As Dr. Lori Bruce takes the reins as UTC chancellor, she won’t need a map to find her way across the region.
After all, she grew up just 90 minutes west of Chattanooga on a working farm in Lincoln County—an upbringing she credits with shaping her resourcefulness and lifelong passion for education.
“I grew up in a rural area and my siblings and I had the freedom to roam in the woods and play and build forts and huts,” Bruce recalled. “So much about that rural life, being on a farm and growing up that way, taught me the values of creativity, industriousness and resilience…