Dr. Hill Craddock, Davenport assistant professor of biology, biological and environmental sciences, calls restoring the American chestnut tree “the right thing to do,” especially since the blight that destroyed the US population of the American chestnut tree was caused by human carelessness. The blight, imported to the U.S. on Asian chestnut trees in the early…
Retired professors honored for years of service
The UTC Faculty Senate and the entire campus community honors retiring faculty members for their outstanding service to the University.
UTC team selected to attend National Summer Engaging Departments Institute
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) selected a team from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to attend the Engaging Departments Institute at the University of Pennsylvania from July 7-11, 2010. The UTC team will include: Dr. Barbara Norwood (Nursing and incoming chair of the General Education Committee), Dr. Victoria Steinberg (Foreign Languages),…
Finance students attend R.I.S.E. Forum
Four finance students attended the tenth annual R.I.S.E. Forum in Dayton, Ohio, with Dr. Christi Wann. The R.I.S.E. Forum is the world’s largest student investment forum sponsored by the University of Dayton each year in March. Two undergraduate finance majors, Stephen Tilstra and DeAngelo Williams, and two MBA candidates, Martha Marrufo and Matthew Tatum, were…
Hollinquest named SoCon Female Athlete of the Year
UTC graduate Shanara Hollinquest was honored as the 2010 Southern Conference Female Athlete of the Year at the league’s annual awards dinner at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Hilton Head, S.C. [Read more]
Racing Mocs make best showing ever in SAE Baja Competition
By placing 13th in the Society of Automotive Engineers Baja design competition held in Bellingham, Washington, the Racing Mocs made UTC history. “It’s our best ever overall finish. We beat all Big Ten, all Big 12, and all SEC schools. Placing tenth in design makes me especially proud,” said Dr. Will Sutton, dean of the college…
Swansbrough enjoying Fulbright experience
Dr. Robert Swansbrough is enjoying his busy role as a Fulbright Scholar, teaching and traveling in China and presenting Fulbright guest lectures. Fulbright supports this travel and the inviting host university provides housing and often banquets. At each visit, Fulbright requests that Swansbrough give two lectures. Swansbrough, Associate Dean of The College of Arts and…
Documenting UTC’s urban forest
Visitors to UTC are often surprised to see our lush green campus right in the middle of the downtown concrete jungle. To preserve the campus plant life, an effort has made to catalog the diverse collection of trees and shrubs for scientific, educational, and ornamental purposes, and application is being made to have the campus…
Graduate student selected for Presidential Fellows Program
Graduate student Adrienne Teague has been selected to participate in the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress Fellows program based in Washington DC, which encourages participants from colleges and universities around the country to learn about leadership and governance, to share research and scholarship, develop leadership qualities and be inspired to pursue…
Student wins 1st Place at the National Association for Teachers of Singing competition
Sonia Rippe placed first in the Upperclassmen Division of the National Association for Teachers of Singing (NATS) Musical Theater category in the mid-south regional competition. Rippe, a native of Memphis, Tennessee who studies voice with Dr. Rebecca St. Goar, performed four songs from musicals. Rippe performed four songs from musicals meeting different time period qualifications.…