All over the country, the average number of students defaulting on loans is rising, but UTC has worked hard to lower our student loan default.
Mocs basketball season tips off
The Mocs are back in action at McKenzie Arena for the beginning of basketball season! Both the Mocs and Lady Mocs will open their seasons on Friday, November 8. The men tip off at 5:30 p.m. and the women at 7 p.m.
Ted Alling inspires College of Business students
Ted Alling admitted that he and the co-founders of Access America Transport never created a business plan and “none of us are smart people.” What he and his two best friends from college did have were complementary skills and two goals: to create the best place in America to work, and to form a company that would make $100 million dollars.
Exhibit featuring Holocaust heroes comes to UTC
UTC is hosting a unique exhibit featuring largely unrecognized heroes of the Holocaust on Monday and Tuesday, November 12 – 13, 8 – 5 p.m. in the Chattanooga Rooms of the UTC University Center. “Visas for Life” tells the stories of diplomats from different countries, cultures, and backgrounds who issued visas that allowed Jews to escape Nazi persecution. This exhibit is free and open to the public.
What’s new at the ARC?
There’s a new way to keep up with everything going on in Campus Recreation, Student Health Services and the Women’s Center—an app will provide calendars, schedules, maps and much more.
UTC students mentor local girls at CGLA
A group of UTC Sociology students recently began a mentorship program with 9th and 10th grade students at Chattanooga Girl’s Leadership Academy (CGLA). The students, from a Sociology of Education course taught by Dr. Shela Van Ness, were put through background checks and training to receive certification for the program. Each UTC student mentor was paired…
Experiential learning increases student success
Eleven UTC students in the upper level cross-disciplinary course Tropical Island Ecology and Geology conducted research in San Salvador last summer, where they examined coral and algae living on natural reefs and compared them to those living on artificial reefs, such as sunken ships. Dr. Ann Holmes, Assistant Professor of Geology, and Dawn Ford, Adjunct Professor in Biological and Environmental Sciences, added a new layer of learning for these students by earning the designation of the pilot ThinkAchieve Experiential Learning class.
Former prime minister of Slovakia speaks on campus
When Iveta Radicova, former Prime Minister of Slovakia, first visited the United States in the ’90s, she caught a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty from the window of the airplane. “Instead of holding a flame, she should be holding a credit card. Because the entrance to the rights and freedoms, and the standard of living we enjoy primarily relies on credits,” she said.
Campus mourns passing of Interim Chancellor Bogue
Students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga mourn the passing of Dr. Grady Bogue Wednesday morning. Bogue served as interim chancellor of the UTC campus from September 2012 until July 2013.
Lecture: “‘If There is a Worse Place Than Hell, I Am in It’: Abraham Lincoln as a War Leader”
Dr. Stephen Berry of the University of Georgia will deliver the lecture “‘If There is a Worse Place Than Hell, I Am in It’: Abraham Lincoln as a War Leader” on Wednesday, November 6, at 6 p.m. at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga University Center, Signal Mountain Room.