Since 2018, Dr. Christina Policastro, assistant professor in criminal justice at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, has held weeklong seminars to provide that information to advocates. The Senator Tommy Burks Victim Assistance Academy addresses ways to help prevent abuse, recognize it when it happens and find resources available for victims and advocates.
Service learning as a critical approach to the study of social problems
In a new UTC course, Society of Social Problems, students will review current social issues, possible solutions to those issues and integrate that knowledge into real-life situations.
Comforts of home: Students learn what’s truly needed for cozy living
With spring semester 2023 officially starting Monday, Jan. 9, about 500 UTC students were scheduled Friday, Jan. 6, for Operation Move In.
UTC Mock Trial team has a grand ole time in Nashville
The UTC Mock Trial undergraduate student organization took home top honors in the Grand Ole Tournament hosted by Vanderbilt University at the Davidson County Courthouse in Nashville.
Tool time: Students create artifacts for paleo skills workshop
The paleo skills workshop, which takes place Oct. 8, allows students to experiment with archaic weaponry and tools to better understand the evolution of human technology around the world.
Items in Chickamauga Battlefield exhibit discovered by UTC students
Over the course of several weeks in 2020, UTC students found dozens of Civil War items.
Self taught in art, student designs selfie wall
UTC students can take selfies in front of a new mural on the lobby wall in the UC Foundation Apartments, giving them wings.
City Councilwoman Coonrod earns UTC degree
Life circumstances slowed the process, but Demetrus Coonrod finished her bachelor’s degree in sociology.
Olive oil enhances learning in anthropology course
People understand, at some level, the relationship between food, eating experiences and memory.
UTC welcomes military veterans to an abundance of opportunity
UTC students, faculty and staff all include veterans in their ranks.