Posts featured in the 2016 Print Edition of Torchbearer.
“She had three hearts: the heart of a mother, the heart for others, and a heart for Jesus Christ…. I heard three words every single day of my life. ‘I love you.’ Every day. It didn’t matter how busy she was or what she had to do, she took the time to stop and tell me that. And not only did she say it, but she showed it. She walked the talk.”
Tyler Summitt (’12), son of Pat Summitt
“Put away your hankies. There’s not going to be any pity party. We’re going to fight, and we’re going to fight publicly.” —Pat Summitt In 2011, when Pat Summitt was …
The Rocky Top Institute was established in 2011 as a partnership between the Bryant family, which owns the song rights to “Rocky Top,” and the University of Tennessee’s Retail and …
On November 11, 1916—a date that hadn’t yet become Veterans Day—the undefeated Vols beat Vanderbilt 10–6 and “gladdened the hearts of hundreds of alumni who had journeyed back to the …
Students in the College of Communication and Information can now learn the increasingly important job skill of social listening thanks to the new Adam Brown Social Media Command Center.
Pat Summitt was honored twice on the Rock in the days following her passing.
Former Lady Vol lefty pitcher Monica Abbott (’07) talks softball and the impact that Pat Summitt made on her.
“You gave a seven-year-old girl her Lady Vol dream And I’ll always love you for it. But I can’t love you obsessively for much longer. This season was all I …
A swimmer. A runner. A soccer player. We pay tribute to three women student-athletes—Kira Toussaint, Hannah Wilkinson, and Kali Davis-White—who recently represented Tennessee and their home countries well in the …