After almost 20 years of service to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Alumni Affairs Jayne Holder is retiring today, the UTC Office of Development and Alumni Affairs and the University of Chattanooga Foundation Inc. announced. A Chattanooga native and 1974 graduate of UTC, Holder began working for the University in…
Study results published in prestigious ‘New England Journal of Medicine’
UTC Honors College alumnus authors hydroxychloroquine study published in New England Journal of Medicine.
‘Dream bigger’: UTC grad earns national teaching award
Ashley Aldridge Wilson acknowledged there were a few anxious moments when she had trouble getting into the Zoom video conference. Wilson, the principal at Nolan Elementary School in Signal Mountain, was attempting to access the video platform in late May for a regularly scheduled Tennessee Principals Association (TPA) board meeting, for whom she serves as…
Basketball coach steps into kitchen for Mocs on Demand
“I cook well enough to be dangerous, but not well enough to be able to make all the things that are unhealthy for you,” says Basketball Coach Lamont Paris.
Music therapy program is more than just playing for an audience
Tennessee’s first public university program of its kind prescribes music as medicine. The much-anticipated music therapy major launched at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in fall 2019 and already has surpassed enrollment goals. Chattanooga native Katherine Goforth Elverd—“Katie” or “Professor Goforth” to her colleagues and students— returned to Chattanooga after working as a practicing…
Alum wants to help you RVIVE day-to-day living
RVIVE is available at the App Store and Google Play. “How is your mood today?” It sounds like the first question a therapist—physical or mental—might ask at the beginning of a session. But generally speaking, a living, breathing therapist doesn’t then hold up signs with emojis expressing “Happy” on one end and “Stressed” on the…
UTC music grad gaining international recognition
To learn more about McGrath, go to his website at: www.ethanmcgrath.com. By Jordan Hicks First-Year Coordinator for the Department of Performing Arts Ethan McGrath enrolled at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the fall of 2012 as a music composition major. Having previously taken piano lessons from the late professor Sin-Hsing Tsai, he…
Taking Care of Our Flock: UTC seeks support for COVID-19 student emergency fund
The Denise and Tim Downey Student Emergency Fund will provide limited emergency funding for UTC students facing monetary hardship.
Alumni discuss their food truck, AMAIZEing Eats
Their path from students to business owners wasn’t an easy one, littered with self-doubt and shut doors. But now, the passion for cooking that Wes developed in his Mamaw Helen’s kitchen has turned into a career on wheels.
When hurting kids won’t talk, their drawings can reveal what’s going on
A few years ago, Carole Ann McGovern “Cam” Busch created a scholarship at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to recognize and encourage students who are pursuing a career in the field of art therapy.