For students of UTC Assistant Professor and Athletic Training Clinical Education Coordinator Lynette Carlson, the proverbial picture is worth a thousand words. Or many more. Two years ago amid the pandemic, Carlson hatched the idea of single-slide graphic novels—four-panel comic strips drawn by a now-former student—to teach cultural competencies such as ethics, compassion and humility.
Mocs formally open Food City Fueling Station
UTC Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Mark Wharton and Food City President/CEO Steven C. Smith officially opened the Food City Fueling Station to serve Mocs Athletics on May 25.
Celebration event brings Butterfield Fellows cohort to campus
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga School of Education held a dinner and reception on May 23 to congratulate the 2023-2024 Butterfield Fellows, a group of local educators selected for their exemplary classroom management practices supporting children and teacher education.
Rocket Mocs member recovers from burns while team recovers from setback to enter NASA competition
Dottie McSpadden knew her arm was burned, but it didn’t feel that bad. At least not at first. A couple of hours later, though, she’d changed her mind. “Oh, it was a nine out of 10,” she said. “I have not felt pain like that.”
Promotion day: Inaugural Middle School to Moc Scholar program creates UTC pipeline
Between May 15-23, UTC dignitaries are participating in numerous Hamilton County Schools eighth-grade promotion events to introduce the Middle School to Moc Scholar program. A collaboration between UTC and Hamilton County Schools, Middle School to Moc Scholar will award every eighth-grade student a certificate of acceptance to UTC for fall 2027 enrollment—contingent upon successful completion of high school and meeting admission requirements for the University.
A family affair: Schenks have an unbroken connection to UTC
Dru Schenk, who recently graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, is a third-generation UTC alum.
From engineer to educator: Dr. Aleisha McCallie breaks into administration through UTC School Leadership program
Now the principal of Tyner Middle Academy, Dr. Aleisha McCallie rose from the classroom to education’s version of the boardroom thanks, in part, to the School Leadership post-master’s program she completed at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2020.
UTC professor, students helping Chattanooga Police decrease gun crimes
The Chattanooga Police Department began tracking gun crimes closely after violence skyrocketed in 2016. But a data-crunching partnership with the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga created four years later shows marked decreases in gun-related crimes and could be preventing future crimes by taking guns off the street.
Saying bonjour to opportunity, UTC school leadership grad lands job as division head of French-American school
Dawn Callahan took the reigns as the division head of the French-American School of New York middle school in 2022, the same year she graduated from the School Leadership program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
French connection: Alum Sara Marc headed to France after acceptance into distinguished program
This fall, alum Sara Marc is headed to Bordeaux, France, to be a teaching assistant and U.S. cultural ambassador as part of the TAPIF program. She has been placed in the Académie de Bordeaux at the secondary school level (middle and/or high school).