UTC students YOU KNOW will change the world –the second of two stories by Cindy Carroll For one week, I shook off my public relations responsibilities at UTC and embraced the role of faculty facilitator for the LeaderShape Institute, where 48 UTC students had an opportunity to consider who they are, how they lead, what…
Brock Scholars experience the art and history of Spain
A group of Brock Scholars, faculty, and alumni recently returned from a 10-day trip to Andalusia and Barcelona, the culmination of the Spain Travel Seminar course. Each spring semester, a Travel Seminar is designed to explore the fine art and history of a major cultural center abroad.
Veterans Task Force meets at UTC
A task force appointed to address chronic veterans’ homelessness in Chattanooga gathered recently for the first time on the UTC campus. Veterans, including students from UTC, community leaders, service providers, and city employees will work together to address housing and find funding for homeless veterans in our city. The task force meeting was held June 6.
Register for Fall 2014 Classes
Summer heat and dreams of sandy beaches may be occupying your thoughts, but be sure to sign up for classes in fall semester 2014!
MOOC technology pilot program earns continued state investment
As an experienced online lecturer at UT Chattanooga and fan of technology, Tiffany Mitchell jumped at the chance to convert her online English rhetoric and composition course to Coursera, one of two national innovators in massive open online courses (MOOCs), being used in a pilot program throughout the University of Tennessee.
UTC among universities IBM partners with to help train tomorrow’s data scientists
New programs offer business and IT skills for successful data science careers IBM announced it is partnering with 28 new business schools and universities, including The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, to help prepare students for the 4.4 million jobs that will be created worldwide to support big data by 2015.
Department of Biological Sciences receives anteater specimen from Nashville Zoo
The UTC Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences has a new specimen to add to its collection in the UTC Natural History Museum. A six-foot-long, nearly 100-pound one. The department recently received a specimen of a giant anteater from the Nashville Zoo. The animal died of natural causes.
UTC observes Arbor Day, earns Tree Campus USA recognition
As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability, UTC observed Arbor Day with the planting of three new trees grown from seeds by a UTC student.
Mocs top 3.0 GPA for Spring 2014 semester
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Athletics Department hit a major benchmark for the first time following the 2014 spring semester. The Mocs student-athletes posted a school record 3.07 grade-point-average for the recently completed term, topping the 3.0 mark for the first time in program history. Read more on GoMocs.com →
LeaderShape: discovering your passion, creating a vision
Justin Pohl in UTC Student Development offered me a challenging proposal: take a week away from UTC University Relations and join several faculty members to facilitate a LeaderShape Institute at Camp Lookout. Sleep in a cabin, grab food from the chow line, and help a group of UTC students figure out who they are, where they want to go, and how to get there from here.