Five colleges and universities were chosen this year from more than a hundred nominations to share in the 2014 Higher Education Civic Engagement Awards presented by The Washington Center and the New York Life Foundation. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is among those honored.
Department of Interior Design creates new senior design space
Room 408 in Hunter Hall got a makeover! The senior design studio has been updated with workstations that allow students to collaborate more easily. Each student has a dedicated desk for the year. Each desk, custom made by local artists David Crewe and Bryan Strickland of Area 61, has a large surface for the study…
Engineering students help local entrepreneur redesign product
UTC engineering students Jacob Keller, Nick Pippenger, Jason Berghorn helped a local entrepreneur redesign his mood lighting product for mass production as a part of a class project.
UTC Finance students complete internship that takes them from the stock market to the farm
Four UTC Finance students were selected to participate in a four-week summer internship with Galtere, Ltd., the commodities-focused hedge fund of Renée Haugerud. The experience took the students from the skyscrapers in New York City to a farm in Preston, Minnesota. Stephen Reaves, Nicole Koegel, Cody Edwards, and Tyler Gallups got a firsthand experience of…
More students to be engaged in undergraduate research and creative activity
If a chemistry student has always had a passion for social work, wouldn’t it be great for her to find a faculty member in social work and team up on research? The new Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity at UTC is crackling with the excitement of pairing faculty with students to conduct independent…
UTC team studying how Appalachian plants respond to climate change
As the seasons change, we’re used to seeing large numbers of geese migrate and fly to a warmer or cooler climate. But what about plants? Even though they’re rooted in the ground, could they migrate as well? That’s the question Dr. Jennifer Boyd, UTC Associate Professor of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and a team of…
Welcome week kicks off with variety of activities
From a 100-foot banana split to a paintball tournament to a cook-out, there was something for everyone at this year’s Welcome Week.
Engineering students create unique tandem bike
Christopher’s mom was delighted to hear her son say “Again, again!” when she took him for his first bike ride in his new car seat, outfitted by first year engineering students who were challenged with creating this assistive device. Keith Schaal, Tyler Medley, Tanner Askren, Amanda Wade, and Jake Dedeker attached a donated car seat…
Freshmen participate in First Year Reading Experience
Should a cure for aging be legalized and made available to the public? What laws should regulate its use? How should society deal with a growing population that never ages? Freshmen grappled with these questions during discussion of this year’s selection for the First Year Reading Experience.
Costume and set design provided for three operas
Students, faculty, in UTC Theatre work in Italy When the curtain was raised on three different operas presented in centuries-old theaters around the Italian countryside during the summer of 2014, patrons saw the work of three UTC Theatre students and one faculty member. Stephanie Henderson, Costume Designer and lecturer at UTC, took two students from…