In fall 2014, the Health and Human Performance Department will officially begin to offer a new Master’s Degree, Physical Activity in Health. This new degree focuses on public health and health promotion. The focus will be on promoting health within community based organizations, which might mean neighborhoods, work sites, corporations, small businesses, or school settings.
Planning a new business? This is the class for you!
Starting this semester, the UTC College of Business and the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship will be offering Co.Starters, a nine-week class open to all members of the UTC campus community who are interested in starting their own business.
Catching up with SGA President Robert Fisher
Most UTC students stay busy in fall semester, but Student Government Association President Robert Fisher became known as a master of time management to conquer his schedule. Fisher, a Brock Scholar, works with his team leaders in SGA to affect positive change. He also began his tenure on the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC), serving as the student representative of the University of Tennessee System; he visited Washington D.C. as a Presidential Fellow with the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC); and he was appointed to a leadership position on the UT Advocacy Council Oversight Committee by UT President Joe DiPietro.
Construction Management student team scores well in competition
A team of UTC Construction Management Competition Team students bested teams from Virginia Tech, Auburn, Mississippi State, and University of Florida in the “Site Logistics” portion of the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) and the Associated General Contractors (AGC) Region II (Southeast Region) Student Competition in Peachtree City, Georgia. The competition was held in November…
UTC Theatre Department Presents “No Exit”
Here’s a challenge from the Department of Theatre and Speech: find a date for Valentine’s Day and go to the Ward Theatre in the UTC Fine Arts Center to discover the origin of the phrase, “Hell is other people.”
University hosts first community service fair
Representatives from more than 30 community organizations attended UTC’s first community service fair, introducing students to volunteering opportunities in the Chattanooga area.
School of Nursing focuses on collaborative healthcare
While much of the nation argues about healthcare, the UTC School of Nursing (UTC SON) is making positive efforts to improve it with a collaborative, interprofessional environment, particularly in the delivery of care to older patients.
New Women’s Studies scholarship rewards academic achievement
The Women’s Studies Department has awarded two students who have achieved academic excellence in the major the new Felicia Sturzer Scholarship. Students with an overall GPA of 3.0 and a 3.5 GPA in Women’s Studies who have taken at least 15 hours of Women’s Studies courses are be eligible.
College of Business develops new Student Success Center
The new College of Business Student Success Center is established on three key components: academic advisement, career services, and professional development.
Mocs succeed on the field and in the classroom
Following his second straight Southern Conference Player of the Year award and guiding the UTC football team to its most successful season in 30 years, junior Davis Tull was chosen by the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) as the program’s first Capital One Academic All-American.