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.
Ideas continue to spring to life in ‘Hatch It!’ Lab’s second year
Now celebrating its second year in operation, the Hatch It! Lab is far more than just a place to make 3D-printed defense weapons. Students in 41 courses such as botany, literature, psychology, Afrofuturism, education and criminal justice have used the lab.
The psychology of aging: UTC professor examines exchanges between students and older adults
While Jill Shelton was on professional development leave in fall semester 2022, she analyzed data gathered through conversations between students and older adults, which took place in summer and fall semesters 2021 and fall semester 2022.
Overcoming obstacles: Zennia Nesmith’s path to higher education has been full of “twists, turns and bumps along the way”
For University of Tennessee at Chattanooga adult learner Zennia Nesmith, having severe attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is tantamount to tracking one snowflake during a blizzard.
State commissioner visits UTC to advocate for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Brad Turner visited the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Tuesday, Jan. 31, to discuss expanding opportunities for students with disabilities and to bring awareness to career paths in early intervention, child and family studies and social work.
Total Worker Health: UTC professor paving the way to rethink how work is designed
Dr. Chris Cunningham, a Guerry Professor and UC Foundation Professor of Psychology at UTC, was a steering committee member for a recently initiated professional association—the Society for Total Worker Health—which prioritizes providing all employees with a safe working environment.
For new UTC student, ‘This scholarship will allow me to pursue the rest of my undergraduate degree’
Zennia Nesmith, an adult learner whose educational journey has brought her to UTC this fall, was 1 of 6 Tennessee students selected as recipients of the 2022 BlueCross Power of We Scholarship, funded by the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation.
Family first: Katherine Crutchfield’s journey to becoming a first generation college graduate
From the pages of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Magazine: Katherine Crutchfield’s first-person account of being the first person in her family to receive a college degree.
From surviving to thriving, Katherine Sherman embodies can-do spirit
Katherine Sherman, a domestic violence survivor, overcame huge obstacles to get into college and finish her degree—with her son at her side.
New group bringing students together to ‘celebrate our different cultures’
A new UTC student organization, the Asian Student Association, is helping spread the word about Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month—a celebration recognizing the contributions and influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Americans.