{"id":48767,"date":"2023-03-17T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=48767"},"modified":"2025-10-22T10:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:09:13","slug":"i-love-utc-week-to-bring-alums-and-an-alpaca-to-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/i-love-utc-week-to-bring-alums-and-an-alpaca-to-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"I Love UTC Week to bring alums\u2014and an alpaca\u2014to campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"851\" height=\"315\" data-attachment-id=\"48769\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/i-love-utc-week-to-bring-alums-and-an-alpaca-to-campus\/iloveutc23fbcover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/03\/iloveUTC23FBcover.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"851,315\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"iloveUTC23FBcover\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/03\/iloveUTC23FBcover.jpg\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48769 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/03\/iloveUTC23FBcover.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/03\/iloveUTC23FBcover.jpg 851w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/03\/iloveUTC23FBcover-768x284.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/03\/iloveUTC23FBcover-580x215.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/03\/iloveUTC23FBcover-610x226.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The spring version of Homecoming Week is returning to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p>I Love UTC Week, a spring semester tradition since 2013, will take place on campus Monday through Saturday, March 20-25.<\/p>\n<p>Blue and gold are the colors of the week, and cult classic I Love UTC Week buttons will be available daily in the UTC Library. Multiple downtown Chattanooga buildings will shine blue and gold lights to showcase their I Love UTC Week spirit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s post-spring break; hopefully, folks will be rested and ready to reengage,\u201d said Laura Cagle, director of stewardship and donor events in the Division of Advancement and the coordinator of I Love UTC Week. \u201cI\u2019m really grateful to have a campus full of collaborators willing to say yes, step up to the plate and offer programs for our folks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A two-time alum (2011 and 2013), Cagle has worked for UTC since 2013\u2014including an eight-year stint as director of University Events. She was on the inaugural committee when I Love UTC Week was created.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s become a passion project of mine,\u201d she said. \u201cI think we do a great job with homecoming in the fall semester to honor campus legacy and tradition, but there\u2019s not really the opportunity in the spring. I bill I Love UTC Week as a mini homecoming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a good opportunity to engage\u2014not just our students and faculty and staff, but also alums and friends of the University\u2014to share what a difference-maker UTC was in their lives and what UTC does for the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than a dozen events are on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/i-love-utc\"><strong>I Love UTC Week calendar<\/strong><\/a>, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Monday (March 20): Make Your Own Bouquet, Lupton Hall Room 120, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Monday (March 20): I Love UTC Week Yard Party, Chamberlain Field, noon-2 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday (March 22): Spring Job and Internship Fair, University Center Tennessee Room, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday (March 22): Club Sports Expo, Chamberlain Field, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday (March 23): Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce and UTC Business After Hours Networking Event, University Center Tennessee Room, 5-7 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Friday (March 24): \u201czooTC\u201d Petting Zoo, Chamberlain Field, noon-3 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday (March 25): Family Game Night, University Center Tennessee Room, 6-8 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A new event on the docket is the zooTC mobile petting zoo, which will bring various animals from Bagby\u2019s Critter Corral to Chamberlain Field\u2014including a highland cow, two donkeys, a sheep and her lamb, an alpaca and rabbits and goats of varied colors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" data-attachment-id=\"48771\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/i-love-utc-week-to-bring-alums-and-an-alpaca-to-campus\/feature_zootc23\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/03\/feature_zooTC23.png\" data-orig-size=\"720,480\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"feature_zooTC23\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/03\/feature_zooTC23.png\" class=\"alignright wp-image-48771\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/03\/feature_zooTC23-580x387.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/03\/feature_zooTC23-580x387.png 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/03\/feature_zooTC23-610x407.png 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2023\/03\/feature_zooTC23.png 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/>The animal affair is a collaboration of the UTC Library, the Center for Women and Gender Equity and the Office of Student and Family Engagement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt takes a village to bring a farm to campus,\u201d joked Chantelle Swaren, assessment and outreach librarian for the UTC Library.<\/p>\n<p>Swaren said the Library has hosted therapy dog visits for years, \u201cand we regularly hear from students who attend those events that they appreciate having animals on campus. That\u2019s been a common refrain since we started offering those stress-relief animal visits. Students have long enquired whether any other types of animals could visit, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After learning about the critter corral at a neighborhood event, Swaren jumped at the opportunity to introduce the mobile petting zoo to students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI talked with campus partners from the Center for Women and Gender Equity, who also regularly host therapy dog visits, and the Office of Student and Family Engagement, who have hosted Goat Yoga, about collaborating to bring them to UTC,\u201d Swaren said. \u201cWith help from many people and departments around campus, we\u2019ve made it work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI Love UTC Week is such a fun celebration of our campus. This petting zoo will be a great way to head into the weekend in an adorable fashion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The week\u2019s calendar also includes the annual, by-invitation Scholarship Recognition Event hosted by the Division of Advancement on Friday, March 24. The event brings scholarship benefactors and student beneficiaries together to honor the generosity of donors and celebrate students\u2019 academic achievement as scholarship recipients.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/student-outreach-and-support\/scrappys-cupboard\"><strong>Scrappy\u2019s Cupboard<\/strong> <\/a>Food Drive will take place throughout the week. Donation bins will be in the Library, University Center, Administrative Services Building, Lupton Hall and the Main Housing Office in Pfeiffer Hall. Financial donations will be accepted online through the <a href=\"https:\/\/securelb.imodules.com\/s\/1341\/utc\/form\/19\/form.aspx?sid=1341&amp;gid=3&amp;pgid=4310&amp;cid=6419&amp;dids=1350&amp;src=shrturl\"><strong>UC Foundation<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I Love UTC Week sponsors include Advancement, Alumni Affairs, Chancellor\u2019s Office, Campus Recreation, Center for Career and Leadership Development, Center for Women and Gender Equity, Dining Services, English Department, Music Therapy, Parent and Family Association, Student and Family Engagement, Student Outreach and Support, UTC Library, George C. Connor Professorship of American Literature, SunTrust Chair of Excellence in the Humanities, Connor Society and the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The spring version of Homecoming Week is returning to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. 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