“We’re all on the same journey together. So we should wave to each other as we pass,” director Gaye Jeffers says of the themes of Middletown, a new play by Will Eno being presented at the Ward Theatre in UTC’s Fine Arts Center April 9-13.
The UTC Department of Music offers a variety of musical events
The UTC Department of Music offers a variety of terrific musical events in the coming weeks:
Immigration Reform lecture on April 18
“Common Sense Immigration Reform: A Matter of Justice and Faith in Action” will be presented by the UTC Criminal Justice Department on Thursday, April 18, 5 -7 p.m., Chattanooga Choo Choo, Imperial Ballroom.
Dr. James Hill Craddock to speak at Sigma Xi event
Dr. James Hill Craddock, Robert M. Davenport Professor in the UTC Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, will present “A Tree Crop Archetype: the American chestnut” on April 2nd, at 4 p.m. in the University Center in the Chickamauga Room.
“Ghosts and Buddhist Imagination in Early Medieval China”
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Philosophy and Religion presents: “Ghosts and the Buddhist Imagination in Early Medieval China” with Dr. Robert Campany of Vanderbilt University. This installment of North Callahan Distinguished Lecturer Series will be held on Monday, April 1, 3-4:30 p.m., UTC University Center, in the Raccoon Mountain Room.
Noted Classical archaeologists to speak on campus
The UTC Department of History, with the support of the UTC Speakers & Special Events Committee and the UTC ThinkAchieve program, announces two upcoming lectures this week by two noted Classical archaeologists.
Civil War women and nation building lecture, March 27
Dr. Jacqueline Jones Royster will present her lecture, “Voices of Nation: Women Claiming the Power to Choose” on Wednesday, March 27 at 2 p.m. in the Chattanooga Room of the UTC University Center. Royster will speak on the subject of Civil War women and nation building.
Biology professor contributes to national research project
Armadillos, anteaters, sloths—these are the unusual animals that Dr. Timothy Gaudin studies. “I like odd creatures with odd lifestyles. It’s fun to look at them. Not much is known about them,” said Gaudin, Professor and Associate Department Head of the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences. Gaudin has contributed his own research about these animals…
Alumni advise students on non-profit careers
When Sarah Quattrochi was a student at UTC and writing a paper on the Tennessee River Gorge Trust, she had no idea that several years later she would be working as the outreach and development director for the same non-profit organization. Quattrochi, a graduate of the Public Administration and Non-Profit Management program (PANM) at UTC,…
Faculty receive awards for outstanding teaching
When UTC earned reaccreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 2011, the University began a five-year Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) focusing on closing the gaps between student and faculty perceptions of higher-level thinking skills in the classroom.