More than 500 students helped The American Cancer Society raise $9,000 during the first annual Relay For Life held at UTC. “Through their hard work in preparing for the event, and by spending hours walking for the cause, UTC students certainly did their part to help the American Cancer Society create a world with less…
Open mic night at Lupton Library
Lupton Library is hosting an open mic night to celebrate National Poetry Month on Tuesday, April 13, in Room 208 of Lupton Library, from 6 p.m.-8 pm. Coffee will be served. Everyone is invited to come read their poetry, their favorite poems, or just listen to a variety of poems. There will also be a…
Take Back the Night
The Women’s Center and ACE will host a concert as part of “Take Back the Night” during Sexual Assault Awareness week. The annual event raises awareness about violence against women, children, and families. The concert will be held Wednesday, April 14, 8 p.m., in the UC Auditorium and will feature Nathan Angelo and Natalie Stovall.…
English faculty makes 14th century poem accessible
Dr. Katharine Rehyansky continues work transcribing a 14th century poem to make it accessible on CD-ROM, a project she started in the mid 90s. “I was actually doing some preliminary work in computing in the humanities (computer-assisted syntactic analysis of medieval poetry) in the 80s that led into this work,” said Rehyansky, professor of English.…
Students support the Troops
Students expressed their appreciation for troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan by collecting items for care packages to send overseas.
Department of Music offers a variety of performances
The UTC Department of Music is offering jazz, chorale, opera and percussion performances.
Department of Art presents 2010 senior thesis exhibitions
The Cress Gallery of Art and the UTC Department of Art present: The UTC Department of Art 2010 Senior Thesis Exhibitions. Group One’s exhibit will run through Friday, April 9. Group Two’s exhibit will run April 13 – April 23 with artists’ presentations Tuesday, April 13, 4:00 pm, Fine Arts Center room 356 followed by…
Students celebrate as truckload of supplies heads to Haiti
Students from UTC and Chattanooga State came together to “Embrace Haiti” by loading a truck with supplies to help earthquake victims. “After the earthquake struck Haiti, students wanted to help in any way they could,” said UTC SGA President Tyler Forrest. The effort culminated with a sendoff celebration at Chattanooga State. Student drivers from the…
UTC Theatre presents The Pajama Game
The Department of Theatre and Speech concludes the 2009-10 season with the classic American musical The Pajama Game. The show will run April 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10—all shows begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Dorothy Hackett Ward Theatre, UTC Fine Arts Center, corner of Vine and Palmetto Streets. The Pajama Game won the…
Lecture: the life and work of Emma Bell Miles
The English department presents a lecture on Emma Bell Miles: Cultural Interpreter for Appalachia, on Monday, April 5, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the University Center Raccoon Mountain Room. Miles, a poet, writer, and artist, lived on Signal Mountain, Tennessee, in the late 1800s and early 1900s. This event is free and open to the public.