The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga had 35 student-athletes named to the 2010 Fall Academic All-Southern Conference Team. The squad consisted of representatives from football, volleyball, men’s and women’s soccer and men’s and women’s cross country. [Read more]
See video of December graduates
Dr. Steven J.K. Symes, UC Foundation Associate Professor, chemistry, addressed 552 December graduates during UTC commencement exercises held at McKenzie Arena on Saturday, December 18.
Alumnus takes Command of Army ROTC
Major General James M. “Mark” McDonald (’80) has taken command of Army ROTC, responsible for producing 60 percent of the Army’s new officers annually. McDonald (’80) will oversee Cadet Command. His last assignment was in Iraq, where he had been the director, J-3 (Operations) for U.S. Forces Iraq.
UTC student crowned Miss Chattanooga
UTC junior Chandler Lawson was recently selected Miss Chattanooga 2011. Lawson, a political science major who works at law firm Chambliss, Bahner and Stophel, won the interview award. The Tullahoma native, who was Tennessee’s Junior Miss 2008, will make her second trip to the Miss Tennessee Pageant in June 2011. The pageant will be held…
Newsweek article includes Dr. Wilfred McClay’s comments
Dr. Wilfred M. McClay, SunTrust Bank Chair of Excellence in Humanities and Professor of History at UTC, was included in a recent Newsweek article about a new religion book. [Read more]
Student to present research at international scientific meeting
UTC student Carolyn Hoagland, selected as a Volkswagen Distinguished Scholar to work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, will present her research at the 2010 Annual Meeting and International Research Conference of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. This event will be held November 11-14 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
UTC shares in City of Chattanooga water abatement award
When the City of Chattanooga received the Outstanding Overflow Abatement Award by the Kentucky-Tennessee Water Environment Association, the University was also recognized. Before the Chattanooga City Council, Vice Chancellor Richard Brown received a plaque for the University’s role in the Warner Park/Engel Stadium Combined Sewer Overflow Control Project.
University awarded security grant
UTC was one of 18 institutions selected to receive a U.S. Department of Education Emergency Management for Higher Education (EMHE) grant worth nearly a half million dollars to develop and implement a comprehensive plan for emergency management. Across the United States, 327 institutions applied for the grant.
Campus will Focus on China with series of events
Dr. Bob Swansbrough, UTC Political Science Professor, recently returned from a Fulbright Scholar experience in China. Along with Ruth Grover, UTC Curator, Swansbrough has planned Focus on China, a month-long series of exhibitions, demonstrations and lectures.