With 36 acceptance letters and full-ride scholarships from schools across the country and beyond—including an Ivy League institution—Chello Gardner had an important decision to make. Gardner will graduate with a degree in communication on Saturday, May 3. She tacked on minors in both criminal justice and women, gender and sexuality studies—and was a Brock Scholar in the Honors College—during her time at UTC.
Finding comfort in discomfort: New horizons in store for recent UTC graduate Chris Bogans
From the pages of University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Magazine: A look at recent graduate Chris Bogans, who—thanks to the UTC Mosaic program—learned how to advocate for himself during his college years.
Boulder-climbing part of nine-week program to instill confidence and initiative
Abassi Walker stares up at the 13-foot tall vertical wall, a gray mass pocked with multicolored knobs, handholds and what amount to nothing more than slight bulges. Taking a deep breath, he grasps a handhold, places his right foot on one of the large knobs and pushes off. Long-limbed and lanky, he looks like…