UTC Graduate School

💙 Learning Through Service, Changing Lives Along the Way ✨

The Mocs Wellness Initiative is creating meaningful opportunities for students across Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Public Health to learn through service and connection.

By providing free wellness support while working directly with the community, students gain hands-on experience that goes beyond the classroom. At the same time, they’re building relationships, developing valuable skills, and making a real difference in the lives of others. 🤍

Read more below:
https://blog.utc.edu/news/2026/04/how-utcs-mocs-wellness-initiative-is-reshaping-health-on-campus/

✨ Innovation, Opportunity, The Future Starts Here ⚛️

UTC and EPB are partnering to expand quantum workforce development and strengthen Chattanooga’s growing role in technology and innovation. The partnership will create additional opportunities for students and researchers while advancing applied research and helping turn emerging technologies into real-world impact.

By expanding access to education, research opportunities, and innovation resources, this effort helps prepare future leaders and supports long-term economic growth in Chattanooga and beyond. ✨

Read more below:
https://blog.utc.edu/news/2026/05/epb-partners-with-utc-to-expand-quantum-workforce-development-and-economic-impact/

📊 Turning Data Into Real-World Solutions ⚙️

Data has the power to drive innovation and solve complex challenges. The new Master of Science in Engineering Management concentration in Engineering Analytics allows students to apply data in meaningful ways through real-world experiences and hands-on learning.

From projects like brain mapping studies to addressing practical challenges across industries, students gain experience turning information into impact. ✨

Learn more about this new program here - https://blog.utc.edu/news/2026/04/no-coding-required-new-utc-concentration-offers-a-different-path-into-data-analytics/

Future OTs, Meet Their Tiny Teachers! 👶🌟

OT students recently had the opportunity to bring classroom learning to life through hands-on experiences exploring infant development with babies and families. Working alongside Dr. Kozell in their MOP-Pediatrics course, students explored developmental milestones, sensory regulation, engagement, and the impact of meaningful interactions through play and observation.

Experiential learning opportunities like these help build clinical reasoning, strengthen confidence, and create meaningful connections as students prepare to become future occupational therapy practitioners 🤍

🌿 8,000 acres. 3 counties. 100 miles of mountain plateau to protect. 🌿

Alex Garretson built a GIS mapping tool that helps Lula Lake Land Trust figure out exactly where to focus their conservation efforts on Lookout Mountain – balancing habitat protection with outdoor recreation development for the community.

The work earned her the Best Spatial Analysis Award from the TN Geographic Information Council, and she's just getting started. 🏆

Hands-on work. Lasting impact. This is how UTC students help serve our communities 🌎

Read more here - https://blog.utc.edu/news/2026/05/utc-graduate-maps-a-path-for-conservation-on-lookout-mountain/

Department of Biology, Geology, and Environmental Science at UTC

Public health is bigger than a textbook!

Our students and faculty are doing hands-on research with UTC student athletes – uncovering how sleep and mental health affect split-second decisions and real injury outcomes in athletes.

Enriching. Innovative. Impactful. ✨

Read more here - https://blog.utc.edu/news/2026/04/a-game-of-split-second-decisions-putting-health-and-human-performance-to-the-test/

Learning through service 🔧🚲

UTC DPT Physical Therapy students traded lecture notes for tools and turned their lab into a workshop – assembling adaptive tricycles for children with disabilities in our community in partnership with Scenic City Trykes (families receive these at zero cost).

“We are involved in our education in a way that is different from textbook learning. It really helps us have a role in the community and see the difference we’re making with children everywhere. It’s really special.” – Anna Qualey, UTC DPT student

Real learning. Real impact. Right here in Chattanooga 💙💛

Check out the full story here – https://blog.utc.edu/news/2026/04/building-trykes-dpt-students-bring-mobility-to-local-children/

We enjoyed showing off our beautiful campus to an awesome group of students from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College today 😎

If you're interested in advanced degrees at UTC - be sure to join us on one of our upcoming Grad School Tours on 6/4 and 7/22.

Marci Reiter Earns Her PhD. 🎓

Marci's career path took her from business and recruiting to discovering her true passion for education and leadership. Now, as a graduate of UTC’s LEAD PhD Program in Leadership and Decision Making, Marci has turned that passion into a doctoral achievement.

Read more on our website about her journey and how her love for teaching has continued to guide her career path. 📚✏️

https://blog.utc.edu/news/2026/05/marci-reiters-work-with-adult-learners-shapes-her-path-to-graduation/