Building Trust as the Modern Land Grant
As a land-grant, we have a covenant with Tennesseans— a trust they have placed in us —that we are here for them.
Op-Eds
Leading With Courage in Times of Political Tension
In a time of growing political divide, Chancellor Donde Plowman and former Governor Bill Haslam penned an op-ed in the Knoxville News Sentinel on how to lead with courage during times of potential uncertainty.
UT baseball’s culture of excellence emblematic of the Volunteer Spirit
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.
Leveraging Our Strengths to Help Make Tennessee an Economic Powerhouse
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.
Land-Grants Should Lead in Rebuilding Trust
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. The op-ed reflected on themes she first shared in a speech in April at The Ohio State University. Plowman was invited to the Columbus, Ohio, […]
UT Celebrates Athletic, Academic Successes as an ‘Everything School’
Chancellor Donde Plowman celebrates the ways the University of Tennessee, Knoxville is an “Everything School” in a June 16 guest editorial in the Knoxville News Sentinel. With recent post-season successes for softball and baseball, UT became the first school since 1998 to participate in a New Year’s Six or BCS bowl, the men’s and […]
UT ready to help lead state’s innovation economy
Tennessee is poised to be the next great American innovation hub, Chancellor Donde Plowman posits in an editorial that ran in the Nashville Tennessean and the Knoxville News Sentinel.
UT, Clemson share land-grant mission
Chancellor Donde Plowman of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Clemson University President Jim Clements celebrated their universities’ shared mission as land-grant institutions in a guest editorial that ran in the Miami Herald the day before the schools competed in the Orange Bowl in South Florida. The editorial notes that while the leaders may disagree […]
Vols Baseball embodies our culture of excellence
This culture of excellence and pride in our achievement belongs to the entire university.