{"id":42327,"date":"2022-04-30T07:30:22","date_gmt":"2022-04-30T11:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=42327"},"modified":"2022-05-08T07:37:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T11:37:50","slug":"class-of-2022-utc-to-host-commencement-ceremonies-friday-and-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/class-of-2022-utc-to-host-commencement-ceremonies-friday-and-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Class of 2022: UTC to host commencement ceremonies Friday and Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"well span3 pull-right\">\n<h4><strong>2022 Commencement Week<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><em>Check back daily for stories about featured graduates from the Class of 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" data-attachment-id=\"42342\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/class-of-2022-utc-to-host-commencement-ceremonies-friday-and-saturday\/undergrad-graduation-21-40\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Undergrad-Graduation-21-2607.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,830\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Students participate in the second of two graduation ceremonies for undergraduate students on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021 in McKenzie Arena.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1618323325&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Undergrad Graduation-21-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Undergrad Graduation-21-\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Undergrad-Graduation-21-2607-1024x664.jpeg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-42342\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Undergrad-Graduation-21-2607-300x194.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Undergrad-Graduation-21-2607-300x194.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Undergrad-Graduation-21-2607-1024x664.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Undergrad-Graduation-21-2607-768x498.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Undergrad-Graduation-21-2607-1536x995.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Undergrad-Graduation-21-2607-2048x1327.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Undergrad-Graduation-21-2607-580x376.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Undergrad-Graduation-21-2607-610x395.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Undergrad-Graduation-21-2607-250x162.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Undergrad-Graduation-21-2607-600x389.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Undergrad-Graduation-21-2607.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Megan Wolfe, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/megan-wolfe-sees-her-cancer-kind-of-a-blessing-and-a-curse\/\">who defeated cancer and heart surgery before starting at UTC<\/a>, can lean on those experiences as she embarks on her nursing career.<\/li>\n<li>Nontraditional college student Lynne Marchetti will <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/lynnemarchetti\/\">be receiving her bachelor\u2019s degree in social work 40 years<\/a> after obtaining an associate\u2019s degree.<\/li>\n<li>Matthew Lewis <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/from-doc-to-nurse-utc-student-headed-to-erlanger-after-graduation\/\">built on his experience as a U.S. Navy corpsman<\/a> in gravitating toward the high-demand field.<\/li>\n<li>From surviving to thriving, Katherine Sherman <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/from-surviving-to-thriving-katherine-sherman-embodies-a-can-do-spirit\/\">embodies can-do spirit<\/a>\u2014with her son beside her.<\/li>\n<li>Josh Tyler received a bachelor\u2019s degree from UTC in 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/josh-tyler-hard-work-leads-to-high-rewards\/\">crosses the McKenzie Arena stage for his master\u2019s this Friday<\/a> and starts his Ph.D. pursuit in the fall.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/trailblazing-arielle-scalioni-building-a-civil-engineering-career\/\">Arielle Scalioni&#8217;s<\/a> journey to UTC can be traced to building a church in the Amazon Rainforest.<\/li>\n<li>Senior students in the Bachelor of Fine Arts program opened their doors for a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/fine-art-utc-seniors-put-their-work-on-display\/\">Painting and Drawing Open Studios<\/a> event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Spring commencement at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will be celebrated with five separate ceremonies and approximately 1,500 degrees awarded over two days starting on Friday, May 6.<\/p>\n<p>All ceremonies will take place inside McKenzie Arena, beginning with graduate commencement when recipients of advanced degrees will be honored at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, May 6. On Saturday, May 7, a series of undergraduate ceremonies begins at 9 a.m. and concludes with the final ceremony at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The series of separate ceremonies is necessary because of temporarily reduced capacity due to construction of the Wolford Family Athletic Center addition to the arena.<\/p>\n<p>Guests are encouraged to park vehicles in parking lots 32, 33, 34 and 31 (the Mocs Alumni Drive parking garage). Find detailed information on parking lot locations <a href=\"https:\/\/explore.utc.edu\/?id=1826#!bm\/?ct\/48843,54063,54081\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Due to construction, McKenzie Arena capacity is reduced and tickets for admission are required of all attendees. Spring graduates may claim up to 10 tickets each through the end of classes. After classes end, graduates may request additional tickets for any additional guests.<\/p>\n<p>Commencement can be watched live online via web streaming at the following links provided for each ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and a list of FAQ on spring commencement ceremonies, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/registrar\/graduation\/commencement-ceremony-information\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This will be the 259<sup>th<\/sup> overall commencement for the University, which was founded in 1886 as the then-private Chattanooga University. The first UTC graduation ceremony took place Aug. 23, 1969, in the Tivoli Theater in downtown Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Graduate School Commencement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2:30 p.m. Friday, May 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Livestream:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/utc\/gradcommspr2022\">https:\/\/livestream.com\/utc\/gradcommspr2022<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaker: Mina Sartipi,\u00a0Guerry Professor of Engineering and Computer Science,\u00a0Founding Director of the UTC Center for Urban Informatics and Progress<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42336\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"42336\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/class-of-2022-utc-to-host-commencement-ceremonies-friday-and-saturday\/sartipi-mina-20-2980_pp\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Sartipi-Mina-20-2980_pp.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1023,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1579693192&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;185&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sartipi-Mina-20-2980_pp\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Sartipi-Mina-20-2980_pp-818x1024.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-42336 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Sartipi-Mina-20-2980_pp-240x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Mina Sartipi\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Sartipi-Mina-20-2980_pp-240x300.jpeg 240w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Sartipi-Mina-20-2980_pp-818x1024.jpeg 818w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Sartipi-Mina-20-2980_pp-768x961.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Sartipi-Mina-20-2980_pp-1227x1536.jpeg 1227w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Sartipi-Mina-20-2980_pp-1636x2048.jpeg 1636w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Sartipi-Mina-20-2980_pp-580x726.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Sartipi-Mina-20-2980_pp-610x764.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Sartipi-Mina-20-2980_pp-160x200.jpeg 160w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Sartipi-Mina-20-2980_pp-320x400.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Sartipi-Mina-20-2980_pp.jpeg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mina Sartipi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In addition to teaching in the UTC College of Engineering and Computer Science and leading the University\u2019s Center for Urban Informatics and Progress, Mina Sartipi is a scientist whose research has won funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and Department of Energy, State of Tennessee, Lyndhurst Foundation and private industry. She is an internationally recognized leader in the field of Smart City research focused on mobility, energy and health in urban environments.<\/p>\n<p>In partnership with the City of Chattanooga and EPB, Sartipi has led research honored on multiple occasions by the Smart Cities Connect organization with a \u201cSmart 50\u201d designation as among the world\u2019s top 50 examples of digital transformation. She is a frequent presenter on artificial intelligence and smart city operations and has given invited presentations to the U.S. Congressional Smart Cities Caucus and \u200bat conferences of the global Smart Cities Connect and \u200bthe National Transportation Training Directors.<\/p>\n<p>Sartipi has been a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers since 2016, and she is a member of the boards of directors for multiple startups and nonprofit organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Sartipi has a bachelor\u2019s degree in electrical engineering from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, and master\u2019s and doctoral degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology\u00a0in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>* * * * *<\/p>\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Commencement: College of Arts and Sciences (graduates with last names beginning A-K)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9 a.m., Saturday, May 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Livestream:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/utc\/undergrad-arts-sciences-a-k-spr22\">https:\/\/livestream.com\/utc\/undergrad-arts-sciences-a-k-spr22<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaker: Gregory O\u2019Dea, UC Foundation Professor and Associate Dean of the Honors College<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42334\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"42334\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/class-of-2022-utc-to-host-commencement-ceremonies-friday-and-saturday\/greg-odea-22\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Greg-Odea-22-2378.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"986,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Angela Foster\/University of Tenn&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Greg O\\u2019dea stands Thursday, March 3, 2022 in the Shakespeare Garden.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1618319292&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;150&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Greg O&#039;dea-22&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Greg O&amp;#8217;dea-22\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Greg O\u2019dea stands Thursday, March 3, 2022 in the Shakespeare Garden.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Greg-Odea-22-2378-788x1024.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-42334 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Greg-Odea-22-2378-231x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Gregory O'Dea\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Greg-Odea-22-2378-231x300.jpeg 231w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Greg-Odea-22-2378-788x1024.jpeg 788w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Greg-Odea-22-2378-768x998.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Greg-Odea-22-2378-1183x1536.jpeg 1183w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Greg-Odea-22-2378-1577x2048.jpeg 1577w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Greg-Odea-22-2378-580x753.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Greg-Odea-22-2378-610x792.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Greg-Odea-22-2378-154x200.jpeg 154w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Greg-Odea-22-2378-308x400.jpeg 308w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Greg-Odea-22-2378.jpeg 986w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gregory O&#8217;Dea<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In 2022, Gregory O\u2019Dea reached the 25-year mark in his service to UTC Honors, having held positions as director of the Brock Scholars program and associate dean of the Honors College. He joined the UTC faculty in 1990.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Dea is an award-winning educator and student advocate. He has been named an Outstanding Teacher by a vote of the University of Tennessee National Alumni Association (of the UT System); given the UTC Student Government Association\u2019s Outstanding Professor award; and recognized as Outstanding Academic Advisor by UTC leadership.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Dea also has spent much of his career directing medical humanities workshops for the Tennessee and Georgia chapters of the American College of Physicians (ACP) and workshop sessions for annual, national conferences of the ACP. His presentations blend fiction, poetry, memoir and essay into themes directly relevant to physicians and their patients. In recognition of O\u2019Dea\u2019s work with the group, the national ACP honored him with its Nicholas E. Davies Memorial Scholar Award in 2016 for outstanding scholarly activities in history, literature, philosophy and ethics and contributions to humanism in medicine.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Dea has been a member of the National Collegiate Honors Council since 1997 and, while he is stepping down as associate dean of the Honors College, he will continue teaching foundational courses for all incoming Brock Scholars.<\/p>\n<p>He has a bachelor\u2019s degree in English language and literature from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania; a master\u2019s degree in English language and literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC); and a doctorate in English from UNC.<\/p>\n<p>* * * * *<\/p>\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Commencement:\u00a0College of Engineering and Computer Science, Gary W. Rollins College of Business<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1 p.m., Saturday, May 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Livestream:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/utc\/undergrad-eng-cs-rcob-spr22\">https:\/\/livestream.com\/utc\/undergrad-eng-cs-rcob-spr22<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaker:\u00a0Thomas Lyons,\u00a0Professor of Marketing and Entrepreneurship,\u00a0Clarence E. Harris Chair of Excellence in Entrepreneurship,\u00a0Gary W. Rollins College of Business<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42335\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"42335\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/class-of-2022-utc-to-host-commencement-ceremonies-friday-and-saturday\/lyons-thomas\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Lyons-Thomas.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"915,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1287568749&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;140&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lyons-Thomas\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Lyons-Thomas-732x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-42335 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Lyons-Thomas-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Lyons\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Lyons-Thomas-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Lyons-Thomas-732x1024.jpg 732w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Lyons-Thomas-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Lyons-Thomas-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Lyons-Thomas-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Lyons-Thomas-580x812.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Lyons-Thomas-610x854.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Lyons-Thomas-143x200.jpg 143w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Lyons-Thomas-286x400.jpg 286w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Lyons-Thomas.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thomas Lyons<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thomas Lyons teaches courses in marketing and entrepreneurship and is part of the leadership team for UTC\u2019s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He came to UTC in 2019 from Michigan State University in East Lansing, where he was director of the MSU Product Center, which promotes entrepreneurship in the food and beverage industries.<\/p>\n<p>Lyons is a pioneering scholar in the concept of entrepreneurial communities or entrepreneurial ecosystems. His research interests are entrepreneurship skills measurement and development, the relationship between entrepreneurship and community economic development and social entrepreneurship, and he has co-authored 13 books and numerous scholarly articles and papers on these subjects.<\/p>\n<p>One of his co-authored works, &#8220;Understanding Social Entrepreneurship,&#8221; is the leading textbook on the subject and is used at more than 80 universities worldwide. He also edited a three-volume set on social entrepreneurship (&#8220;Social Entrepreneurship: How Businesses Can Transform Society&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, Lyons received the Ted K. Bradshaw Outstanding Research Award from the Community Development Society, a national nonprofit established in 1969 to strengthen community development policy, practice, learning and research through education and research.<\/p>\n<p>Lyons is an entrepreneur himself and has co-founded two companies. He has a bachelor\u2019s degree from Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana; a master\u2019s degree from Loyola University in Chicago; and a doctorate in urban and regional planning from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Commencement:\u00a0College of Health, Education and Professional Studies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4 p.m., Saturday, May 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Livestream:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/utc\/undergrad-health-education-prof-studies\">https:\/\/livestream.com\/utc\/undergrad-health-education-prof-studies<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaker:\u00a0Christine Benz Smith, UC Foundation Professor, <span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Director<\/span> <\/span>of the School of Nursing and UTC Chief Health Affairs Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42332\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"42332\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/class-of-2022-utc-to-host-commencement-ceremonies-friday-and-saturday\/smith-chris-22\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Smith-Chris-22.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"995,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1650617683&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Smith-Chris-22\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Smith-Chris-22-796x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-42332 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Smith-Chris-22-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"Christine Benz Smith\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Smith-Chris-22-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Smith-Chris-22-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Smith-Chris-22-768x988.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Smith-Chris-22-1194x1536.jpg 1194w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Smith-Chris-22-1592x2048.jpg 1592w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Smith-Chris-22-580x746.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Smith-Chris-22-610x785.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Smith-Chris-22-155x200.jpg 155w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Smith-Chris-22-311x400.jpg 311w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Smith-Chris-22.jpg 995w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christine Benz Smith<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Christine Benz Smith earned a master\u2019s degree as a student in the first class of Family Nurse Practitioners at UTC. Smith had earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing from Vanderbilt University in Nashville and worked as the head nurse on a 60-bed orthopedic care unit at Ochsner Hospital in New Orleans before returning to Chattanooga and graduate school.<\/p>\n<p>Upon graduating from UTC, Smith joined Erlanger Health System as primary provider of health care for Chattanooga\u2019s Westside Community. When the facility closed, Smith joined UTC as the Kay Chitty Professor for the School of Nursing which afforded her the opportunity to return to Westside and her patients through an agreement with Memorial Health Care System.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to earn a doctorate from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City and was named coordinator of the UTC Family Nurse Practitioner program. That appointment was followed by her designation as associate director of the School of Nursing in 2011, interim director in 2013 and director in 2014. Five years later, Chancellor Steven R. Angle also named Smith the chief health affairs officer for UTC, and it was in that role that Smith guided University protocols and decision-making in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that began in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Smith has served on many boards of directors for Chattanooga non-profit and educational institutions. In 2017, she was honored with a UT System President\u2019s Award for her work in community outreach. She was named the recipient of the Carolyn and Roger G. Brown Community Engagement Award in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Commencement: College of Arts and Sciences (graduates with last names beginning L-Z)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>7 p.m., Saturday, May 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Livestream:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/livestream.com\/utc\/undergrad-arts-sciences-l-m-spr22\">https:\/\/livestream.com\/utc\/undergrad-arts-sciences-l-m-spr22<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaker:\u00a0Tammy Garland,\u00a0Professor of Criminal Justice<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42333\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"42333\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/class-of-2022-utc-to-host-commencement-ceremonies-friday-and-saturday\/garland-tammy-19-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Garland-Tammy-19-1.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"954,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Z 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1555002620&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tammy Garland\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Tammy Garland&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tammy Garland&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Garland-Tammy-19-1-763x1024.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-42333 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Garland-Tammy-19-1-224x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Tammy Garland\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Garland-Tammy-19-1-224x300.jpeg 224w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Garland-Tammy-19-1-763x1024.jpeg 763w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Garland-Tammy-19-1-768x1030.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Garland-Tammy-19-1-1145x1536.jpeg 1145w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Garland-Tammy-19-1-1526x2048.jpeg 1526w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Garland-Tammy-19-1-580x778.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Garland-Tammy-19-1-610x818.jpeg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Garland-Tammy-19-1-149x200.jpeg 149w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Garland-Tammy-19-1-298x400.jpeg 298w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2022\/04\/Garland-Tammy-19-1.jpeg 954w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tammy Garland<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tammy Garland teaches courses on drugs and crime, victimology, juvenile justice and crime and popular culture for the UTC Department of Social, Cultural and Justice Studies.<\/p>\n<p>Her research interests include popular culture and crime, juvenile bullying, drug policy issues, and victimization of women, children and the homeless.<\/p>\n<p>Garland\u00a0 also is a manuscript reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed journals and works as a program evaluator with multiple agencies.<\/p>\n<p>She is involved in service activities at the university, community and professional levels. Garland is a member of the boards of directors for the Chattanooga Community Housing Development Organization and the Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute. She works with numerous local agencies to help those in need, including the J.A. Henry YMCA and Chattanooga-based homeless organizations.<\/p>\n<p>She has twice been honored\u2014in 2011 and 2018\u2014with the Outstanding Service Award for the UTC College of Arts and Sciences. For service to the University and community, she has received the University of Tennessee National Alumni Association (of the UT System) Public Service Award; the Dr. Carolyn Thompson and Roger Brown Community Engagement Award; and the Harold Love Outstanding Service Award.<\/p>\n<p>Garland has a bachelor\u2019s degree from the University of Kentucky in Lexington, a master\u2019s degree from Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, and a doctorate from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 259th overall commencement for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, which was founded in 1886 as the then-private Chattanooga University, takes place May 6 and May 7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/class-of-2022-utc-to-host-commencement-ceremonies-friday-and-saturday\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,123864,61,59,56,12659,57,12745,64,8293],"tags":[119384,48202,48207,119253,72918,119383],"class_list":{"0":"post-42327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-academics","8":"category-advancement-and-alumni","9":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","10":"category-college-of-engineering-and-computer-science","11":"category-college-of-health-education-and-professional-studies","12":"category-events-entertainment","13":"category-college-of-business","14":"category-honors-college-2","15":"category-news","16":"category-office-of-the-chancellor","17":"tag-2022-commencement","18":"tag-chris-smith","19":"tag-dr-mina-sartipi","20":"tag-greg-odea","21":"tag-tammy-garland","22":"tag-thomas-lyons","23":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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