Dr. Deborah Ingram was presented with the Catherine Worthingham Fellow award by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) on June 27 in Salt Lake City. It is the highest honor that the APTA bestows.
Graduate student achieves at national pageant
Educational workshops, anxiety-ridden interviews, and some fun were mixed into the week leading up to the Ms. Wheelchair America 2014 Pageant, where UTC graduate student and Ms. Wheelchair Tennessee 2013 Bliss Welch was named 1st Runner Up.
UTC selected as College of Distinction
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is the only Tennessee public institution selected as a 2013-2014 College of Distinction.
Alumna introduces President Obama at Amazon
UTC alumna Lydia Flanders ‘06 was selected to introduce President Barrack Obama when he visited the Chattanooga Amazon facility on Tuesday, July 30.
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Brock Scholars highlighted in new Honors College
As UTC’s student body continues to grow, more opportunities for honors-level study will be available with the establishment of an Honors College. To avoid confusion, the University Honors Program has reverted to its former name, the Brock Scholars Program.
Washington D.C. internship yields big returns
Robert Fisher had sixty minutes warning he would meet President Barack Obama.
Fisher is a UTC Brock Scholar and the incoming Student Government Association President. He spent the summer in Washington, D.C., as an intern for the Center for American Progress, following his acceptance into The Institute for Responsible Citizenship’s prestigious summer leadership program. Fisher and his student colleagues met with lawmakers and asked for a resolution to the student loan interest rate problem.
Alumna selected as ambassador of the year
When Sarah Gardner graduated in May, she walked across the stage with great memories from her experience at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and her study abroad experience in Austria. Gardner was recently named an Ambassador of the Year for the International Student Exchange Program (ISEP).
Alumna wins national teaching award
UTC alumna Josalyn Tresvant ‘01, Special Education teacher at Knight Road Elementary in Memphis, Tennessee, was one of four teachers selected for the prestigious 2013 Fishman Prize for Superlative Classroom Practice. More than 570 educators applied for this national honor. She has received $25,000 and has begun a special summer residency with TNTP, the nonprofit organization that offers the award.
Dream to be a nurse
Carla Thomas Ramsey approached her nursing education at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga quietly. After she was accepted into a program designed to assist her academic success, she discovered it also helped her to interact more with others.