UT Southern

Front row, from left: Ken Vickers, Brant Harwell, Melissa Ryckman, Cheri Thomas, Judy Cheatham, Cindy Young, Parker Phifer and Jennifer Aust. Second row, from left: Olivia Kate Willis, Emily Grace Russell and Elizabeth Mae Ayers. Third row, from left: Hunter Dunavant, Makinze Talley, Alexa Bryan and Abigail Beasley.
News and Updates

Students Join Alpha Chi

Twenty-three UT Southern students joined the Tennessee XI Chapter of Alpha Chi National Collegiate Honor Society.

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.

Middle and high school students took classes and studied a range of music before giving a concert during UT Southern's first music camp.
News and Updates

UTS Hosts First Summer Music Camp

Middle and high school students from Giles County and beyond participated in UT Southern’s first summer music camp in June.

UT Knoxville students and military veterans display a banner which reads "Connecting military veterans to UT student services".
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Bridges to Higher Education

The transition from serving in the military to pursuing a postsecondary education can be one with which many veterans struggle. UT helps them thrive in their new college environments.

Ashtynn Barrett
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Operation Nurse

UT Southern alumnae Ashtynn Barrett and Samantha Vance knew they wanted to be nurses from a young age, but discovered their passion for serving in the military as adults.

Uniformed military member stands with daughter on a grassy hill, with US flags waving in the wind.
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Military By the Numbers

From offering an in-state tuition rate to students affiliated with the military to creating veteran resource centers, the University of Tennessee strives to serve those who serve.

Board members of the Alliance of Women Philanthropists stand for a group photo.
Alumni Association

Giving for the Future

For the 2023-24 year, the Alliance of Women Philanthropists’ Giving Circle has distributed grants of more than $41,000 to fund five projects focused on health, wellness and education of the next generation.

Five members of the a cappella vocal group 'Apollo5' give a performance at UT Southern.
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Apollo5 Performed at UT Southern

Britain’s critically acclaimed five-piece a cappella vocal group Apollo5 performed at UT Southern in March.

Richard Schoeberl
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‘Something Had to be Done’

Nearly 28 million people are currently enslaved around the world, with traffickers raking in $150 billion a year. UT Southern Assistant Professor and Program Chair of Criminology and Homeland Security Richard Schoeberl works to help solve this crisis.

From left, Lester Laminack, Kelly Starling Lyons, Carol Hampton Rasco, George Ella Lyon and Ronnie Erwin review books during the children’s literature conference.
News and Updates

UTS Welcomes Teacher Conference on Children’s Literature

UT Southern hosted a conference on Children’s Literacy: Igniting the Love for Literacy with more than 150 attendees in February.

Mike Mayfield, owner of Mayfield Angus Farm, speaks to members of the Regional Leadership cohort.
Grand Challenges

Changing The Narrative

How can rural communities find success when dialogue about them shoves them into pre-constructed boxes? The Turner Center for Rural Vitality has a solution.

UT President Randy Boyd reads You Can't Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime to children during a Money Week class about financial literacy. Photo By Sam Thomas
From the President

UT Tackles Challenges

The UT System, with its statewide presence, people, expertise, resources and influence, is uniquely positioned to tackle grand challenges.

News and Updates

UTS Special Education Students Spread Fire

UT Southern students studying to teach special education developed the FIRE (Fostering Inclusion through Resource Efforts) resource fair for disability services on the campus in an effort to help eliminate barriers to receiving services.

Jessica Miller. Photo By Dustin Kramer
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Like Magic

This UT Southern and UT Chattanooga graduate always knew she wanted to be a writer, but the Simon and Schuster/Atheneum author with two books to her credit still finds it a little unreal.

Expressions of Art on UT Campuses photo collage
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Expressions of Art on UT Campuses

A collection of photos showing UT Students across UT campuses performing and participating in various art forms.

Interim UTS Chancellor Linda Martin and her husband, Ken Huff, and their dog, Jake.
News and Updates

Linda Martin Named Interim Chancellor

UT Southern has welcomed Linda C. Martin as interim chancellor.

Kitchen 218 owners Jake and Michelle Pfeiffer pose outside their new restaurant in downtown Pulaski.
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Middle of Somewhere

It’s more than a restaurant start-up story. It’s a passion for a hometown and a desire to see it revitalized.

Family and friends attend the first UT Southern graduation in May.
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First Commencement Celebrated

On May 7, 155 students became the first UT Southern graduates.

Melanie Ponce
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Swamp Scholar

How a summer in the Louisiana Swamp shaped a UT Southern student’s future.

UT Southern with the Boys and Girls Club
News and Updates

UTS and Boys and Girls Club: An Enduring Partnership

UT Southern continues to partner with and support the Boys and Girls Club of Pulaski.

A woman stands at a bakery counter in a white shirt and black apron
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Enriching the Lifeblood

UT Southern mentorship program pairs established businesses with start-ups.

The Last Word

The Power of “ONE”

There is nothing more powerful and needed than the power of one.

Director of student life Sarah Catherine Richardson with a group of seven students at UT Southern all dressed in orange
News and Updates

Students First

Admissions counselor Sharon Higgins helps first-generation students thrive.