{"id":5750,"date":"2011-09-09T16:27:11","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T20:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=5750"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:13:03","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:13:03","slug":"university-to-celebrate-founders-day-with-gala-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2011\/09\/university-to-celebrate-founders-day-with-gala-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"University to celebrate Founder\u2019s Day with gala, parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Come and celebrate\u00a0UTC&#8217;s 125<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary on September 15!<\/p>\n<p>The University will honor its past and celebrate its future with a convocation at 12:15 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center. Dr. Horace Traylor will give the keynote address.<\/p>\n<p>Traylor was the first African-American graduate of the University of Chattanooga when he earned a master\u2019s degree in education in 1965. He later played a pivotal role in the merger of between University of Chattanooga, University of Tennessee, and Zion College. The three entities came together to form what is now UT-Chattanooga in 1969.<\/p>\n<p>A fun birthday party will take place at Heritage Plaza at 1:15 p.m. Hotdogs and cake will be served.<\/p>\n<p>Chattanooga\u2019s time to celebrate with culiminate with a 125<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary Celebration Gala at the Chattanoogan Hotel Ballroom. For more information, call 425-1257.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Collections and University Archives of Lupton Library has mounted two exhibits for the 125<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of this university. \u00a0Titled \u201cCultivating our Legacy: 125 Years of University History,\u201d the exhibit traces our 125 years, through the four different names this university has had. The exhibit includes\u00a0historical university artifacts, pictures, and items on the first and second floor (inside the Special Collections) of the library. The starting point for this exhibit begins at the display case directly past the doors as you enter the library. This exhibit will run through the fall semester.<\/p>\n<p>The other exhibit is an online exhibit which features mostly photographs from the pictures in the University Archives as well as photographs scanned from yearbooks over the years.\u00a0 Part of the library\u2019s new Digital Collections (<a href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.utc.edu\/cdm\/\">http:\/\/digital.library.utc.edu\/cdm\/<\/a>), this site features nearly 500 historical photographs of this university.\u00a0 It is also searchable, and by clicking on the thumbnail of each photograph you can see a larger image with information about the picture. \u00a0Click <a href=\"http:\/\/digital.library.utc.edu\/cdm\/search\/collection\/p15369coll1\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to see this collection.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.\u00a0 Happy 125<sup>th<\/sup> Birthday!<\/p>\n<p>For more information on UTC\u2019s 125<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/125\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come and celebrate\u00a0UTC&#8217;s 125th anniversary on September 15! 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