Dr. Robin William, Dr. Tom Buggey, Dr. Amy Casey, and Dr. Kimberly Wingate who hold joint appointments as UTC College of Health, Education and Professional Studies faculty and Siskin Children’s Institute researchers, presented their studies and findings at the world’s largest conference about early intervention and early childhood development.
Dr. Jamie F. Harvey encourages physical activity in Take It Outside! Week
Dr. Jamie Harvey, faculty member in Health and Human Performance and Head Start Body Start Physical Activity consultant, is participating in the Inaugural Take It Outside! Week, October 19-23. She will visit Avondale Head Start Center, encouraging students to increase outdoor play while celebrating the environment.
World’s largest journal for special education chooses professor as associate editor
Robin McWilliam, Ph.D., a researcher at Siskin Children’s Institute who holds a faculty appointment in the UTC Education: Graduate Studies Division, has been selected as an associate editor of Exceptional Children, the largest scholarly journal for special education in the world.
Health and Human Performance faculty assist Guatemala physicians
Drs. Gary Wilkerson and Marisa Colston have established a professional relationship with sports medicine physicians and physiotherapists in Guatemala. Last summer the UTC Health and Human Performance professor and associate professor visited the country in a trip coordinated by Athletes in Action, a sports ministry headquartered in Ohio.
CDC selects professor’s scientific paper
Dollar for dollar, what are the best ways for communities to offer physical activity programs to best benefit the public’s health?
New faculty, promotions, tenure announced
New faculty, promotions and tenure for 2009-10 have been announced by the Provost’s Office
UTC leads the way in alternative fuel research
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Center for Energy, Transportation and the Environment (CETE) is leading an international team of researchers who are developing a more efficient way to power electric buses. With maximum efficiency and convenience, the Inductive Power Transfer, (IPT) will revolutionize this process.
THEC grants aimed at improving teacher education
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) has awarded funding to five projects from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, for a total of $358,937. UTC had more Improving Teacher Quality (ITQ) Grant Program proposals funded than any other Tennessee higher education institution.
Nursing student selected to participate in national program
Christy Kicklighter, UTC nursing student, was selected to participate in the Sponsor a Student at the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Assembly of School Faculty program.
Alumnus Ben Williams cast in innovative off-Broadway production
Ben Williams (Photo courtesy of Ariana Smart) Theatre and Speech faculty member Karen Henderson recently saw an innovative off-Broadway production of The Sound and the Fury, which she described as “a challenging, creatively original, artistically masterful production featuring ensemble acting of extremely high caliber.” This intriguing adaptation of William Faulkner’s Nobel prize-winning novel features UTC…