The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees and four of its committees will meet November 8-9 in Knoxville. The full board will hold its fall meeting at 2:15 p.m. EST, Friday, November 9, in the Hollingsworth Auditorium of the Ellington Plant Science Building on the Agricultural campus. Some of the agenda items: President’s Report and…
Towson president to discuss metropolitan university success
The University Strategic Planning Council invites you to attend a special presentation on Friday, November 2, at 11 a.m. in the University Center auditorium. Dr. Robert Caret, president of Towson University, will speak on Towson’s achievements as a metropolitan university. Caret’s vision of Towson University as Maryland’s metropolitan university was instrumental in relocating the national…
Campus police work to prevent abuse of alcohol, drugs
Acting Sergeant Jeremy Morrison rides shotgun with students sporting Fatal Vision Goggles As they navigated a golf cart cone course and a walking course during a campus observance of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week, students may have been able to see well through Fatal Vision Goggles, but their equilibrium was impaired. Viewing through the goggles…
Freshman Friday
The Undergraduate Admissions Office and the UTC campus community welcome high school students and their parents to Freshman Friday on October 26. Prospective students will attend class with a UTC student while parents enjoy a campus tour and information sessions. Check in for the program begins at 8 a.m. outside of the Lookout Mountain Room…
Environmentalist Bill McKibben to Tour Chattanooga, Speak at UTC
Environmentalist and author, Bill McKibben, will be the second speaker in the George T. Hunter Lecture Series in the Roland Hayes Concert Hall, on November 6, 7 p.m. at the UTC Fine Arts Center at Vine and Palmetto Streets. McKibben is the author of the soon to be released, Fight Global Warming Now: The Handbook…
Meet artist Norman Lundin at the Cress Gallery
The UTC Cress Gallery of Art presents “Norman Lundin,” an exhibition of paintings, drawings, and prints by the renowned Seattle based artist Norman Lundin and in Gallery II “Free Associations” video installation by Eric and Heather ChanSchatz. Exhibition dates are October 24 – November 30. Lundin’s lecture and public reception will be held Tuesday, October…
The history of climate change presented in public lecture
Come learn more about global climate change at a free lecture on Monday, October 29, at UTC. Dr. Jim Russell from the Geology Department at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, will speak on “Tropical Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future.” The lecture is scheduled for October 29 at 7 p.m. in the Raccoon Mountain of…
Nursing careers encouraged with new diversity program
A major grant has been awarded to The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga to increase nursing education opportunities for economically disadvantaged individuals, particularly among racial and ethnic minorities that are underrepresented in the registered nursing workforce. Diversity Recruitment and Education to Advance Minorities in the Nursing Workforce (DREAMWork) will also improve the success of minority…
Mathematics poster competition open to high school students
“Mathematics in Modern Society” is the theme of a mathematics poster competition open to all high school students from Hamilton County and surrounding areas of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. This UTC Department of Mathematics event, to be held January 26, 2008, is cosponsored by BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. Public, private and homeschooled students may participate.…
UT President to address Downtown Chamber
Dr. John Petersen, President of the University of Tennessee, will be the guest speaker of the Downtown Council of the Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Petersen will address the group Thursday, November 1, at 7:30 a.m. in the Terrace Room of the Sheraton Read House. Dr. Petersen’s topic will be “How the University is an engine…