Summer hours for University Health Services are Monday-Thursday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. They will close on Friday and all students, faculty and staff requiring acute visits can be seen at UTFP. After hours calls will continue to be answered by the UTFP physician on call. UHS is located at Central and Third streets, across from McDonald’s,…
UTC Department of Criminal Justice sponsors hate crime forum
The Department of Criminal Justice and the City of Chattanooga Office of Multicultural Affairs will present “A Community Education Forum on Hate Crime” on Thursday, June 24, 6-8 p.m. in the UTC Fine Arts Center, Dorothy Hackett Ward Theatre. Admission is free and the public is welcome.
Biology student stays connected while studying overseas
Arielle Lankford, a senior biology major, spent spring semester in the Sydney, Australia suburb of North Ryde, as part of the International Education Study Abroad Program. Lankford described her study abroad experience as life changing.
Tom Losh becomes new Alumni Board of Directors President
This year Alumni Board of Directors took the theme “Advocacy for the University” to their companies, their communities, and the people they came in contact with every day, according to Mike Purcell, outgoing Alumni Board of Directors President.
RAs perform community service
Campus housing relies on each Resident Assistant (RA) to build a strong community by encouraging the social, academic, and personal adjustment of students where they live and where they learn. These 62 student leaders recently spent time improving the Chattanooga community, working in three locations in the area surrounding UTC.
Information Technology Strategic Planning Project begins
When the campus community began the discussion of a new UTC Strategic Plan in 2008, there was agreement to grow enrollment, including the best academically prepared students in Tennessee. To support our growing student population, IT services will be assessed by Berry, Dunn, McNeil & Parker, certified public accountants and management consultants, who will also…
UTC receives $1.8M to improve and recruit math and science teachers
UTC has received $1.8 million from the state of Tennessee for the UTeaChattanooga program, designed to improve math and science teacher quality and quantity. The University will receive the funding over the next four years and has committed to invest $2 million over the same period. The UC Foundation has pledged $500,000 to start an…
Summer undergraduate chemistry research program marks 25th year
For 25 years chemistry majors have been developing their critical thinking skills and gaining practical experience as part of the Chemistry Department’s Undergraduate Research Program (URP) held every summer. “The URP Program is competitive. Currently, about half of the students who apply for the program are selected to participate,” said Gregory J. Grant, Irvine W.…
Center for Community Career Education celebrates 30th year
The Center for Community Career Education (CCCE) recently celebrated its 30th year at UTC, where it has “provided the guidance and assistance necessary to ensure more than 27,000 clients achieve their goals of enhanced education and better careers. Over the years, audiences served include displaced homemakers, single parents, at-risk youth, career changers, people with disabilities,…
Art students design mock storefronts on M.L. King Boulevard
[slickr-flickr tag=”mockstorefronts” items=”3″ type=”slideshow” captions=”off” delay=”3″ size=”small”] Using their creativity to invest in the rejuvenation of M.L. King Boulevard, UTC art students contributed their talents to “Re-Vision MLK.” Students formed a partnership with the Center for Creative Arts, and Leadership Chattanooga. “We hope to put the area in the spotlight and spark interest from entrepreneurs,”…