Steven Cox began to appreciate the value of the journals of Emma Bell Miles shortly after he joined the UTC Library in 2001. One year before, the work of this “gifted writer, poet, naturalist, and artist with a keen perspective on Appalachian life and culture” had been donated to UTC, and researchers began to ask if they could have a look.
Department of Biological Sciences receives anteater specimen from Nashville Zoo
The UTC Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences has a new specimen to add to its collection in the UTC Natural History Museum. A six-foot-long, nearly 100-pound one. The department recently received a specimen of a giant anteater from the Nashville Zoo. The animal died of natural causes.
Concert raises funds for UTC Veterans Entrepreneurship Program
Nashville-based band Here Come the Mummies brought their own special brand of funk to historic Engel Stadium for the second annual American Dream Concert. The event raised more than $6,000 for the Engel Foundation and the Veterans Entrepreneurship Program (VEP) at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s College of Business.
Pollinators and Pesticides info session set for June 9
As the push for local, organic produce grows, the humble bee is being recognized as an important participant in farming rather than a pesky stinger.
Vintage “Base Ball” comes to Engel Stadium
Built in 1930, Engel Stadium will play host to something even older than itself – vintage base ball. With vastly different rules, equipment, and terminology (even a different name, as opposed to the modern “baseball”) vintage base ball is equal parts historic reenactment and sporting event.
Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit kicks off on UTC Campus
Chancellor Steve Angle delivered the keynote address at the Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit, one of the Southeast’s longest running science and technology conferences. Chattanooga’s history of manufacturing excellence, entrepreneurial development, and technological advancement drew the summit to Chattanooga.
Chancellor Steve Angle’s Keynote Address at the 2014 Tennessee Valley Corridor Summit
Good afternoon! Welcome to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the 2014 Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit.
Engineering students help special education class
For many teachers, finding time to prepare the day’s lessons can be a challenge. Five UTC Engineering students have created a solution to this problem for one special education teacher.
SCEA hosts national arts and education forum
The Southeast Center for Education in the Arts (SCEA), an outreach department in the College of Arts and Sciences at UTC, is committed to the promotion and delivery of quality arts education. This year, their seventh annual National Arts & Education Forum discussed what exactly quality arts education means.
UTC observes Arbor Day, earns Tree Campus USA recognition
As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability, UTC observed Arbor Day with the planting of three new trees grown from seeds by a UTC student.