{"id":364,"date":"2015-12-17T14:27:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T19:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/chancellor\/?post_type=utcblogs_newsletter&#038;p=364"},"modified":"2015-12-17T14:27:02","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T19:27:02","slug":"chancellors-update-16","status":"publish","type":"utcblogs_newsletter","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/chancellor\/newsletters\/chancellors-update-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Chancellor&#8217;s Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past Saturday, December 13<sup>th<\/sup>, UTC celebrated our 246<sup>th<\/sup> Commencement.\u00a0 Nearly 800 candidates for graduation were presented and entertainer Dennis Haskins was among them.\u00a0 Former University of Chattanooga student and celebrated entrepreneur Charles Cofield received an honorary degree \u2013 one of only six honorary degrees granted since UTC joined the University of Tennessee system in 1969.<\/p>\n<p>Commencement is such a special time \u2013 a culmination of years\u2019 worth of work.\u00a0 Thank you to all of the faculty and staff who celebrated with us.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to our football team for winning its third-straight Southern Conference Championship and advancing to the NCAA-FCS Playoffs.\u00a0 Also congrats to the volleyball team for bringing home the Southern Conference Regular Season title for the first time since 1998.\u00a0 Both men\u2019s and women\u2019s cross country represented UTC at the NCAA Regionals and the soccer team had a great season.\u00a0 Thanks to everyone for your support of athletics during the past semester.\u00a0 Please continue to show your Mocs pride for our winter and spring sports. \u00a0GO MOCS!<\/p>\n<p>Finally, this will be the last Chancellor\u2019s Update until 2016.\u00a0 I hope you have a happy and restful winter break and a joyous holiday season.\u00a0 Thank you for all that you do.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past Saturday, December 13th, UTC celebrated our 246th Commencement.\u00a0 Nearly 800 candidates for graduation were presented and entertainer Dennis Haskins was among them.\u00a0 Former University of Chattanooga student and celebrated entrepreneur Charles Cofield received an honorary degree \u2013 one of only six honorary degrees granted since UTC joined the University of Tennessee system in&hellip; 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