UT celebrated the eightieth anniversary of the Torchbearer award, as former recipients of UT’s highest student honor reunited in October. Watch Torchbearers at the gathering share their UT memories in special videos.
Fretting that the tree may be the only part of the holiday season that is green? Experts say household waste often increases more than 25 percent between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. However, there are ways to make the holidays more environmentally friendly.
Most people with pets know that coming home to their dog or cat at the end of the day can produce a sense of relief or contentment. Now, a UT program is bringing the positive power of pet therapy to nursing homes, schools, and other facilities across nearly all of northeast Tennessee.
Pat Summitt and Bruce Pearl. You would almost have to be a space alien not to know about the Lady Vols and Vols head basketball coaches. They’re on TV, they’re in Sports Illustrated, they turn up at your United Way or your alumni chapter meeting. They’re charismatic, competent, and competitive right down to their toenails. And, wonder of wonders, they not only get along, they even like each other.
Homecoming weekend was packed with an array of nostalgia, entertainment, and excitement from Friday, November 7, with the Strong Hall Reunion, Daily Beacon Reunion, and Wrestlers Reunion to the annual Party in the Park on Saturday, November 8.
SOCCER RHIAN WILKINSON Wilkinson, 25, and her Canadian women’s soccer team lost 2-1 in overtime to the No. 1 ranked U.S. in the quarterfinals. Wilkinson, who graduated from UT Knoxville …
More than 100 Middle Tennessee young alumni were the beneficiaries of financial guru Dave Ramsey’s wit and wisdom Nov. 20. Ramsey offered the Nashville audience advice, answered questions, and shared …
Originally published in the December 2008 edition of eTorch Author Kerry Madden, best known for her books for children and young adults, came to campus in November to participate in …
Originally published in the December 2008 edition of eTorch Phillip Moffitt was on campus in November and was recognized as part of the Accomplished Alumni program. Moffitt graduated with both …