Dress up, bid up, and tee up by attending the ninth annual Alex Haley Scholarship Golf Weekend, which benefits minority students at UT. The scholarships were established to honor world-renowned author and UT professor Alex Haley. Continue reading
Each year the Alumni Board of Directors accepts nominations to recognize outstanding alumni. Alumni, friends, family members, UT staff, or anyone interested in UT can submit nominations for outstanding alumni. Continue reading
The Class of 2011 have earned their degrees and left behind a lasting legacy by giving back the second highest amount since the Senior Gift Campaign began in 1991. Continue reading
UT’s Black Cultural Programming Committee celebrated Kwanzaa this year with special focus on the past year’s celebration of fifty years of African American achievement on campus. Continue reading
Interested in a UT specialty license plate? If you live in Georgia or Texas, you have that option. But if you live in Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, or Virginia, you can help us make a UT license plate available to you. Continue reading
Torchbearers, nursing alumni, and alumni of the UT Singers gathered for recent reunions. Continue reading
Because the Pride of the Southland Band first stole their hearts as band members and then became their matchmaker, Robby and Cindy Lockett knew they had to return the favor when they got hitched. Continue reading
From shitakes to portabellas, mushrooms are a culinary delicacy enjoyed around the world. Not only are they popular with cooks, but they’re also simple to grow and harvest at home. Bob Hess (’00), owner of Everything Mushroom in Knoxville, offers this how-to on cultivating your very own mushrooms. Continue reading
A good night’s rest comes easy for former Tennessee Lady Vols standout Michelle Marciniak (’95), who has crafted bed sheets from the same breathable fabric that she once wore as a basketball coach at the University of South Carolina. Continue reading
We’re betting you’ve always wondered how all those intricate corn mazes are created each fall. In our new “How To” series, we’ll answer that question, followed each month in eTorch by other articles that will make you say, “So that’s how to do that!” To kick off the fall, two alumni share the secrets behind constructing a Vol-centric labyrinth of cornstalks. Continue reading