Meg Eslinger Comm 3610 Final Story Draft 1 November 11, 2020 Covid-19 An Unwanted Wedding Guest CHATT TN (mocsnews.com) A bride’s wedding day is a day they look forward to their whole lives, adding an unwanted pandemic makes the wedding planning process all the more challenging. Chattanooga is a hub …
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Bill Lee Calls for Suspension of Student Accountability
By: La’Jaunea Esaw NASHVILLE, TN (mocsnews.com) – Tennessee governor Bill Lee has called for the suspension of student accountability for the 2020-2021 school year. Lee says that educators need to be able to teach there best this year in order to compensate for the learning gap that our students are …
Read More »Check out how UTC adapted to providing the college experience in the midst of COVID-19
CHATTANOOGA, TENN (mocsnews.com) – 2020 has been full of changes, due to the long lasting effects of COVID-19. There have been canceled plans, quarantines, shut downs, and all kinds of adjustments made this year. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has not been exempt from these changes. Classes are at …
Read More »Questions Arise for Spring Graduation at UTC
By JOSEPH CHAMBERS CHATTANOOGA, TENN (mocsnews.com) — With COVID-19 still affecting our day-to-day lives and changing our plans for health and safety reasons what does a spring graduation ceremony look like for the class of 2021 at UTC. Graduation is a monumental moment for students of all stages, graduation symbolizes …
Read More »How Coronavirus Has Affected Upcoming College Graduates
By Shianne Vincent CHATTANOOGA, TN (mocsnews.com) Covid-19 has put out many plans this year making it difficult for upcoming college graduates from some classes switching to Zoom, to not having a proper senior year or graduation, and more importantly to finding their dream jobs. Many graduates are already experiencing stress …
Read More »Students Coping with Stress During COVID-19
By KATHRYN DOTSON CHATTANOOGA, TN (mocsnews.com) – College can be stressful enough, but when you add a pandemic on top of school you get a whole new level of stress. Between balancing school work, jobs, internships, and trying to follow health and safety guidelines, college students have had their work …
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Meg Eslinger Comm 3610 Final Story Draft 1 November 11, 2020 CHATT-TN Covid-19 An Unwanted Wedding Guest A bride’s wedding day is a day they look forward to their whole lives, adding an unwanted pandemic makes the wedding planning process all the more challenging. Chattanooga is a hub for the …
Read More »From Frist to Lupton: How UTC’s Newest Addition is Affecting Campus
By Luke Dammann CHATTANOOGA, TN (mocsnews.com) Lupton Hall has been available for student and faculty use for close to a full semester now leaving many to wonder how it’s affected UTC’s campus. What used to be UTC’s old library building back in the day has now been transformed into a …
Read More »Anxiety and Loneliness During a Pandemic
By Matt Nicoll CHATTANOOGA, TENN (mocsnews.com) Students on the college campus are arguably the most anxious people group in the history. Over the past ten years, the anxiety and depression rate has doubled. It is one of the most common things on the college campus to say one is stressed …
Read More »Crime Goes Down at UTC
CHATTANOOGA, TENN (mocsnews.com) Since the Coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S. in February of this year, reports of crime on campus have decreased, with sexual misconduct decreasing the most. According to UTC’s 2019 Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, from 2016 to 2018 there were 46 rapes, 23 aggravated assaults, 68 reports …
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