Joseph Warpinski, an economics major with a dual minor of business administration and history, has won the 2013 North Callahan Essay Prize for his submission “The Overextension of the British Empire and its Subsequent Demise.” Warpinski received a $1,000 cash prize. To read the essay, click here.
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.
New FYRE book chosen for 2013-14
Based on the National Public Radio series, This I Believe is a collection of short essays by eighty Americans—the famous to the not-so-widely known—on highly divergent personal beliefs.
SuperScholar’s Smart Choice: UTC online Engineering Management degree
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga joins Purdue, University of Southern California, Stanford and Duke as one of the top 25 schools in SuperScholar’s Smart Choice for online Engineering Management degrees.
C-SPAN airs UTC class
The topic: “John Dewey and Progressive Era Education Reform.”
Concert to celebrate Roland Carter’s retirement on April 19
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Music Department in conjunction with UTC’s Chancellor’s Office and Development office will present a Gala Concert celebrating Roland Carter’s career and honoring his retirement on Friday, April 19th, at 7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church at 401 Gateway Avenue in Chattanooga.
Ray Krone, exonerated from death row, to speak
Ray Krone, the 100th person to be exonerated from death row in the U.S., will be the featured speaker on Monday, April 8 at 6 p.m. in the UTC University Center’s Raccoon Mountain Room.
C.S. Lewis Lecture: Why Jesus is Not Ethical
Dr. D. Stephen Long, professor of Systematic Theology at Marquette University in Milwaukee, will present “Why Jesus is Not Ethical” for the Thirty-first Annual C.S. Lewis Lecture on Thursday, April 11, 7:30 p.m. in the UTC University Center Auditorium.
UTC Theatre Company presents delightful new play
“We’re all on the same journey together. So we should wave to each other as we pass,” director Gaye Jeffers says of the themes of Middletown, a new play by Will Eno being presented at the Ward Theatre in UTC’s Fine Arts Center April 9-13.
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.