Dr. Kim Wingate, a longtime member of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga faculty, has been named director of the University’s School of Education. Wingate joined the UTC faculty as an assistant professor in the School of Education in 2007. In a related move, Dr. Allen Pratt has been named the School of Education’s director of strategic partnerships. Pratt, who also serves as executive director of the National Rural Education Association (NREA), has served alongside Wingate as the interim co-director of the School of Education since 2022.
Spring into UTC: Prospective students visit campus for spring Blue and Gold Preview Day
On Saturday, March 23, over 500 prospective students and their families gathered at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for the annual spring Blue and Gold Preview Day, the largest one-day attendance in recent history.
Math Kangaroo competition champions minds and numbers
For the first time since the pre-COVID days, the UTC campus was hopping with Math Kangaroo participants. On Thursday, March 21, over 100 students—from first graders to high school seniors—came to UTC’s Grote Hall to participate in Math Kangaroo, an international mathematics competition.
Chattanooga sets the pace for connected mobility and enhanced safety with $2M USDOT SMART grant
Pedestrian safety in Chattanooga is set to advance significantly thanks to a $2 million Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Earlier this month, officials from the City of Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga were notified that they are among the 34 recipients of a SMART “Planning and Prototyping Grant” from a pool of 321 applicants nationwide.
Connecting futures: UTC takes the Power C Tour to ChattState
On Tuesday, March 19, UTC spent the day at ChattState as part of the Power C Tour—an effort to connect prospective students with UTC and show them what the University has to offer.
MOCS Innovate! mini-grants take faculty inventions one step closer to commercialization
Four faculty projects are recipients of the MOCS Innovate! award, a $5,000 grant from a seed fund established by Dr. Thomas Lyons, the Clarence E. Harris Chair of Excellence in Entrepreneurship in the Gary W. Rollins College of Business, and Jennifer Skjellum, the commercialization counselor from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
UTC transfer student highlights the power of partnerships
A lot of people want to get done with school ASAP. Few will ever be as swift as transfer student Katie Luck, who’s set to graduate from UTC this summer just shy of her 19th birthday. Lucks’s educational sprint through UTC’s new 12-month Bachelor of Applied Science: Information Technology in Cybersecurity (BAS-IT CyS) showcases the power and potential of the transfer-student path.
Networking for success: UTC connects University High students with Chattanooga professionals
On March 7, University High students talked with mentors from various Chattanooga-area employers as part of the inaugural University High Speed Mentoring Night.
ROAD MAP to health care for rural seniors
Older adults living in rural Tennessee counties are at a higher risk for developing chronic diseases, cognitive disorders and poor health outcomes due to a lack of access to health care, continuity of treatment and resources. A grant awarded to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga School of Nursing aims to mitigate those risks by delivering health care and social services professionals to rural communities.
UTC engineering group participates in “Read Across America Week” event at Orchard Knob Elementary
Four members of the UTC College of Engineering and Computer Science—Dr. Murat Barisik, Dr. Sandra Affare and graduate research assistants Ege Can Ek and Atal Bhowmik from the Mechanical Engineering Department’s Nano-Engineering Research Group—visited Orchard Knob Elementary School on Friday, March 8, as part of “Read Across America Week.” The four read “Horton Hears a Who!” and participated in interactive activities and demonstrations to explore size and scale with the K-5 students.