If You Go What: UTC Retirees Association Banquet with Guest Speaker Jim Fry When: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14 Where: University Center Tennessee Room Information: https://bit.ly/35lgZ6H Appearances can be deceiving. People often see silver-haired Jim Fry on the UTC campus and mistake him as a faculty member. It makes him smile, but then he explains…
Jessica Miller’s first novel getting positive national attention
To write her debut novel, Jessica Miller tapped into her inner—or perhaps not so inner—geek. “I’m a huge geek,” says Miller, who teaches English composition at UTC. “I love fantasy; I love historical drama; I love fairy tales, folklore; I play a lot of video games. So I’ve always been into that kind of stuff.”…
Brock Scholar says scholarships changed her life
A scholarship became life-changing for Emily Wilson. Wilson, a UTC junior marketing major with a minor in communications, was one of the featured speakers during this September’s fourth annual Scholarship Luncheon at McKenzie Arena. The event brought donors, faculty, staff and more than 100 students together to honor the generosity of donors and celebrate students’…
Exploration and experiences are touchstones in Bruce Shaw’s life
Graduating from UTC is something of a second life for Shaw. Actually, that’s not quite accurate. It’s more of a fifth or sixth life.
UTC Theatre Co. presents ‘The Wolves’
Running Oct. 1-6, 2019, “The Wolves” reveals the lives of an American girls’ soccer team with speed, ferocity and humor. Known only by the numbers on their matching jerseys, the characters in The Wolves reveal their personalities in different ways as we see them prepare for weekly soccer games.
Seismometer on campus detects tiny vibrations in Earth, even from Hurricane Dorian
An earthquake-detecting seismometer on the UTC campus picked up vibration, which showed up as a spike on the machine’s readings according to Joe Mies, UC Foundation R.L. Wilson professor in biology, geology and environmental science.
UTC-Wolf Trap partnership a first in higher education
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts will collaborate with UTC’s Southeast Center for Education in the Arts (SCEA) to bring arts-based teaching and learning programs to early childhood classrooms in Chattanooga and a 17-county service area. It is the first time the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts has worked with a university in this manner.
Vic Bumphus, faculty member for 17 years, passes away
Victor W. Bumphus passed away on May 31.
Students present summer research projects at URaCE symposium
URaCE Symposium When: 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28; poster session 4-5:30 p.m. followed by a mix-and-mingle session 5:30-6 p.m. Where: UTC University Center Chattanooga Room Admission: Free Information: Students that participated in the URaCE Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and the Cadiz International Research program will be presenting the results of their research. To learn more…
New program uses music to treat mental and physical issues
The new, four-year Music Therapy program is the first of its kind at the university. A board-certified therapist, Katie Goforth Elverd, helped create the program.