The Postmortal, this year’s First Year Reading Experience (FYRE) selection, raises questions about the ethics and the consequences of a cure for aging. UTC’s FYRE committee created an online portal for students and the campus community.
Brock Scholars present at undergraduate research conferences
This year, Brock Scholars students went to two conferences for the first time, the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) and the Southern Regional Honors Council (SRHC).
Mocs Bass Anglers reel in a whopper, snag the win in final hour
Lance Geren, an Engineering Technology Management student, and Robbie Moore, a business major, won the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Eastern Regional on Watts Barr Lake, part of the five-day BASSfest event.
Solomon Puryear learns on the job at WHBQ FOX13 in Memphis
Solomon C. Puryear is learning all about the television industry while he earns a degree in engineering management technology at UTC.
ThinkAchieve course offers experiential learning in San Salvador, Bahamas
Leah Keith-Houle’s Red Bank High School students are learning to map with a purpose. Unlike most mappers who are white males between 30-45 years old, Keith-Houle’s students are often young black women and men who are 16 years old. They tested their skills when they formed a Humanitarian Outreach Team (HOT) for OpenStreetMap (OSM). With this open source program, they’ve mapped Padang, Indonesia, for tsunami preparedness and Washington, Illinois, for tornado first responders.
Mocs named Sports Network Football Championship Subdivision Preseason All-American
Senior defensive end Davis Tull, senior tight end Faysal Shafaat and senior defensive tackle Derrick Lott were named to the 2014 The Sports Network Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Preseason All-America Team, marking the second year in a row that the Mocs had three preseason selections.
Sigma Kappa at UTC wins prestigious national award
Sigma Kappa at UTC was recently recognized as one of two chapters in the nation to achieve the highest ranking on the sorority’s Standards of Excellence. UTC’s Theta Phi chapter was awarded three stars for the highest level of achievement in academic performance, leadership, enhancement, skill development, and a variety of other aspects.
A new look for Zachary’s exercise train
A 12-year old boy with multiple developmental, speech, and feeding delays in Soddy Daisy needed to exercise on a climbing structure at his home, but his parents said it wasn’t very interesting or fun to use. A group of UTC engineering students in Dr. Cecelia Wigal’s first year Design Project class discovered Zachary loves trains,…
Local high school students visit UTC TV Studio
Lights, camera, action! Local high school students got a chance to film their own mock talk show at the UTC TV Studio. The students are on campus as part of The University’s Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) initiative.
Teachers HELP trains teachers in English learner techniques
The Teachers HELP (Helping English Language Proficiency) Summer Academy, which is a part of a five year program to offer high-quality English Learner (EL) endorsement and professional development opportunities, opened with a science lesson.