The UTC Faculty Senate and the entire campus community honors three retiring faculty members for their outstanding service to the University:
UTC represented at 4 Bridges Arts Festival
Ruth Grover, Director and Curator, Director and Curator, Cress Galleries and Collections at UTC, was chosen as one of three jurors of the 4 Bridges Arts Festival to be held on Saturday and Sunday, April 18 and 19 at the First Tennessee Pavilion. The three were responsible for the selection of 150 artists who will…
Final exams, library, computer lab and Study Marathon hours
Final exams Reading Day will be held Tuesday, April 21. Final exams begin Wednesday, April 22-Tuesday, April 29. See the complete Spring 2009 exam schedule.
2009-10 SGA officers elected
Newly elected Student Government Association (SGA) officers for 2009-2010 are: President Tyler Forrest, a junior from Athens, Tennessee; Vice President Andrew Clark, a sophomore from Manchester, Tennessee; Treasurer Brittany Justice, a junior from Gallatin, Tennessee.
Art Senior Thesis Exhibition runs through April 24
The UTC Department of Art Senior Thesis Exhibition Group 2 will open Tuesday evening, April 14, with a public reception from 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. This exhibition will be run though April 24. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. – 7 p.m. Monday through Friday.
UTC enters 2009 Baja SAE Collegiate Design Series Alabama
When the engines begin to roar at 2009 Baja Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Alabama at Auburn University April 16-19, the UTC team’s entry will be an entirely new vehicle built and designed “from the ground up” according to Ben Klingler, Project Manager.
UTC Music Department offerings
The UTC Percussion Ensemble, choral groups and the UTC Symphonic Band will be performing in the coming week:
Renee Haugerud to deliver spring commencement address
Renee Haugerud, Managing Principal and CIO of Galtere Ltd., a New York City based $2 billion dollar commodity hedge fund organization, will deliver the spring commencement address to approximately 850 graduates of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Sunday, May 3 at 2 p.m. in McKenzie Arena.
THEC grants aimed at improving teacher education
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) has awarded funding to five projects from The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, for a total of $358,937. UTC had more Improving Teacher Quality (ITQ) Grant Program proposals funded than any other Tennessee higher education institution.
Computational engineering candidate promotes STEM education
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,…