Advocacy

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Opening Doors

Difficult conversations open the door to friendship for IPS coworkers.

Chad Goldman pictured near the Cumberland river in Nashville
Alumni Association

Calling for Philanthropy

Chad Goldman wants to help others find acceptance. 

Walker Strome and Boyd at UTHSC alternate care site
News and Updates

UTHSC Prepares COVID-19 Hospital

The 401-bed hospital is in the former Commercial Appeal building in the Memphis Medical District.

Altha Stewart
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A Heart for Home

Altha Stewart works to help youth in Bluff City.

UT Alumni Association logo
Alumni Association

Meet the 2019-20 members of the Alumni Association Board of Governors

The Board of Governors serves as an advisory and advocacy group that works with the UT Foundation and the university administration on the management and direction of the UT Alumni Association.

Carrie Woods speaks to Crucial Conversation program participants.
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Let’s Talk

Crucial Conversations delivered to domestic violence shelters.

Austin Holdsworth stands outdoors facing a sunset with a camera strap hanging off his right shoulder
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He Had Enough

After UT Chattanooga student Austin Holdsworth lost his brother and friends to drug overdoses, he could not be quiet anymore.

Alumni Association

Alumni Snapshots: Fall 2018

Tennessee Alumni, students, and employees around the state.

Scott Kramer
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The Forgotten Majority

After being diagnosed with autism at age 40, UTC alumnus Scott Kramer now spends his time helping other adults with the same diagnosis.

Mildred Muhammad
News and Updates

Ending Domestic Violence

Domestic abuse survivor Mildred Muhammad was the keynote speaker Oct. 28 at Bridging Troubled Waters, a free community forum at UTHSC aimed at ending domestic violence, resolving conflicts peacefully and building healthy relationships.

News and Updates

Stop Domestic Violence

The UT Law Enforcement Innovation Center provided domestic violence and sexual assault training throughout the state.

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UT Day on the Hill

The 10th annual event served as an opportunity to highlight the university’s statewide impact and value to legislators.

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

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.

A 4-H camper gives another camper a piggy-back ride at the new Lone Oaks Farm 4-H Center
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UT Takes the Hill

How thousands are standing up for UT.

Previous and new UT system logos
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Wordmark Refresh

The UT System and its campuses and institutes debuted new logos and wordmarks in the past several months.

Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener and Jason Von Mizener
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Simple Earth Sustainers

Two UT Knoxville graduates lead nonprofit center

UTIA Extension employees
Alumni Association

Your Voice = Impact

You can do something about the future of higher education.

Robert Fisher pours a bucket of ice water over Joe DiPietro's head
From the President

Don’t count us out

Photo: On a challenge from Brad Lampley, a trustee and UT Knoxville alum, President Joe DiPietro took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in August in front of the Institute of ... Read more

Anthony Williams
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Twenty Years to Life

It took two botched police lineups, several erroneous witness statements and no physical evidence to lock up 14-year-old Anthony Williams for life in the shooting of a fellow teen he did not know. Twenty years later, a University of Tennessee at Chattanooga psychology professor helped unravel the case and set Williams free.

Alumni Association

Advocacy Issues Survey

You spoke, and the results are in.

The Last Word

Statesman and Advocate

Winfield Dunn’s view of UT’s statewide impact

Alumni Association

Alumni: UT Needs Your Help

Declining state support for higher education has become a national trend, and it’s no different in Tennessee. Conditions are ripe for the creation of the University of Tennessee’s legislative advocacy program—UT Advocacy.

Campaign for Tennessee Presses On
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Campaign for Tennessee Presses On

More than $1.1 billion already raised.