Zennia Nesmith, an adult learner whose educational journey has brought her to UTC this fall, was 1 of 6 Tennessee students selected as recipients of the 2022 BlueCross Power of We Scholarship, funded by the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation.
UTC events to raise awareness of suicide prevention education
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and Lucy White, assistant director for education and suicide prevention, has been busy coordinating programming geared toward mental health and suicide awareness, along with educating people about resources, professionals and different organizations that can help them if there’s a mental health emergency.
Eye opener: Gary Wilkerson’s sports injury research expands into virtual reality
A collaboration that Gary Wilkerson has been a research partner in for the last year is going next level. Wilkerson and the Boston-based REACT Neuro group are using virtual reality technology to test response efficiency.
Welcome to Welcome Week 2022
More than 80 events are on the UTC Welcome Week calendar. Most can be found in MocSync—the University’s student engagement platform.
Minority Health Fair brings community to UTC campus
On Aug. 6, the 21st annual Hamilton County Minority Health Fair—known as the area’s largest health fair event—took place at the UTC University Center.
UTC alum recognized for global stroke recovery campaign while building nonprofit
Elyse Newland was recently recognized by the American Stroke Association with its Caregiver Hero Award.
Megan Wolfe sees her cancer as ‘kind of a blessing and a curse’
Seeing the care and concern of doctors and nurses during cancer treatments was “an inspiration.”
From “doc” to nurse, UTC student headed to Erlanger after graduation
UTC nursing student Matthew Lewis, who will be receiving a bachelor’s degree this week, built on his experience as a U.S. Navy corpsman in gravitating toward the high-demand field.
Hooks and jabs: UTC occupational therapy students helping fight Parkinson’s
This semester, the UTC occupational therapy program has 24 capstone students working with various area organizations, including Rock Steady Boxing Chattanooga—a non-contact boxing-based curriculum serving people with Parkinson’s disease.
Physical therapy professor is Tennessee’s best
Matt Grubb wants students “to become independent thinkers and not just do what I tell you because I’m the guy writing your exams.”