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Summer 2024
As I look across my backyard on this summer morning, I see many hands that have brought it to where it is today. Those in the past who laid the foundation of it. Those in the present who are reshaping it. I know there will be hands in the future who will change it further.
It is not unlike the University of Tennessee—another thriving ecosystem that has been planted and pruned by many generations of hands. It also provides sustenance to the many who encounter it and leave enriched.
The Dentist Will See You Now
The Healthy Smiles project continues to boost Tennessee's dental workforce and delivers crucial care to rural communities.
Setting Records
The UT System celebrates record-breaking enrollment figures while peer institutions grapple with fluctuating numbers.
Growing UT
The University of Tennessee's statewide growth fuels projects to modernize and expand facilities across it's campuses.
Creating Access
UT Knoxville continues enhancing campus capacity to support academics, research, and the Volunteer experience.
Turning Blue
Political science students from the UT Martin College of Business and Global Affairs lead focus groups for Ford's BlueOval City…
How Does Your Garden Grow?
The ranks of master gardeners continue to grow across Tennessee, spreading horticultural knowledge.
Learning to Lead
Learn how the CPM program's growth in West Tennessee is enhancing professional development for local leaders and driving significant economic…
Leading Through Networking
The Ingram Scholars program provides an opportunity for exemplary UT Southern students to help their communities while networking with local…
Growing Her Dream
UTK alumna Jill Joyce never thought she would be where she is now: seated next to a student, helping him…
Career Growth Through An Alumni Network
Becky Spaulding has reinvented the career services program into the UT Alumni Association Center for Career Advancement.
Mike Griffin Takes the Lead
Mike Griffin prepares to take on the role of president of the UT Alumni Association.
UTAA Recognizes Outstanding Faculty
Each year, the UT Alumni Association recognizes outstanding faculty and staff for their work in three categories.
Women Philanthropists Award Grants
This year, the alliance has approved five projects for a total of $40,854 in support for the 2024-2025 Giving Circle…
Growing for Tennessee
Growth is about impact—harnessing the power of education, research and outreach to address our state’s most pressing challenges.
UT Extension’s Virginia Pearl Moore
UT Extension’s first home demonstration agent, Virginia Pearl Moore, touched the lives of countless young women in Tennessee.
Growing Communities
Derrick Stowell had no idea his passion for environmental education and therapeutic recreation would launch a world-impacting program.
Scholl Selected as UT-ORII Executive Director
In April, David Sholl was named the executive director of the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute.
UTK tops Attendance Records
UT Knoxville topped national attendance records across football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball events during the 2023-24 season.
UTC’s Roundhouse Rocked Commencement
For the first time since 2019, commencement ceremonies at UT Chattanooga’s McKenzie Arena were held without restraints.
UTS Seniors Leave Lasting Legacy
On graduation day at UT Southern, 56 seniors donned red and orange cords showing they participated in the Senior Giving…
UTM Aero Team Shines
The UT Martin aero engineering team took fifth place at the 2023-24 Society of Automotive Engineers Aero Design Competition.
UTHSC Giving Day Surpasses Donor Goal
The fourth annual UT Health Science Center Giving Day surpassed the goal of 1,000 donors in 24 hours.
Alumnus Returns as UTCVM Dean
UT graduate Paul J. Plummer returns to the university as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine.
TPGI Graduates Sharpen Their Leadership Skills
55 state employees recently graduated from the Tennessee Government Professionals Institute, an initiative for emerging leaders by the Naifeh Center.
