Theatre in the UTC Fine Arts Center. Tickets: $10 for students with UTC ID; $12 general public; go to https://bit.ly/2DCMVJU, call (423) 425-4269 or buy them at the UTC Fine Arts…