When Curel Jones came to UTC as a freshman in 2020, she quickly realized she was a bit in over her head. As a first-generation student, Jones had no idea what to expect from college.
Camera trap: UTC’s DeAnna Beasley brings awareness to local green spaces
Many visitors to Warner Park—home of the Chattanooga Zoo—often mistake the vegetation in the parking lot for neglected overgrowth, with some even using the area as a space to litter. The green space, however, serves a purpose. It is a bioretention garden that uses native plants to manage stormwater, improve water quality and support plant diversity.
Inaugural ‘Chattanooga Connect’ lays foundation for future
Chattanooga was recently the host site for a global gathering of researchers, industry leaders and policymakers for a multifaceted focus on urban mobility: Chattanooga Connect 2024. The inaugural conference, held Oct. 21-23, achieved its aims and set a high bar for next year.
UTC art historian also known for his Arctic explorations
Department of Art Assistant Professor Bart Pushaw is a self-described “art historian of the colonial Americas, focusing on the circumpolar North and Central America between 1700 and 1950.” When he was a postdoctoral fellow in the international research group “The Art of Nordic Colonials: Writing Transcultural Art Histories” in Copenhagen, he emphasized “the global entanglements of material and visual culture of the indigenous Arctic, especially when it coincides with the Black Atlantic and Pacific.”
Scrappily ever after: Homecoming Week 2024 comes to a close
After a full week of events and celebration, the Mocs’ football win against Virginia Military Institute on Saturday, Oct. 26, capped off Homecoming Week 2024 at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Snapshots from the Power C Tour: Knoxville welcomes UTC spirit
The third annual Power C Tour—a statewide outreach effort to prospective students on academic programs, admissions, housing, financial aid and campus life at UTC—visited the Knoxville Convention Center on Wednesday, Oct. 23. The Power C Tour gives local high school students, transfers, graduate students and their families a feel for UTC. Representatives from the academic colleges, student services and campus leaders—plus current students and mascot Scrappy—were on hand to answer questions and make connections in a friendly, relaxed environment.
Justice on display: Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals holds session at UTC
On Wednesday, Oct. 23, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals took to the road and heard three cases in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library’s Roth Grand Reading Room, allowing UTC students the opportunity to witness the legal process in action.
UTC School Psychology student wins ‘Student of the Year’ award
Alicea Wilson, a Chattanooga native and third-year student in the School Psychology graduate program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, was awarded the 2024 William Ballard Award.
Leading the quantum frontier: NSF funding accelerates UTC’s QISE program
Thanks to an almost $800,000 funding award from the National Science Foundation, the Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) program at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is off to a great start.
UTC raises nearly $2.9 million from 2,201 donors on Mocs Give Day
UTC raised $2,899,459.06 from 2,201 donors during its fifth annual Mocs Give Day on Oct. 1. The day’s original fundraising goal of $2,000,000 from 2,000 donors was exceeded by nearly 45% in dollars raised.