By placing 13th in the Society of Automotive Engineers Baja design competition held in Bellingham, Washington, the Racing Mocs made UTC history. “It’s our best ever overall finish. We beat all Big Ten, all Big 12, and all SEC schools. Placing tenth in design makes me especially proud,” said Dr. Will Sutton, dean of the college…
Special UTC student ticket pre-sale event
UTC students can move to the front of the line for Maroon 5 tickets. The group will be in concert on campus on August 26, at 7:30 p.m. For one day only—Friday, June 4, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.—UTC students with a validated student ID can come to Gate 1 of the McKenzie Arena…
Swansbrough enjoying Fulbright experience
Dr. Robert Swansbrough is enjoying his busy role as a Fulbright Scholar, teaching and traveling in China and presenting Fulbright guest lectures. Fulbright supports this travel and the inviting host university provides housing and often banquets. At each visit, Fulbright requests that Swansbrough give two lectures. Swansbrough, Associate Dean of The College of Arts and…
Documenting UTC’s urban forest
Visitors to UTC are often surprised to see our lush green campus right in the middle of the downtown concrete jungle. To preserve the campus plant life, an effort has made to catalog the diverse collection of trees and shrubs for scientific, educational, and ornamental purposes, and application is being made to have the campus…
UTC Bookstore offers new textbook rental program
Beginning in fall 2010, the UTC Bookstore will offer students a new textbook rental program designed to deliver maximum savings and convenience. The program will allow students to rent their textbooks for less than 50 percent of the cost of purchasing a new printed textbook. Plus, as an added convenience, students will be able to…
National forum hosted by Southeast Center for Education in the Arts
The Southeast Center for Education in the Arts hosted its third national “Arts & Education Forum: Arts @ the Core of 21st Century Learning” at the Chattanoogan. Forum participants included 42 presenters who represented 43 organizations from 15 states and Trinidad and Tobago. National organizations included the College Board, Crayola, and the Partnership for 21st…
Carl Henderson Selected as Beta Alpha Psi Accountant of the Year
Carl Henderson was selected as the 2010 Beta Alpha Psi Accountant of the Year by the Eta Kappa Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi at UTC.
Graduate student selected for Presidential Fellows Program
Graduate student Adrienne Teague has been selected to participate in the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress Fellows program based in Washington DC, which encourages participants from colleges and universities around the country to learn about leadership and governance, to share research and scholarship, develop leadership qualities and be inspired to pursue…
Student wins 1st Place at the National Association for Teachers of Singing competition
Sonia Rippe placed first in the Upperclassmen Division of the National Association for Teachers of Singing (NATS) Musical Theater category in the mid-south regional competition. Rippe, a native of Memphis, Tennessee who studies voice with Dr. Rebecca St. Goar, performed four songs from musicals. Rippe performed four songs from musicals meeting different time period qualifications.…
Capital campaign update
“‘If we only had the money’ are the words often used to begin a conversation about improvements needed at the University,” said Brenda Lawson, co-chair of the UT Campaign for Tennessee. She provided a campaign update for a UTC audience last week. “Time to Achieve,” UTC’s fundraising component of the UT system’s Campaign for Tennessee,…