The UTC Graduate Program Fair will be held Thursday, January 29, from noon-1:30 p.m. in the Chattanooga Rooms of the UTC University Center. This event is open to UTC students, students from area universities and community members who are interested in learning more about opportunities for advanced education at UTC. Program representatives will be available…
John Nagl, acclaimed author, to speak on campus Feb. 3
Dr. John Nagl, the acclaimed author of Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam, will speak at the UTC University Center’s Raccoon Mountain Room on Tuesday, February 3, at 12:15 p.m. Nagl, a 1988 West Point graduate, Rhodes Scholar, former Army colonel, and Bronze Star recipient will speak on…
UTC Saxophone Quartet to Appear at US Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium
The UTC Saxophone Quartet will be traveling to George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, to appear on the program of the 2009 32nd Annual United States Navy Band’s International Saxophone Symposium on January 24. The UTC group will join such prestigious quartets as groups from the Universities of Michigan, South Carolina, Bowling Green State, SUNY…
Ebbe to present “Global Trafficking in Women and Children” Jan. 22
A child slave ring between Haiti and New York became the focus of a recent episode of “Law and Order” on NBC, and soon this topic will be discussed on campus. On Thursday, January 22, Dr. Obi N. I. Ebbe will present “Global Trafficking in Women and Children” from 12:15-1:30 p.m. in the Raccoon Mountain…
Admissions office hosts Freshman Friday January 16
Freshman Friday will be held Friday, January 16, for prospective UTC students to attend a class with a UTC student. Their parents are invited to take a campus tour. The program will end with a Residence Hall Open House. Check-in for the program begins at 8 a.m. outside the Lookout Mountain Room in the University…
Consider international programs and study abroad
UTC’s Office of International Programs offers students and faculty a variety of programs to meet their study abroad needs. Currently, UTC offers students over 50 study abroad and exchange opportunities.
Grant awarded for Mini Baja competition
UTC engineering students preparing for the 2009 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Mini Baja Series® received a $7000 grant from DENSO North America Corporation. Dr. Rob Goulet, who has served as faculty advisor for the UTC Mini Baja participants, received the grant approval from DENSO.
Doris Kearns Goodwin to launch Hunter Lecture Series
The Benwood Foundation, in conjunction with The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies and CreateHere, announced Pulitzer-prize winning author and historian, Doris Kearns Goodwin, will be the debut speaker in the 2009 George T. Hunter Lecture Series on January 13. The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in the Roland…
Cress art installations gain international recognition
Independent Arts writers in two prominent, internationally distributed arts periodicals took notice of the Cress Gallery exhibitions of Mark Andreas (dNASAb) and Ryan Wolfe titled “Sculpture in the 21st century.”
Richard Jackson wins AWP George Garret Award
Richard Jackson, UC & UTNAA Professor of English at UTC, has won the prestigious AWP (Associated Writing Programs) George Garret Award. Presented at the Annual AWP Conference in Chicago, this annual award is given to a nationally prominent writer who has contributed to the art.