Following the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s first baseball national championship, Chancellor Donde Plowman shared her thoughts on the school’s athletic excellence in an op-ed that ran in a special section of the Knoxville News Sentinel.
As the state’s flagship R1 land-grant university, UT is focused on meeting the needs of our state. That means contributing to and creating knowledge, developing a skilled workforce, and pursuing ambitious projects.
Commencement is always a favorite occasion on Rocky Top, and this year we celebrated a remarkable group of graduates.
I am pleased to announce that Paul Byrnes, an experienced leader in higher education, will serve as the next senior vice chancellor for finance and administration beginning July 1.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been traveling and sharing the good work all of you are doing here on Rocky Top. People are taking notice of the momentum we’re building.
Free speech is the backbone of any university, where debate should lead to better solutions and a more durable democracy.
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Chancellor Donde Plowman, in a recent op-ed in the Knoxville News Sentinel, asserted that land-grant universities like UT Knoxville are best positioned to respond to declining trust in higher education.
Land-grant universities have a unique advantage when it comes to rebuilding Americans’ faith in higher education, UT Chancellor Donde Plowman told an audience at The Ohio State University in April.
At ASU and UT, we share a mission to expand education access and create opportunities for the people we serve.
