Students, faculty and alumni gathered Tuesday afternoon for the grand opening of the Aquatic and Recreation Center.
Campus officials and alumni, including Chancellor Roger Brown, Sen. Bo Watson and Student Council President Tyler Forrest, were on hand for ribbon cutting ceremony.…
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Over the next two years, UTC will receive approximately $24 million in federal stimulus money, Vice Chancellor Richard Brown said.
Of that $24 million, approximately $9 million will be received this year, and around $4 million has already been spent.
According to Brown, projects already underway include: training, equipment purchases and temporary hiring.…
The virus that has been making news across the nation all summer has come to UTC. Two cases of H1N1, also known as swine flu, have been confirmed for the UTC campus
"Remember, this is not a cause for panic or alarm," Chuck Cantrell, vice chancellor for university relations said.…
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Officials at the Lupton Library recently unveiled plans for the new library which is set to begin construction in January 2010.
The current library was built in the 1970s for a campus population of 4,500. Recent estimates for fall 2009 put the campus population at over 10,000.…
UTC Student Health Services moved to the corner of East Third Street and Central Avenue in the Family Practice building.
Before the move, the health center was located in the Metro Annex on Oak Street. Dr. Chris Smith, coordinator of the nursing department, said the old facility was far from what the premiere center dedicated to ensuring the well-being of students should look like.…
The Student Government Association and Student Senate had a busy summer, and seem to have many exciting things in the works this semester.
Their first meetings of the 2009-2010 school year dealt primarily with first of year budgetary issues.
Of this year's $37,667.…
The lawsuit Dr. Bill Harman brought against the university in January was dismissed this summer with a judge's ruling that Harman did not meet the requirements for being a whistleblower.
Harman, a professor of religion, brought a case against the university saying he was unfairly demoted with a 12 percent pay cut due to his refusal to approve tenure of Talia Welsh of the religion and philosophy department on allegations of falsified credentials.…
In the first overseas trip sponsored by the office for students with disabilities, 33 students traveled overseas for two weeks to Fiji, New Zealand, Hawaii and Australia to research accessibility for those with disabilities and attitudes toward these students.…
As students are walking to class, saying hello to old friends, and meeting new ones, they can't help but notice the large number of students oncampus.
"There are about 10,525 total students," Linda Orth, the university registrar said. "This is well over the number of students we had last year.…
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