Since the opening of the ARC this semester, many new programs have been developed to counter student obesity and promote healthier lifestyles among students.
"Unfortunately, Chattanooga and Memphis have some of the highest obesity rates," Lindsay Manning, coordinator of fitness for the ARC, said.…
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Orientation leaders are chosen at the end of every fall semester to lead orientations the following summer, Jim Hicks, dean of students, said.
"At orientation we have two main goals: we want to ease the transition from high school to the university, and we want to introduce students to the way things are done at UTC," Hicks said.…
The political science department presented a debate and general discussion on the United States renewed involvements militarily in Afghanistan on Oct. 22.
Dr. Fouad Moughrabi, department chair of political science and advisor to the Political Science Club, and Dr.…
Thousands of students, faculty and staff gathered on Chamberlain field Oct. 15 in hopes of breaking the world record for the largest human pink ribbon at the Pink Symposium for breast cancer awareness.
Carol Oglesby, student development coordinator, said: "There were 2,210 who participated in the ribbon.…
The nine UTC Blackboard outages that have occurred this semester fall into three easily explained categories, according to Dr. Karen Adsit, director of the Walker Teaching Resource Center.
Six of the outages were scheduled, with three of those as campus-wide power outages and three regular monthly maintenance issues, Adsit said.…
While the economy and H1N1 are hitting the nation, Blood Assurance is taking a hit on their blood supply.
Lacey Wilson, Blood Assurance public relations representative, said 101,733 usable units of blood were collected in 2008, but there is a major shortage of blood.…
The campus crime log is a weekly feature of The University Echo and is compiled from UTC Police reports to keep students aware of incidents on campus. Reports are listed in chronological order.
October 20, 2009
09-1443 Officers responded to a suspicious activity call at 541 Vine St.…
The UTC alert system put students on guard Oct. 21 with up-to-the-minute information about a bomb threat that was later proven unfounded.
According to the UTC alert system, at approximately 2:35 p.m. with an unspecified threat was called in that led to the evacuation of the EMCS building.…
The Student Government Association's Student Senate is gearing up for this semester's round of SGA elections.
Senators confirmed the appointment of Hitesh Vashi, a junior from Chattanooga, as the commissioner of elections. Serving with Vashi on the elections commission, are Jeff Bogue and Christina Brosius a junior from Brentwood, Tenn.…
