UTC students volunteered to participate in the United Way of Greater Chattanooga’s Day of Caring on Sept. 22, going to Brown Middle School, Hixson Middle School and the Chattanooga Zoo and—among other jobs—painted, cleaned up brush and dirt, chunked building scrap into dumpsters, sprayed weeds in school vegetable gardens and brushed spiderwebs off ceilings.
Move In Day: Excitement, fear, fun and a whole lot of stuff
Operation Move In brought the newest flock of Mocs to UTC. All this week at the residential housing units on campus, cars, pickups, SUVs and minivans pull in, often stuffed to the brim and unloaded by students, parents, siblings and other relatives.
UTC partners with College Pads to create online off campus housing marketplace
A new University of Tennessee at Chattanooga program, Off-Campus Student Services, will help students locate off-campus housing more efficiently and assist with other needs they may experience living off-campus—such as finding potential roommates and price and location comparisons.
Back on campus: Walker Apartments renovations superintendent returns to his UTC freshman roots
A former University of Tennessee at Chattanooga student has come full circle, as he now oversees renovations and updates to the on-campus housing where he once lived. Slade McGuire, a 2019 UTC construction management graduate, is currently the site superintendent of the Walker Apartments renovations. He is overseeing work that even includes the student apartment McGuire lived in as a UTC freshman.
Home away from home: New residential learning communities create ‘a sense of belonging’
The College of Arts and Sciences launched five new residential learning communities (RLCs) in fall 2022. These are living/learning communities made up of students with similar interests or areas of study. The goal is to speed up the process of forging a community while away at college.
Comforts of home: Students learn what’s truly needed for cozy living
With spring semester 2023 officially starting Monday, Jan. 9, about 500 UTC students were scheduled Friday, Jan. 6, for Operation Move In.
Optimizing opportunities: Liz Hathaway motivated to mentor ‘Westies’ of West Campus
Liz Hathaway, a UC Foundation assistant professor of kinesiology who joined UTC in 2016, assumes the West Campus faculty in residence post as the fall semester begins.
Won’t you be my neighbor?
UTC staff go door-to-door making House Calls.
Music Row: New Living Learning community for music lovers
Anyone who loves music can apply for Music Row.
Braving the cold: Operation Move In begins for spring semester
Frigid temperatures greet students moving into campus housing in January 2022.