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Hands-on learning is at the heart of a UTC education. 🩺 💛

Doctor of Nursing Practice acute care and CRNA students are developing their clinical assessment skills through hands-on ultrasound training. Experiences like these reinforce classroom learning while helping students build the confidence and expertise needed in healthcare settings.

Here's to the future of healthcare. 💙

Dr. Elizabeth O’Brien, UTC vice provost for faculty affairs, has been selected for the 2026-27 Becoming a Provost Academy, a yearlong leadership program of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) designed to prepare aspiring chief academic officers. 👏

“This is an opportunity to learn and extend my knowledge of the provost role,” O’Brien said. “It gives me the opportunity to have some perspective on what we do really well here at UTC, but also the places where I can grow and develop my skills even further.”

🔗 Read more here: https://blog.utc.edu/news/2026/06/utcs-elizabeth-obrien-chosen-for-national-academic-leadership-program/

A championship coach. A mentor. A Moc legend. 🐐 After 25 seasons leading Chattanooga Mocs Softball, Coach Frank Reed has announced his retirement.

His record speaks for itself: 824 wins, 10 Southern Conference regular-season titles, 11 tournament championships, and 11 NCAA Tournament appearances. But his greatest impact can be found in the thousands of student-athletes, coaches, and families whose lives he helped shape along the way.

Thank you, Coach Reed, for 25 remarkable years of service to UTC. Your legacy of excellence, leadership, and care for student-athletes will continue to inspire future generations of Mocs.

Read more on GoMocs.com: https://gomocs.com/news/2026/6/22/softball-reed-retires-with-a-championship-legacy.aspx

In the modern world, where digital information is always at risk, security is more important than ever.

UTC Research Assistant Professor Eric Hoang H. Nguyen has always been interested in protecting information.

“It’s a little bit of my habit,” Nguyen said. “I want to learn about a system, find problems with the system and try to solve the problems. That’s why I chose the topic I did, as it’s most relevant to security.

🔗 Read more here: https://blog.utc.edu/news/2026/06/behind-the-research-at-utc-dr-eric-hoang-h-nguyen/

The biggest fans often stand just outside the spotlight. Today, we celebrate the dads and father figures who encourage, support and believe in our Mocs. Thank you for all you do. 💙💛

Happy Father's Day!

The first day of summer is here! ☀️

From riverfront sunsets to outdoor adventures, there's a reason so many students fall in love with Chattanooga.

Dr. Hill Craddock, a UC Foundation Robert M. Davenport Professor of Biology at the UTC, is part of a team whose work was published in Science, one of the world’s leading scientific journals.

The research published in Science is part of an effort to help breed trees with stronger disease resistance using genomic tools.

“My main contribution is growing the plants,” he said. “When the genetic engineers or genomics experts need the plant, they would come to me to get it.” It involves collecting plant material, cloning trees and carefully controlling conditions so researchers can track how different varieties respond to infection. For one phase of the study, Craddock and his team monitored changes in the trees before and after exposure to the fungus, capturing their responses at the molecular level.

🔗 Read more here: https://blog.utc.edu/news/2026/06/saving-the-trees-decades-of-work-lead-to-utc-faculty-publication-in-science/

The UTC Library is making it easier for students, faculty and staff to explore all the city has to offer.

Through the Chattanooga Passport program, members of the UTC community can check out passes to some of the area’s most popular attractions, including the Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga Zoo, Ruby Falls, Chattanooga Theatre Centre and Chattanooga Football Club.

“We’re a community-engaged University,” said Katie Gohn, collection services department head in the UTC Library. “We want students to get out and experience Chattanooga.”

🔗 Read more here: https://blog.utc.edu/news/2026/06/explore-the-city-with-a-chattanooga-passport-from-the-utc-library/

Thanks to a High Impact Practices Grant from the UTC Walker Center for Teaching and Learning, ABSN students are piloting virtual reality simulation in two College of Nursing clinical courses focused on introducing immersive scenarios in maternal-newborn and pediatric care. 👏

The pilot is the first time the college has used VR simulation in this way. Faculty say it is aimed at a simple challenge: giving students more consistent practice in a program that moves fast and depends on limited clinical placements.

🔗 Read more here: https://blog.utc.edu/news/2026/06/utc-nursing-students-step-into-virtual-simulation-as-absn-program-pilots-new-clinical-training-tool/

UTC Professor of Graduate Athletic Training and Exercise and Health Sciences Marisa Colston has received the Southeast Athletic Trainers’ Association (SEATA) Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer Award, one of the organization’s highest honors.

The award recognizes certified athletic trainers in District IX who have demonstrated exceptional and sustained service to SEATA and to the athletic training profession.

“It’s a privilege,” she said. “It’s the highest award that the association offers. So it was a privilege to be nominated by Gary. I appreciate his recognition of the things that I do and try to do. But it has to go through a rigorous rubric. It’s not a given when you nominate someone for this.”

🔗 Read more here: https://blog.utc.edu/news/2026/06/utcs-marisa-colston-receives-seata-most-distinguished-athletic-trainer-award/?_gl=1*z2bkkf*_gcl_au*MzE5MTU5MTkwLjE3NzYxMDUyMDQuMTcyNDc1ODg4OS4xNzgxMjA2NjAwLjE3ODEyMDcwMTk