Hoping to follow in the footsteps of former UTC student Johnny Webster, who with the help of MTV show MADE fulfilled his dream of becoming a UTC Sugar Moc several years ago, students lined up to audition for producers of the show during an on-campus casting call.
Update: FYRE committee selects Outcasts United
The secret is out! From more than 50 entries, Outcasts United by Warren St. John was the book chosen for the 2012 First Year Reading Experience (FYRE). It’s a book the entire UTC campus can read and experience the true story of a soccer team of refugee teenage boys coached by a Jordanian-born woman in…
UTC Music Department presents variety of spring concerts
There’s something for everyone this spring with the variety of concerts offered by the UTC Music Department.
Cress Gallery to display student work
The Cress Gallery of Art is proud to announce the upcoming UTC Department of Art Senior Bachelor’s in Fine Arts Thesis Exhibitions. A spring tradition in the Cress, this year’s exhibition will feature the culminating visual research of 32 students in their final year of one of the Department’s Bachelor of Fine Art professional degree programs:…
UTC Theatre presents Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale”
UTC Theatre presents The Winter’s Tale, a comedy by William Shakespeare, in the Dorothy Hackett Ward Theatre. Performances are on April 10th – 14th at 7:30 p.m. and a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturday, April 14th.
Students travel to the Bahamas for International Spring Break Project
By Iris Mahan, University Relations Intern Like other lucky spring breakers, Derrick McGhee, UTC senior accounting major and University Relations student worker, enjoyed a week of beach vacation in Nassau, the capital city of the Bahamas. This trip, however, wasn’t all palm trees and sunshine; McGhee was there to work, joining other students for UTC’s…
Fun with FYRE: enjoy cake, learn book title
Do you want to know a secret? Join the campus community for some spring fun and games as we reveal the title of the book selected by the UTC First Year Reading Experience (FYRE) committee on Monday, April 2, noon, University Center Gallery (off Lansing Court). There will be cake!
Update: University community supports Bloodanooga, Get in the Game
With more than 617 units of blood collected at this year’s Bloodanooga blood drive, the UTC community would be able to fulfill the needs of the entire Chattanooga community for a day and a half.
Animal behaviorist Irene Pepperberg to present parrot research
Dr. Irene Pepperberg, an internationally known animal behaviorist who holds faculty positions at Harvard University and Brandeis University, is coming to The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to present “Alex and Me: Can African Grey Parrots Understand What They Say?” on Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Raccoon Mountain Room, UTC University Center. …
Volunteers clean up boys’ home during Alternative Spring Break
By Iris Mahan, University Relations Intern By the time spring break rolls around midway through the semester, most students can’t wait to take off for destinations unknown for a week away from the pressures of exams and research papers. Manual labor doesn’t often sound like a very appealing way to whittle away the hours, but…