Fall 2023

Tied by blood or chosen by the heart, the varied concepts of family and home have been explored since the first family. For some, as musician John Denver sang, they’ve come home to a place they’ve never seen before, while others find comfort in the community where they know every crack in the sidewalk and person who passes in a car. For others, home is a person. Wherever they may roam, with that person by their side, there haven is. Whatever brings us that feeling of home, it helps us to understand who we are and who we want to be.

In this issue, we look at home and family, with how happy couples approach conflict, living in a tiny home and how one man changed his definition of family. Along the way, we’re exploring 4-H’s impact on Tennessee families, how one faculty member examines the concept of home through placemaking, and students who help build homes for others.

Sam Banks, Knoxville '23, assists in constructing a Habitat for Humanity house.
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Home Sweet Homes

UT Knoxville resident assistants build habitat homes for 26 years.

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Derek and Sierra Ezell's tiny home.
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Tiny Living

UT Martin professor used tiny house living for his dissertation.

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Cupcakes with white, yellow and green icing.
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All-Round Education

Tennessee's 4-H Roundup celebrates a century of service.

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Map of North and South America overlayed on top of landscape photo of TN hills.
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Finding Home

From Brazil to Tennessee, UT supports international faculty couple.

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Cap Nguyen smiles for a photo inside one of UT Chattanooga's mechatronics labs.
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A Safe Haven

Cap Nguyen discovers opportunity at UTC.

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Occupational therapy student Akosua Odei watches as the actor playing a patient with multiple sclerosis bats a balloon with Georgia Ray, an occupational therapy student.
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Occupying Home

UTHSC students use simulated home environments to learn how to assess patient needs in a home setting and care for…

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A Syrian refugee camp in Jordan.
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Placemaking

UT Knoxville professor studies refugee camps' environments.

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Jonathan Stewart
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Hopeless No More

American job center helps build new lives.

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Close-up of infant grasping a woman's hand.
Grand Challenges

Meeting the Challenge

UT Knoxville alumna runs agency that helps keep families intact.

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Floyd Flippin (UT Knoxville '80, '83)
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Painting Tennessee Orange

Mural Campaign Reaches Halfway Point

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The general store in Fruitvale opened and operated for many years by UT System Randy Boyd's family.
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Building from Home Base

Whether through families born or chosen, students build strength and resilience into our communities and society. A nurturing environment provides…

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Illustration of a happy couple sitting on the couch.
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Five Ways Happy Couples Argue

Happy couples and unhappy couples argue, but what distinguishes the two may not be so much what they argue about…

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Brian Winbigler, president of the UT Alumni Association.
Alumni Association

Commitment Through Contribution

Winbigler’s journey from a scholarship-seeking student to an enthusiastic alumni volunteer speaks to his passion for giving back and the…

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UT Promise postcard showing a map of all UT campuses across Tennessee.
News and Updates

UT Promise Access Increases

The University of Tennessee System plans to extend the qualifying income level for UT Promise scholarship recipients to $75,000 from…

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