The annual Fly! Mocs Business Competition for University of Tennessee at Chattanooga students, a spring pitch competition “where a good idea and a strong pitch can earn you some cash and startup resources to move your business forward,” took place on Thursday, April 4, before a standing-room-only audience at the UTC Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.
UTC mascot history exhibition gets Scrappy flyby
During “I Love UTC Week” from April 1-5, campus icon Scrappy flew by Special Collections and the display cases in the UTC Library’s Roth Grand Reading Room that Special Collections curates. The current exhibition, titled “‘Crowd-Energizing Mission’: A UTC Mascot Retrospective,” includes details and trivia sure to interest any Moc, and Scrappy was no exception. University Archivist Noah Lasley documented the event.
Schirmer named UTC women’s basketball head coach
The Deandra Schirmer Era of Chattanooga women’s basketball begins now.
Schirmer becomes the eighth head coach of the Mocs, Vice Chancellor for Athletics Mark Wharton announced Thursday morning.
UTC Symphony Orchestra to perform spring concert on April 21
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra will present its annual spring concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 21, in the UTC Fine Arts Center’s Roland Hayes Concert Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
See the work of the UTC community at the 2024 Spring Research and Arts Conference
Are you interested in checking out studio art projects done by students? Do you feel a passion for learning about artificial intelligence or philosophy? What about museum-style exhibits by a medieval magic and medicine class? If so, the Spring Research and Arts conference, the largest academic conference held on the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus, will have all that and hundreds more.
UTC, Hamilton County Schools extend Future Ready partnership at Tyner Academy
UTC and Hamilton County Schools signed a Memorandum of Understanding to extend the sponsorship of UTC’s Future Ready Institute in Teaching and Learning at Tyner. The ceremony took place in Hunter Hall’s John Ebb Stewart and Mary Ann Stewart Instructional Technology Laboratory on the UTC campus.
UTC Peeps in love: A sweet engagement for two alumni
Peeps—the chick-shaped, commonly yellow marshmallow treats are an Easter staple. The candy carries a more personal meaning for University of Tennessee at Chattanooga alums Matthew Rivera and Carly Jessup. On March 25, Rivera proposed to Jessup in a Peeps-themed suite near Peeps headquarters in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The couple started dating in 2020, but their journey…
UTC Quantum Initiative and Research Institute are winners in IDC Government Insights’ Seventh Annual Smart Cities North America Awards
Just launched in 2023, both the Quantum Initiative and the Research Institute at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga have been declared winners in IDC Government Insights’ seventh annual Smart Cities North America Awards (SCNAA). Both won honors in the award program’s education category, for efforts to facilitate smart campus and smart classroom education and engagement opportunities, and for robust engagement and outreach efforts via virtual, online and remote-participation platforms.
UTC evening classes/campus activities cancelled (Tuesday, April 2)
Based on information from the National Weather Service, UTC has cancelled evening classes and campus activities for Tuesday, April 2.
Recognizing women in STEM: Bliss Murphy’s road to reptiles
UTC student Bliss Murphy was recently recognized by Gig City Girls for her accomplishments in STEM. Murphy, a sophomore environmental science major from Chattanooga, was featured on Gig City Girls posters found in Hamilton County Schools classrooms during Women’s History Month.