Four of the five new awards granted by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission will fund Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education projects to improve teacher education. Improving STEM education is a national goal, a duty taken on by The SimCenter: The National Center for Computational Engineering at UTC. Computational engineering Ph.D. candidate Vince Betro,…
2009 UTC SoCon Winter Sports Champs honored
A celebration of the 2009 UTC SoCon Winter Sport Champions gave coaches an opportunity to thank students, the campus and community for their support. Representatives from men’s indoor track, wrestling, women’s basketball, and men’s basketball champions were honored.
Music Department offerings
The UTC Department of Music offers a Faculty Chamber Concert, a Jazz Band performance and “Catch the Groove” with the Percussion Ensemble:
Take a germ quiz with Dr. Henry Spratt
Which holds more germs, a dishrag or a bathroom doorknob? Germ Quiz Master Dr. Henry Spratt, professor in the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, is the star of a news piece aired recently by WDEF, Channel 12. Enjoy an entertaining look at a nasty household problem. View the Germ Quiz.
Cosy Sheridan to present concert April 8
Cosy Sheridan will present a UTC Take Back the Night Concert for Sexual Awareness Month. The public is welcome to this free event to be held Wednesday, April 8 at 8 p.m. in the UTC Amphitheater, next to the Fine Arts Center.
Music Department offerings
The UTC Music Department is offering three events this week featuring Guest Artist Jill Felber, Flute; the UTC Chamber Ensemble Concert and the UTC Faculty Chamber Concert.
University Honors student named Truman Scholar
LaShunda Shecuna Hill, a UTC University Honors senior majoring in political science, sociology, and the humanities, is one of 60 students from 55 US colleges and universities, and the only student from Tennessee, selected as a 2009 Truman Scholar according to Madeleine K. Albright, president of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. The students were…
Nursing student selected to participate in national program
Christy Kicklighter, UTC nursing student, was selected to participate in the Sponsor a Student at the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Assembly of School Faculty program.
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars honors student
Melody Leigh Dale, a junior Spanish major, was selected by The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) as the NSCS Scholar of the Week, a recognition program for NSCS. Members of this honor society must have a GPA of 3.4 or above and rank in the top 20 percent of their class. In addition to…
Theatre and Speech offers Little Shop of Horrors
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Theatre and Speech concludes the 2008-09 season with the musical comedy Little Shop of Horrors, to be held in the Dorothy Hackett Ward Theatre in the UTC Fine Arts Center APRIL 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11 at 7:30 p.m.