This fall, we celebrated our highest retention and graduation rates ever at nearly 92 percent and 74 percent, respectively. The gains we’ve seen since launching the Division of Student Success five years ago—with retention up 5 percentage points and graduation up 3 percentage points—have bolstered our national reputation as a leader in supporting students and improving outcomes.
There’s never been a better time to be a Volunteer. We have built tremendous momentum in recent years—doubling our research awards, improving our graduation rates, and earning accolades for our academic excellence.
Chancellor Donde Plowman has announced the second class of the Chancellor’s Leadership Academy, which includes 30 deans, associate deans, directors, department heads, and other faculty and staff from across the university.
Thank you for all you do on this day and every day.
We are adding two days of administrative leave for the holiday break.
Every day, you bring the best version of yourselves to this community, and together we’re accomplishing big things.
We strive to implement a bold strategic vision that enables the university to enhance its everyday outcomes.
This vision is truly a reflection of all of us and our hopes and aspirations for our future.
A new $13 minimum wage is in effect beginning May 10.
It’s been one year since the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, first moved courses and work online in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
