Current Students
Ready for the World Café to Feature Southern French Fare
The Ready for the World Café will feature traditional cuisine of southern France on Thursday, March 7. The café, sponsored by Sysco Foods, operates from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Thursdays in the UT Visitors Center on Neyland Drive. Advance tickets will be sold for the luncheons, and capacity is eighty diners. Cost will be $12, and the faculty-staff discount does not apply. For tickets and reservations, call 865-974-6645, or e-mail rhtm@utk.edu.
Campus Community Invited to Kunta Kinteh Island Screening Monday
The campus community is invited to a screening of Kunta Kinteh Island on Monday, March 4, at the Clarence Brown Theatre. The documentary chronicles the renaming of James Island—a holding cell for slaves in The Gambia during the transatlantic slave trade—to Kunta Kinteh Island after a young African who was transported to the United States.
Faculty Appreciation: A Final Thanks from Students
“The research he’s doing here is pretty cool stuff.” “He just makes learning so much fun, I love tweeting the lectures.” Students thank their favorite professors in our final Faculty Appreciation Week video. You can post your own shout-out to your favorite faculty member on the Faculty Shout Out Page.
Faculty Appreciation: Thank You Cam on the Roam
“She has such enthusiasm for the subject, it makes you enthusiastic too.” That’s just one reason students think their favorite faculty are so special. Watch today’s video for more. Post your own shout-outs on the Faculty Shout Out Page.
Summer School Timetable Now Available
The summer school timetable is now available. Visit the Office of the Registrar website and consult your advisor. Priority registration begins this week. There are several advantages to taking summer courses, including smaller classes, a more relaxed campus, and a more focused learning environment. Students can use HOPE Scholarship funds to pay for summer courses.
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What's Happening
Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet will be next year’s Life of the Mind common reading selection for UT freshmen.
So, you noticed those cones…
Visit the Cone Zone website for up-to-date information on campus construction.
Student Safe Zone Training
Safe Zone is a voluntary network of faculty, staff and students who believe that every member of the UT community should have an equal opportunity to grow and learn in safe and open environments.
Safe Zone training will explore commonly held myths and misperceptions about LGBT communities and challenge commonly held beliefs about the LGBT community.
The Business of Being a Student
Student Success @ UT
We have several programs to help students succeed.
