Remembering Why
Teaching is not easy. It is more than making awesome lesson plans, having great test scores and getting a top score on an evaluation. It took me a few years to realize that.
The Game Changing SMILE
Through challenge, competition and encouragement, Shane Cotriss discovered a path he loved at UTC.
Make ’Em Laugh
An excerpt from Carl Wolfson's Slide!, a tragicomedy about the 1964 Philadelphia Phillies team collapse as well as about Wolfson, his family and the city.
Own Your Truth
Generational addiction stalked the family of Miss Tennessee 2017 Caty Davis. But she didn’t back down.
Running for My Life (And Theirs, Too)
In September 2013 I participated in my first 5K (3.1-mile) race.
Silencing the Sneer
Since the sixth grade, this novelist dealt with anxiety, self-doubt and depression. After she crumpled under its weight, she found her way through.
Pearls of Career Wisdom
The world was your oyster...Or so it seemed when you got that prized piece of paper signifying your graduation from UT.
The Day Life Changed Forever
Cindy Ogle (Knoxville ’73, ’78), Gatlinburg's city manager, recounts her wildfire experience.
Seeding Tomorrow in West Tennessee
Things grow in Hardeman County. The University of Tennessee is planting something new there in fertile ground.
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.
A Life-long Impact
For half a century, the University of Tennessee has been the major factor in both my professional and personal life.
Finding a Home
The last time I left UT and Knoxville—graduation nearly 20 years ago—I had no idea I would be back on campus for anything other than an occasional visit or football game. But now, all told, I have spent most of the last two decades writing about UT in some way or another.
A Place Maker
When I first moved to Chattanooga as a college freshman in 1999, one of the things I loved about the city most was that it was in the process of reinventing itself. Not just talking about changing for the better but actually taking the necessary steps to become a stronger, more connected city.
New Years and Old Ones
Three UT students, a Lincoln Continental and a long trip to Texas
Not Lost, Found
A couple of years ago, I delivered a eulogy for Bob Alley. Fraternity brother, college roommate, best friend. Maybe you believe that connections like that are never broken and become permanent residents in a greater eternal consciousness. Or maybe, upon reading that last sentence, you’d say what Bob would, “Oh, please.”
Sharing is Good
The “sharing economy” or “collaborative consumption” is giving age-old ideas like renting, bartering and swapping a 21st-century makeover. Now, instead of being limited to our neighbors, we can share things with people all over the world.
Learning from the past and present
Writer and editor Jack Topchik reflects on the college experience.
The Warrior Poets
The author and the soldier live in different worlds, but sometimes those worlds collide. On rare occasions, pen and sword are both wielded deftly by the same hand.
The Effect of Cornmeal
Later I understood why: Cornmeal is in your bones, y’all. It’s part of surviving in war and peace in a way that yeast bread is not.
Moving the Chains
It was the very first game and the very first catch for No. 85 in your Tennessee program, a shy sophomore from Nashville named Lester McClain.
