Building on Tennessee’s Agricultural Heritage
Agriculture is, and always has been, a vital industry for our state—it is both our heritage and our future.
Thought Leadership
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 […]
Investing in Our Future Leaders
What is courage? How do people find courage? These are the questions I wanted the 60 students in the Leading with Courage honors class to answer by the end of the semester—and I was not disappointed. When former Governor Bill Haslam raised the idea of us teaching this course together, of course I said yes. […]
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 […]
Lady Vols have crafted culture of excellence and leadership
Today, every student–athlete who wears a Lady Vols uniform knows it carries with it a commitment to their team, their studies, and their community.
Tennessee’s Legacy of Courageous Leadership and Civil Discourse
Learning how to approach polarizing debates with humility and curiosity is how we create a more thoughtful and compassionate culture.
For Innovation, Companies are Turning to UT
When leading companies have a problem to solve or new technologies to develop, they increasingly turn to Tennessee’s flagship land-grant institution.
Torch Night Continues Legacy of Leadership
As part of the ceremony, upperclassmen pass the Torch of Preparation to our first-year students. This ceremony represents what sets our students apart.
New Program Builds on Our Commitment to Student Veterans
Our new Veteran’s Impact Program is a first-of-its-kind initiative to help our student veterans adjust to college life and build a community that will help them thrive.