Bryon Kluesner’s design and implementation of Braille/tactile maps of the UTC campus creates a new avenue of accessibility for students and visitors. Kluesner, Adaptive Technology Coordinator in the UTC Office for Students with Disabilities, undertook this intense six-month project with the support of the Chancellor’s Innovation Entrepreneurship and “Big Ideas” Fund. UTC is now one…
WUTC December 25th holiday programming
Join WUTC for fantastic holiday specials from National Public Radio. Below is the December 25th line-up.
University community gives big to SAC Angel Tree program
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,”…