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MobileMOC Launches

UTC is expanding its reach by partnering with the Southeast Tennessee Area Agency on Aging and Disability (SETAAAD) to bring evidence-based programs to senior centers in Bledsoe, Bradley, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea and Sequatchie counties.

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Help Wanted: Your Dream

Programs from across the campuses and institutes that make up the University of Tennessee System assist entrepreneurs start their businesses.

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Young Entrepreneurs

These determined UT student entrepreneurs turned ideas into businesses, from startups to studios, proving ambition and creativity can spark success at any stage.

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Envision Success for Entrepreneurs

The Urban Vision Initiative connects entrepreneurs from underserved communities with UTC student consultants to drive economic success.

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Historically Speaking

UTC’s Entrepreneurial Legacy

The UT Chattanooga Gary W. Rollins College of Business is home to the Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame, a tribute to Chattanooga’s entrepreneurial legacy.

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Expanding Business

UT Chattanooga officials broke ground on an 81,000-square-foot expansion to the Gary W. Rollins College of Business Fletcher Hall in March.

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McKnight Honored at White House Event

UTC Center for Wellbeing Director Megan McKnight, along with nearly 250 others, was honored at the White House for efforts to prevent drug overdoses.

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Team Wins Statewide Competition for Fifth Time

For the fifth consecutive year, a team of UTC students has won the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute Greater Tennessee Research Challenge.

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The Game Changing SMILE

Through challenge, competition and encouragement, Shane Cotriss discovered a path he loved at UTC.

Rollins College of Business Dean Robert Dooley skydives for a cause.
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Jumping for a Reason

Rollins College of Business Dean Robert Dooley jumped out of a perfectly good airplane while it was about two and a half miles above the ground.

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Proverbial Woman

UTC alumna establishes multi-million dollar business

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UTC’s Kenyon Wilson Composes Musical Tribute in Honor of Fallen Five

The musical tribute Five was composed in honor of the five service members shot to death in Chattanooga on July 16, 2015: Carson A. Holmquist, Randall Smith, Thomas J. Sullivan, Squire K. "Skip" Wells, and David A. Wyatt.

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Powered by UTC MBA, Utility Executive Turns Chattanooga into ‘Gig City’

Chattanooga became the first city anywhere in the Western Hemisphere to offer 10-gigabit-per-second Internet service to all residents and businesses.

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Energized City and Campus

. Alumni of two different eras characterized Chattanooga as a city that promotes the entrepreneurial spirit. UTC has helped fuel the energy and benefit from it as well.

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UTC’s MBA at 50

UTC’s College of Business MBA program celebrated its 50th anniversary last fall with a golf tournament, mini-courses, tours of the new Bloomberg lab, networking with successful alumni, a reunion and tailgate.

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Banker and Volunteer

Nancy Collum wasn’t sure what she wanted to study at UTC. “I was always envious of those who knew they wanted to be a doctor at the age of 10,” she says. “I had no such premonitions.”

SimCenter Grows Partnerships
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SimCenter Grows Partnerships

UT Chattanooga's computational modeling and simulation unit attracts big-name partners and pumps up the economy.

Right Here in River City
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Right Here in River City

Kim White continues Chattanooga's downtown renaissance

The Road Ahead
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The Road Ahead

The excitement continues to build in Chattanooga since Volkswagen announced it will build its North American assembly plant there.

Warhol, STEM Growth, and Haslam Scholars
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Warhol, STEM Growth, and Haslam Scholars

The Campaign for Tennessee, a new Warhol exhibit, a look at the Haslam Scholars, and more in the latest installment of UTopics.

Education Changes Lives
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Education Changes Lives

Though their stories are quite different, Kayvon Sadrabadi and Paige Pettit both credit education with altering their lives.

How to Succeed in Business
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How to Succeed in Business

After exploring business practices in Ireland and Scotland, Jennifer Morrison-Fuller came away with a new understanding of the global market.