Partnership to Engage Students and Alumni for Better Student Loan Repayment Brings Results The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has lowered its three-year student loan cohort default rate. The U.S. Department of Education uses the cohort default rate (CDR) to track default rates. This measurement is the percentage of cohorts (students entering repayment within the…
Football Mocs win SoCon Championship and lead conference in fan attendance
Mocs also lead the SoCon in home attendance, averaging 10,492 in five home games this season. Mocs Football have hit that mark three three times since Head Coach Russ Huesman took the helm.
SCEA hosts Literacy and the Arts in Common Core
Southeast Center for Education in the Arts piloted a professional development experience for K-12 arts specialists and literacy teachers. Goal: build interdisciplinary units of study which teachers then implemented with their own students.
UTC Theatre Company presents The Good Person of Setzuan
Can you be a good person in a bad world? Playwright Bertolt Brecht’s explores this question: protagonist Shen Te struggles to live harmoniously with her troublesome neighbors.
UT President Joe DiPietro takes the plunge at the ARC
DiPietro came to celebrate the progress of UT-Chattanooga’s fall sports teams with a pep rally themed luncheon for faculty and staff. Wearing a blue and gold bow tie, DiPietro expressed his love of the UTC campus.
UTC begins new Occupational Therapy program
Occupational therapy trains students to help patients perform day-to-day tasks, whether they’re recovering from injuries or have developmental or cognitive disabilities affecting their motor skills, emotions or behavior.
Cultures from around the world showcased at campus event
Students from 27 different countries were represented at a successful International Festival held recently on campus. Approximately 600 UTC students attended and participated. “This event gave students a platform to showcase their cultures,” said Rosite George, Assistant Dean of Students, Office of Multicultural Affairs. “Students who leave home and leave their countries behind had the…
Cress features Greg Smith’s “Breakdown Lane Orrery”
Cress Gallery of Art at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga presents Greg Smith’s “Breakdown Lane Orrery” through December 9. Smith is the fall semester 2014 Diane Marek Series Visiting Artist. This exhibition and all Diane Marek Series events are open to the public. Admission is free. An orrery is a mechanical model of a…
CAB picks up awards at NACA conference
UTC students on the Campus Activities Board received the Outstanding Delegation award, the highest honor for a delegation at the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) regional conference held recently in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. More than 120 higher education institutions competed for the award, which UTC students took home for the second year in…
Moc Wreck drives home danger of drunk driving
The mock crash demonstrated the dangers of drinking and driving, the importance of seat belt use, and hazards of distracted driving.