Partnerships Series Concludes with VolsTeach
VolsTeach targets undergraduate math, science, and engineering majors who are interested in expanding their professional skills and exploring a career in secondary teaching.
Partnerships That Make a Difference: Vine School Health Center and Grand Illumination
The Vine School Health Center and Grand Illumination are this week’s featured Partnerships That Make a Difference.
Partnerships That Make a Difference: Nashville Civic Design Center
The Nashville Civic Design Center is an independent nonprofit organization formed in 2000 to improve quality of life for Nashvillians through visionary thinking, partnerships that encourage high quality design, and the facilitation of public dialogue on key issues that impact how we live, work and play.
Partnerships That Make a Difference: Community Partnerships with the Arts Programs
The College of Arts and Sciences’ Community Partnerships with the Arts Programs put students and faculty into the public arts arena and include the public in our arts venues as well.
Partnerships That Make a Difference: Tennessee Partnership for Ongoing Parental Support
Tennessee Partnership for Ongoing Parental Support, based in the College of Social Work, provides assistance to noncustodial fathers who are incarcerated or recently released, as well as informational sessions for correctional staff. These programs are funded through a contract administered by the Tennessee Department of Human Services and UT.
Partnerships That Make a Difference: MBA Innovation in Practice Course
Every first-year, full-time student in the MBA program is required to complete Innovation in Practice, a service-learning capstone course in partnership with a local nonprofit organization. This program is an outgrowth of work that UT MBA students have been doing with nonprofits since 2004, and involves up to ten faculty and seventy students every year.
Partnerships That Make a Difference: Institute for Smart Structures
The Institute for Smart Structures is a research center that combines materials science, engineering, and architecture to solve immediate problems and provide revolutionary concepts for new applications. Over the last decade, the institute has been a key partner in constructing three net-zero prototype buildings. The AMIE 1.0 is the world’s first net-zero structure entirely made
Partnerships That Make a Difference: Service Learning in Communications, Public Library
Service Learning in UT’s public relations capstone class provides students with hands-on learning experience developing and planning a communication campaign. In the public library service learning course, students partner with public libraries and other agencies to develop community-based projects.
Partnerships That Make a Difference: College of Nursing Community Health Fairs
The College of Nursing Community Health Fairs have changed locations and themes over the years to reflect shifting community needs. The fairs provide an opportunity for nursing students to gain valuable community experience while providing both university and community members with personal health information and numerous screenings.
Partnerships That Make a Difference: Centro Hispano and UT
Centro Hispano de East Tennessee is a community center developed by the Latino Task Force and its umbrella organization, the Community Economic Development Network of East Tennessee, and serves as a gathering place for the growing Hispanic population in our community. A broad-reaching partnership connects Centro Hispano with their roles as socially responsible citizens in
Partnerships That Make a Difference: Knoxville Homeless Management Information System
The Knoxville Homeless Management Information System serves as an empirical window into homelessness in Knox County. The only university-based homeless management information system in the country, KnoxHMIS allows for aggregation of client-level data across providers serving the area’s homeless.
Partnerships That Make a Difference: Smart Communities Initiative
The Smart Communities Initiative is founded upon the idea that universities and communities should work together to improve the health and vitality of their areas.