Bliss Welch grew up playing soccer and climbing trees, but when she had difficulty climbing the stairs of her family home at 17-years-old, she knew her life was about to change. Her diagnosis of muscular dystrophy didn’t stop her.
Faculty earn first ThinkAchieve Awards
ThinkAchieve supports faculty members in enhancing teaching and learning at UTC through professional development opportunities, grants, and awards.
Vital, Fuller inducted into UTC Entrepreneurial Hall of Fame
Two local businessmen whose love of business began in childhood, Greg Vital and Max Fuller, were recently inducted into the UTC Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame.
Charlie Daniels Concert to benefit Veterans Entrepreneurship Program
The purchase of a ticket to see the Charlie Daniels Band in concert on May 2, 7 p.m. at Engel Stadium will benefit the Veterans Entrepreneurship Program (VEP) offered at UTC.
Veterans Entrepreneurship Program taking applications
Veterans interested in taking a business concept from idea to reality are the targeted recruits for the 2013 Veterans Entrepreneurship Program at UTC. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College of Business will once again host this model program, free to disabled and service-distinguished veterans who qualify. The program is focused on the basics of…
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.
COB graduates prove competitive at Southeast Entrepreneurship Conference
Two recent graduates from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College of Business, Peter Sauska (String Advantage) and Josh Kapellusch (KAR, Inc.) competed in the Southeast Entrepreneurship Conference hosted by the University of Tampa on February 1-2, 2013. Of the 26 venture pitches made by participants from across the southeast, Sauska and Kapellusch were part…
Entrepreneurial ideas presented in competitions
UTC students and local veterans showcased their entrepreneurial spirit with two competitions to test their business ideas.
Local entrepreneurs give students business advice
When Monica Kinsey, UTC alumna, opened Track 29 with her husband Adam and other business partners, people still continued to ask her a pesky question that haunts many newlyweds. When were she and her husband going to have a baby? Luckily for Kinsey, she had a smart retort.
Update: Former BB&T CEO addresses financial crisis
We are in an economic recovery, but not a healthy recovery, according to John A. Allison, the former Chairman of BB&T Corporation, who spoke on campus for the 2012 Burkett Miller Distinguished Lecture Series. The Scott L. Probasco, Jr. Chair of Free Enterprise hosted the event.