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Maddy and Mathilde
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Mom Sacrifices Time With Her Daughter Toward Brighter Future For Them Both

For nearly a year, 2,570 miles separated Madeleine Beatty from her 5-year-old daughter, Mathilde.

Blake Thomas and business partner Helen Shafer in coffee shop
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Blake Thomas Finds What He’s Looking For in ‘Tiny House’

Blake Thomas wasn’t looking for fame or fortune but rather passion and purpose.

Harold Depriest
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Powered by UTC MBA, Utility Executive Turns Chattanooga into ‘Gig City’

Chattanooga became the first city anywhere in the Western Hemisphere to offer 10-gigabit-per-second Internet service to all residents and businesses.

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Impact of Alumni Scholarship Remembered Nearly Two Decades Later

Thirty-nine recipients later, the Davidson County Alumni Scholarship continues to transform lives, just as it did for Laura DeBusk, who graduated summa cum laude and debt free from UT Knoxville in May 2001.

A woman and man in baccalaureate and doctoral regalia
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Graduation Rituals, Regalia and Traditions

Caps, gowns, commencement. Where do graduation traditions come from?

two highschoolers, a girl and a boy meet with Timothy Gibson in his office
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College Dreams Become Reality

Meet the high school counselors who help make it happen

UT President Joe DiPietro onstage during the State of the University event
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‘A More Noble Purpose’

UT President Joe DiPietro used his inaugural State of the University address to highlight successes of each campus and institute from the past year. “This is only a fraction of who we are and what we do,” DiPietro says.

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Taking a Next Step Toward a Biobased Economy

A small stand of poplar trees harvested from an AgResearch Center is set to help scientists progress further down the path toward low-cost, high-quality renewable fuels.

Alumni Association

Connecting 2.0

‘Networking’ is too generic a term for what our alumni are requesting. We’re really talking about facilitating strategic and personal connections.

Shawn Briggs, Tim Hottel, and Rita Freeman Silen
Alumni Association

UT Alliance of Women Philanthropists Giving Circle Awards Grants

Since 2008, the Alliance’s Giving Circle has invested more than $470,000 in 48 programs throughout the UT System.

Partnership for Families Volunteers at the crisis center donation room
Alumni Association

UTAA Network Program Brings All UT Grads Together

The UTAA created two awards, Volunteer of the Year and Program of the Year, in 2015 to recognize individuals who are going above and beyond for UT.

Alumni Association

Alumni in Photos: Spring 2016

Hannah Robison wearing her Miss Tennessee crown
The Last Word

Scholarship, Service, and Dreams Fulfilled

I can never truly repay UT Martin for the experiences I have been provided, the relationships made available to me and the education I will take away with me.

Ut President Joe DiPietro with Kamaria Robinson at UTHSC Event
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President’s Message: Prepare for Impact

In five years, our statewide university system has produced 55,000 new college graduates, performed $9.2 billion in research and conducted outreach with 5 million participants.

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Assessing Impact

The university impacts the lives of Tennesseans and beyond every day in countless ways.

Chancellor Jimmy Cheek and other leaders stand in front of UT bus.
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Big Orange Bus Tour

The first Big Orange Bus Tour took Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek and other key university leaders more than 1,300 miles across Tennessee in September.

Final Flight Outfitter Inc. wins award
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Tennessee Family-owned Small Business of the Year

Union City-based Final Flight Outfitters specializes in retailing high-end hunting products and is owned and operated by UT Martin alumni.

U.S. U.S Vice President Biden giving speech.
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Vice President Biden visits UTC to remember fallen

Biden visited UTC to speak at a memorial service honoring five servicemen killed during a July shooting and joined the community in standing “Chattanooga Strong.”

Ribbon Cutting in Bristol
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Ribbon Cutting in Bristol

A new College of Dentistry dental clinic offers care to the Bristol area’s working uninsured.

Tennessee's garden team
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Tennessee’s Garden is the Best

A select team of volunteer Master Gardeners sponsored by UT Extension in Davidson County took first place in 2015.

MTAS agent packing up files for office move
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New Home in Knoxville

The Institute for Public Service and one of its agencies relocated their offices to the Mechanicsville area of Knoxville.

Friends and family gathered at the Jackson Terminal to celebrate Lofton Stuart and his 42-year career of dedication and service to UT
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Farewell to Stuart

Serving under 10 University of Tennessee presidents for more than four decades, Lofton Stuart’s entire career has been spent with the university.

Fresh vegetables in the produce section of the grocery
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Fresh, Safe Produce

Each year, foodborne illnesses sicken about 48 million people (one in six Americans).