Max L. Fuller, Chairman and CEO of U.S. Xpress Enterprises, Inc., will address more than 1,200 graduates at the University’s spring commencement ceremony. The ceremony is on May 5 at 10 a.m. in McKenzie Arena. To watch the ceremony live, click on this link.
Wrapping up spring semester
Final Exam Schedule Final exams for the spring semester are scheduled Monday, April 23rd through Friday, April 27th. For more details, click here.
Update: Michael Pollan advises a simple way of eating
To Michael Pollan, best-selling author, journalist, and activist, the rules for eating healthy can be boiled down to seven words. “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” This simple mantra was a theme of Pollan’s lecture he gave as part of the George T. Hunter Lecture Series.
Blue and Gold Memorial is Monday, April 16
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga begins a new tradition with the Blue and Gold Memorial ceremony, to remember students, faculty, staff, retirees, and alumni who have died during the last year. We invite everyone to join the UTC campus community at this ceremony on Monday, April 16 at 6 p.m. in the Quadrangle, outside…
Writers and students talk shop at Meacham Writer’s Workshop
By Iris Mahan, University Relations Intern UTC and Chattanooga State hosted visitors and community members at the Meacham Writer’s Workshop, a free three-day event featuring readings, workshops, and individual conferences all over the city of Chattanooga. Participants have the opportunity to watch the craft of others evolve and to evolve in their own craft as…
Connor Society presents “Three Chancellors”
An Afternoon of Opera issponsored by the Connor Society on Sunday, April 15, at 3 p.m. in the Roland Hayes Hall, UTC Fine Arts Center, located at the intersection of Vine and Palmetto Streets. This event is free and open to the public,and celebrates UTC’s 125th Year and the 8th year of the Connor Society,
College of Business honors pioneering entrepreneurs
A plastics innovator, a global macro investment strategist, and a pioneering steel and oil businessman are new inductees of the UTC College of Business Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame.
Michael Pollan to close this season’s Hunter Lecture Series
Michael Pollan, author and activist, will give the last lecture of the 2011-2012 George T. Hunter Lecture Series on Thursday, April 19th at 7 p.m at the Tivoli Theatre. This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6 p.m. Seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Pollan’s lecture is entitled: In…
NASA KEPLER Mission lecture set for April 10
Roger Hunter, Project Manager for the NASA KEPLER Mission, will present “NASA’s Kepler Mission: A Search for Habitable Planets” on Tuesday, April 10th from 2:30 – 4 p.m. in the Signal Mountain Room of the UTC University Center. KEPLER is NASA’s first mission to search for earth-sized planets in stars’ habitable zones in our galaxy. …
University community participates in Research Day
UTC faculty, staff, and students presented a variety of projects at the University’s annual Research Day including exploring how to create a successful brand for a start-up company, discovering ways to help children learn fine motor skills, and researching the habits of Facebook users.