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2017 Spring Commencement Recap

May 10, 2017Cheryl Toomey

Congratulations, grads! UTC would like to congratulate our May 2017 graduates! Approximately 1,166 undergraduate and 253 graduate students received degrees during the commencement ceremonies on May 5 and 6 in McKenzie Arena. If you missed our commencement ceremonies, you can still watch them in their entirety. Undergraduate Commencement You can view the video for the College of Arts…

Risk takers & trailblazers: UTC graduates first class in Occupational Therapy

May 10, 2017Cheryl Toomey

The Lucky 13 have been a class of risk takers, guinea pigs, leaders, and trailblazers, and on May 5, they became the first group to earn a Doctorate of Occupational Therapy (OTD) at UTC.

Congratulations May 2017 graduates!

May 1, 2017Cheryl Toomey

Graduate Commencement Students obtaining their Master’s, Specialist, and Doctoral degrees will cross the McKenzie Arena stage on Friday, May 5 at 2 P.M. You can watch the LiveStream here. Captioning is available here. Undergraduate Commencement Undergraduate students will celebrate commencement the following day, Saturday, May 6. Students from the College of Arts & Science and College of Engineering &…

Nursing the Nurses: Study hopes to reduce risk of injuries to nurses

April 26, 2017Shawn Ryan

Worker injuries cost the healthcare industry about $20 billion a year. Preventing injuries of all kinds is the goal of a study Dr. Chris Cunningham has started through the Department of Psychology and in collaboration with the safetyCures group of the Chattanooga Regional Health Innovation Coalition.

UTC one of first universities in Healthier Tennessee Communities effort

March 30, 2017Shawn Ryan

UTC is one of the first colleges in the state accepted into the Healthier Tennessee Communities effort. The goal of the program is to improve the overall health of Tennesseans by encouraging participants to be physically active for at least 30 minutes each week, eat a healthy diet and stop tobacco use.

UTC Named Gold Level Campus for Exercise is Medicine

March 27, 2017University Relations

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has been designated as a Gold Level Campus for Exercise is Medicine (EIM), in recognition of dedication to health and wellbeing of the campus community.

UTC and Cornerstones, Inc. partner to offer historic preservation courses

March 15, 2017University Relations

Cornerstones, Inc. has established the Cornerstones Professor in Residence at UTC. Andrew Smith, local educator, architect, and preservationist is the organization’s first Professor to take on the role.

Alumna wins $25,000 Tennessee Milken Educator Award

March 7, 2017University Relations

Baker, who earned both a Bachelor of Science in early childhood education and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from UTC in 2010, is the only Milken Educator Award recipient for Tennessee and the 33rd and final honoree named nationwide for 2016-17. This season marks the 30th year of the Milken Educator Awards, hailed by Teacher magazine as the “Oscars of Teaching.”