Big Orange Give, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s annual day of giving, will take place Wednesday, November 13. The goal is to raise $2.25 million in just 24 hours with the support and enthusiasm of all Tennessee Volunteers.
UT celebrated first-generation college students November 4–8, highlighting these students’ successes and helping them learn more about campus resources that can provide important support.
Daniel Sassone spent 13 years in the US Army before coming to UT to pursue a degree in communications studies. He ended his military career after enduring a tragic year of loss—his wife, child, and father all died within a year of each other.
UT is at a moment of great opportunity, and capitalizing on this momentum requires the courage to take risks, to care about one another, and to lead our state and world.
A cookout, hot chocolate bar, painting the Rock, and a celebration on social media are just some of the special events taking place as UT celebrates first-generation college students November 4–8.
UT welcomes fans and alumni to campus Saturday for Homecoming. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. EDT for the Volunteers’ game against the University of Alabama at Birmingham Blazers. Gates open at 5 p.m. ESPNU will televise the game.
For the second consecutive year, the UT Libraries ranks 23rd among public research university libraries in the United States, according to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), a coalition of 124 major research libraries in the US and Canada, including the National Library of Medicine and the Library of Congress.
Student voter turnout at UT increased by 20 percent from the 2014 to 2018 midterm elections, according to new survey data from the National Study of Learning, Voting, and Engagement.
UT has selected Ellen McIntyre, dean of the Cato College of Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, as the next dean of the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. She will join the university January 21, 2020.
Halloween is the orangest of holidays, so it only seems right to have some Volunteer-themed pumpkins.
The US census will take place on April 1, 2020, and a UT expert says it’s important for everyone—including college students—to be counted.
UT’s Homecoming celebration begins on Sunday, embracing the university’s 225-year anniversary with this year’s theme, “Lighting the Way.”
