The Southeast Center for Education in the Arts (SCEA), an outreach department in the College of Arts and Sciences at UTC, is committed to the promotion and delivery of quality arts education. This year, their seventh annual National Arts & Education Forum discussed what exactly quality arts education means.
UTC observes Arbor Day, earns Tree Campus USA recognition
As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability, UTC observed Arbor Day with the planting of three new trees grown from seeds by a UTC student.
Educational Opportunity Center hosts information meetings
For individuals who want to go back to school but don’t know where to turn for advice, we can help, and it’s free! The Southern Appalachian Educational Opportunity Center (EOC) is a grant program funded by the U.S. Department of Education and does exactly what its name says—help bring educational opportunities to those who need assistance.
University receives TVA ‘Innovator of the Year’ award
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga was recently honored with the ‘Innovator of the Year’ award at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Green Power Switch Leadership Awards. This award recognizes organizations that are dedicated to renewable power and energy efficiency.
UTC Selected to Attend AAC&U Summer Institute
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) has announced The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is among the colleges, community colleges, universities, and state systems sending teams to one of three regularly scheduled 2014 summer institutes. The UTC team will attend the Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success at Vanderbilt University in Nashville,…
Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit returns to Chattanooga, UTC will cohost event
One of the Southeast’s longest running science and technology conferences will return to Chattanooga June 4-5, on the campus of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC).
ThinkAchieve project leads to departmental honors thesis
Hannah and Sophia Seage, twins who are both French majors and Education minors, didn’t know what they were getting into when they volunteered for the ThinkAchieve project to help teach French to children at Rivermont Elementary School in Hixson, TN in 2012. They thought that they would just go to classes and assist in French lessons, but the experience grew, eventually culminating in their Departmental Honors Theses.
UTC Honors Lepard and Bahner at Leaders and Legend’s Banquet
At the annual Leaders and Legends Banquet on April 25, UTC named Don Lepard, the founder and chief executive of Global Green Lighting, the 2014 Distinguished Alumnus. Attorney Maxfield Bahner received the Outstanding Service Award.
Professor and students provide data analytics to local start-up companies
For local entrepreneurs Shayne Woods and Maurice Saliaba, having access to reliable data analytics is integral to the growth of their new business ventures. For help, they turned to Dr. Ashish Gupta, Associate Professor of Analytics for the UTC College of Business.
Engineering students build walker shell to encourage child to walk
Four UTC students have turned an engineering project into an opportunity for a child to learn to walk on his own.