2021 Wrapped: A Year in Photos
Take a look back at some of UT’s favorite photos and special moments from the 2021 calendar year.
UT Launches Volunteer Impact Academy
UT is launching a new leadership development and service program: the Volunteer Impact Academy, created through a partnership between UT’s Clay and Debbie Jones Center for Leadership and Service and Office of Undergraduate Admissions.
New Students Connected to Volunteer Values
This week, hundreds of students started their time at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in true Volunteer spirit: serving the community through Ignite Serves, a four-day leadership and service experience.
New Students Launch UT Experience with Service Projects
Hundreds of new students spent Tuesday and Wednesday getting a taste of what it means to be a Volunteer by serving communities through the Ignite Serves program.
Student Veteran Works to Create Outdoor Program for Veterans
A first-year student veteran is working with UT’s RecSports Outdoor Program to plan outdoor adventures for veterans to help ease their transition from military life to university life.
Incoming Freshmen Participate in New ‘Satellite’ Ignite Serves Activity
Around 240 students spent part of Tuesday morning packing bags of supplies for the homeless and creating other items to help kids, the elderly, and shelter pets.
Photos: Newest Vols Serve Knoxville Community During Ignite Program
A group of incoming freshmen got their first taste of being a Vol on Tuesday by volunteering at The Love Kitchen in Knoxville during the Ignite Serves program, hosted by the Center for Leadership and Service.
Student a Former Pokémon Card Game Champion
Sam Liggett has competed in more than a hundred city Pokemon trading card game championships, twenty-five state championships, fifteen regional championships, nine national championships, and four world championships.
UT to Co-Host Candlelight Tribute at Odd Fellows Cemetery August 12
To commemorate Emancipation Day and honor the slavery-era men and women buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery, the College of Architecture and Design and the Knoxville ReAnimation Coalition will co-host an Illumination Tribute at 7:30 p.m. Friday, August 12.
Two Grads Devote College Years to Freshman Leadership Programs
Bradford Reszel and Sara La Haie are graduating this week, but their efforts will help UT freshmen for years to come. La Haie was the first student director of Ignite, a leadership and service program for first-year students.
Partnerships That Make a Difference: Ignite Serves and The Leadership and Service Living and Learning Community
Ignite Serves engages approximately 500 incoming students each year in community service and leadership development. The Leadership and Service Learning Community allows students to put into practice the tenets of servant leadership and theories of social justice.
Freshman Honors Student Spent Part of High School Days Homeless
For Randall “Jordan” Brown, moving into Fred Brown Residence Hall was both exhilarating and comforting. It is, finally, a place he can call home.