When Hannah Rials was 12 years old, she woke up from a dream about a teenage vampire. Instead of rolling over and going back to bed, she got up and started writing. Eight years later, those late night writings are now a published novel called Ascension.
No time to waste: UTC student, 17, graduates from 2 schools at once
Creative outlet To see the jewelry that Miette Craig makes and sells online, go to: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EarthlyIndigoDesigns. Miette Craig hasn’t stopped going to school for the past two years, summers included. And the 17-year-old doesn’t see any breaks for 2½ more years, summers included. “I just want to get it done,” she says. “I don’t see…
Three UTC faculty members receive Alumni Association Awards
Three faculty members receive Alumni Association Awards.
Record low tuition increase continues for third year
UTC students this fall will see the lowest tuition increase in more than 30 years.
On the Job: Business internships become careers through Decosimo Success Center
Ryan Ward got back from California a couple of weeks ago. It wasn’t a pleasure trip to Disneyland or Hollywood. He was crunching numbers, digging through spreadsheets, consulting financial records. His trip to the West Coast came as a result of an internship Ward landed through the Joseph F. Decosimo Success Center in the UTC College of Business.
New director appointed to UTC SimCenter
Dr. Tony Skjellum has been appointed as director of UTC’s SimCenter.
Making music with light: Chemistry student spends summer researching the photoacoustic effect
Rachel Peters is making music with a laser. As a chemistry major entering her senior year, Peters and Dr. Han Park, assistant professor of chemistry, are researching what is called the photoacoustic effect.
What is: I made it! UTC grad a contestant on ‘Jeopardy!’
It had been 18 months since Justin Braddock went to the audition in Atlanta and, since no one had called, he figured, “Oh well, I didn’t make the cut.” Then the phone rang last January and the caller asked if he could be in Los Angeles in February.
Student reaches new heights with internship at SpaceX
When Matt Joplin dreamed of his future career, he let his mind wander to the highest of places: outer space. He took one giant step closer to his dream by recently completing an eight-month internship at SpaceX, a California-based aerospace manufacturing and space exploration technologies company founded by Elon Musk.
Music teachers fine-tune their skills at Kodaly Institute
Nineteen music teachers are fine-tuning their skills during Kodaly Institute at UTC