Chattanoogans Grayson Golden, Vijay Patel, Hitesh Vashi, Marko Bajic, Jin Cheng, and Sean Dunn have been awarded Grote Scholarships at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Mr. Golden, a graduate of Ooltewah High School, in his second year in the UTC program, is pursuing a degree in chemistry with a concentration in pre-med. Mr. Patel, a graduate of Ooltewah High in his third year in the UTC program, is pursuing a degree in chemistry with a concentration in pre-med.

Mr. Vashi, a graduate of East Ridge High School currently in his third year in the UTC program, is pursuing a degree in chemistry with a concentration in pre-med. Mr. Bajic, a graduate of Ooltewah High School in his fourth year in the UTC program, is pursuing a degree in chemistry with concentrations in biochemistry and pre-med.

Ms. Cheng, an Ooltewah High School graduate, in her fourth year in the UTC program, is pursuing a degree in chemistry with a concentration in biochemistry. Mr. Dunn, a McCallie School graduate, in his fourth year of the UTC program, is pursuing a degree in chemistry with concentrations in biochemistry and pre-med.

Grote Chemistry Scholarships are named in honor of Dr. Irvine W. Grote, who served as head of the department from 1941 to 1964.

Applications for the Grote Chemistry Scholarship Program are being accepted until Feb. 15. They may be submitted online at www.utc.edu/Academic/Chemistry/Students/scholarship/Grote/GroteInfo.php.

For more information, e-mail Dr. Gretchen Potts, Gretchen-Potts@utc.edu or call 425-5296.

Notre Dame wins volunteer award

Notre Dame High School recently received Life Care Centers of America's Group Volunteer Award for its service at Life Care Center of East Ridge.

Students from Notre Dame High School have been involved with the facility for several years, helping with everything from passing out snacks to pushing residents' wheelchairs on outings to spending one-on-one time with residents. The teens have taught residents to play handheld versions of Monopoly, Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune. The students also took the initiative to talk to their English teachers about writing life stories of nursing home residents.

Goggans elected to trucking board

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel associate Nathaniel Goggans has been elected to the board of directors of the Tennessee Trucking Association of Nashville.

Mr. Goggans is a member of the firm's Litigation Practice Group. He chairs the Legal Advisory Committee of the Tennessee China Chamber of Commerce, is a member of the Tennessee Ethics Commission, and serves on the Defense Research Institute's Trucking Law, Medical Liability, Commercial Litigation, Diversity, and Young Lawyers committees.

UTCOMC residents lauded

Two surgical residents at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine-Chattanooga took first place in a Jeopardy-style competition at the annual meeting of the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Heath Giles and Dr. Jeffrey Horn beat out 23 resident teams from schools including Brown University, the Medical College of Georgia and the University of Florida. The competition was part of the 95th annual Clinical Congress of the surgical society, held in Chicago.

Dr. Joseph Cofer, professor of surgery and program director of the surgery residency, said, "It's not only a testament to their hard work, but the quality of surgical residents participating in the Department of Surgery program at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine (in) Chattanooga."