Spring 2006
Roland Carter, music, was honored by Howard School of Academics and Technology when he was inducted to the school’s Hall of Fame.
Linda Fletcher, accounting and finance, was honored at the Chattanooga Girls Incorporated Second Annual Unbought and Unbossed Breakfast and Awards Presentation.
Ron Goulet, mechanical engineering, recently served as a proposal review panelist for the U.S. Department of Education (USDOED)'s Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN) program. The GAANN program provides fellowships to assist graduate students pursuing advanced degrees in biology, chemistry, computer and information sciences, engineering, geological and related sciences, mathematics, nursing, and physics. This year, awards totaling approximately $30 million will be made through the GAANN program to institutions of higher education with advanced degree programs in these areas.
William Harman, philosophy and religion, has co-edited the book Dealing with Deities, SUNY Press, which explores the practice of taking ritual vows in South Asia, a lay tradition prevalent in the region’s religions. Harman contributed three essays to the volume.
Gregory Heath, health and human performance, has been named to the Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Health.
Joseph Kizza, computer science, was selected to serve on the National Science Foundation's Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) proposal review panel. He joined the panel as an expert in the field of computer science and network security. Kizza was also invited to attend a networking meeting for the National Science Foundation's Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) grant program. The BPC program supports efforts to significantly increase the enrollment of students from traditionally underrepresented communities in post secondary degree programs in the computing disciplines.
Charles H. Lippy, philosophy and religion, has written the bookDo Real Men Pray? Images of the Christian Man and Male Spirituality in White Protestant America. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press, 2005.
Johnathan McNair, music, provided new work written for a UTC faculty performance titled "...and sundry movements of the heart..." A recent composition by McNair was performed by faculty members of the Conservatory of Music in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as part of the annual conference of the College Music Society, Southern Chapter. This work, "Immensity on the Loose,” was premiered at UTC last April by saxophonist Clint Schmitt and pianist Sin-Hsing Tsai. It was performed at Georgia State University by GSU faculty.
Gregory O'Dea, English and the interdisciplinary University Honors Program, was named the 2005 recipient of the Clifton R. Cleaveland Humanities in Medicine Award by the Tennessee Chapter of the American College of Physicians. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to humanism in medicine, as well as scholarly achievement in history, literature, philosophy, and ethics. As co-director and scholar-in-residence for humanities and medicine programs sponsored by The American College of Physicians, O’Dea conducted multi-day workshops for physicians on "The Origin of Stories," "Plague and Community," and "Texts of Trauma." O'Dea also delivered the keynote address at the Tennessee ACP's annual conference, entitled "Who are the Humanists?: Reading and (Re)Writing the Body." O’Dea and Debbie Bell, UHON, were selected to deliver the workshop Exploration and Discovery of Prospective Honors Students: Components of an Application Process at the annual meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council.
Irven Resnick, philosophy and religion, is teaching college and university faculty at Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies “Representations of the ‘Other’: Jews in Medieval Christendom” in summer 2006. He was named the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities grant.
Sean Richards, biological and environmental sciences, was invited to serve as a member of the EPA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act - Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA-SAP). The purpose of FIFRA-SAP is to provide the EPA with scientific advice, information, and recommendations on pesticides and pesticide-related issues. Richards role: to conduct a review of product characterization, human health risk, ecological risk, and insect resistance management for corn products which incorporate Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) genes, the genetic material necessary for the production of this PIP.
Felicia B. Sturzer, foreign languages, presented a paper on “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not: Zilia’s Existential Journey in Graffigy’s Lettres d’une Péruvienne” at the Southeastern American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies conference, March 2 - 4, 2006 in Athens, GA. She served on the Editorial Board of Women in French Studies and XVIII New Perspectives on the Eighteenth Century.
Adam Trowbridge, IT, media artist and a member of Chattanooga's Seed collective, had his sound art compositions selected for presentation as part of Sonic Channels, an electroacoustic concert that featured a wide range of recorded works and live performances by sound artists and composers from around the world. The pieces were curated from an international open call and presented at the concert in conjunction with Channels: New Media Publics at the New School in New York City. Trowbridge will be co-teaching “Web Media” in the Art Department in Fall 2006.
Cecelia Wigal, engineering, has been selected to serve on a review panel for the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) grant program. Through the CCLI program, NSF supports projects that will improve the quality of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education for undergraduate students.
Faculty Honors Day 2006 Awards
Appointments:
Rexann Bumpus has been named Director of Financial Aid. Prior to accepting her new position, Bumpus served as Assistant Director of the Financial Aid Office.
Herb Burhenn, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has agreed to serve the campus as Interim Provost.
Terry Denniston has been appointed as the Assistant to the Chancellor of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Denniston served as Director of Alumni Affairs at UTC since July 1986.
Tim Gaudin, professor of biological and environmental sciences, has been named acting head of the department.
Jayne Holder has been named director of Alumni Affairs. Holder currently has served the University as director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving in the Division of University Advancement. Previously, she worked in the UTC Alumni Office.
Charles Nelson, professor and head of biological and environmental sciences, has been named acting dean of the college.
Hubert L. Prevost Jr., Director of Cooperative Education, International Programs, and National Student Exchange has been named Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Development.
UTC was named the 2005 Family-Friendly Business of the Year by the Partnership for Families, Children and Adults. The award was given as part of National Family Week, and it was presented at a luncheon hosted by the Tennessee Conference on Social Welfare’s Southeast Region. The award recognizes businesses that have policies that support the strength and development of its employees’ families. Among the UTC benefits cited are a commitment to employee health and well-being, as demonstrated by the many health, retirement, and insurance offerings; and the access to a wide range of free or discounted educational, cultural, mental health, and wellness programs.
The Center for Community Career Education has been awarded the Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence’s 2005 Quality Interest Recognition. The Tennessee Center for Performance Excellence, through its annual evaluation and assessment process, recognizes organizations that have achieved the highest standards of excellence in their operations and results. The program uses the Criteria for Performance Excellence established by the Baldrige National Quality Program as the evaluation tool.
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) has granted professional accreditation to the College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies. Since 1973, the college has enjoyed national accreditation, and in the most recent review it met every standard. The College will undergo its next NCATE accreditation review in 2012.
An external reviewer recently rated the History Department 100% on Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s assessment standards, commending the department for its extraordinary accomplishments.
The Interior Design Program in the Department of Human Ecology has been reaccredited for six years by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation, formerly the Foundation for Interior Design Education Research (FIDER).
Both the Physics and Geology programs received perfect scores on Tennessee Higher Education Commission's (THEC’s) assessment standards and were lauded for their impressive accomplishments despite budget constraints. Both programs recently hosted external evaluators as part of their academic review process, and each received perfect 100 percent scores.
The UTC Faculty Senate and the entire campus community recognizes the following retiring faculty members for their outstanding service to the University:
John Alvis, Accounting and Finance
Craig Barrow, English
Marvin Ernst, Political Science, Public Administration,
and Nonprofit Management
P. K. Geevarghese, Sociology, Anthropology and Geography
Anne Johnson, Human Ecology
Edgar Shawen, English
Sue Stacy, Management
