{"id":481,"date":"2007-12-04T16:06:29","date_gmt":"2007-12-04T21:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Administration\/UniversityRelations\/news\/2007\/12\/04\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\/"},"modified":"2007-12-04T16:06:29","modified_gmt":"2007-12-04T21:06:29","slug":"groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2007\/12\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking event held for Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center at UTC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center, to be built with private funds and used by all 17 Mocs intercollegiate athletics programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an exciting day in the history of our athletics programs,\u201d said Chancellor Roger Brown. \u201cOur student athletes are excellent ambassadors for the University, welcoming the community and perspective students to share in the excitement of their achievements on the court and playing fields. They are most deserving of a dedicated space to hone their skills and build strength for success.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Center features the Chattem Basketball Practice Facility and the Wolford Family Strength and Conditioning Facility, and allows for future expansion to include an academic enhancement facility.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur new facility will benefit all UTC student-athletics in their quest for comprehensive excellence\u2014academically, athletically and socially,\u201d said Rick Hart, UTC Athletics Director.<\/p>\n

This $3.25 million facility will be built on the site of the old Siskin Hospital on Vine Street, near Houston. The strength and conditioning center will be more spacious than the area currently used in McKenzie Arena. The practice court will have four baskets on the side and be slightly oversized. Construction is expected to be completed by fall 2008.<\/p>\n

This project is made possible through the generosity and support of the individuals and institutions for which these facilities are named, along with additional financial assistance from Bryan Patten.<\/p>\n

Vance Travis, Phil Whitfield, and Tilman Wheeler of TWH architects, Inc., have been selected to design the 20,000 square foot facility.<\/p>\n

\n

Download facility rendering.<\/a> (pdf)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center, to be built with private funds and used by all 17 Mocs intercollegiate athletics programs. \u201cThis is an exciting day in the history of our athletics programs,\u201d said Chancellor Roger Brown. \u201cOur student athletes are excellent ambassadors for… <\/p>\n

Continue Reading <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\nGroundbreaking event held for Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center at UTC | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center, to be built with private\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Groundbreaking event held for Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center at UTC | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center, to be built with private\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2007\/12\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-12-04T21:06:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"UTC Communications and Marketing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UTChattanooga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"UTC Communications and Marketing\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2007\\\/12\\\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2007\\\/12\\\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"UTC Communications and Marketing\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a6e78a359d0226ea9e82fb20f53021e\"},\"headline\":\"Groundbreaking event held for Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center at UTC\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-12-04T21:06:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2007\\\/12\\\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":266,\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2007\\\/12\\\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2007\\\/12\\\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\\\/\",\"name\":\"Groundbreaking event held for Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center at UTC | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-12-04T21:06:29+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a6e78a359d0226ea9e82fb20f53021e\"},\"description\":\"The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center, to be built with private\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2007\\\/12\\\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2007\\\/12\\\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/2007\\\/12\\\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Groundbreaking event held for Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center at UTC\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025\",\"description\":\"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a6e78a359d0226ea9e82fb20f53021e\",\"name\":\"UTC Communications and Marketing\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/705164c90f10c6279b0ac11cd79a3e2bc380ada3197f9c11f122aaf6b03b9c13?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/705164c90f10c6279b0ac11cd79a3e2bc380ada3197f9c11f122aaf6b03b9c13?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/705164c90f10c6279b0ac11cd79a3e2bc380ada3197f9c11f122aaf6b03b9c13?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"UTC Communications and Marketing\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogarchive.utc.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Groundbreaking event held for Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center at UTC | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center, to be built with private","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Groundbreaking event held for Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center at UTC | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","og_description":"The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center, to be built with private","og_url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2007\/12\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\/","og_site_name":"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UTChattanooga","article_published_time":"2007-12-04T21:06:29+00:00","author":"UTC Communications and Marketing","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_site":"@UTChattanooga","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"UTC Communications and Marketing","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2007\/12\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2007\/12\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\/"},"author":{"name":"UTC Communications and Marketing","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6a6e78a359d0226ea9e82fb20f53021e"},"headline":"Groundbreaking event held for Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center at UTC","datePublished":"2007-12-04T21:06:29+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2007\/12\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\/"},"wordCount":266,"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2007\/12\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\/","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2007\/12\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\/","name":"Groundbreaking event held for Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center at UTC | UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2007-12-04T21:06:29+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6a6e78a359d0226ea9e82fb20f53021e"},"description":"The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga celebrated the groundbreaking of the new Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center, to be built with private","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2007\/12\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2007\/12\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2007\/12\/groundbreaking-event-held-for-brenda-lawson-student-athlete-success-center-at-utc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Groundbreaking event held for Brenda Lawson Student-Athlete Success Center at UTC"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/","name":"UTC News Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025","description":"Official news releases of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6a6e78a359d0226ea9e82fb20f53021e","name":"UTC Communications and Marketing","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/705164c90f10c6279b0ac11cd79a3e2bc380ada3197f9c11f122aaf6b03b9c13?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/705164c90f10c6279b0ac11cd79a3e2bc380ada3197f9c11f122aaf6b03b9c13?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/705164c90f10c6279b0ac11cd79a3e2bc380ada3197f9c11f122aaf6b03b9c13?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"UTC Communications and Marketing"},"url":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"UTC Communications and Marketing","author_link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/author\/admin\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}