CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Creation of a master’s degree program in physical therapy at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga was approved Thursday by a committee of the UT board of trustees. The proposed six-year program, which would gradually replace UT-Chattanooga’s current four-year bachelor’s degree in physical therapy, was approved by the board’s academic affairs committee. The recommendation
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — An increase in the technology fee at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga to improve computer access for students was approved Thursday by a committee of the UT Board of Trustees. UT-Chattanooga Chancellor Bill Stacy said revenues generated by the additional fee would improve access for students to computer technology throughout the campus and
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A technology fee increase at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga was among recommendations approved Thursday by committees of the UT Board of Trustees. Officials said the increase, from $15 to $100 per semester, would permit improved student access to computer technology. The fee increase, approved by the finance committee, would generate approximately $1.2
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Dr. Donald J. Dessart, a University of Tennessee-Knoxville professor, has earned an alumni achievement award from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dessart, a faculty member in the College of Education here for more than 35 years, was selected to receive one of four 1998 alumni achievement awards from his alma mater. UT-Knoxville Chancellor
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Chattanooga’s presence on the University of Tennessee’s Board of Trustees has never been greater, UT President Joe Johnson said Tuesday. “I doubt there has been a time when the UT board had more representatives from Chattanooga,” said Johnson, looking ahead to the group’s winter meeting Thursday and Friday at UT-Chattanooga. In addition
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A workshop about law careers for minorities will be held Feb. 28 at the University of Tennessee. The workshop, sponsored by the UT College of Law and the Knoxville Bar Association, is scheduled 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (EST). Lunch will be provided. College students, college-bound high school seniors, pre-law and minority
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Ninety percent of Tennesseans say they think recycling is important, a University of Tennessee survey shows. Dr. Rosalyn McKeown-Ice and Catherine Wilt, of UT-Knoxville’s Waste Management Research and Education Institute, polled 811 households and found 48 percent of respondents said recycling is very important and 42 percent said somewhat important. “Tennesseans are
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Rhonda Ross, daughter of Ron and Linda Ross of Mansfield, earned the academic honor summa cum laude for the fall 1997 term at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Students whose grade point average is 3.8 through 4.0 earn summa cum laude; those who make 3.65 through 3.79 earn magna cum laude; and those
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Erin Kathleen Dodd, daughter of David Dodd and granddaughter of Hank and Shirley Elmore, all of Oak Ridge, earned the academic honor summa cum laude for the fall 1997 term at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Students whose grade point average is 3.8 through 4.0 earn summa cum laude; those who make 3.65
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Kelly Gwen Mason, daughter of Kenneth and Juliana Mason of Springfield, earned the academic honor summa cum laude for the fall 1997 term at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Students whose grade point average is 3.8 through 4.0 earn summa cum laude; those who make 3.65 through 3.79 earn magna cum laude; and
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Gov. Don Sundquist will speak at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville’s spring commencement May 15. Commencement is set for 9 a.m. in Thompson-Boling Assembly Center and Arena. Sundquist, son of a welder and Tennessee’s 47th governor, was the first in his family to finish high school and college. He is a graduate of
SHEFFIELD, Ala. — Joan Cronan, director of women’s athletics at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, will speak at the Feb. 24 meeting of the Shoals, Ala., chapter of the UT National Alumni Association. A 6:15 p.m. reception will be followed by dinner at 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 4900 Hatch Blvd., Sheffield. The cost is