What is a MOOC?
Massive Open Online Courses are a hot new platform for delivering education, and they are creating quite a stir in academic circles.
Learning Online
It’s midnight on a week night, and campus is eerily quiet. The Strip is nearly empty, and most students have gone to sleep. For Morgan Cripps, class is just starting.
Working at ESPN
[Update] Thirteen UT alumni are employees of the giant sports network. These writers, editors and producers give a glimpse into the future of college athletics.
Construction for the Future
In just a year, UT Knoxville students will call the Fred D. Brown Residence Hall their new home away from home.
Learning from the past and present
Writer and editor Jack Topchik reflects on the college experience.
First Trip to Cuba through Orange Lenses
Once a forbidden fruit to American travelers, Cuba poured out its sweet beauty and its tart past for the first time to me and 26 other Tennessee Travelers.
Fishing Stories
When Bill Bell heard UT Knoxville had a bass fishing team, he wanted to make sure the students had the best boat on the market—complete with Big Orange decoration.
Today Show Visits
When Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb decided to go back to college for the Today show, they chose UT Knoxville.
No Minor Matter
“Now pitching for the Bowie Baysox, No. 6, Dylan Bundy,” exclaims Adrienne Roberson (Knoxville ’97) as the top minor league pitching prospect takes the field.
Funny Lady
From Saturday Night Live to the silver screen, Paula Pell hits the comedy jackpot.
Pilgrims of Flora and Fauna
Each spring, for more than 60 years, Ed Clebsch has trod the pilgrim’s path, guiding amateur naturalists toward greater awareness of the flowering plants of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Life after Lady Vols
With each passing year, there are more and more former Lady Vols in the WNBA. At the end of the 2012 season, there were 11 former Lady Vols in the WNBA.
Classroom to Battlefield
Despite having few individual records on UT students who fought in the Civil War, some jewels of information still remain. Such is the story of John M. Brooks and Edward Maynard.
Aspire to Inspire Students Beyond the Classroom
BayLee Long learned one of her most valuable lessons outside the classroom. The new UTC graduate learned how to squeeze what pennies she does have into savings because of the UT Alumni Association Women’s Council Aspire series.
The Warrior Poets
The author and the soldier live in different worlds, but sometimes those worlds collide. On rare occasions, pen and sword are both wielded deftly by the same hand.
Old But Good
UT Knoxville’s Ayres Hall and Tyson House may be old, but they’re new to the National Register of Historic Places.
Field Man to CEO
Like most college seniors, Donnie Smith was looking for a job he could start soon after graduation. A job tip ended up being his ticket to a long and successful career.
Future Energy Stars
Tennessee, with help from the University of Tennessee, has made strides in increasing the number of graduates in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math or STEM.
Former Vol ‘Retooling’ Raiders
Reggie McKenzie took a different path to becoming an NFL general manager. He played in the NFL and then transitioned to the front office.
Life on the Fly
A preacher’s kid, Susan Thrasher spent just as much time in church pews as she did worm dunking on East Tennessee rivers with her father. Her reverence for traditional bait fishing parlayed into fly fishing more than a decade ago.
On the Record: World War II to Watergate
A 1936 graduate of UT Knoxville, newsman Walter Pulliam covered major events of the 20th century. Pulliam, who turned 99 in November, lives in Knoxville and enjoys talking about his days as a reporter and editor.
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.
Southern Scribe
Mississippi native Minrose Gwin (Knoxville ’67, ‘83) tells the Tennessee Alumnus about the inspiration for her new book Remembering Medgar Evers, Writing the Long Civil Rights Movement.
