Staff, faculty, alumni and students sponsored 166 students and donated 376 presents in the UTC Student Alumni Council Angel Tree program.
InfoSec scholarship
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s InfoSec Center, a Center for Information Assurance (CIA), will offer scholarships in information assurance beginning in the 2009-10 academic year. Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), these scholarships cover full tuition, related books, required fees, room and board and a yearly stipend of $17,000 for graduate students…
University acquires Engel Stadium property
Hamilton County commissioners and the city of Chattanooga have given approval for the University to officially acquire the Engel Stadium property on East Third Street. Tennessee Temple will sub-lease the stadium to support its baseball program, according to Dr. Richard Brown, Vice Chancellor of Finance and Operations. Tennessee Temple will be responsible for the control…
UTC earns Carnegie Community Engagement classification
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has earned the 2008 Community Engagement Classification designation by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. UTC received the elective classification in both the areas of Curricular Engagement and Outreach and Partnerships. UTC joins such institutions as Duke University, Georgetown University, and Purdue University among the 119 institutions…
Spring classes begin January 5
Spring Semester 2009 classes begin Monday, January 5. The last day to register in day or evening classes, to add a subject, or to change a section is Friday, January 9. For more information, please contact the UTC Records and Registration Office at (423) 425-4416.
Obear honored as outstanding educator and inspirational mentor
Dr. MaryLee Davis and Dr. Fred Obear Chancellor Emeritus Frederick Obear recently received the Crystal Apple Award bestowed by the College of Education at Michigan State University, acknowledging him as an outstanding educator and inspirational mentor. Obear was honored at the Crystal Apple Awards Dinner, held at the Kellogg Center in East Lansing, Michigan. “Frederick…
Alumnus contributes to WALL-E, L.A. Film Critics choice for Best Picture
Look for alumnus Dustin Cawood’s name in the credits of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association choice for Best Picture of the Year, WALL-E. Cawood, a former communication major at UTC, works at Skywalker sound in pre-production or post-production of movies in sound design and sound editing. In the movie WALL·E, the story of a…
Education major, English minor Madonna Kemp awarded scholarship
Madonna Kemp with Sandra Day O’Connor, former United States Supreme Court JusticeMadonna Fajardo Kemp gets excited about teaching history. She believes students in early adolescence, those in fifth, sixth and seventh grade, are impressionable and the perfect age to grasp this important subject. “I hope to infect my students with a passion for civic efficacy,”…
Dr. John Friedl to address December graduates
Dr. John Friedl, who holds a joint UTC appointment as Professor of Political Science and Professor of Accounting, will address 550 graduates on Sunday, December 14, at 2 p.m., in McKenzie Arena. Friedl teaches Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, First Amendment, Mass Communication Law, and Business Law. He earned a B.A. (with honors), M.A. and Ph.D.…
Interior Design student awarded national scholarship
UTC Interior Design student, Rachael Ferrill has received the Senior Student Scholarship 2008 Award from the Angelo Donghia Foundation, Inc., established by the late Angelo Donghia, an internationally recognized interior designer and source of inspiration to the design world. Ferrill’s scholarship of $12,411 was awarded on the basis of a juried competition of portfolio submissions.…