Chancellor’s Day of Service
Make a difference on Rocky Top and embrace what being a Volunteer is all about. Join Chancellor Donde Plowman on November 15th for a day of volunteer service.
Make a difference on Rocky Top and embrace what being a Volunteer is all about. Join Chancellor Donde Plowman on November 15th for a day of volunteer service.
Ahead of Chancellor Donde Plowman’s investiture, she reflects on the University of Tennessee’s past, present, and future and why she thinks there’s never been a better time to be on Rocky Top.
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Chancellor Donde Plowman asks students, faculty, staff and alumni to share their community service hours during UT’s 225th anniversary year.
Chancellor Plowman and Vice Chancellor Vince Carilli welcome our newest Volunteers during Welcome Week.
Hate aimed at one Vol is aimed at all Vols. When faced with hate, we will respond decisively, peacefully, and as one Volunteer community. We have taken specific actions and plan to do more.
This morning, Interim Vice Chancellor Tyvi Small, Vice Chancellor Vince Carilli, and Dean Shea Kidd-Houze joined me in meeting with a group of student leaders and faculty advisors from Hillel. Our first concern is one of care for people who are hurting in our campus community.
Service is the centerpiece of our 225th anniversary celebration because leadership through service has always defined what it means to be a Volunteer.

Some of our new Vols got a surprise visit from Chancellor Plowman at their orientation session on July 11.