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Vision

To create nationally engaged programs of excellence that advance active living and healthy eating.

Mission

With a focus on active living and healthy eating, the department of Health and Human Performance prepares students for professional careers, conducts successful applied research, and appropriately engages our communities and professions in the venture of enhancing health-related quality of life.

Our mission is accomplished through People, Partnerships and Performance

People

Advocating for a strong and diverse faculty committed to programs of excellence in the study of health and human performance
Conducting and coordinating professional conferences, workshops and seminars
Conducting and disseminating research and scholarly activity

Partnerships

Providing service and consultation in health and human performance with university, metropolitan Chattanooga, national, and international partners
Promoting and marketing programs, products and services in health and human performance
Bridging across other disciplines and sectors to promote health and human performance in order to reach a diversity of people among a variety of settings

Performance

Promoting professional development and evaluation
Developing and delivering progressive and innovative programs of study in health and human performance
Supporting and promoting professional leadership across the disciplines of health and human performance

UTC students build ropes course for Georgia elementary school

Students at Gilbert Elementary School in LaFayette, Ga., have a new way to have fun outside while building their problem-solving skills. This past spring, UTC students in the Outdoor Leadership Skills class, led by Dr. Drew Bailey, constructed a ropes course in a wooded area next to the school.

UTC one of first universities in Healthier Tennessee Communities effort

UTC is one of the first colleges in the state accepted into the Healthier Tennessee Communities effort. The goal of the program is to improve the overall health of Tennesseans by encouraging participants to be physically active for at least 30 minutes each week, eat a healthy diet and stop tobacco use.

UTC Named Gold Level Campus for Exercise is Medicine

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has been designated as a Gold Level Campus for Exercise is Medicine (EIM), in recognition of dedication to health and wellbeing of the campus community.

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