For the second year in a row, a student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has been recognized in a national competition known as the Pulitzer Prize for collegiate journalism. Jules Jackson, a double major in art and communications, placed 19th in the 2022-23 Hearst Multimedia Narrative Storytelling Competition.
For all the marbles: High school competitors experience highs and lows of roller coaster competition
In the second year of the Marble Roller Coaster Competition, hosted by the College of Engineering and Computer Science at UTC, almost 100 students from local middle and high schools spent 20 minutes brainstorming a design, then had 80 minutes to build it and make it work.
The need for speed: Networking event helps high school students learn skills not taught in schools
For the last several years, UTC has partnered with the nonprofit Education Equal Opportunity Group to host the the annual Career Speed Networking Program.
Home away from home: New residential learning communities create ‘a sense of belonging’
The College of Arts and Sciences launched five new residential learning communities (RLCs) in fall 2022. These are living/learning communities made up of students with similar interests or areas of study. The goal is to speed up the process of forging a community while away at college.
UTC Wind Ensemble performs February concert
The UTC Wind Ensemble held a recent performance on Feb. 28.
TRIO Day event brings high school students from across Tennessee to UTC
TRIO programs, which have been part of the UTC campus for more than 50 years, are federal outreach systems designed to identify and provide services for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The initiatives are intended to serve and assist low-income and first-generation college students and those with disabilities to progress through the academic pipeline.
Lens crafter: From UTC student photo editor to professional photographer, Olivia Ross explains the leap at Photo Night 2023
“Deadlines are more intense now…and nobody wants to hear your excuses for not meeting them, for not doing what you’re supposed to do,” said UTC alum Olivia Ross, who shared her insights and work with a standing-room-only crowd at the University Center Auditorium March 1 for Photo Night 2023.
UTC sophomore competing to be Miss Tennessee
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga sophomore Ava Bailey, a business analytics major, will be competing in the upcoming Miss Tennessee pageant.
Lucky seven: SMILE Fund does it again
For the seventh straight year, the UTC SMILE Fund team took home top honors in the CFA Institute’s Greater Tennessee Research Challenge.
Ideas continue to spring to life in ‘Hatch It!’ Lab’s second year
Now celebrating its second year in operation, the Hatch It! Lab is far more than just a place to make 3D-printed defense weapons. Students in 41 courses such as botany, literature, psychology, Afrofuturism, education and criminal justice have used the lab.