Plan for the Future
What’s ahead for the University of Tennessee? A new strategic plan approved in 2012 provides the UT System a roadmap for the next five years.
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.
UTC’s MBA at 50
UTC’s College of Business MBA program celebrated its 50th anniversary last fall with a golf tournament, mini-courses, tours of the new Bloomberg lab, networking with successful alumni, a reunion and tailgate.
Legacy in Women’s Athletics
Before Pat Summitt became head coach of the Lady Vols and built the program into a perennial powerhouse, she made a name for herself playing basketball at UT Martin.
Funding Achievement at UTHSC
UTHSC’s Dr. Terry Cooper has defied the odds. At the conclusion of his current grant, he will have had 45 years of continuous NIH funding.
Veterinary Alumni Connect
Members of the UT College of Veterinary Medicine’s alumni council are helping the college stay in touch with its graduates, recruit students and plan continuing education programs.
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.
Banker and Volunteer
Nancy Collum wasn’t sure what she wanted to study at UTC. “I was always envious of those who knew they wanted to be a doctor at the age of 10,” she says. “I had no such premonitions.”
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.
Garden of Rest and Respite
Tucked under the wing of Patten Chapel, I found what I was looking for in the Shakespeare Garden, where the time of the Elizabethan sundial is out of sync with the peal of the chapel’s bells.
Laughing at the Lunch Table
You’d think, by the time you’re 22 years old, fitting in wouldn’t matter, but you’d be wrong. The first week or so of med school, I found myself wondering who the cool kids would be, if I’d make the cut or if there even would be any “cool kids” in med school.
Options and Opportunities
Twenty years ago, Jerry Reese’s dream job was head football coach at UT Martin. But he gambled on an opportunity with the New York Giants. Today he’s the Giants’ general manager—and he’s got two Super Bowl championship rings.
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.
Alumni: UT Needs Your Help
Declining state support for higher education has become a national trend, and it’s no different in Tennessee. Conditions are ripe for the creation of the University of Tennessee’s legislative advocacy program—UT Advocacy.
College Crime Fighters
Twenty-four students from 10 universities completed the National Forensic Academy College Program, a joint venture between the University of Tennessee at Martin and the UT Law Enforcement Innovation Center.
Best in the World
UT Knoxville's logistics and supply chain management program ranks first worldwide in research productivity, according to the International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management.
A Week in the Life: Jennifer Stanley
In between 5 a.m. wake-up calls and past-midnight bedtimes, Jennifer Stanley (Knoxville ’95) gives a glimpse of how she holds down her full-time job and the presidency helm of the 335,000-member UT Alumni Association.
The Effect of Cornmeal
Later I understood why: Cornmeal is in your bones, y’all. It’s part of surviving in war and peace in a way that yeast bread is not.
