The $100 million stimulus plan for higher education in Tennessee will bring short-term relief to UTC's current budget cuts, Chancellor Roger Brown said.
The package could bring as much as $10 million to UTC and will be used to mitigate the current budget cuts and allow the administration more time to plan for long-term cuts.…
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As an urban university, landlocked by not only a downtown city but a river as well, growth is difficult, according to Richard Brown, vice chancellor for finance and operations.
The university has recently identified a source of land that may be available for parking, and the need for a multi-purpose classroom building has also been discussed, Brown said.…
The Office for Students with Disabilities is sending 33 people, 29 of which are students with disabilities, overseas in a trip that is the first of its kind for the university.
Michelle Rigler, director of the Office for Students with Disabilities, said the research trip to Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and Fiji will take place from June 10 to June 23.…
Although the typical college-goer is described as a twenty something, a different kind of student demographic also exists on campus.
"UTC has a mission to deliver life-long learning to our students," Chancellor Roger Brown said, "and we welcome our audit students who are aged 60 and over.…
Although every department on campus is feeling the pain of budget strains, UTC's parking services is considering the needs of students by not raising decal rates this fall.
" We did have a rate increase scheduled this fall, but we backed off of it because of the uncertainty about the tuition increase and the housing increase," Cindee Pulliam, director of Auxiliary Services and Property Management said.…
Despite budget cuts being made all over UTC, rumors of the regional in-state tuition program being cut back are false.
"There's a lot of budget rumors that if people would take the time to read the info and listen, then they would get the right info," Chuck Cantrell, assistant vice chancellor for university relations, said.…
Usually firefighters respond to an emergency call expecting to find a disaster, but this is rarely the case when the call comes from UTC Place.
Lisa Gladden, of safety and risk management, said during the 2008-2009 school year that firefighters have responded to evacuation fire alarms 30 times at UTC Place, mostly because of cooking incidents and shower steam.…
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.
April 8, 2009
09-0585 Police responded to a theft from a vehicle call at the lot 11 at 700 Vine Street.…
