University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Motto	Faciemus We shall accomplish (possibly a reference to Acts 2:37)
Established	1886, 1969
School type	State-funded
President	John D. Petersen
Location	Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Campus	Urban, 83 acres (336,000 m²)
Enrollment	7,405 undergraduate, 1,284 graduate, pre-professional, doctoral
Faculty	347
Mascot	The Mocs
Athletics	Southern Conference, NCAA Division I
Homepage	www.utc.edu

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is a university located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The university, often referred to as UTC or simply "Chattanooga" (especially in reference to collegiate athletics), is one of three universities and two other affiliated institutions in the University of Tennessee System.

UTC was founded in 1886 as then-private Chattanooga University (later known as Grant College). In 1907, the university changed its name to the University of Chattanooga. In 1969, the university merged with Chattanooga City College to form the modern UTC campus as part of the University of Tennessee System.

Contents

1 Administration 2 Academics 2.1 Publications 2.2 Research 3 About the campus 3.1 Student residences 3.2 Academic buildings 3.3 Library 3.4 Other locations on campus 3.5 Notable events 3.6 Greek life 4 Distinguished Alumni and Faculty 5 Athletics 5.1 University Mascot 6 External links

Administration

Currently, UTC uses the semester system, with five optional "mini-terms" in the summer. The leadership of the campus rests upon the chancellor, who answers to the University President. The most recent Chancellor was Bill W. Stacy, who resigned in the summer of 2004 to become headmaster of the Baylor School. The interim Chancellor is Dr. Frederick Obear, who previously served as chancellor in the 1970s and 1980s. On April 21, 2005, and after a nearly year-long search, the search committee named Dr. Roger G. Brown as their finalist for chancellorship of UTC. Dr. Brown, a native of Knoxville, Tennessee will assume his duties on or about July 1, 2005.

List of past leaders of UTC

Academics

UTC is best known for its Engineering, Nursing, History, Chemistry and Education departments. The university offers 43 undergraduate majors and 39 undergraduate minors. UTC also offers 21 graduate programs, including doctoral programs in Engineering and Physical Therapy. In an effort to expand the horizons of its students body, UTC recently began exchange with Kangnung National University of Kangnung, South Korea [1] (http://www.utc.edu/news/kangnung.php)

Publications

• University Echo (http://www.utcecho.com) – Student newspaper
• Sequoya Review – Literary magazine

Research

• SimCenter (http://www.utc.edu/Research/SimCenter/) – UTCs computational engineering and simulation center is considered to be one of the finest in the nation.

About the campus

UTC is served by CARTA bus routes 4, 10, 14, 19, and 28. Route 14 only operates on weekdays during fall and spring terms, when the University is session. The route runs within and without the UTC campus on McCallie, Houston, Vine, Douglas, Fifth, and Palmetto Streets. A recent extension serves Third, O'Neal and Central Streets, as well as Erlanger Hospital, and a large parking lot at Engel Stadium. All students showing valid University identification cards (aka MocsCards) ride for free on all CARTA routes, year-round.

The campus also operates its own in-house television station and runs an independent radio station, WUTC.

Student residences

Prospective resident students can choose from five different dormitory complexes, each with different room configurations to choose from.

• Vine Street Dorms. Constructed in the late 1930s, this dorm occupied part of North Stadium Hall, which actually formed the grandstands for the old Chamberlain Field football stadium. Age and structural integrity concerns prompted the closure of the facility in the early 2000s. The entire building was demolished in March, 2005. The current UTC football team plays and Max Finley Stadium, located in downtown Chattanooga.
• Pfeiffer-Stagmaier Hall. This L-Shaped building was constructed in two phases. The first part (Pfeiffer Hall) was completed in 1947 and named for Annie Merner Pfeiffer, a generous benefactor. In 1968, a wing was added on to Pfeiffer Hall and was known as Stagmaier Hall, which was named for Linda Stagmaier, the wife of a University official. Collectively the two attatched buildings were officially called "Pfeiffer-Stagmaier Hall". To students, however, the complex was known as "P-Stag" or "the Stag." In this complex, students were housed by pairs in rooms with a bedroom and a study room. In Stagmaier Hall, two rooms shared a bathroom, while the Pfeiffer section had two students to a room with community bath. Both sections featured a full community kitchen on each floor. The complex was co-ed by floor, with males on the ground and first floors, and females on the second and third floors. In the early 2000s concerns began to mount about the age and suitability of the dormityory complex. Increasing dissatisfaction over maintenance concerns earned the complex several dubious nicknames: "The Ghetto," "The Dump," and "The Dungeon." Furthermore, the University administration was unable to bring the buildings up to new state safety standards, neither was UTC able to satisfy new requirements called for by the Americans with Disabilities Act. As of June, 2004, Pfeiffer Hall is home to temporary offices for the Department of Housing.
• Boling Apartments. Named for Dr. Edward J. Boiling, former UT System president and completed in 1977. Each apartment houses two to four students in private bedrooms with a shared bathroom, kitchen and living room. The complex was called Village Apartments until the early 1990s.
• Lockmiller Dormitories. A series of unusually shaped apartment buildings completed in 1982, this dormitory was named for Dr. David A. Lockmiller, former president of the University of Chattanooga. The complex is co-ed by section, and most units house four students in two bedrooms, with a living room, bathroom, and kitchen.
• Johnson Village Apartments
• UTC Place - In 2001, a new apartment-style dorm complex opened to the north of campus. Operated under contract by Place Properties of Atlanta, Georgia, UTC Place (or simply "Place") was designed to offer students more upscale living arrangements. However, many UTC students feel that the luxury offered by UTC Place is negated by what is perceived to be shoddy construction and overly expensive rent.

Academic buildings

• Administration Building - Houses the mailroom, parking services, motor pool and University Police Department.
• Bretske Hall - Formerly the university cafeteria, now home to the Geology Department.
• Brock Hall
• Challenger Center [2] (http://www.challengercenter.org) - The widow of Dick Scobee, a Challenger astronaut, resides near Chattanooga. She donated the buidling in her husband's memory.
• Cadek Hall (pronounced "shaddek")
• Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science Buidling
• Fletcher Hall
• Founder's Hall - Chancellor's offices
• Grote Hall (pronounced "GRO-tee") - Chemistry and Physics
• Guerry Hall - Houses the Admissions Department, University Honors Department and Reading Rooms. The lower level is occupied by a cafeteria.
• Holt Hall
• Hooper-Race Hall - Records and Registration, Human Resources and Financial Aid.
• MacKenzie Arena
• McClellan Gym and Natatorium
• Metropolitain Hall or simply "Metro" - Nursing and Economics Departments. Formerly housed the Chattanooga Metropolitan Hospital
• Old Math Building - Demolished in the late 1990s.
• President's House - Development (fundraising) Department
• Patten House
• Dorothy Patten Fine Arts Center - Houses the Dorothy Hackett Ward theatre, the Roland W. Hayes Concert Hall, and the George Ayers Cress Art Gallery.
• University Center - The hub of social life on campus. There are several eateries and a large cafeteria
• University Hall - "Old Main." Demolished in 1917

Library

The Lupton Memorial Library (http://www1.lib.utc.edu), named for T. Cartter Lupton and Margaret Rawlings Lupton was constructed in 1974, replacing the aging and inadequate John Storrs Fletcher Library (which has since been restored and renamed Fletcher Hall). As of 2005, the library's collection includes nearly 2 million items. The library is also home to the Fellowship of Southern Writers Archives.

Other locations on campus

• Cardiac Hill (Formerly part of Baldwin Street, now a pedestrian mall between Oak Street and Fifth Avenue)
• The Greenway – a walking path that mirrors a former right of way for the now-defunct Southern Railway, which bisected the eastern half of the campus. (expected completion, July, 2005)

Notable events

Oak Street Roast – a free barbeque cookout to celebrate the beginning of the academic year. Held in late August

Greek life

Sororities: Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Chi Omega, Delta Sigma Theta, Kappa Delta, Kappa Delta, Sigma Alpha Iota, Sigma Gamma Rho, Sigma Kappa, Zeta Phi Beta, Omega Phi Alpha (service organization for women).

Fraternities: Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Beta Sigma, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Mu Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sigma Chi, Tau Kappa Epsilon.

Distinguished Alumni and Faculty

• BB Bell, General, United States Army, UC 1968
• Dr. North Callahan, author, historian, UC 1919
• Dr. Irvine W. Grote, Chemist, inventor of Rolaids and Bufferin, UC 1918; faculty, Chemistry, 1942-1969
• Dennis Haskins, actor, UTC 1972
• Earl Lowry, physician, coined the term medicare, UC 1927
• Terrell Owens, football player, UTC 1996
• Gerald Wilkins, basketball player, UTC 1984

Athletics

UTC's colors are blue and gold and their nickname is the Mocs. Chattanooga athletics teams compete in NCAA Division I (I-AA for football) in the Southern Conference. The UTC Marching Mocs Band can be seen and heard at many athletic contests.

University Mascot

Chattanooga, on its official athletics site, makes it clear that its nickname of Mocs does not mean moccasin or mockingbird. The school's nickname was Moccasins until 1996, which was represented by Chief Moccanooga, an exaggerated Cherokee tribesman. The nickname was taken from Moccasin Bend, a sharp bend in the Tennessee River west of the city. During the 1960s and 1970s, a moccasin (the footwear, not the snake) was actually used as the school's logo.
In 1996, due in large part to concerns over ethnic sensitivity, the Moccasins name was dropped, and the Mocs nickname adopted. The main athletics logo features the school's mascot, "Scrappy" (an anthropomorphized mockingbird), riding a train (a reference to Chattanooga's history as a major railroad hub, and to the song "Chattanooga Choo Choo"). The mascot takes its name from former football coach A.C. "Scrappy" Moore.

External links

• Official UTC website (http://www.utc.edu/)
• UTC Campus Maps (http://www.utc.edu/Administration/Parking/campusMaps.php)
• Official Chattanooga athletics site (http://www.gomocs.com/)
• UTC Atletics Hall of Fame (http://gomocs.com/section_front.asp?arttypeid=173)
• UTC Marching Mocs (http://www.utc.edu/Academic/Music/mband/)
• UTC Center for Excellence in Computer Applications (http://www.utc.edu/Research/CECA/)

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