Business

food line for the wildlife buffet event
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Dining on the Wild Side

Not your ordinary culinary delights: smoked beaver, squirrel, venison, moose.

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.

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

Two UT Knoxville graduates lead nonprofit center

UT President Joe DiPietro, Jim Haslam, Natalie Haslam, UT Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek and Steve Mangum, dean of the James A. Haslam II College of Business
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Historic Naming

The newly named James A. Haslam II College of Business honors one of the university’s greatest benefactors and his family. On the day the UT Board of Trustees voted to ... Read more

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First Bredesen Scholars Graduate

The first two students to earn a new doctoral degree from the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education graduated in May. The program was founded by former Gov. ... Read more

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Energized City and Campus

. Alumni of two different eras characterized Chattanooga as a city that promotes the entrepreneurial spirit. UTC has helped fuel the energy and benefit from it as well.

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Fore! Alumna Helps Women in Business Learn to Play Golf

Female business students are being teed up for career success with the establishment of the Janet McKinley MBA Golf Endowment in the UT Knoxville College of Business Administration.

Beth Corum
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Chief People Officer

Beth Corum helps make bank best place to work.

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UTC’s MBA at 50

UTC’s College of Business MBA program celebrated its 50th anniversary last fall with a golf tournament, mini-courses, tours of the new Bloomberg lab, networking with successful alumni, a reunion and tailgate.

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Banker and Volunteer

Nancy Collum wasn’t sure what she wanted to study at UTC. “I was always envious of those who knew they wanted to be a doctor at the age of 10,” she says. “I had no such premonitions.”

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Asian Exec

Troy Hodges (Knoxville ’90) tells the Tennessee Alumnus about living in Manila and managing sales in Asia and Australia for the textile manufacturing company Beaulieu Commercial LLC.

Best in the World
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Best in the World

UT Knoxville's logistics and supply chain management program ranks first worldwide in research productivity, according to the International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management.

Tonya Hinch
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Crossville

Tonya Hinch (Knoxville ’85), is a Crossville native who, after a short and sweet career in New York, has returned to reinvigorate her languishing hometown.

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Corporate to Country

Five farms in Tennessee operated by UT alumni who swapped suits for overalls to follow their dreams. Part of the series, "Corporate to Country."

Out to Pasture
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Out to Pasture

Phil Baggett "retires" to grass-fed farming. Part of the series, "Corporate to Country."

Fries with That?
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Fries with That?

Place your restaurant order on a touch screen.

Flowers Reunite Families
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Flowers Reunite Families

These greenhouse owners left behind successful careers to return to Pall Mall, Tennessee. Part of the series, "Corporate to Country."

UT Extension Helps Farmers Old and New
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UT Extension Helps Farmers Old and New

Agents assist with everything from budgets to crop selection. Part of the series, "Corporate to Country."

Next Generation Farmers
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Next Generation Farmers

Eric Maupin gave up a job where he travelled internationally to return to the family farm. Part of the series, "Corporate to Country."

Counting Blessings, Counting Sheep
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Counting Blessings, Counting Sheep

Sheri Palko says raising sheep is similar to her former career as a software engineer--but better. Part of the series, "Corporate to Country."

Best Whistle Stop between Memphis and Nashville
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Best Whistle Stop between Memphis and Nashville

Casey Jones Village in Jackson offers food, entertainment, history.