![Jeff Guenther checks a patient’s teeth in Crossville.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ot-sm24_dentist_hero.jpg)
The Dentist Will See You Now
The Healthy Smiles project continues to boost Tennessee's dental workforce and delivers crucial care to rural communities.
![Master Gardener Peter Markovich speaks to Hamilton County Master Gardener interns about the raised beds located next to the UT Extension office in Chattanooga.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ot-sm24_garden_hero.jpg)
How Does Your Garden Grow?
The ranks of master gardeners continue to grow across Tennessee, spreading horticultural knowledge.
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Learning to Lead
Learn how the CPM program's growth in West Tennessee is enhancing professional development for local leaders and driving significant economic…
![Jill Joyce assists a student in a pre-algebra class at West Valley Middle School.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ot-sm24_growDream_hero.jpg)
Growing Her Dream
UTK alumna Jill Joyce never thought she would be where she is now: seated next to a student, helping him…
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Career Growth Through An Alumni Network
Becky Spaulding has reinvented the career services program into the UT Alumni Association Center for Career Advancement.
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Mike Griffin Takes the Lead
Mike Griffin prepares to take on the role of president of the UT Alumni Association.
![Illustration of hands giving hearts and money as representation of giving and donations.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ot-sm24_utAWP_hero.jpg)
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…
![Virginia Pearl Moore, UT Extension's first home demonstration agent.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ot-sm24_histspeak_hero.jpg)
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.
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Growing Communities
Derrick Stowell had no idea his passion for environmental education and therapeutic recreation would launch a world-impacting program.
![UT Chattanooga's McKenzie Arena filled with graduating students during the spring 2024 commencement ceremony.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ot-sm24_utcNews_hero.jpg)
UTC’s Roundhouse Rocked Commencement
For the first time since 2019, commencement ceremonies at UT Chattanooga’s McKenzie Arena were held without restraints.
![A black female student wearing graduation robes and cap smiles while waiting for the commencement ceremony to begin.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ot-sm24_utsNews_hero.jpg)
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…
![A student using an iPad to make a donation at a UTHSC Giving Day table run by three female workers.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ot-sm24_uthscNews_hero.jpg)
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.
![UTIA College of Veterinary Medicine Dean Paul J. Plummer.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ot-sm24_utiaNews_hero.jpg)
Alumnus Returns as UTCVM Dean
UT graduate Paul J. Plummer returns to the university as dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine.
![Rev. Paul Middlebrook speaks to a room of people attending the Tennessee Government Professionals Institute.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/ot-sm24_ipsNews_hero.jpg)
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.
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Lost and Found
CTAS Criminal Justice Consultant Derrick Woods used drones to locate a missing teenager.
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Ukrainian Students Find Refuge
For graduate students Nina Klimenkova and Arsen Martyshchuk, UT Chattanooga has been a literal refuge.
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Grow Your Own Awarded $1.8 Million grant
The Tennessee Grow Your Own Center received a $1.8 million grant to enhance the teacher talent development pipeline.
![From left, UTC Vice Chancellor for Access and Engagement Stacy Lightfoot, Bernice King, Ilyasah Shabazz and UTC Student Government Association President Chamyra Teasley participate in UTC MLK Day 2024.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OT-S24_UTCnews_ftr.jpg)
UTC Celebrates MLK Day
UT Chattanooga celebrates MLK Day with daughters of Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
![UTHSC College of Medicine and Shelby County leadership celebrate the opening of ShelbyCares.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/OT-S24_UTHSCnews_ftr.jpg)
UTHSC opens new health Facility
Leaders of the College of Medicine and Shelby County government celebrated the opening of a new community health and wellness…
![University High Principal Arielle Garcia Hayes welcomes a student with a hug.](https://our.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/OurTN-Winter2024_univ-high_feature-img.jpg)
University High
University High, headquartered at UTC, offers Hamilton Country students enrollment in college-level courses taught by UTC faculty and directly supported…