{"id":12599,"date":"2014-11-14T13:39:45","date_gmt":"2014-11-14T18:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=12599"},"modified":"2014-12-05T15:44:52","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T20:44:52","slug":"ut-president-joe-dipietro-takes-plunge-arc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2014\/11\/ut-president-joe-dipietro-takes-plunge-arc\/","title":{"rendered":"UT President Joe DiPietro takes the plunge at the ARC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UT President Joe DiPietro came to celebrate the progress of UT-Chattanooga\u2019s fall sports teams with a pep rally themed luncheon for faculty and staff on Friday, November 7.\u00a0 Wearing a blue and gold bow tie, DiPietro expressed his love of the UTC campus.<\/p>\n<p>He recalled his first visit to our campus as UT President four years ago, when he spoke at the newly opened Aquatics and Recreation Center (ARC).<\/p>\n<p>During the 2010 visit, DiPietro promised to try the slide in the ARC pool if then-SGA President Bradley Bell would join him.<\/p>\n<p>DiPietro fulfilled his promise, joking he had heard the water was cold because it was piped in from the Ocoee River.<\/p>\n<p>As the UTC Marching Band played and a group of spectators watched, DiPietro and Bradley Bell, now Assistant Director, New Student and Family Programs, enjoyed the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KLF6l1DLsr4&amp;feature=youtu.be\">plunge into the lazy river<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[slickr-flickr search=&#8221;sets&#8221; set=&#8221;72157649281946642&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DiPietro came to celebrate the progress of UT-Chattanooga\u2019s fall sports teams with a pep rally themed luncheon for faculty and staff.  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