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The UTC Alumni Office and the UTC Future Alumni Members (The FAM) will hosted an “ALUMNI DAY at the GAME” that included a pre-game reception, special priced tickets, door prizes and more for all UTC alumni.

For more information about the Chattanooga Mocs, please visit www.gomocs.com.

The UTC Office of Alumni Affairs has been around for many years and has helped in the efforts of maintaining communication between the University and it’s alumni, who live across the globe. It has  helped to facilitate activities and programs to bring alumni back together for positive social networking, relationship building and reminiscing about the “college glory days.” And it has helped the University develop advocates to promote the benefits of an incredible and affordable education.

But is there a missing purpose? Is this all that Chattanooga’s alumni office can do? And more imporantly is this all Chattanooga’s alumni office has the resources to accomplish?

The relevance of university alumni offices and associations are often called into question, yet there is a very significant role they can play in helping to strengthen the University AND the alumni base the University produces year after year. (read Building the Case for an Alumni Program, an article by Paul J. Clifford, vice chancellor for alumni relations at East Carolina University, that he wrote for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education -CASE).

In order for us to strengthen the methods we use to serve our alumni AND our University, we’d like to hear from you.  Please help us by answering some of the questions below. Feel free to post a comment on them, or send us your thoughts via e-mail to letusknow@utc.edu. You, in many ways, are our “customers” and “family members” and who better to ask on how to improve our services!  And please, be HONEST yet considerately fair with your responses.

QUESTIONS

1. What should be the main focus of UTC’s office of Alumni Affairs?
2. What needs to change to meet the desires and needs of today’s alumni?
3. How often should the alumni office contact the alumni base?
4. What are the best methods of communication that you would want to receive from the alumni office? (magazine, e-newsletters, e-mails, etc.)
5. In what types of alumni programs would you most likely participate?
6. What are some University and alumni activities for which you would most likely volunteer to help organize and produce?
7. In your opinion, what are the most imporant functions of the UTC Office of Alumni Affairs, in order of importance?
8. Do you feel that it is important to have a separate alumni office for UTC/UC alumni in addition to the University of Tennessee (system) Alumni Association (UTAA)? Again, in your view, what are the most important reasons to have a separate office?
9. How can the University help to provide the resources needed for the UTC Office of Alumni Affairs to strengthen its efforts to serve UTC/UC alumni?
10. General feedback/comments:

Thank you for your time and thought in our effort in strengthening your alumni office.

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On Thursday, November 29, 2007, students, family members, and representatives from the UTC Office of Alumni Affairs, UTC Bookstore, UTC Student Alumni Council and Balfour Company came together for the inaugural Official UTC Class Ring Ceremony. The event took place at the UTC Patten Alumni House, where students were presented with their class ring.

The Official UTC Class Ring Ceremony is a new tradition on campus that honors the students who have purchased the Official UTC Class Ring. During the ceremony, students are presented their rings and told the history and meaning of the symbols on each ring design.

Designed by the Balfour Company, the Official UTC Ring may only be purchased by alumni or students who have completed 60 or more hours of study. The ring is a symbol that celebrates the tradition of our University and serves as an avenue for students and alumni of all generations to share their bond as Forever Mocs!

For more information about the Official UTC Class Ring program, please visit www.utcalumni.com/ring.php.

The Chattanooga Mocs basketball team took on our UT-system rival and #10 nationally ranked Tennessee Knoxville Volunteers on Tuesday, December 4th at The McKenzie Arena. The last time they played, on December 5, 2004, Chattanooga pulled out an upset in Knoxville beating the Volunteers 69-68. (view the archived article from The Chattanoogan).

This year the Vols, now under the direction of Coach Bruce Pearl, won 76-70 despite the aggressive play of the Mocs team and the energized record crowd on hand. Mocs coach John Shulman and his boys were up for the challenge and showed great poise and control, yet Tennessee’s defense caused 34 Mocs turnovers.

Thanks to all who came to support our Mocs and participated in the “Gold Rush.” As you see in the photos, you really took over McKenzie. The Mocs Athletics Department are encouraging all Chattanooga fans to continue supporting the Mocs by coming to all the other home games. For information regarding tickets, please contact the Chattanooga Mocs Athletics Department at 423/266-MOCS or 1-800-472-6050 or by visit www.gomocs.com.

The pre-game pep-rally will took place at the UTC DeSalles-Harrison Racquet Center  which was sponsored by the UTC Alumni Board of Directors and the Hamilton County Chapter of the University of Tennessee Alumni Association. LET’S GO MOCS!!

The Student Alumni Council is getting ready for its annual Silent Auction on November 13-14, 2007.  This is SAC’s largest fund-raiser and proceeds raised from the auction will help support both SAC programs and community service projects.

Location: University Center, Tennessee Room
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

For more information please visit www.utc.edu/sac/silentauction.htm.

Some of the items that will be available to bid at the auction include:

• Tickets to the Tennessee Aquarium & 3-D IMAX Movies
• Foot massager
• Mocs Basketball Tickets
• “Vince Young” Tennessee Titans Football
• Tickets to Rock City
• One night stay at Courtyard by Marriott, Chattanooga
• One night stay at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Holiday Inn
• Dinner with the Chancellor (UTC students only)
• 3-Month Individual Membership at the YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga
• Dinner Cruise for 2 on the Southern Belle
• Three free ice creams for two people from Clumpies Ice Cream
• and MUCH MORE!

The University of Tennessee Alumni Association (formerly UT National Alumni Association) adopted a new logo recently to better align itself with the overall marketing goals of the UT system. The new logo above incorporates the orange “winged UT” that is now considered the overall logo for the University of Tennessee system.

The UTAA serves as the hub for all system alumni, offereing unified services (UT system chapters, permanent forwarding email, alumni directories, credit card services, etc.) to all 300,000+ living alumni of the UT system. However, each campus has its own alumni office to meet the direct interests and needs of the alums from each campus.

 This is the primary logo for the UTC Office of Alumni Affairs.

The state needs environmentally friendly alternative fuels. A plentiful and untapped energy resource biomass offers Tennessee the opportunity to create a sustainable biobased economy with cellulosic ethanol.

Dr. Kelly Tiller (UTC ’91), Director of External Operations at the UT Office of Bioenergy Programs, visited the UTC campus on Thursday, November 29th and presented the new Tennessee Biofuels Initiative, a business model that outlines how the state can replace up to 30 percent of its petroleum consumption with fuel distilled from homegrown switchgrass and woody plants.

Photos from the event…

This event was co-sponsored by the UTC Office of Alumni Affairs and the UTNAA Hamilton County Chapter and was brought to us by a generous donation from the Olin Company.

Location: UTC University Center Auditorium
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Date: Thursday, November 29th

For more information on the Biofuels initiative, please visit the UT Office of Bioenergy Programs.

Below are photos taken during the 2007 50-Plus Club events, including the UC Class of 1957 Reunion.  Please email us and let us know if you see any photographs in which you would like to order a copy (fee applied).

Please enjoy some photos from the 2007 UTC Homecoming. We will be updating this page throughout Homecoming week, so please check back often.

2007 HOMECOMING TAILGATE & GAME

2007 HOMECOMING PEP RALLY, LIP SYNC & FIELD GAMES

Dr. Debbie Ingram (UTC ‘84) shared a special University story when she addressed the UTNAA Alumni Leadership Conference induction banquet. Ingram, UC Foundation professor and director of clinical education for the UTC Department of Physical Therapy, is the first faculty member of any campus of the University of Tennessee System to become President of The University of Tennessee National Alumni Association. Ingram spoke lovingly of a promise she made to a cherished family member, a promise to pursue a University education.

Read Ingram’s speech.

Help us deliver a united message about the value of a UTC education. Start by sharing your University story.

Answer any of the questions…or just share your own thoughts about your University experience.

1. How did your college education prepare you for your career?
2. What are some of your favorite campus memories?
3. Looking back at your experience during your years at UTC and post-graduate, how have you changed?
4. How did you feel when you walked across the stage at graduation and received your diploma?
5. What’s been your greatest accomplishment since you’ve graduated?
6. What goals do you have for the future?