A group of 67 students and four faculty members from UT’s full-time MBA program were en route to Santiago, Chile, for a 10-day international immersion experience when the magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit on Saturday. Another three faculty members had arrived in Santiago on Thursday. All faculty and students are fine.
John (Tom) Mentzer, UT Knoxville Chancellor’s Professor and Harry J. and Vivienne R. Bruce Chair of Excellence in Business in the Department of Marketing and Logistics, passed away on Friday, Feb. 26. Mentzer taught at UT for more than 30 years and was one of the country’s leading scholars in marketing and logistics strategy
More than 100 employers will be on hand to speak with soon-to-be graduates at Thompson-Boling Arena from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., Tuesday, March 2, for the Spring Job Fair sponsored by the Career Services Office at UT Knoxville.