From Office of Student Affairs The University has placed a student on interim suspension for failure to comply with the University’s COVID-19 health and safety directives. Specifically, the student failed to remain in an off-campus COVID-19 isolation site and came onto campus in violation of the University’s directives. This interim …
Read More »Football Mocs to Play WKU
From gomocs.com The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team will play at Western Kentucky on Saturday, Oct. 24, head coach Rusty Wright announced today. It is the lone game on the Mocs’ 2020 fall schedule following the Southern Conference’s decision to explore playing league games in the spring of 2021.“We will …
Read More »UTC Organization Under Investigation for Covid Exposure
From University Communication and Marketing Faculty members:We have been made aware that UTC student members of a social organization on campus may have been exposed to COVID-19. The University is taking all necessary precautions that will protect the UTC community. The University Health Team and Contact Tracing Team are in …
Read More »Southern Conference Delays Fall Sports
From gomocs.com The Southern Conference Council of Presidents announced Thursday that the league will not have fall league competition due to health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing for non-conference contests at each institutions’ discretion. It is the intention of the SoCon to move the fall sports’ regular-season …
Read More »Tennessee Governor Will Not Extend Stay at Home Order
From the Tennessee governor’s office Nashville, Tenn. — Governor Bill Lee announced the order for Tennesseans to remain at home will expire April 30, with the vast majority of businesses in 89 counties allowed to re-open on May 1. “Our Economic Recovery Group is working with industry leaders around the clock …
Read More »Sanders drops 2020 bid, leaving Biden as likely nominee
By WILL WEISSERT Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Bernie Sanders, who saw his once strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party’s establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, ended his presidential bid on Wednesday, an acknowledgment that the former vice president is too far ahead for …
Read More »British Prime Minister Moved to ICU
By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to the intensive care unit of a London hospital after his coronavirus symptoms worsened Monday, just a day after he was admitted for what were said to be routine tests. A view …
Read More »Orientation Goes Online
From Yancy Freeman, Vice-Chancellor for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs Dear Campus Colleagues, After much thoughtful consideration, we have made the decision to move our summer transfer and freshman Orientation sessions to an online format. We are still hoping to offer some in-person programming in August prior to the start …
Read More »Mocs News April 3 2020
Tennessee governor announces safer-at-home order
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a statewide “safer-at-home” order on Monday to help stem the state’s rapid spread of coronavirus, mandating the closure of all nonessential businesses while urging residents to remain at home whenever possible for the …
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