In spring semester 2020, students at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga earned many impressive national and international scholarships, including such well-known ones as the J. William Fulbright U.S. Scholar, Japanese Exchange and Teaching, Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program and the Knight-Hennessy Scholar. Several were the first UTC students to ever be awarded…
Emergency Fund, Scrappy’s Cupboard offer help to struggling students
Scrappy’s Cupboard is one of the ways UTC is reaching out to students who need help after the pandemic and tornado.
The dark, the light and the in-between
By Amanda Morgan Fann Change. I have never liked it, but I know I cannot stop the inevitable, only adjust and grow from it. When I first heard the word “coronavirus” in January, I never fathomed that it would outbreak in the United States, much less shape the entire way we live our everyday lives.…
Happy Earth Day, Mocs!
Today is the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day and while COVID-19 prevents us from celebrating #EarthDay as we usually do, we pulled together a few ways that UTC continues to increase sustainability efforts.
UTC music grad gaining international recognition
To learn more about McGrath, go to his website at: www.ethanmcgrath.com. By Jordan Hicks First-Year Coordinator for the Department of Performing Arts Ethan McGrath enrolled at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the fall of 2012 as a music composition major. Having previously taken piano lessons from the late professor Sin-Hsing Tsai, he…
UTC represented in global CoVent-19 Challenge
With the race on to close the gap between demand and supply of ventilators for COVID-19 patients around the world, expertise from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has jumped into a competition to design a game-changer. The “CoVent-19 Challenge,” launched on April 1, is hosted by medical residents in anesthesia at prestigious Massachusetts General…
Chancellor’s, Blue and Gold Award winners announced
UTC Chancellor Steve Angle presents year-end awards to three students.
$4.75 million to support UTC students affected by COVID-19
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will dedicate $4.7 million of funding it receives from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act to support students with demonstrated need and who face significant financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic. UTC will receive additional CARES funding for a total of $9,513,779. It’s not…
Nursing students raise money for tornado victims
With a logo of the Chattanooga skyline designed by Becca Watts, as of today—Monday, April 20—almost 600 shirts have been sold, raising more than $6,600.
COVID-19 brings out UTC heroes
These days, people in all kinds of uniforms are taking on hero status—not just those in military uniforms. First responders, health care providers and law enforcement are on the front lines in today’s battle with COVID-19. They have jobs that can’t be done remotely, and their work makes the rest of us safer, healthier and…