On a recruiting trip to India last month, Dr. Neslihan Alp, Director of Engineering Management and Graduate Programs, was pleasantly surprised to meet the father of Abhilash Purani, a master’s student in Electrical Engineering who began at UTC in fall 2007. Sporting a shirt that read “UTC Dad,” Mr. Purani stayed four hours with Alp…
Chattanooga-born scholar to speak at C.S. Lewis Lecture
Chattanooga native Dr. Timothy F. George will deliver the 26th Annual C. S. Lewis Lecture “Theology for an Age of Terror” on Monday, March 31, at 7:30 p.m. in the Benwood Auditorium of the UTC Engineering, Mathematics, and Computer Science Building, at the corner of Vine and Palmetto Streets. The lecture is free and open…
GEAR UP TN and UTC Partner to Address Math Curriculum
GEAR UP TN and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission awarded $75,000 to The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to conduct professional development that will enhance the content knowledge and teaching skills of current high school math teachers in Meigs, Grundy and Hamilton counties. The GEAR UP TN Mathematics Education Grant will provide high school math…
Graphic design students team up with Leadership Chattanooga in city forestry project
Junior graphic designers in the Professional Practices course taught by Leslie Jensen-Inman in the Department of Art are teaming up with Leadership Chattanooga, a 10-month leadership development program that identifies people of promise in early- or mid-career, to establish Take Root. This organization’s primary purpose will be planting trees in the downtown area, funded by…
Spain study abroad trip offered
The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is sponsoring a Spain study abroad trip, and openings for the trip are still available. Financial Aid and study abroad scholarships (usually for $600-$1000) may also be available. Trip requirements are Spanish 101 or 102 with a 2.5 average or better. Most of the courses required for the…
UT Board of Trustees and Three Committees to Meet March 11-12 in Chattanooga
The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees and three of its committees will meet March 11-12 in Chattanooga. Read more…
UTC Dance Team tryouts
UTC Dance Team tryouts will be held Thursday, April 10-Saturday, April 12. More details are available online or by calling Terry Denniston at 425-4203.
Chattanooga Chapter of EWI supports scholarship
The Chattanooga Chapter of Executive Women International (EWI) recently presented a check for $10,667 to Chancellor Roger Brown in support of the Jean Bradford Memorial Scholarship at UTC. Established in 1996 by the Chattanooga Chapter of Executive Women International in memory of former member Jean (Mrs. James) Bradford, the Jean Bradford Memorial Scholarship assists women,…
Ellington assumes new role with Association for Asian Studies
For more than a decade, Dr. Lucien Ellington, professor in The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Teacher Preparation Academy and Co-Director of the UTC Asia Program, has served as the founding editor of Education About Asia, a publication created to inform teachers and undergraduate professors. The publisher of Education About Asia is the Association for…
“China’s Encounter with the West” sponsored by Asia Program
Teachers from three public schools and one private school in Chattanooga were among the 45 educators from 21 states accepted by The Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Wachman Center for a conference in Chattanooga last weekend, March 1-2. “China’s Encounter with the West” was held at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel in association with the Asia…