“And the people stayed home. And read books, and listened, and rested, and exercised, and made art, and played games, and learned new ways of being, and were still. And listened more deeply. Some meditated, some prayed, some danced. Some met their shadows. And the people began to think differently. And the people healed. And,…
Linda Pickthorne Fletcher, former College of Business dean, passes away
Linda Pickthorne Fletcher, former dean of the College of Business at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, died April 20. She was 82.
Despite coronavirus, nursing graduates confident as they begin their careers
Despite facing the double-barreled angst of a new career and the coronavirus, UTC nursing graduates remain steadfast that they’ve chosen the right career. And they’re ready to get to it.
UTC Advisory Board Meets on Thursday, May 7
The Advisory Board for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will meet via videoconference on Thursday, May 7. The meeting begins at 3 p.m. EDT.
Mocs Checking on Mocs touches base with shelter-in-place students
It started with an email to students from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Dean of Students Office asking, “How are you doing?” Using graphics depicting a battery’s charge, students were asked to select a response that best represented how they felt. “Battery 100 percent!” “Battery 75 percent: It’s been difficult to adjust, but I’m…
Emergency Fund, Scrappy’s Cupboard offer help to struggling students
Scrappy’s Cupboard is one of the ways UTC is reaching out to students who need help after the pandemic and tornado.
The dark, the light and the in-between
By Amanda Morgan Fann Change. I have never liked it, but I know I cannot stop the inevitable, only adjust and grow from it. When I first heard the word “coronavirus” in January, I never fathomed that it would outbreak in the United States, much less shape the entire way we live our everyday lives.…
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…
UTC represented in global CoVent-19 Challenge
With the race on to close the gap between demand and supply of ventilators for COVID-19 patients around the world, expertise from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has jumped into a competition to design a game-changer. The “CoVent-19 Challenge,” launched on April 1, is hosted by medical residents in anesthesia at prestigious Massachusetts General…
$4.75 million to support UTC students affected by COVID-19
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will dedicate $4.7 million of funding it receives from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to support students with demonstrated need and who face significant financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. UTC will receive additional CARES funding for a total of $9,513,779. It’s not…