Students

Numbering more than 5,200, this fall’s freshman class is the largest in recent history and is teeming with impressive students who all chose UT for different reasons. Get to know 12 of our new Vols—from writers, artists, and musicians to engineers, athletes, and activists—and find out more about the Class of 2022.

Lindsey Owen, a graduate student in the College of Communication and Information, recounts her experience working with UT’s Land Grant Films on a documentary about the 100 millionth book being given away by Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Owen learned not only about filmmaking but also how the program changes lives.

For the 150 children ages seven through 21 who have various disabilities and the 200 UT students who spend a week as counselors, Camp Koinonia is an experience that lasts a lifetime.

Take a look at how campus has grown in the past seventy years and what’s coming next.

Get to know Lady Vols basketball’s Rennia Davis, who excels on the court and in the classroom.

Maker’s Club turns student idea into a prosthetic limb.

Everyone loves a good bedtime story. Just ask UT student Andrew Kochamba, whose tweet about resident assistant Quamir “Q” Boddie reading him a bedtime story for his birthday went viral…

From her vantage point in the Pi Beta Phi Elementary School library, with a wall of windows looking over downtown Gatlinburg and the surrounding national park, librarian Pat Gunn saw nothing but gray darkness and a red glow.

From YouTube and Instagram to podcasts and blogs, here’s a list of UT-related or Vol-curated digital media rabbit holes you can fall down.

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 Consumer Science Program.