Week of January 30, 2023

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CAMPUS EVENTS

Monday, January 30:

• Stitch N’ Bitch: Learn How to Cross Stitch – 12 p.m., Lupton Hall 118 (INFO)
• Take a Break: Let’s Create 2023 Vision Board^ – 12 p.m., Canter for Wellbeing (INFO)
• Power Hour w/ Colleen – 12:15 p.m., Small GX Studio (INFO)
• Free Workshop: Powerpoint Basics^ – 1 p.m., Library 201 (INFO)
• History Club Fire Pit Social – 3 p.m., Chamberlain Field Fire Pit (INFO)
• Connect & Act: Supporting Mental Health^ – 3 p.m., Center for Wellbeing (INFO)
• Political Science Club Meeting^ – 6 p.m., McCallie Building 104 (INFO)
• Line Dancing w/ Gail – 6:30 p.m., Small GX Studio (INFO)

Tuesday, January 31:

• MSDA Info Session – 12 p.m., Online (INFO)
• Summer 2023 Costa Rica: Info Session^ – 12 p.m., Lupton Hall 239 (INFO)
• Periodic Ponderings: Getting Started in Pre-Health^ – 1 p.m., Grote Hall 411 (INFO)
• Free Workshop: EndNote Desktop^ – 2 p.m., Online (INFO)
• Artist Alliance Creative Space Meeting – 2 p.m., Lupton Hall 112 (INFO)
• Periodic Ponderings: Assessing you Application – 3 p.m., UC Signal Mountain Room (INFO)
• Healing Through Harmony Music Discussion Group^ – 4 p.m., UC 154 (INFO)
• EDGE Making Squirrel Cakes^ – 4:30 p.m., Holt Hall 203 (INFO)
• SSS Presents Opinionade – 5 p.m., Student Support Services (INFO)
• MSDA Info Session – 5:30 p.m., Online (INFO)

Wednesday, February 1:

• School for Fields Studies Info Session – 2 p.m., Lupton Hall 105 (INFO)
• Getting Gritty Resiliency Group – 2 p.m., Center for Wellbeing (INFO)
• 2nd Annual Taste of Black Chattanooga: Black History Month Kickoff^* – 3 p.m., UC Chattanooga Room (INFO)
• Free Workshop: Manual Photography^ – 5:30 p.m., Library 205 (INFO)

Thursday, February 2:

• Free Workshop: How to Read a Scholarly Article^ – 1 p.m., Online (INFO)
• OTM Committee Meeting – 5:30 p.m., Library 113 (INFO)
• KCC First Spring Meeting – 6 p.m., Lupton Hall 114 (INFO)
• Free Workshop: Create and Manage Excel Tables^ – 6:30 p.m., Online (INFO)
• Red Flag Movie Night^ – 7 p.m., Grote Hall 129 (INFO)

Friday, February 3:

• Mocs Recovery Pizza Night^ – 5 p.m., UC 154 (INFO)

Saturday, February 4:

• Mocs Women’s Basketball v. East Tennessee State – 2 p.m., McKenzie Arena (INFO)
• OVERTIME: One Last Show Premiere – 6:30 p.m., Fine Arts Center (INFO)

^ indicates an event that counts towards the Beyond the Classroom Challenge

* indicates an event for Black History Month 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Open Call – Sexual Assault Awareness Month Art & Poetry:

The Center for Women and Gender Equity and Center for Wellbeing are distributing a Zine for Sexual Assault Awareness Month displaying survivors’ artwork related to their healing journey. Submissions can be visual art, songs, poems, and short stories and can be sent to Emily-Rosenquist@utc.edu or dropped off in Lupton Hall 118. The deadline to submit is  3/1/2023. Click HERE for more information.

Free Physical Therapy Services for faculty and students:

The Department of Physical Therapy offers UTC students, faculty, and staff free physical therapy services in the Pro Bono Student Faculty Physical Therapy Clinic. Call University Health (423-425-2266) to schedule your appointment today. Please email ptclinic@utc.edu for more information. Our clinic is currently located in the Mapp Building (410 E 8th Street, Chattanooga, TN). Hours are listed below: Tuesdays 8:00am – 12:00pm Thursdays 1:00pm – 5:00pm

Probasco Spring Reading Group – Economics, Democracy, and Voting:

We will be discussing Dr. Bryan Caplan’s book, “The Myth of the Rational Voter”, along with other important articles in economics, political science, and philosophy. Open to the entire university community.  The first meeting will be held the week of February 6th. Participants will receive a free copy of “The Myth of the Rational Voter”, as well as food at every meeting. Space is limited, so please email Dr. Scott King at malcolm-s-king@utc.edu to express your interest. Click HERE or more information.

Student Government Association Meetings:

Every Tuesday at 5:00pm SGA has their general body meetings in the Raccoon Mt. Room. These meetings are open to the UTC Student and Faculty public!

Moc LEAD Organizational Leadership Applications Close Next Monday! Apply Now:

Do you want to meet new Mocs? To enhance your capacity to lead friends, teams, and orgs? Invest in your potential with this 10-week interactive cohort experience! Moc LEAD is intended to help you explore leadership in a fun new way, to discover a new skill or new knowledge, to connect participants to a network of resources, and designed to help you achieve. We need your experiences! Click HERE for more information.

The Beyond the Classroom Challenge:

The Beyond the Classroom Challenge is a way for students to jump into a broad variety of FREE campus and community events, learning more about UTC, Chattanooga, and themselves—all based on their own schedules and interests. Click HERE to read more and sign up by FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3. Participants must sign up each semester to be eligible for that semester’s awards.