Sports Diplomacy
By Torchbearer Staff
UT program combines outreach, teaching, and service-learning to help bring about Peace through sports. Continue reading
Category Archives: Features
From the Schoolhouse to the Smokehouse
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Allan Benton (’69) is known around the world for his country hams and bacon, but the smokehouse isn’t where his story began. Continue reading
The Definition of Success
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Four University of Tennessee Distinguished Alumni Award winners talk about how they define success, advice they would give their younger selves, and the university they love. Continue reading
Good Times and Good Eats
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A few Vols took a walk down memory lane to let us know where they liked to hang out and … Continue reading
X’s and U’s
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In an artist’s toolbox there are many instruments—paint, brushes, pencils, and clay. One might think that a computer, a scanner, and a wide-format printer wouldn’t fit there, but Wade Guyton (’95) would disagree. Continue reading
Alumna’s Creation Sparks New Holiday Tradition
By Cassandra Sproles
You’ve seen them all over Facebook and Pinterest—mischievous elves that like to make flour snow angels on the counter and hang out with Barbie. But it all started with Carol Aebersold (’70) and her elf, Fisbee. Continue reading
Share Your Volunteer Spirit
By Torchbearer Staff
Show your Volunteer spirit through service with your local UT Alumni chapter. Continue reading
Student Veteran Helps Others
Grad student. Loving father. War veteran. Douglas Oeser can claim all of these titles, and now spends part of his time helping others like himself.
UT Celebrates 150 Years of Morrill Act
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UT owes a debt of gratitude to Representative Justin Morrill. After all, it was the Morrill Act of 1862 that brought the university into its modern era and established it as Tennessee’s first land-grant university. Continue reading
Loyal Fan Donates Truck to the Band
By Torchbearer Staff
The Pride of the Southland Marching Band has a new ride thanks to a generous donation from a Knoxville-area dentist. Continue reading