Week of August 19, 2024
Hey Mocs! Welcome to the Scrappy Newsletter; your weekly list of campus events and ways to get involved at UTC. Have a great first week back, and be sure to check out all of our Welcome Week events!
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CAMPUS EVENTS
MONDAY, AUGUST 19
Learn How to Print^ – 9 a.m., Library (INFO )Learn About the Library – 10 a.m., Library (INFO )On Campus Job Tabling – 10 a.m., Front of UC Tennessee Room (INFO )Wesley Welcome – 11:30 a.m., Wesley Center (INFO )$2 Lunch! Your 1st Time is Free! – 11:30 a.m., Christian Student Center (INFO )Small Group Bible Study Sign Ups – 12 p.m., Online (INFO )Clumpies Ice Cream Social – 1 p.m., First Centenary UMC / The Vine (INFO )Snowcones – 1 p.m., UTC BCM (INFO )Tour the UTC Library ^ – 2 p.m., Library First Floor (INFO )Tour the UTC Library ^ – 5 p.m., Library First Floor (INFO )Men’s Burger Night – 5 p.m., 947 Vine Street (INFO )Women’s Tacos & Trivia – 5 p.m., First Presbyterian Church (INFO )NPHC Community Meeting – 5:30 p.m., UC Raccoon Mountain Room (INFO )RSO Info Session: Pre-Registration Required – 6 p.m., Lupton Hall 240 (INFO )Wesley’s Open House and Shrimp Boil! ^ – 6 p.m., Wesley Center (INFO )Nacho Mama Mixer & Scavenger Hunt – Christian Student Center (INFO )SOUNDWAVES POOL PARTY *^ – 7 p.m., ARC Pool (INFO )UTC Swamp 2024-2025 First Practice – 8 p.m., UTC Intramural Complex (INFO )
TUESDAY, AUGUST 20
Coffee and Donuts w/ Wesley – 7:30 a.m., Wesley Center (INFO )Veteran & Military Affairs Open House and Supply Drop – 9 a.m., Hooper Hall 102 (INFO )Learn How to Print ^ – 9 a.m., Library (INFO )Learn About the Library – 10 a.m., Library (INFO )Tour the UTC Library ^ – 11 a.m., Library First Floor (INFO )Chattanooga Sports Welcome Bash ^ – 11 a.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )Tropical Sno & Cold Fusion – 11 a.m., Vine Street (INFO )Taco Tuesday – 12 p.m., First Centenary UMC/ The Vine (INFO )Tech Petting Zoo ^ – 1 p.m., UTC Library (INFO )POP in on SSS! – 2 p.m., 739 McCallie Building (INFO )Transfer Tee Shirt Give-A-Way – 2 p.m., Cardiac Hill (INFO )Tour the UTC Library ^ – 3 p.m., Library First Floor (INFO )International Student Welcome Reception 2024 – 3 p.m., Lupton Hall First Floor (INFO )INTERNATIONAL TEA TIME *^ – 3 p.m., Lupton Hall First Floor (INFO )Getting Started in Undergraduate Research Workshop – 3:30 p.m., Library 209 (INFO )RSO Info Session: Pre-Registration Required – 5 p.m., Lupton Hall 240 (INFO )First Day of Club Swim Practice – 6 p.m., ARC Pool (INFO )FREE Dinner and Devo – 6:30 p.m., Christian Student Center (INFO )The Well – 7 p.m., UTC BCM (INFO )RUF Large Group Worship – 8 p.m., 535 McCallie Ave (INFO )The House Worship Service – 8 p.m., The Hub (INFO )CLUB LUPTON * – 8 p.m., Lupton Hall First Floor (INFO )
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21
Learn How to Print^ – 9 a.m., Library (INFO )Good S’morning at the Wesley Center – 9:30 a.m., Wesley Center (INFO )Writing and Communication Center Registration – 10 a.m., Library (INFO )Learn About the Library – 10 a.m., Library (INFO )GOAT YOGA *^ – 10 a.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )Counseling Center Open House – 11 a.m., UC 338 (INFO )Tour the UTC Library ^ – 11 a.m., Library First Floor (INFO )President’s Council Fall 24 Welcome – 11 a.m., Lupton Hall 119 (INFO )Tropical Sno & Cold Fusion – 11 a.m., Vine Street (INFO )Wednesday Lunch – 11 a.m., UTC BCM (INFO )Title IX Confidence – 11 a.m., Vine Street Power C (INFO )Wesley Burger on Demand – 11:30 a.m., Wesley Center (INFO )$2 Lunch! Your 1st Time is Free! – 11:30 a.m., Christian Student Center (INFO )URaCE Welcome Week Social ^ – 12 p.m., Chamberlain Pavilion (INFO )Scrappy’s Market – 12 p.m., Vine Street (INFO )360 Photo Booth – 12 p.m., Chamberlain Plaza (INFO )POP into the Library to Meet the Dean – 3 p.m., Library (INFO )Geology Open House – 5 p.m., Grote Hall Second Floor (INFO )Tour the UTC Library ^ – 6 p.m., Library First Floor (INFO )Wesley’s Potting Party ^ – 6 p.m., Wesley Center (INFO )Soccer Game on Chamberlain – 6 p.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )Pizza, Bible Class, and Capture the Flag – 6 p.m., Central Church of Christ (INFO )Men’s Soccer Tryouts – 6 p.m., UTC Intramural Fields (INFO )Mass and Dinner – 6:30 p.m., Catholic Student Center (INFO )Interest Meetings – 6:30 p.m., University Center (INFO )HEADPHONE DANCE PARTY *^ – 8 p.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )
Thursday, August 22
Learn How to Print ^ – 9 a.m., Library (INFO )2024 Virtual UTC Fall Research Conference – 9 a.m., Online (INFO )Writing and Communication Center Registration – 10 a.m., Library (INFO )Learn About the Library – 10 a.m., Library (INFO )Tye Dye Thursday with CASA – 10:30 a.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )Starbucks Sampling – 11 a.m., Outside UC (INFO )Back to School BBQ – 11 a.m., Crossroads (INFO )Meet and Greet – 12 p.m., Lupton Hall 118 (INFO )Souper Thursday: Free Soup! ^ – 12 p.m., Wesley Center (INFO )LIVE ON RESOURCE FAIR*^ – 1 p.m., Heritage Plaza (INFO )Tour the UTC Library^ – 2 p.m., Library First Floor (INFO )Student Coalition Open Event for Sustainable Activism – 2 p.m., UC 353 Chickamauga Room (INFO )Games Galore – 3 p.m., Library (INFO )Pre-Health Welcome Back Event – 3 p.m., Heritage Plaza (INFO )Tour the UTC Library ^ – 5 p.m., Library First Floor (INFO )Therapy Dog Visit with Piper – 5 p.m., Library (INFO )Cupcake Bar and Tye Dye – 6 p.m., Wesley Center (INFO )Welcome Game Night – 6 p.m., Political Science and Public Service Department Office (INFO )Interactive Movie Night – 6:30 p.m., Christian Student Center (INFO )Interest Meetings – 6:30 p.m., UC (INFO )Cru Weekly Meeting – 7 p.m., EMCS Building Benwood (INFO )Bonfire at UTC Newman Center – 7:30 p.m., Newman Center at UTC (INFO )WELCOME BACK COOKOUT *^ – 8 p.m., Chamberlain Field (INFO )
Friday, August 23
Learn How to Print ^ – 9 a.m., Library (INFO )RUF Free Coffee Friday – 9:30 a.m., Cadence Coffee (INFO )Tour the UTC Library^ – 10 a.m., Library First Floor (INFO )Writing and Communication Center Registration ^ – 10 a.m., Library (INFO )Learn About the Library – 10 a.m., Library (INFO )Outdoor Chattanooga Networking and Mesa de Espanol – 12 p.m., Lupton 239 (INFO )CASA Carnival – 1 p.m., Chamberlain Circle (INFO )Tour the UTC Library ^ – 2 p.m., Library First Floor (INFO )POP in on SSS! – 2 p.m., 739 McCallie Building (INFO )CAS Welcome Bash – 2 p.m., Lupton Hall First Floor (INFO )Bento Sushi Grand Opening – 2 p.m., UC Food Court (INFO )RSO Info Session: Pre-Registration Required – 2:30 p.m., Lupton Hall 240 (INFO )Welcome Event – 5 p.m., Lupton Hall 393 (INFO )Wings and Things ^ – 6 p.m., The Hub (INFO )Men’s Soccer Tryouts – 6 p.m., UTC Intramural Fields (INFO )Redneck Carnival – 6:30 p.m., Christian Student Center (INFO )Clumpies Crawl – 7 p.m., West Campus (INFO )UTC Jones Observatory Open House: MOCs Under the Stars – 8 p.m., UTC Clarence T. Jones Observatory (INFO )GLOW-IN-ONE *^ – 8 p.m., UC Tennessee Room (INFO )
Saturday, August 24
RUF Pancake Breakfast ^ – 9 a.m., 535 McCallie Ave (INFO )Day at Blue Hole – 9:30 a.m., The Blue Hole (INFO )Big Soddy Gulf Hike – 10 a.m., Christian Student Center (INFO )Trivia Night – 6 p.m., Central Church of Christ (INFO )DISNEY TRIVIA NIGHT: Hosted by KayCee Stroh! *^ – 7 p.m., UC Tennessee Room (INFO )
Sunday, August 25
Church and Lunch – 10:45 a.m., First Centenary UMC/ The Vine (INFO )Visit to the Chattanooga Market: Life Out Loud – 1:45 p.m., Decosimo (INFO )
^ indicates an event for Beyond the Classroom Challenge
*indicates an event for Welcome Week
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sign Up for the Beyond The Classroom Challenge!
Each semester, UTC students are able to participate in the Beyond the Classroom Challenge .
Singing Mocs is Holding Auditions for Fall 2024
Singing Mocs is UTC’s contemporary commercial a cappella choir, specializing in pop and jazz vocal styles. They rehearse Tuesday/Thursday from 4:30-5:45 p.m. This is a highly select choir, but there are a few open spots for the fall semester. Auditions will be held on Monday, Aug. 19 and Tuesday, Aug. 20. For more information about the audition and to sign up for a time, please see the link HERE for more info!
CH-AI Brews Podcast Launch/Listening Party
Get the latest on the UTC AI Initiative—or CHAI, for Chattanooga’s Artificial Intelligence—at a listening party for the student-led CH-AI Brews podcast. The event is 5-6:30 p.m., Thurs, Aug. 29 & includes FREE pizza and T-shirts. Save the date and register at the event link HERE !
Day of Caring Service Opportunity!
It’s going to be a “Feel Good” Friday on Sept 20th and we want you to be part of an exciting event across Chattanooga known as Day of Caring! Your hands-on service is needed to 12:30pm for efforts such as cleaning, painting, mulching, or writing cards at one of our various sites downtown. Your impact will be felt! Breakfast, t-shirt, & transportation provided. Click the click HERE for more info.
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