Week of August 18, 2025
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CAMPUS EVENTS
MONDAY, AUGUST 18
Welcome Week Tables * – 8 a.m., Across Campus (INFO )First Day of School Photo Booth – 8:30 a.m., UTC BCM (INFO )Canvas Overview with Students *^ – 9 a.m., Online (INFO )Lemonade Stand – 10 a.m., Outside Crossroads (INFO )Psychology Welcome Week Drop In * – 10 a.m., 540MC Third Floor (INFO )Espresso Bar at the Depot – 10 a.m., The Lantern (INFO )Student Meet and Greet w/ Chancellor Bruce *^ – 11 a.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )Canvas Overview Session for Students *^ – 12 p.m., Online (INFO )Free Snowcones – 1 p.m., UTC BCM (INFO )Tour the UTC Library ^ – 4 p.m., Library Check Out Desk (INFO )Recovery Book Club – 4 p.m., Mocs Recovery Lounge (INFO)Women’s Taco Night * – 5 p.m., First Presbyterian Church Student Center (INFO )Men’s Homemade Burger Night * – 5 p.m., 947 Vine Street (INFO )All Recovery: A Peer Support Meeting – 5 p.m., Mocs Recovery Lounge (INFO )Canvas Overview Session for Students *^ – 6 p.m., Online (INFO )Nacho Mama Mixer + Campus Wide Scavenger Hunt – 6:30 p.m., Christian Student Center (INFO )SOUNDWAVES POOL PARTY 2025: Floatchella *- 7 p.m., ARC Pool (INFO )Late Night Capture the Flag – 10 p.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19
Welcome Week Tables* – 8 a.m., Across Campus (INFO )Canvas Overview Sessions for Students* ^ – 9 a.m., Online (INFO )Veteran & Military Affairs (VMA): Open House and Supply Drop* – 9 a.m., VMA Hooper Hall 102 (INFO )Psychology Welcome Week Drop In* – 10 a.m., 540MC Third Floor (INFO )Chattanooga Sports Welcome Bash ^ – 11 a.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )Golden Duck Scavenger Hunt* – 11 a.m., Across Campus (INFO )Small Group Bible Study Sign Ups – 12 p.m., Online (INFO )Canvas Overview Sessions for Students* ^ – 12 p.m., Online (INFO )Backyard Wiffleball – 1 p.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO)SnoCone Social* – 1:30 p.m., Mocs Recovery Lounge (INFO )Float into the Year with SSS – 2 p.m., 739 McCallie Ave (INFO )Tour the UTC Library ^ – 2 p.m., Library Check Out Desk (INFO )What’s the Difference? An Intro to the Studio’s Cameras – 3 p.m., Library 305 (INFO )International Tea Time and International Student Welcome Reception* – 3 p.m., Lupton Hall First Floor (INFO )Volleyball Broadcast: MocsVision Open House and Tech Rehearsal^ – 4 p.m., McKenzie Arena 122 (INFO )Rainbow Recovery – 4 p.m., Mocs Recovery Lounge (INFO )Lady Mocs Soccer Club Interest Tabling and Soccer Tennis – 5 p.m., Chamberlain Plaza (INFO )B2B Weekly General Body Meeting – 5 p.m., Fletcher Hall 125 (INFO )Canvas Overview Sessions for Students* ^ – 6 p.m., Online (INFO )Free Dinner and Devo – 6:30 p.m., Christian Student Center (INFO )CLUB LUPTON* – 7 p.m., Lupton Hall First Floor (INFO )The Well + $5 Bowling – 7 p.m., UTC BCM (INFO )UTC Film Club Weekly Showing^ – 7:30 p.m., Grote 129 (INFO )Reformed University Fellowship (RUF) Large Group* – 7:30 p.m., 535 McCallie Ave (INFO )The House Worship Service – 8 p.m., The Hub (INFO )
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20
Free Welcome Bag with Registration – 9 a.m., Writing and Communication Center Library 118 (INFO )Create and Connect with UTC Counseling Center* – 10 a.m., Counseling Center (INFO )GOAT YOGA: Pre-Registration Required* ^ – 10 a.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )MOMentum Network on Campus – 10 a.m., UC Lobby (INFO )Hump Day Hotdogs at the Depot – 10 a.m., 757 East MLK Blvd (INFO )Psychology Welcome Week Drop In* – 10 a.m., 540MC Third Floor (INFO )Tour the UTC Library ^ – 11 a.m., Library Check Out Desk (INFO )Wednesday Lunch – 11 a.m., UTC BCM (INFO )URaCE Welcome Week Social* – 12 p.m., Chamberlain Plaza (INFO )Welcome Week: La Paz Chattanooga at the Spanish Table (Mesa de Español) *^ – 12:15 p.m., Lupton Hall 239 (INFO )Float into the Year with SSS – 2 p.m., 739 McCallie Building (INFO )Scrappy’s Market* – 2 p.m., Vine Street (INFO )Tea and Cake with Project Canterbury* – 3 p.m., 663 Douglas St. Christ Church Episcopal Garden (INFO )SMART Recovery – 5 p.m., Grote Hall Second Floor Game Night at the Mocs Recovery Lounge – 5 p.m., Mocs Recovery Lounge (INFO )Geology Open House* – 5 p.m., Grote Hall Second Floor (INFO )Free Pizza and Bible Class: Capture the Flag – 6 p.m., Christian Student Center (INFO )Clumpies Crawl – 7 p.m., West Campus (INFO )YoungLife College Club – 8 p.m., 757 East MLK Blvd (INFO )HEADPHONE DANCE PARTY* – 8 p.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21
Free Welcome Bag with Registration – 9 a.m., Writing and Communication Center Library 118 (INFO )Psychology Welcome Week Drop In* – 10 a.m., 540MC Third Floor (INFO )Grit and Growth * – 10:30 a.m., Library Courtyard (INFO )Consent-A-Thon* – 11 a.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )ON-CAMPUS JOB FAIR* ^ – 11:30 a.m., Lupton Hall First Floor (INFO )UTC Library Studio Tech Petting Zoo – 1 p.m., Library 305 (INFO )Study Abroad Info Session ^ – 2:30 p.m., Library 435 (INFO )Getting Started in Undergraduate Research Workshop ^ – 3:30 p.m., Library 209 (INFO )Tour the UTC Library ^ – 4 p.m., Library Check Out Desk (INFO )Pickup Soccer – 4 p.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )Healing Through Harmony – 5 p.m., Mocs Recovery Lounge (INFO )Ultimate Frisbee and Hangs on Chamberlain – 6 p.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )Mini Golf – 6:30 p.m., Christian Student Center (INFO )Cru Weekly Meeting * – 7:30 p.m., Engineering and Computer Science, Benwood Auditorium (INFO )WELCOME BACK COOKOUT * – 8 p.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22
Free Welcome Bag with Registration – 9 a.m., Writing and Communication Center Library 118 (INFO )RUF Free Coffee Friday* – 9 a.m., Cadence Coffee 11 E 7th St (INFO )Tour the UTC Library ^ – 10 a.m., Library Check Out Desk (INFO )Crossroads Welcome Back BBQ * – 11 a.m., Crossroads (INFO )Meet and Greet – 12 p.m., Lupton Hall 120 (INFO )Frozen Coffee at the Depot – 757 East MLK Blvd (INFO )College of Arts and Sciences Welcome Bash* – 2 p.m., Heritage Plaza (INFO )YDSA General Meeting – 3 p.m., Library (INFO )Fishing Friday – 5:30 p.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )Wings and Things – 6 p.m., The Hub (INFO )SGA GROCERY BINGO* – 6 p.m., Lupton Hall First Floor (INFO )Glow in the Dark Carnival – 6:30 p.m., Christian Student Center (INFO )UTC Jones Observatory Open House: MOCs Under the Stars* ^ – 8 p.m., Clarence T. Jones Observatory (INFO )The Pursuit – 10 a.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23
King of the Net: Spikeball Tournament – 10 a.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )Hiking and Swimming at Big Soddy Gulf – 10 a.m., Christian Student Center (INFO )RUF Pancake Brunch* – 11 a.m., 535 McCallie Ave (INFO )Picnic in the Park – 6 p.m., Coolidge Park (INFO )Trivia Night – 6 p.m., Christian Student Center (INFO )
^ Indicates an event with Beyond the Classroom * Indicates an event for Welcome Week 2025
ANNOUNCEMENTS
UTC WELCOME WEEK 2025 – August 17 – 23, 2025 !
Welcome back Mocs! We are so excited to welcome both new and returning students to the first week of the Fall 2025 Semester! Don’t miss out on our signature events this week. Visit our full Welcome Week Schedule for updates, and keep revisiting the page – new events and details drop regularly! Welcome back to campus Mocs, we are so glad to have you back!
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