Dr. Robert S. Dooley will become the new dean of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga College of Business on July 1, 2011. Dooley currently serves as Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Research in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University.
Engineering students create safe workspace for Riley
Eleven-year-old Riley can now easily and comfortably play in her new desk, thanks to few enterprising UTC students.
SGA honors outstanding seniors
More than 70 students were honored at this year’s Outstanding Senior Awards Ceremony. The annual award ceremony recognizes students who have demonstrated the highest levels of academic achievement in their undergraduate degree programs.
University women receive distinctions, awards
For two University employees, work doesn’t end when they leave campus at the end of the day. Dr. Deborah Arfken and Jayne Holder continued to volunteer in the community and were recently honored for their service.
Alternative Spring Break engages students
Nearly fifty UTC students participated in the first UTC Alternative Spring Break (ASB), engaging in activities to benefit residents in Chattanooga and Hamilton County.
Russian delegation visits campus, forms partnerships with faculty
A visit to the Tivoli Theatre or Coolidge Park in downtown Chattanooga couldn’t top a visit to UTC for a group of Russian professors and university administrators. The group visited UTC to learn about the American higher education system, but left pleasantly surprised by the friendliness and generosity of the faculty and staff.
ACE Mentor Program encourages high school students
Three high school students involved in a yearlong commitment to learn more about architecture, construction and engineering received scholarships to pursue their academic goals. Their final projects, displayed at UTC, are considered in the scholarship selection process.
Engineering students adapt a rocker for Emory
Eight-year-old Emory is doing things she’s never been able to do before, thanks to an adapted car seat made into a rocker with wheels.
Thompson honored with state community service award
When Dr. Roger Thompson recently arranged for UTC resident assistants to visit the Chattanooga Community Kitchen, he was fairly sure it was the first time they had ever seen the site. He wanted the student housing employees to understand how the homeless are served at the Community Kitchen so that they could find a way…
Wigal receives Supernova Award
Dr. Cecelia Wigal, assistant dean in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and Professor of Engineering was named the recipient of the 2011 Supernova Award at the 2011 Odyssey Luncheon and Awards Ceremony: A Journey of the Rising Stars at the Chattanooga Convention Center. Soledad O’Brien, CNN Special Correspondent and award-winning author, presented the…