UTC Chancellor Steve Angle and UTC Student Government Association President Robert Fisher joined University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro and representatives from every campus and institute at the University of Tennessee System’s annual “UT Day on the Hill” held in Nashville earlier this week.
Update: Asia Conference covers economics, tea ceremony
Considering Japan is the largest foreign investor in Tennessee, it’s only fitting Consul-General Motohiko Kato kicked off the Sixth Annual Introduction to Asia Conference at UTC on Tuesday, February 25. Kato works to assist Japanese companies in the Volunteer state.
Student leaders organize ‘I love UTC’ Week
Time to break out your blue and gold for ‘I Love UTC’ Week from Monday, February 24 through Saturday, March 1! Organized by several campus organizations, the week features a pep rally, door decorating contest, and more school-spirited activities.
Second Annual UTC Zumbathon raises money for the American Heart Association
UTC students teamed up with the Chattanooga community for three hours of non-stop dancing at the second annual Zumbathon. The fun event raised more than a $1,000 for the local chapter of the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” initiative.
Author to discuss living for a year without mirrors, part of “I Am Enough” campaign at UTC
If you’ve had problems with body image, you’re not alone. Kjerstin Gruys experienced the same feelings, which led her to live without mirrors for a year and to write a memoir about the experience.
UTC student interns with Volkswagen in Germany
UTC’s first-ever intern for Volkswagen in Germany is preparing to leave for Wolfsberg. The University is hopeful Adrianna Eder, a Brock Scholar, is the first of many UTC students who will participate in the UTC-Osfalia University of Applied Sciences bilateral exchange relationship.
See a documentary about Civil Rights leaders in Chattanooga February 24
Civil rights leaders in Chattanooga will be prominently featured in the documentary 9 United for Equality: Reflections on the Struggle of Civil Rights in Chattanooga, to be shown Monday, February 24, 5:15 p.m., in the UTC University Center Auditorium. The documentary video will run 45 minutes; a reception will follow.
Chancellor Angle delivers State of the University Address on March 5, 2014
UTC Chancellor Steven R. Angle will deliver “Achieving Excellence—Charting the path to the future” to the community on Wednesday, March 5 at 8 a.m. at the Hunter Museum of American Art.
Richard Jackson publishes two new poetry books
Dr Richard Jackson, UTNAA Professor of English, is publishing his eleventh book of poetry, Out of Place.
Two recent grads hired to grow sports tourism in Chattanooga
UTC alumni Patrick Sutton and Brant Donlon are teaming up for the Chattanooga Sports Committee to grow sports tourism in the Scenic City. They graduated in December 2013 and landed newly created positions.