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.
Getting ready for fall semester
Fall semester is just a few short months away. Summer orientation sessions will prepare incoming students for academic success and familiarize them with campus resources and traditions. See how students should prepare for their orientation sessions, maps, and the full schedule of sessions here. Those who have registered for fall semester 2013 must pay fees…
Graduate student wins Ms. Wheelchair Tennessee 2013
Bliss Welch grew up playing soccer and climbing trees, but when she had difficulty climbing the stairs of her family home at 17-years-old, she knew her life was about to change. Her diagnosis of muscular dystrophy didn’t stop her.
First place AP award won by Communication major
Brian Bass, UTC Communication Department student and major, won a prestigious Associated Press Broadcaster’s first place award for Best Sports Coverage.
Students network with non-profit professionals
Local organizations at the event included Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Clubs of Chattanooga, CONTACT of Southeast Tennessee, and McKamey Animal Center.
New leaders elected to UTC SGA
The newly elected SGA officers for 2012-2013 are: President Robert Fisher, Vice President Steven Palmer, and Treasurer Brandon Harden.
Warpinski awarded North Callahan Essay Prize
Joseph Warpinski, an economics major with a dual minor of business administration and history, has won the 2013 North Callahan Essay Prize for his submission “The Overextension of the British Empire and its Subsequent Demise.” Warpinski received a $1,000 cash prize. To read the essay, click here.
New FYRE book chosen for 2013-14
Based on the National Public Radio series, This I Believe is a collection of short essays by eighty Americans—the famous to the not-so-widely known—on highly divergent personal beliefs.