Community & Outreach

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News and Updates

RAIL Assists Schools

UTC’s RAIL System gives rural districts free access to student assessment tools, saving $22,000 and strengthening developmental, learning and behavioral evaluations.

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Health Clinic on Wheels

UTC’s MobileMOC clinic delivers essential healthcare to rural communities while giving students hands-on experience in nursing, social work, nutrition and collaborative patient care.

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Taking a Chance on People

Rick Dierenfeldt, a former police officer turned academic, knows what it means to take a chance on people, unconventional ideas and the power of data-driven solutions. “This is not a ... Read more

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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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Grand Challenges

Changing Futures in Rural Schools

Amanda Hardin will never forget the high school student sitting across from her. For years the student struggled—exhausted from trying to fit in, constantly feeling like something was wrong with her.

A group of people use shovels in a ground-breaking ceremony for a new building.
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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.

A group of hispanic young men, wearing Lambda Theta Phi jackets, sitting on steps.
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Advocate for Change

UT Chattanooga senior Mateo Jimenez discovered his passion during community service work outside of UTC: broadband access for underserved communities.

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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.

Alumni Association

Mike Griffin Takes the Lead

Mike Griffin prepares to take on the role of president of the UT Alumni Association.

UT Chattanooga's McKenzie Arena filled with graduating students during the spring 2024 commencement ceremony.
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UTC’s Roundhouse Rocked Commencement

For the first time since 2019, commencement ceremonies at UT Chattanooga’s McKenzie Arena were held without restraints.

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Ukrainian Students Find Refuge

For graduate students Nina Klimenkova and Arsen Martyshchuk, UT Chattanooga has been a literal refuge.

Dylan Rivera.
Grand Challenges

Filling the Gaps

UTC alumnus works to impact Chattanooga families.

From left, UTC Vice Chancellor for Access and Engagement Stacy Lightfoot, Bernice King, Ilyasah Shabazz and UTC Student Government Association President Chamyra Teasley participate in UTC MLK Day 2024.
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UTC Celebrates MLK Day

UT Chattanooga celebrates MLK Day with daughters of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.

University High Principal Arielle Garcia Hayes welcomes a student with a hug.
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University High

University High, headquartered at UTC, offers Hamilton Country students enrollment in college-level courses taught by UTC faculty and directly supported by high school courses taught by HCS teachers.

UT Southern students organized a disability resource fair to aid families.
Grand Challenges

Enabling Change

UT campuses and institutes have combined forces to improve the lives of rural Tennesseans with developmental disabilities. At UT Southern, Assistant Professor Claire Paul coordinates the Grissom School of Education’s ... Read more

Conceptual rendering of the Dorothy and Jim Kennedy Health Sciences Building, the future home of the UTC School of Nursing.
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UTC School of Nursing Celebrates $8 Million Gift

UT Chattanooga received an $8 million gift from the Kennedy Foundation to name the UTC School of Nursing the Dorothy and Jim Kennedy Health Sciences Building.

Gloria Thomas Anderson, left, founder of Heart Tones, offers information to attendees at the engAGING Communities Open House workshop in Nashville.
Grand Challenges

The Unknown

Even when Alzheimer's is detected early, its effects are inescapable. Often the earliest symptom to appear? Fear of the unknown.

UT President Randy Boyd reads You Can't Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime to children during a Money Week class about financial literacy. Photo By Sam Thomas
From the President

UT Tackles Challenges

The UT System, with its statewide presence, people, expertise, resources and influence, is uniquely positioned to tackle grand challenges.

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He Had Enough

After UT Chattanooga student Austin Holdsworth lost his brother and friends to drug overdoses, he could not be quiet anymore.

Participants in the first occupational therapy doctoral program gather after graduation.
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Occupational Therapy Graduates First Doctoral Class

When UTC’s occupational therapy doctoral program launched in 2013, it was one of just eight OTD programs in the country.