MESSAGE FROM THE CHANCELLOR

This issue of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Magazine provides insight into who we are as a university. I have often said that UTC is a beautiful place, but at our core we are people students, faculty, staff, alumni and community partners. UTC is comprised of passionate, caring, determined people who want to make a difference in our world.

This issue features a number of stories from the College of Health, Education and Professional Studies (CHEPs), its people and their accomplishments. You will read about one UTC researcher’s significant study in brain trauma; how Renee Murley is striving to better partnerships among UTC and local school districts; one professor’s humanity for Cuba; Katie Baker, a UTC teacher education alumna and Tennessee’s lone Milken winner; the 100th anniversary of the Health and Human Performance department; and a feature highlighting the first class in our Master of Public Health program.

The current magazine provides additional insight into the students, staff, faculty, and alumni who “are UTC.” You will see a few of the many incredible things they are accomplishing as they open doors for others to follow. You will read about Mocs serving as role models by helping those less fortunate then themselves as they inspire our campus and community through leadership, determination, drive and their desire to make a difference.

I know you will be even more proud to be a Moc after reading this issue of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Magazine.

Ranita Glenn, reading specialist, going through a lesson plan with Hardy Elementary students. Glenn, UTC alumna, was chosen as an inaugural Butterfield Fellow, as a prime example for effective and positive behavior management in the classroom. Nov. 20, 2017.