As UTC’s student body continues to grow, more opportunities for honors-level study will be available with the establishment of an Honors College. To avoid confusion, the University Honors Program has reverted to its former name, the Brock Scholars Program.
Washington D.C. internship yields big returns
Robert Fisher had sixty minutes warning he would meet President Barack Obama.
Fisher is a UTC Brock Scholar and the incoming Student Government Association President. He spent the summer in Washington, D.C., as an intern for the Center for American Progress, following his acceptance into The Institute for Responsible Citizenship’s prestigious summer leadership program. Fisher and his student colleagues met with lawmakers and asked for a resolution to the student loan interest rate problem.
Engineering Students build Music Center
Thanks to a group of UTC engineering students, a class at Hixson Elementary has a great new piece of playground and therapy equipment. An outdoor music center, comprised of a series of tubes and large metal “drums” provides students in the Comprehensive Development Class (CDC) a great option for musical therapy and education sessions.
Incoming freshmen donate supplies to local schools
The youngest students at UTC are changing their world. Incoming freshmen have accepted the challenge to donate school supplies to Brown and Battle Academies as they arrive on campus for orientation.
Students create puzzle for crow enrichment
By Zach Taylor, University Relations Student Writer While chimpanzees and dolphins are regularly considered the animal kingdom’s most intelligent creatures, crows may have something to say about that—literally.
Themed Learning Communities set to begin in the fall
When August rolls around, get ready for the familiar sight of a new freshman class on move-in day. As students from across the state, country, and overseas settle into their apartments, meet their roommates for the first time, and become acclimated to the campus and city, some will find themselves asking the question, “What do…
Engineering students construct high chair for child with disabilities
For the first time, three-year-old Aiden can now safely climb out of his high chair all on his own thanks to a group of UTC students built the boy the custom chair as part of a final project in an engineering class.
Apply today for new UTC scholarship
UTC students have a new opportunity to earn a scholarship. Incoming freshmen, transfer students and current students at UTC are all eligible to apply from their UTC email address for the Civic Leaders Advancing Student Scholars (CLASS) Fremont Bicentennial Anniversary Commemorative Civics Scholarship.
UTC wins first award for car dynamic performance
For the first time in the history of the UTC Racing Mocs, the team placed first in the suspension and traction category during the 2013 Baja Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International competition held at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.
Engineering students make therapy equipment for local schools
“A wobble board” may sound like something silly from a cartoon, but this piece of equipment serves the important purpose of developing reflexes and balance in children with disabilities. And thanks to some enterprising UTC engineering students, Griffith Elementary and Sequatchie County Middle School now have several of the much-needed boards.