When the engines begin to roar at 2009 Baja Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Alabama at Auburn University April 16-19, the UTC team’s entry will be an entirely new vehicle built and designed “from the ground up” according to Ben Klingler, Project Manager.
Computational engineering candidate promotes STEM education
Four of the five new awards granted by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission will fund Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education projects to improve teacher education. Improving STEM education is a national goal, a duty taken on by The SimCenter: The National Center for Computational Engineering at UTC. Computational engineering Ph.D. candidate Vince Betro,…
2009 UTC SoCon Winter Sports Champs honored
A celebration of the 2009 UTC SoCon Winter Sport Champions gave coaches an opportunity to thank students, the campus and community for their support. Representatives from men’s indoor track, wrestling, women’s basketball, and men’s basketball champions were honored.
University Honors student named Truman Scholar
LaShunda Shecuna Hill, a UTC University Honors senior majoring in political science, sociology, and the humanities, is one of 60 students from 55 US colleges and universities, and the only student from Tennessee, selected as a 2009 Truman Scholar according to Madeleine K. Albright, president of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. The students were…
Nursing student selected to participate in national program
Christy Kicklighter, UTC nursing student, was selected to participate in the Sponsor a Student at the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Assembly of School Faculty program.
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars honors student
Melody Leigh Dale, a junior Spanish major, was selected by The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) as the NSCS Scholar of the Week, a recognition program for NSCS. Members of this honor society must have a GPA of 3.4 or above and rank in the top 20 percent of their class. In addition to…
Justin Lewis selected for teaching assistantship
December 2007 graduate Justin Lewis has been selected for a four-year teaching assistantship and tuition waver for graduate study at Syracuse University CCR (Composition and Cultural Rhetoric) Ph.D. program. Lewis, who earned the M.A. in English from UTC with an emphasis in Rhetoric and Composition and a B.A. in Comparative Literature with an emphasis in…
History major recognized for achievement
UTC history major, William Conner, was recently honored at a scholarly convention at Austin Peay State University. Conner presented his award winning paper at the regional conference of history’s honorary society, Phi Alpha Theta.
Civil Engineering students earn NCEES award
The UTC Department of Civil Engineering was awarded $7500 by the 2009 National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) for Connecting Professional Practice and Education.
UTC participates in Mock Trial Competition
Legal Assistant Studies students from UTC joined paralegal studies students from Chattanooga State Technical Community College in a mock trial competition at the Hamilton County Courthouse. Circuit Court Judge W. Neil Thomas III presided over the competition.