Jeff Kell was selected by The Tennessee Higher Education Information Technology Symposium as the recipient of its 2015 Distinguished Service Award. Kell is the Director of Network Services for The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga The Distinguished Service Award was presented at the THEITS 44th meeting in Chattanooga. The annual award is presented to the…
Kluesner receives Dona Sparger Professional Service Award
Dr. Bryon Kluesner received the award at the Tennessee Association on Higher Education and Disability (TN-AHEAD) 2015 Spring Conference. Kluesner is the Adaptive Technology Coordinator in the UTC Disability Resource Center.
B.B. Bell, General, United States Army (Retired), honored by DAR
Bell ’69 was presented the DAR Medal of Honor for his service to the United States and his community.
Student groups offer valuable community service
The Lambda Iota chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, and The Alpha Iota chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity kicked off the inaugural Kans for a Kause Food Drive this month, to address the rising number of people within the region who struggle with hunger. This student-led food drive continues in the UTC University Center…
Dr. Richard Brown honored by United Way of Greater Chattanooga
Dr. Richard Brown has always enjoyed volunteering with the United Way of Greater Chattanooga. For the last 25 years, he has worked with United Way agencies, served on the allocations committee, chaired the education campaign for K-12 and higher education, and held a cabinet position for several campaigns. For the last eight years, he has…
Nursing students take The Leap and travel to Guatemala
From May 10 – 17, The Leap, an initiative started by nursing students Katie Battani and Jenna Elliot, took a group of UTC Nursing students and faculty to Guatemala City.
ThinkAchieve project leads to departmental honors thesis
Hannah and Sophia Seage, twins who are both French majors and Education minors, didn’t know what they were getting into when they volunteered for the ThinkAchieve project to help teach French to children at Rivermont Elementary School in Hixson, TN in 2012. They thought that they would just go to classes and assist in French lessons, but the experience grew, eventually culminating in their Departmental Honors Theses.
Three UTC women honored by Girls Inc. of Chattanooga
Three of the ten Unbought and Unbossed women honored by Girls Inc. of Chattanooga in 2014 are employed by UTC. They are Dr. Stephanie Bellar, Dr. Christine Benz Smith, and Kathy Purnell.
Kayla Austin: a May graduate who is changing the world
How do you describe a young woman who goes to Honduras on a mission trip at the age of 19, discovers a starving, disabled, neglected little boy and embraces him as her own, takes him to live with her in Chattanooga, attends classes at UTC while she raises him for the last two years, graduates, and then returns to Honduras to establish a non-profit program to help care for abused women and young mothers?
Chancellor delivers State of the University address 2014
Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger called UTC “a vital part of Hamilton County for more than 125 years” and he thanked Chancellor Steve Angle for his leadership.