The Chattanooga Concussion Prevention Initiative (CCPI) and The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center (VSCC) will host a FREE seminar on sports concussion safety on Tuesday, August 13, 6:30-8 p.m. at the University Center Auditorium at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Coaches, school administrators, and parents will learn how to protect child-athletes from concussions.
Camp GEAR UP, a path to academic success
A strong mind and body can lead to success in education. It’s a new mantra for seventh and eighth graders enrolled in the UTC Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP). They’ve spent the last two weeks in Tunnel Hill, Georgia, where GEAR UP and the Tennessee National Guard partnered to provide a two-week boarding camp.
Building a better campus
Just as Chattanooga invested in its riverfront to attract business, residents, and tourists from around the world, improvements at its metropolitan university have created a showcase campus.
Engineering Students build Music Center
Thanks to a group of UTC engineering students, a class at Hixson Elementary has a great new piece of playground and therapy equipment. An outdoor music center, comprised of a series of tubes and large metal “drums” provides students in the Comprehensive Development Class (CDC) a great option for musical therapy and education sessions.
Incoming freshmen donate supplies to local schools
The youngest students at UTC are changing their world. Incoming freshmen have accepted the challenge to donate school supplies to Brown and Battle Academies as they arrive on campus for orientation.
New director named at Challenger STEM Learning Center
Perry Storey has been named the new director of the Challenger STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Learning Center at UTC.
University featured in Campus Safety Magazine
A UTC emergency management exercise has been featured in Campus Safety, the leading magazine on public safety and security of major hospitals, schools and universities in the United States.
Engineering students make therapy equipment for local schools
“A wobble board” may sound like something silly from a cartoon, but this piece of equipment serves the important purpose of developing reflexes and balance in children with disabilities. And thanks to some enterprising UTC engineering students, Griffith Elementary and Sequatchie County Middle School now have several of the much-needed boards.
Mad Vocab Art contest supported by ThinkAchieve
UTC Freshman Composition students, Whitwell Middle School (WMS) students, and community representatives enjoyed a celebration of language power with a Mad Vocab Art contest designed by Madonna Kemp.
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.