Summer 2024

UT Martin Chancellor Yancy Freeman pauses for a selfie with Jaycee Campbell during the spring 2024 ceremony.
Feature

Setting Records

The UT System celebrates record-breaking enrollment figures while peer institutions grapple with fluctuating numbers.

The Energy and Environmental Science Research Building.
Feature

Growing UT

The University of Tennessee's statewide growth fuels projects to modernize and expand facilities across it's campuses.

Jill Joyce assists a student in a pre-algebra class at West Valley Middle School.
Grand Challenges

Growing Her Dream

UTK alumna Jill Joyce never thought she would be where she is now: seated next to a student, helping him learn statistics.

Alumni Association

Career Growth Through An Alumni Network

Becky Spaulding has reinvented the career services program into the UT Alumni Association Center for Career Advancement.

Alumni Association

Mike Griffin Takes the Lead

Mike Griffin prepares to take on the role of president of the UT Alumni Association.

Illustrations of a diverse group of people.
Alumni Association

UTAA Recognizes Outstanding Faculty

Each year, the UT Alumni Association recognizes outstanding faculty and staff for their work in three categories.

Illustration of hands giving hearts and money as representation of giving and donations.
Alumni Association

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 Grant cycle.

UT System President Randy Boyd at an agricultural research and education center.
From the President

Growing for Tennessee

Growth is about impact—harnessing the power of education, research and outreach to address our state’s most pressing challenges.

David Sholl wearing a blue dress shirt, standing in front of a mural wall with imagery of research in action.
News and Updates

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.